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CANADA RESEARCH SUMMARY: Oct 22 1531 GMT

Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:32am EDT

Stocks

   
 Following is a summary of research actions on 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]
 For a summary of research on non-S&P 500 companies, double
click on [RCH/US2]
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 ------------ STOCK                  RESEARCH BY       ACTION
 Action Energy          Dundee            Cuts price target to
C$0.90 from  AEC.V                                  C$1.35;
rating buy
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 ----------- Alter NRG NRG.V      Raymond James     Cuts
price target to C$3.25 from C$6;
                                       rating outperform
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 ------------ Atlantic Power         RBC               Cuts to
sector perform from  ATP_u.TO                             
outperform; price target to
                                       C$8.50 from C$9.25
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 ------------ Baytex Energy Trust    Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$26 from
 (BTE_u.TO)                               C$32; rating buy
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 ------------ Bell Aliant Regional   National Bank     Cuts
price target to C$31 from C$34;  Communications (BA_u.TO)
       rating outperform
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 ------------ Berens Energy Ltd      Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$0.90 from
 (BEN.TO)                                 C$1.15; rating buy
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 ------------ Breaker Energy Ltd     Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$11 from
 WAV.TO                                 C$14; rating buy
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 ----------- Canadian National      Stifel            Raises
price target to $62 from $61;
 Railway (CNI.N)                          rating buy
                     Dahlman Rose      Cuts price target by
$4 to $64;
                                       rating buy
                     Credit Suisse     Raises price target
to $48 from $46
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 ------------ Canfor Corp (CFP.TO)   Raymond James     Cuts
price target to C$8.00 from
                                       C$9.00
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 ------------ Canfor Pulp Income     Raymond James     Cuts
price target to c$8.25 from
 Fund (CFX_u.TO)                          C$12.50
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 ------------ Celestica Inc          RBC               Cuts
price target to $5 from $9;
 (CLS.N)                                  rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Cogeco Cable (CCA.TO)  National Bank     Cuts
price target to C$55 from C$60;
                                       rating outperform
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 ------------ Crescent Point Energy  Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$35 from C$42;
 Trust CPG_u.TO                         rating buy
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 ----------- Danier Leather         BMO               Cuts
price target to C$4 from C$6;
 (DL.TO)                                  rating market
perform
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 ------------ Daylight Resources     Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$12 from
 Trust (DAY_u.TO)                         C$16; rating buy
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 ----------- Delphi Energy Corp     Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$2.75 from
 (DEE.TO)                                 C$3.50; rating buy
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 ------------ Fairborne Energy       Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$12.50 from
 Trust (FEL.TO)                           C$15; rating buy
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 ----------- First Capital Realty   Scotia Capital    Starts
with sector outperform;
 (FCR.TO)                                 price target of
C$22.50
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 ------------ FNX Mining             UBS               Cuts
price target to C$12.00 from
 (FNX.TO)                                 C$15.00; rating buy
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 ------------ Fortress Paper Ltd     Raymond James     Cuts
price target to c$12.25 from
 (FTP.TO)                                 C$16.50
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 ------------ Galleon Energy         Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$14.25 from
 GOa.TO                                 C$17.50; rating buy
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 ------------ Harvest Energy Trust   Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$14 from
 (HTE_u.TO)                               C$21; rating buy
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 ----------- International Forest   Raymond James     Cuts
price target to C$5.50 from
 Products (IFPa.TO)                       C$8.00
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 ------------ Inmet Mining Corp      Raymond James     Cuts
price target to C$50.00 from
 (IMN.TO)                                 C$87.00; Rating
outperform
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 ------------ Iteration Energy       Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$5.75 from
 (ITX.TO)                                 C$7.25; rating buy
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 ----------- Norbord (NBD.TO)       Raymond James     Cuts
price target to C$5.50 from
                                       C$7.50
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 ------------ Open Text              Versant Partners  Cuts to
hold from buy
 (OTC.TO) (OTEX.O)
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 ------------ Open Range Energy      Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$3.25 from
 (ONR.TO)                                 C$4.50; rating buy
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 ------------ Orleans Energy Ltd     Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$4 from C$5;
 (OEX.TO)                                 rating buy
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 ----------- Paramount Energy Trust Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$6 from C$8;
 (PMT_u.TO)                               rating neutral
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 ----------- Pengrowth Energy Trust Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$13 from
 (PGF_u.TO)                               C$17.50; rating
neutral
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 ----------- Precision Drilling     Canaccord Adams   Starts
with buy rating; Price target
 Trust (PD_u.TO)                          of C$18
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 ------------ Primaris Retail Real   Scotia Capital    Starts
with sector perform rating;
 Estate Investment Trust (PMZ_u.TO)       price target of C$13
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 ------------ ProEx Energy Ltd       Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$13.75 from
 PXE.TO                                 C$17.50; rating
neutral
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 ------------ Questerre Energy       Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$5.75 from
 (QEC.TO)                                 C$8.25; rating buy
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 ----------- Riocan Real Estate     Scotia Capital    Starts
with sector outperform rating;
 Investment Trust (REI_u.TO)              price target of C$20
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 ------------ Rock Energy (RE.TO)    Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$4 from
                                       C$5; rating buy
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 ----------- Rogers Communications  National Bank     Cuts
price target to C$50 from C$56;
 (RCIb.TO)                                rating outperform
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 ------------ Sabretooth Energy      Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$1 from
 SAB.TO                                 C$1.75; rating buy
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 ----------- Savanna Energy         Canaccord Adams   Starts
with buy rating; price target
 Services (SVY.TO)                        of C$17
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 ------------ SFK Pulp Fund          Raymond James     Cuts
price target to c$1.25 from
 (SFK_u.TO)                               C$1.90
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 ------------ Stoneham Drilling      Canaccord Adams   Starts
with buy rating; Price target
 Trust (SDG_u.TO)                         of C$13
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 ------------ Storm Exploration      Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$11.50 from
 (SEO.TO)                                 C$16.50; rating
neutral
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 ------------ Sun Life Financial     BMO               Cuts
price target to C$34 from C$43;
 (SLF.TO)                                 rating market perform
                     Credit Suisse     Cuts price target to
C$36 from C$40
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 ------------ Timberwest Forest Corp Raymond James     Cuts
price target to C$10.50 from
 (TWF_u.TO)                               C$11.50
                     Credit Suisse     Cuts price target to
C$9 from C$11.50
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 ------------ Trinidad Drilling      Canaccord Adams   Starts
with buy rating; price target
 (TDG.TO)                                 of C$12
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 ------------ Trilogy Energy Trust   Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$9.50 from
 (TET_u.TO)                               C$12; rating buy
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 ----------- TriStar Oil & Gas      Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$16.25 from
 TOG.TO                                 C$21.50; rating buy
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 ------------ Vero Energy            Dundee            Cuts
price target to C$9.25 from
 (VRO.TO)                                 C$11; rating buy
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 ----------- Western Forest         Raymond James     Cuts
price target to C$0.60 from
 Products                                 (WEF.TO)C$1.25
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 ------------ Xtreme Coil Drilling   Canaccord Adams   Starts
with speculative buy rating;
 (XDC.TO)                                 Price target of
c$8.50
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Aftab Ahmed; Bangalore Equities
Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 



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