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Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:25pm EST

Stocks

   
 Key Energy Services    Barclays          Cuts price target to
$11 from $12
 Inc (KEG.N)
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 ------------ Knology Inc (KNOL.O)   RBC               Cuts
price target to $8 from $14;
                                       rating outperform
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 ------------ Limited Brands (LTD.N) RBC               Cuts
price target to $17 from $18;
                                       rating outperform
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 ------------ Longtop Financial      Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $22.00 from
 Technologies (LFT.N)                     $29.00; rating buy
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 ------------ Louisiana-Pacific      BMO               Cuts
price target to $1.90 from $9;
 Corp (LPX.N)                             rating underperform
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 ------------ Markwest Energy        RBC               Cuts
price target to $30 from $41;
 Partners (MWE.N)                         rating outperform
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 ------------ Medassets (MDAS.O)     UBS               Cuts
price target to $15 from $18;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Medcath Corp (MDTH.O)  Citigroup         Raises
to hold from sell, reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ MetroPCS               RBC               Raises
to outperform from sector
 Communications (PCS.N)                   perform, reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Millicom               UBS               Raises
to neutral from sell
 International (MICC.O) (MICsdb.ST)
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 ------------ Nasdaq OMX Group       UBS               Cuts
price target to $24 from $32;
 (NDAQ.O)                                 rating neutral
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 ------------ Navistar               UBS               Cuts
price target to $22 from $46;
 International Corp (NAV.N)               rating neutral   
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 ----------- Nice Systems (NICE.O)  HSBC              Cuts
price target to $34 from $46;
                                       keeps overweight
rating
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 ------------ Nova Chemicals NCX.N RBC               Cuts to
sector perform from
                                       outperform
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 ------------ Oceaneering            Barclays          Cuts
price target to $59 from $63
 International Inc (OII.N)
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 ------------ Parker Drilling Co     Barclays          Cuts
price target to $7 from $8
 (PKD.N)
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 ------------ Patterson-UTI Energy   Barclays          Cuts
price target to $15 from $20
 Inc (PTEN.O)
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 ------------ Pride International    Barclays          Cuts
price target to $30 from $32
 Inc (PDE.N)
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 ------------ Seacor Holdings        Barclays          Cuts
price target to $81 from $83;
 (CKH.N)                                  rating equal weight
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 ------------ Sierra Pacific         Goldman Sachs     Adds to
conviction buy list, reports
 Resources SRP.N                        theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Southern Copper        Morgan Stanley    Cuts to
underweight from equal
 (PCU.N)                                  weight, reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Stec (STEC.O)          Caris             Cuts
price target to $3.75 from
                                       $5.50; rating
average
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 ------------ Superior Energy        Barclays          Cuts
price target to $38 from $41
 Services (SPN.N)
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 ------------ Sybase Inc (SY.N)      Caris             Starts
with above average, price
                                       target of $30
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 ------------ Taleo Corp (TLEO.O)    KeyBanc           Cuts to
hold from buy
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 ------------ TD Ameritrade          UBS               Cuts
price target to $13 from $16;
 (AMTD.O)                                 rating neutral
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 ------------ Tech Data Corp         Raymond James     Cuts
rice target to $25 from $29.50;
 (TECD.O)                                 rating strong buy
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 ------------ Tetra Technologies     Barclays          Cuts
price target to $17 from $18
 (TTI.N)
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 ------------ Trina Solar Ltd        Deutsche Bank     Cuts to
hold from buy
 (TSL.N)
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 ------------ Tween Brands TWB.N   RBC               Cuts
price target to $6 from $9;
                                       rating sector
perform
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 ------------ United Therapeutics    JP Morgan         Removes
from analyst focus list
 Corp (UTHR.O)          Jefferies         Cuts price target to
$85 from $141;
                                       keeps buy rating
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 ------------ Virgin Media (VMED.O)  Citigroup         Cuts
price target to $15 from
                                       $17.50; rating buy
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 ------------ Vmware Inc (VMW.N)     Caris             Starts
with below average, price
                                       target of $18  
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 ----------- Waddell & Reed         Credit Suisse     Cuts
price target to $14 from $17
 Financial (WDR.N)
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 ------------ XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ladenburg         Cuts to
sell from buy
 XTLB.O
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Mary Meyase and Shrutika Verma;
Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91  80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1
646 223 8780)) 



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