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Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:19pm EDT

Stocks

   
 Par Pharmaceutical     Caris             Raises to above
average from average
 (PRX.N)
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 ------------ Petrominerales Ltd     CIBC              Raises
to sector outperformer from
 (PMG.TO)                                 sector performer
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 ------------ PNM Resources (PNM.N)  RBC               Cuts to
sector perform from
                                       outperform
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 ----------- Powerwave Technologies Goldman Sachs     Adds to
conviction buy list; keeps
 (PWAV.O)                                 buy rating, reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Quicksilver Resources  Jefferies         Raises
price target to $56.00 from
 (KWK.N)                                  $54.00; rating buy
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 ------------ Red Back Mining Inc    Haywood           Raises
to sector outperform from
 (RBI.TO)                                 sector perform
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 ------------ Regency Centers        Lehman            Raises
price target to $66 from
 (REG.N)                                  $64; rating
overweight
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 ------------ Response Genetics      Caris             Cuts to
average from above average
 (RGDX.O)
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 ----------- Ritchie Bros.          Jefferies         Raises
price target to $28.00 from
 Auctioneers (RBA.N)                      $26.00; rating hold
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 ------------ Rona Inc (RON.TO)      UBS               Cuts
price target C$16.00 from
                                       C$17.00; rating buy 
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 ------------ Sino Forest (TRE.TO)   Haywood           Raises
price target by C$4 to C$27;
                                       rating sector
outperform
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 ----------- Softchoice (SO.TO)     Raymond James     Cuts
price target to C$14 from
                                       C$16; rating market
perform
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 ------------ Strongco Income Fund   BMO               Cuts
price target to C$3.75 from
 (SQP_u.TO)                               C$6.50; rating market
perform
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 ----------- Synovus Financial      Stifel            Cuts to
hold from buy, reports
 (SNV.N)                                  theflyonthewall.com
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 ----------- Thomson Reuters        BMO               Cuts
price target to C$44 from C$46;
 (TRI.TO)                                 rating outperform 
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 ----------- Toll Brothers (TOL.N)  Citigroup         Starts
with buy
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 ------------ Tween Brands TWB.N   Citigroup         Cuts to
sell from hold
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 ------------ TW Telecom (TWTC.O)    Lehman            Cuts
price target to $28 from
                                       $31; rating
overweight
                     Oppenheimer       Cuts to perform from
outperform,
                                       reports
theflyonthewall.com
                     Jefferies         Cuts price target to
$24.00 from
                                       $26.00; rating buy
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 ------------ Ultrapetrol (ULTR.O)   UBS               Raises
to buy from neutral, reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
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 ----------- Unionbancal UB.N     RBC               Raises
price target to $67 from $50;
                                       rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Vaalco Energy (EGY.N)  RBC               Raises
price target to $7 from $5;
                                       rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Waste Connections      Friedman          Cuts to
market perform from
 (WCN.N)                                  outperform, reports
                                       theflyonthewall.com
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 ------------ Waterfurnace           BMO               Raises
price target to C$28 from C$25;
 Renewable (WFI.TO)                       rating market
perform
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 ------------ Watson Wyatt           Baird             Cuts to
neutral from outperform
 Worldwide (WW.N)                         on valuation
                     Citigroup         Raises price target
to $66.00 from
                                       $64.00; rating buy
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 ------------ ((Compiled by Ramya Dilip, Mary Meyase and Eric
Yep; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S.
+1 646 223 8780)) 



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