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Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:26pm EST

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 Lecg (XPRT.O)          UBS               Cuts to neutral from
buy; price
                                       target to $5 from $9
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 ------------  Markwest Energy        Morgan Keegan     Raises
to outperform from market
 Partners (MWE.N)                         perform
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 ------------  Maxim Integrated       Barclays          Cuts to
equal weight from overweight
 Products (MXIM.O) 
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 ------------ Medical Properties     RBC               Cuts
price target to $8 from $11;
 Trust Inc (MPW.N)                        rating outperform
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 ------------  New York Community     Janney Montgomery Raises
to buy from neutral
 Bancorp Inc (NYB.N)
                     BMO               Cuts price target to
$19 from $21;
                                       rating outperform
                     RBC               Cuts price target to
$10 from $12;
                                       rating sector
perform
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 ------------  Olin Corp (OLN.N)      Barclays          Cuts
price target to $15 from $20;
                                       rating equal-weight
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 ------------ Parexel International  Piper Jaffray     Raises
price target to $9 from $8;
 (PRXL.O)                                 rating neutral
                     Jefferies         Raises price target
to $12 from $11;
                                       keeps buy rating
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 ------------ Patni Computer         Keybanc           Raises
to buy from hold on valuation
 Systems Ltd (PTI.N)
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 ------------  Perini Corp PCR.N    UBS               Raises
price target to $23 from $18
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 ------------  Petroquest Energy      UBS               Cuts
price target to $7.5 from $11
 (PQ.N)
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 ------------  Preferred Bank (PFBC.O)RBC               Cuts
price target to $6 from $7;
                                       rating sector
perform
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 ------------ Quanta Services        S&P Equity        Cuts to
sell from hold; raises
 (PWR.N)                Research          price target by $3 to
$20
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 ------------ RLI Corp (RLI.N)       RBC               Raises
price target to $58 from
                                       $53; rating sector
perform
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 ------------  Royal Caribbean        Barclays Capital  Cuts to
underweight from equalweight
 (RCL.OL) (RCL.N)                         Cuts share price
target to $1
 [ID:nOSO001451]                          from $20
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 ------------  Seaspan Corp (SSW.N)   Goldman Sachs     Cuts to
neutral; removes from                                         
Americas buy list
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 ------------ SL Green Realty        UBS               Cuts
price target to $28 from $34
 (SLG.N)
                     Deutsche Bank     Cuts price target to
$20 from $35;
                                       rating hold
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 ------------  Sohu.com Inc (SOHU.O)  Bernstein         Starts
with outperform rating;
 [ID:nWNAB4639]                           price target of $80
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 ------------  Stancorp Financial     Fox-Pitt          Cuts
price target to $40 from $45;
 Group Inc (SFG.N)                        rating in-line
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 ------------  Sterling Bancorp       BMO               Cuts
price target to $10 from $13;
 (STL.N)                                  rating market
perform
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 ------------  St Jude Medical (STJ.N)Jefferies         Raises
price target to $37 from $34;
                                       rating hold
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 ------------  STMicroelectronics     Citigroup         Cuts
price target to $6.50 from
 (STM.N)                                  $8.25; rating buy
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 ------------  Swift Energy (SFY.N)   UBS               Cuts
price target to $22 from $32
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 ------------  Tractor Supply (TSCO.O)Wedbush           Raises
price target to $36 from
                                       $33; rating hold
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 ------------  Take Two Interactive   UBS               Cuts
price target to $8 from $11.50;
 Software (TTWO.O)                        rating neutral
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 ------------ Tenneco (TEN.N)        S&P Equity        Cuts
price target by $3 to $3.50;
                     Research          keeps hold rating
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 ------------ Tupperware Brands      Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $30 from $35;
 (TUP.N)                                  keeps buy rating
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 ------------  United Bankshares      RBC               Cuts
price target to $19 from $22;
 (UBSI.O)                                 rating sector perform
                     Janney Montgomery Cuts value estimate
to $20 from $23;
                                       keeps neutral rating
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 ------------  Valspar Corp (VAL.N)   Barclays          Cuts
price target to $16 from $18;
                                       rating equal-weight
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 ------------ Vistaprint Ltd (VPRT.O)Jefferies         Raises
price target to $33 from $30;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------  VMWare Inc (VMW.N)     Citigroup         Cuts
price target to $22 from $27;
                                       rating hold
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 ------------  Warner Chilcott        RBC               Raises
price target to $18 from $12;
 (WCRX.O)                                 rating sector
perform
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 ------------  Watson Wyatt (WW.N)    Deutsche Bank     Raises
price target to $55 from $50;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------  Websense Inc (WBSN.O)  Credit Suisse     Cuts
target price to $14 from $19
                     Friedman          Cuts price target to
$17 from $20;
                                       rating market perform
                     Deutsche Bank     Cuts price target to
$16 from $19;
                                       rating hold
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 ------------  Wuxi Pharmatech Cayman Susquehanna       Cuts
price target to $8 from $16;
 (WX.N)                                   rating positive
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 ------------  ((Compiled by Tenzin Pema and Shrutika Verma;
Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91  80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1
646 223 8780)) 



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