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Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:20pm EST

Stocks

   
 JDS Uniphase (JDSU.O)  S&P Equity        Raises to hold from
sell on
                     Research          valuation
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 ------------ Lowe's Companies       Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $16.00 from
 (LOW.N)                                  $17.50; rating hold
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 ------------ LSI Corp (LSI.N)       S&P Equity        Raises
to buy from sell; target
                     Research          price by $0.50 to
$3.50
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 ------------ Newmont Mining (NEM.N) S&P Equity        Cuts to
sell from hold
                     Research
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 ------------ Noble Corp (NE.N)      Bernstein         Raises
to market perform
                                       from underperform
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 ------------ Noble Energy (NBL.N)   S&P Equity        Cuts
price target by $7 to $51;
                     Research          keeps hold rating
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 ------------ Occidental Petroleum   Bernstein         Cuts to
underperform from
 (OXY.N)                                  market perform
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 ----------- Rowan Cos (RDC.N)      Bernstein         Raises to
market perform
                                       from underperform
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 ----------- St Jude Medical        Lazard            Raises
price target to $45 from $40;
 (STJ.N)                                  rating buy
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 ------------ Transocean (RIG.N)     Bernstein         Raises
to outperform from
                                       market perform
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 ----------- Watson Pharmaceuticals S&P Equity        Raises
target price by $4 to $34;
 (WPI.N)                                  keeps buy rating
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 ------------ Whirlpool (WHR.N)      Raymond James     Cuts to
outperform from strong buy
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 ------------ Whole Foods Market     Jefferies         Raises
to buy from hold
 (WFMI.O)
                     RBC               Cuts price target to
$13 from $14;
                                       rating sector perform
                     JP Morgan         Raises to neutral
from underweight
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 ------------ Windstream WIN.N     S&P Equity        Raises
to strong buy from buy
                     Research
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 ------------ XTO Energy (XTO.N)     S&P Equity        Cuts
target price by $7 to $41;
                     Research          keeps buy rating
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 ------------  ((Compiled by Tenzin Pema, Sandhya Menon and
Vidya L Nathan; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800;
within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) 



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