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US RESEARCH SUMMARY-Non-S&P 500 Aug 29 1935 GMT

Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:36pm EDT

Stocks

   
 Following is a summary of research actions on non-S&P 500 and
Canadian companies reported by  Reuters on Friday. 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
 Blackrock Kelso        Wachovia          Cuts to market
perform from
 Capital (BKCC.O)                         outperform
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 ------------ Cabot Corp (CBT.N)     JP Morgan         Raises
to overweight from neutral
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 ------------ Celanese (CE.N)        Credit Suisse     Adds to
U.S. focus list;
                                       keeps outperform
rating,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ dELiAs (DLIA.O)        CL King           Raises
to strong buy from neutral
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 ------------ Dollar Financial       Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $21 from $27;
 (DLLR.O)                                 keeps buy rating
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 ------------ Domtar (UFS.N)         Deutsche Bank     Cuts to
hold from buy
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 ------------ Eagle Materials        Longbow           Raises
to buy from neutral
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 ------------ Emergent Biosolutions  WBB Securities    Cuts to
hold
 (EBS.N)
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 ------------ Energy Conversion      Piper Jaffray     Cuts to
neutral from buy,
 Devices (ENER.O)                         reports
theflyonthewall.com
                     Jefferies         Raises price target
to $96.00 from
                                       $57.00;rating buy
                     Broadpoint        Raises price target
to $89.00 from                                          $80.00;
rating buy
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 ------------ FPIC Insurance         Raymond James     Cuts to
market perform from
                                       outperform, reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ H&E Equipment          Credit Suisse     Cuts to
neutral from outperform,
 Services (HEES.O)                        reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Genaera GENR.O       RBC               Cuts
price target to $2 from $4;
                                       rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Gerber Scientific      Needham           Cuts
price target to $12 from $13;
 (GRB.N)                                  rating buy
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 ------------ Greenfield Online      CL King           Cuts to
neutral from strong buy
 SRVY.O
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 ------------ Kayne Anderson         Wachovia          Cuts to
market perform from
 Energy (KED.N)                           outperform
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 ------------ Newstar Financial      Wachovia          Cuts to
market perform from
 (NEWS.O)                                 outperform
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 ------------ Petrohawk Energy       Morgan Keegan     Resumes
with outperform rating,
 (HK.N)                                   reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Petsmart (PETM.O)      Credit Suisse     Raises
rice target to $26 from $20;
                                       rating neutral
                     Wedbush           Raises price target
to $29 from $27;
                                       rating buy
                     S&P Equity        Cuts to buy from
strong buy; keeps
                                       target price at $30
                     Deutsche Bank     Raises price target
to $28 from $26;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Sigma Designs          Deutsche Bank     Cuts
price target to $25 from $30;
 (SIGM.O)                                 rating buy
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 ------------ Sinopec Shanghai       S&P Equity        Cuts to
hold from buy
 Petrochemical (SHI.N)
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 ------------ Southern Copper        Deutsche Bank     Cuts
price target to $31 from $38;
 (PCU.N)                                  rating hold
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 ------------ SY Bancorp (SYBT.O)    Baird             Cuts to
neutral from outperform
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 ------------ Williams-Sonoma        Thomas Weisel     Cuts to
market weight from
 (WSM.N)                                  overweight, reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
                     Wedbush           Cuts price target to
$17 from $21;
                                       rating hold
                     Raymond James     Cuts to market
perform from
                                       outperform, reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
                     Lehman            Cuts price target to
$16 from $21;
                                       rating equal weight
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 ------------ Wimm-Bill-Dann (WBD.N) Credit Suisse     Cuts to
neutral from outperform
                     UBS               Cuts to neutral from
buy,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Adveith Nair and Vidya L Nathan;
Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1
646 223 8780)) 



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