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Fri May 1, 2009 1:53pm EDT

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 Pride International    Tristone          Cuts to market
perform from top pick
 (PDE.N)                                  on valuation
                     Barclays          Cuts price target to
$29 from $31;
                                       rating overweight
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 ------------ Radiant Systems        Wedbush           Raises
price target to $6.50 from
 (RADS.O)                                 $5.50; rating hold
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 ------------ Red Hat Inc (RHT.N)    Baird             Cuts to
neutral from outperform
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 ------------ Regeneron              Credit Suisse     Raises
to outperform from neutral
 Pharmaceuticals (REGN.O)
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 ------------ Research in Motion     UBS               Raises
to buy from neutral; price
 (RIMM.O) (RIM.TO)                        target to $90 from
$85
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 ------------ Sepracor SEPR.O      Goldman Sachs     Cuts to
sell from neutral
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 ------------ Shire (SHPGY.O)        Caris             Cuts
price target to $45 from $49;
                                       rating above average
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 ------------ Sierra Wireless        RBC               Raises
price target to $7 from $6;
 (SWIR.O)                                 rating sector perform
                     Haywood           Raises price target
by $0.75 to
                                       $6.25; rating sector
perform
                     Dundee            Raises to buy from
neutral; price
                                       target to $7 from
$5.50
                     Genuity           Raises price target
to $7.00 from
                                       $5.00; rating hold
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 ------------ Sourcefire (FIRE.O)    Jefferies         Raises
price target to $13 from $11;
                                       rating buy
                     Stifel            Raises price target
to $15 from $10;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Sonus Networks         Jefferies         Cuts to
hold from buy
 (SONS.O)
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 ------------ Spirit Aerosystems     Credit Suisse     Raises
price target to $17 from $15
 (SPR.N)
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 ------------ Strayer Education      Credit Suisse     Raises
price target to $178 from
 (STRA.O)                                 $170
                     UBS               Raises price target
to $315 from
                                       $310; rating buy
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 ------------ Suncor Energy          Goldman Sachs     Raises
to buy from sell; adds to
 (SU.TO) (SU.N)                           conviction buy list
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 ------------ Symmetry Medical       Wachovia          Cuts to
underperform from market
 (SMA.N)                                  perform
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 ------------ Telecommunication      Wedbush           Raises
price target to $12 from $10;
 Systems (TSYS.O)                         rating buy
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 ------------ Tenneco Inc (TEN.N)    Baird             Raises
price target to $4 from $3;
                                       rating neutral
                     Credit Suisse     Raises price target
to $5 from $2
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 ------------ Time Warner Cable      Raymond James     Cuts to
market perform from
 (TWC.N)                                  outperform
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 ------------ Trico Bancshares       KBW               Raises
to outperform from market
 (TCBK.O)                                 perform; price target
to $22 from
                                       $16
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 ------------ TTM Technologies       Longbow           Raises
price target to $10.00 from
 (TTMI.O)                                 $8.50
                     RBC               Raises price target
to $9 from $8;
                                       rating outperform
                     UBS               Raises price target
to $8 from $6;
                                       rating neutral
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 ------------ Ultralife (ULBI.O)     RBC               Cuts
price target to $7 from $11;
                                       rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Unifi Inc (UFI.N)      Caris             Raises
to above average from average
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 ------------ United Bankshares      Sandler O'Neill   Cuts to
sell from hold on valuation
 (UBSI.O)
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 ------------ Varian Semiconductor   Caris             Raises
price target to $27 to $20;
 Equipment (VSEA.O)                       rating average
                     Credit Suisse     Raises price target
to $19.50 from
                                       $13.50
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 ------------ Vistaprint (VPRT.O)    Jefferies         Raises
price target to $40 from $33;
                                       rating buy
                     Citigroup         Raises price target
to $44 from $28;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ Volcom (VLCM.O)        Wedbush           Raises
price target to $12 from $9;
                                       rating hold
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 ------------ Walter Industries      BMO               Raises
price target to $22 from $20;
 (WLT.N)                                  rating market
perform
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 ------------ Washington Real Estate RBC               Raises
price target to $22 from $20;
 Investment Trust (WRE.N)                 rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Westamerica Bancorp    Stifel            Cuts to
sell from hold
 (WABC.O)
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 ------------- Williams Partners      RBC               Cuts to
outperform from top pick
 (WPZ.N)
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 ----------- Williams Pipeline      Stifel            Cuts to
hold from buy
 Partners (WMZ.N)
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 ------------ Wonder Auto Technology Susquehanna       Cuts to
neutral from positive
 (WATG.O)
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Tenzin Pema, Mary Meyase and
Shrutika Verma; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800;
within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 



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