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US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 Sept 3 1530 GMT

Wed Sep 3, 2008 11:30am EDT

Stocks

   
 Following is a summary of research actions on non-S&P 500 and
Canadian companies reported by  Reuters on Wednesday. Stock
entries are in alphabetical order.
 For a summary of research on S&P 500 companies, double click
on [RCH/US]
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 ------------ STOCK                  RESEARCH BY       ACTION
 Adolor (ADLR.O)        Piper Jaffray     Cuts to neutral from
buy,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Allscripts Healthcare  Piper Jaffray     Cuts to
neutral from buy
 (MDRX.O)
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 ------------ Arqule (ARQL.O)        Banc Of America   Raises
to buy from neutral
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 ------------ Baytex Energy Trust    RBC               Cuts to
sector perform from outperform,
 (BTE_u.TO) (BTE.N)                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Cabot Corp (CBT.N)     Jefferies         Raises
price target to $32 from $30;
                                       keeps hold rating
                     Keybanc           Raises to buy from
hold
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 ------------ Capital Product        Wachovia          Starts
with outperform rating
 Partners (CPLP.O)
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 ------------ Ceradyne (CRDN.O)      Wachovia          Cuts to
underperform from market perform
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 ------------ Dreamworks Animation   Stifel            Cuts to
hold from buy,
 DWA.N                                  reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Extra Space            UBS               Starts
with neutral rating;
 Storage (EXR.N)                          price target of $16,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Flowers Foods (FLO.N)  Longbow           Raises
to buy from neutral
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 ------------ GT Solar (SOLR.O)      Piper Jaffray     Starts
with buy rating; price target of $15,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Green Mountain         Stifel            Cuts to
sell from hold,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Kenexa Corp (KNXA.O)   Friedman          Cuts to
market perform from outperform,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ McAfee (MFE.N)         Friedman          Cuts to
underperform from market perform
                     Jefferies         Raises price target
to $46 from $38;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Medicis Pharmaceutical Credit Suisse     Cuts to
neutral from outperform,
 (MRX.N)                                  reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Medivation (MDVN.O)    Brean Murray      Raises
target price to $11 from $4;
                                       keeps sell rating
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 ------------ Minco Silver           Raymond James     Cuts
price target to C$5.30 from
 (MSV.TO)                                 C$5.50; rating
outperform
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 ------------ Morgans Hotel (MHGC.O) UBS               Raises
price target to $18.5 from $13;
                                       keeps neutral rating
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 ------------ Pharmacyclics (PCYC.O) RBC               Raises
to outperform from sector perform,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Phillips-Van Heusen    Credit Suisse     Cuts to
neutral from outperform,
 (PVH.N)                                  reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Retalix (RTLX.O)       UBS               Cuts
price target to $14 from $16;
                                       keeps neutral rating
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 ------------ Rigel Pharmaceuticals  RBC               Starts
with outperform rating;
 (RIGL.O)                                 price target OF $31,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Sciele Pharma SCRX.O UBS               Cuts to
neutral from buy,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Semtech (SMTC.O)       Goldman Sachs     Starts
with buy rating; price target
                                       of $18, reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Sonic Corp (SONC.O)    Lehman            Cuts
price target to $18 from $19;
                                       rating overweight
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 ------------ South Financial        Morgan Keegan     Cuts to
market perform from outperform
 Group (TSFG.O)
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 ------------ Teekay Tankers (TNK.N) Wachovia          Starts
with market perform rating
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 ------------ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Oppenheimer       Cuts to
perform from outperform,
 (VRTX.O)                                 reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Website Pros (WWWW.O)  Friedman          Cuts to
market perform from outperform,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Adveith Nair; Bangalore Equities
Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 



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