Following are the research actions reported by Reuters on
Thursday as of
0713 ET
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------------ STOCK RESEARCH BY ACTION
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Goldman Sachs Raises to buy from
neutral
(VRTX.O)
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------------ Ctrip.com Bear Stearns Starts
with outperform rating; price
(CTRP.O) target of $80,
reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Ariba Broadpoint Starts
with buy rating; price target
(ARBA.O) of $15
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------------ Sun Healthcare Bear Stearns Raises
to outperform from peer
(SUNH.O) perform, reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ W&T Offshore Calyon Raises
price target to $28 from $26;
(WTI.N) keeps neutral rating
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------------ Chesapeake Energy Calyon Raises
price target to $45 from $40;
(CHK.N) keeps add rating
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------------ Royal Gold Merrill Lynch Raises
to buy from neutral, reports
(RGLD.O) theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Washington Mutual Friedman Cuts
price target to $14 from $23;
(WM.N) keeps underperform
rating
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------------ Westjet Airlines UBS Raises
price target to C$23 from C$21;
(WJAa.TO) keeps buy rating
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------------ Quebecor World UBS Cuts to
neutral from buy
IQW.TO
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------------ Coeur d'Alene JP Morgan Raises
to overweight from neutral,
(CDE.N) reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ AMR Corp UBS Cuts to
sell from neutral, reports
(AMR.N) theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Airtran Holdings UBS Cuts to
neutral from buy, reports
(AAI.N) theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Somaxon JP Morgan Raises
to neutral from underweight,
Pharmaceuticals (SOMX.O) reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Tyson Foods Wachovia Raises
to market perform from
(TSN.N) underperform
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------------ Kinross Gold Credit Suisse Cuts to
neutral from outperform,
(K.TO) reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Global Cash Access JP Morgan Cuts to
neutral from overweight
(GCA.N)
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------------ Nortel Networks Credit Suisse Raises
to neutral from underperform,
NT.N reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Ashland Credit Suisse Raises
to neutral from underperform;
(ASH.N) price target of $66,
reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Eaton Corp Bernstein Raises
to outperform from market
(ETN.N) perform, reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Brown-Forman (BFb.N) JP Morgan Cuts to
neutral from overweight
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------------ Lincoln National Merrill Lynch Raises
to buy from neutral, reports
(LNC.N) theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Aflac Merrill Lynch Cuts to
neutral from buy, reports
(AFL.N) theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Primus Guaranty Lehman Cuts to
underweight from overweight,
(PRS.N) reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Town Sports BofA Raises
to neutral from sell, reports
(CLUB.O) theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Nice Systems BofA Cuts to
neutral from buy, reports
(NICE.O) theflyonthewall.com
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------------ FirstMerit Corp Lehman Raises
to equal weight from
(FMER.O) underweight, reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ PG&E (PCG.N) Jefferies Raises
to buy from hold
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------------ Expedia (EXPE.O) Banc of America Raises
price target to $37 from $35;
keeps buy rating
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------------ WestJet Airlines Raymond James Raises
price target to C$24 from
(WJA.TO) C$20; keeps
outperform rating
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------------ Uranium One (UUU.TO) Raymond James Raises
to strong buy from outperform
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------------ Stantec (STN.TO) Raymond James Raises
to outperform from
market perform
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------------ Cordero Energy Raymond James Raises
to outperform from
COR.TO market perform
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------------ Tal International Baird Cuts
price target to $26 from $28;
GROUP (TAL.N) keeps neutral rating
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------------- Foster Wheeler Citigroup Raises
to buy from hold
(FWLT.O)
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------------- SEACOR Holdings Lehman Raises
price target to $98 from;
(CKH.N) $95; keeps equal
weight rating
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------------- Primus Guaranty Morgan Stanley Cuts
price target to $12 from $15;
(PRS.N) keeps overweight
rating
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------------- Nastech Pharmaceutical Friedman Cuts
price target to $12 from;
NSTK.O $14.50, Keeps market
perform rating
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------------- Nastech Pharmaceutical Needham Cuts to
hold from buy
NSTK.O
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------------- McCormick & Schmick's Banc of America Cuts
price target to $24 from $26;
Seafood Restaurants (MSSR.O) keeps buy rating
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------------- Morgan Stanley Banc of America Cuts
price target to $79 from $92;
(MS.N) keeps buy rating
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------------- Ship Finance Citigroup Raises
to buy from sell
International (SFL.N)
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------------ ((Compiled by Neha Singh; Bangalore Equities
Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780))
