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US-RESEARCH/ (NON-S&P500)

Wed Jun 4, 2008 12:54pm EDT

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 Patterson-UTI Energy   Goldman Sachs     Starts with neutral
rating, reports
 (PTEN.O)                                 theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ PHH Corp (PHH.N)       KBW               Starts
with outperform rating,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Pioneer Natural        Citigroup         Raises
price target to $100 from
 Resources (PXD.N)                        $69; rating buy
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 ------------ Prestige Brands        Oppenheimer       Raises
to perform from underperform,
 (PBH.N)                                  reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Saks (SKS.N)           Merrill Lynch   
Reinstates with underperform rating,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ SBA Communications     RBC               Cuts to
sector perform from  (SBAC.O)                               
outperform, reports                                         
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Semitool SMTL.O      Needham         
Reinstates with buy; price target
                                       of $11
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 ------------ Sherwin-Williams       Merrill Lynch     Starts
with underperform rating;  (SHW.N)
 price target of $50
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 ------------ Spectranetics (SPNC.O) SMH Capital       Starts
with buy rating; price
                                       target of $15
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 ------------ Stancorp Financial     Citigroup         Raises
price target to $62 from
 (SFG.N)                                  $55; rating buy
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 ------------ Talisman Energy        Merrill Lynch   
Reinstates with buy rating; price
 (TLM.TO)                                 target of C$33
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 ------------ Thor Industries        RBC               Cuts
price target to $30 from
 (THO.N)                                  $35; rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Thoratec Corp (THOR.O) SMH Capital       Starts
with buy rating; price
                                       target of $22
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 ------------ UAL Corp (UAUA.O)      S&P Equity        Raises
to buy from hold; raises
                     Research          price target by $2 to
$12
                     Credit Suisse     Raises to outperform
from neutral,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ United Community Banks Raymond James     Raises
to outperform from market
 (UCBI.O)                                 perform
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 ------------ Universal Health       Raymond James     Raises
price target to $75 from
 Services (UHS.N)                         $72; rating strong
buy 
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 ------------ US Airways (LCC.N)     Credit Suisse     Raises
to neutral from underperform,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Vail Resorts           Banc of America   Starts
with buy rating, reports
 (MTN.N)                                  theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Vnus Medical           Piper Jaffray     Cuts to
neutral from buy, reports
 VNUS.O                                 theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Whiting USA            Stifel            Starts
with hold rating 
 Trust I (WHX.N)
                     Raymond James     Starts with
outperform rating
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 ------------ Xenoport               Goldman Sachs     Starts
with buy rating, reports
 (XNPT.O)                                 theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Ramya Dilip; Bangalore Equities
Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 


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