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Fri Nov 7, 2008 3:47pm EST

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 Priceline.com (PCLN.O) S&P Equity        Upgrades to buy from
hold; cuts
                                       price target to $75
from $130
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 ----------- Pros Holdings Inc      Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $7 from $8.50;
 (PRO.N)                                  rating hold
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 ------------ Quicksilver Resources  Citigroup         Raises
to buy from hold
 (KWK.N)
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 ------------ Rait Financial Trust   RBC               Cuts
price target to $1 from $4;
 (RAS.N)                                  rating underperform
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 ------------ Red Robin Gourmet      Morgan Keegan     Cuts to
market perform rating
 Burgers Inc (RRGB.O)   S&P Equty         Raises to strong buy
from hold; cuts
                                       price target to $13
from $15
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 ------------ Res-Care Inc (RSCR.O)  Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $15 from $19;
                                       rating hold
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 ------------ Resmed Inc (RMD.N)     Citigroup         Raises
to hold from sell
                     S&P Equity        Cuts target price by
$8 to $43;
                                       keeps buy rating
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 ------------ Saks Inc (SKS.N)       Citigroup         Cuts
price target to $7 from $9
                     Lazard            Cuts to hold from
buy
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 ------------ Salesforce.com Inc     RBC               Cuts
price target to $35 from $42;
 (CRM.N)                                  rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Savient                Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $6 from $13;
 Pharmaceuticals                          rating hold
 Inc (SVNT.O) 
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 ------------ Sciclone               Susquehanna       Raises
to positive rating;
 Pharmaceuticals (SCLN.O)                 price target of
$2.50
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 ------------ Skilled Healthcare     Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $15 from $18;
 Group Inc (SKH.N)                        rating buy
                     Credit Suisse     Cuts target price to
$14 from $17
                     UBS               Cuts price target to
$16 from $19;
                                       keeps buy rating
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 ------------ Sonic Automotive       Goldman Sachs     Cuts to
neutral from buy,
 Inc (SAH.N)                              reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Sonus Networks Inc     Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $2 from $2.50;
 (SONS.O)                                 rating hold
                     Credit Suisse     Cuts to neutral from
outperform,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Southwestern Energy    Citigroup         Raises
to buy from hold
 (SWN.N)
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 ------------ STEC Inc (STEC.O)      Capstone          Cuts
price target to $10 from $15;
                     Investments       rating strong buy
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 ------------ Sunrise Senior Living  S&P Equity        Cuts to
sell from hold
 (SRZ.N)
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 ------------ Sunstone Hotel         UBS               Cuts
price target to $5 from $8.25;
 Investors Inc (SHO.N)                    keeps neutral rating
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 ------------ Swift Energy Co        S&P Equity        Cuts to
buy from strong buy
 (SFY.N)
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 ------------ Techtarget Inc         Needham           Cuts to
underperform from buy
 (TTGT.O)               Lazard            Cuts price target to
$6 from $10;
                                       rating buy
                     RBC               Cuts price target to
$7 from $10;
                                       rating outperform
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 ------------ Tenaris (TS.N)         JP Morgan         Rates
overweight with 2009 price
                                       target of $40;
transfers coverage
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 ------------ Ternium SA (TX.N)      Citigroup         Cuts to
hold from buy
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 ------------ Textainer (TGH.N)      Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $11 from $21;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------ THQ Inc (THQI.O)       Citigroup         Cuts to
hold from buy
                     UBS               Cuts price target to
$7 from $11;
                                       keeps neutral rating
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 ------------ Toyota Motor (TM.N)    S&P Equity        Cuts to
sell from hold
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 ------------ TW Telecom Inc         JP Morgan         Raises
to neutral from underweight
 (TWTC.O)               Jefferies         Cuts price target to
$11 from $14;
                                       rating buy
                     Deutsche Bank     Cuts price target to
$17 from $24;
                                       keeps buy rating
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 ------------ Universal Electronics  RBC               Cuts
price target to $22 from $24;
 Inc (UEIC.O)                             rating outperform
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 ------------ Utstarcom Inc (UTSI.O) Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $1.50 from
                                       $3.60; rating
underperform
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 ------------ Valassis               BMO               Cuts to
market perform from
 Communications (VCI.N)                   outperform,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ 99 Cents Only Stores   Wedbush           Raises
price target to $14 from $13;
 (NDN.N)                                  rating strong buy
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Tenzin Pema and Anand Basu;
Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80  4135 5800; within  U.S. +1
646 223 8780)) 



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