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Fri Feb 6, 2009 2:00pm EST

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 Saks Inc (SKS.N)       Goldman Sachs     Cuts price target to
$3.90 from
                                       $4.50; rating
neutral
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 ------------  Scripps Networks       Barclays          Cuts
price target to $26 from $30;
 Interactive  (SNI.N)                     rating equal-weight
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 ------------  Skechers USA (SKX.N)   Susquehanna       Cuts to
neutral from positive
                     Wedbush           Cuts to hold from buy
                     S&P Equity        Cuts to sell from
hold
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 ------------ Shire (SHPGY.O)        FTN Equity        Starts
with buy rating; price
                                       target of $55
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 ------------  Sonic Innovations      Natixis           Cuts
price target to $7 from $8;
 SNCI.O                                 rating buy
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 ------------  Sonoco Products        UBS               Cuts
price target to $21 from $24;
 (SON.N)                                  rating neutral
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 ------------  Spirit Aerosystems     Jefferies         Cuts
price target to $20 from $26;  (SPR.N)
     rating buy
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 ------------ SRA International      UBS               Cuts
price target to $17 from $18;
 (SRX.N)                                  rating neutral
                     Stifel            Cuts price target to
$23 from $26;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------  Steel Dynamics         Goldman Sachs     Cuts
price target to $13.00 from
 (STLD.O)                                 $14.00; rating buy
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 ------------  Strategic Hotels &     UBS               Cuts to
sell from neutral
 Resorts (BEE.N)
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 ------------  Sunoco Logistics       Barclays          Raises
price target to $54 from
 Partners LP (SXL.N)                      $50; rating
equal-weight
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 ------------  Sunstone Hotel         UBS               Cuts to
sell from neutral
 Investors Inc (SHO.N)
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 ------------  Synchronoss            Thinkequity       Raises
to accumulate
 Technologies (SNCR.O)
                     S&P Equity        Raises target price
by $1 to $7.50;
                                       keeps strong sell
rating
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 ------------  Syniverse HLDG         Wedbush           Cuts to
buy from strong buy
 (SVR.N)
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 ------------  Talbots (TLB.N)        Citigroup         Raises
to hold from sell
                     UBS               Cuts price target to
$2.25 from
                                       $2.8; keeps neutral
ratinG
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 ------------ Telecommunication      Wedbush           Raises
price target to $10 from
 Systems (TSYS.O)                         $8.50; keeps buy
rating
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 ------------  Tenneco Inc (TEN.N)    Baird             Cuts
price target to $4 from $6;
                                       rating neutral
                     Credit Suisse     Cuts to neutral from
outperform;
                                       cuts target price of
$2 from $6
                     Barclays          Cuts price target to
$6 from $7;
                                       rating equal weight
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 ------------ Terremark Worldwide    Jefferies         Raises
price target to $5.50 from
 (TMRK.O)                                 $5; rating buy
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 ------------ Thoratec Corp (THOR.O) UBS               Cuts
price target to $35 from $38;
                                       keeps buy rating
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 ------------ Transdigm Group        Barclays          Raises
price target to $42 from $36;
 (TDG.N)                                  rating overweight
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 ------------  UCBH Holdings UCBH.O Friedman          Cuts to
market perform from
                                       outperform
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 ------------ Unifi Inc (UFI.N)      Caris             Cuts to
average
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 ------------  United States Steel    Goldman Sachs     Cuts
price target to $21.00 from
 (X.N)                                    $23.00; rating sell
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 ------------  Urban Outfitters Inc   UBS               Cuts
price target to $22 from $23;
 (URBN.O)                                 keeps buy rating
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 ------------ US Airways Group       Goldman Sachs     Cuts
price target to $6.00 from
 (LCC.N)                                  $7.00; rating sell
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 ------------  ValeRIO.N            Goldman Sachs     Raises
price target to $19.00 from
                                       $15.00; rating buy
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 ------------  Verisign (VRSN.O)      S&P Equity        Lowers
price target to $22 from $24;
     rating hold
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 ------------- Watson Wyatt Worldwide UBS               Raises
price target to $56 from
 (WW.N)                                   $54; rating buy
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 ------------  Weight Watchers        Barclays          Cuts to
underweight from equal
 International (WTW.N)                    weight
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 ------------  Willbros Group (WG.N)  Lazard            Cuts
price target to $17 from $21;
                                       rating buy
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 ------------  WNS (WNS.N)            Credit Suisse     Cuts
target price to $10 from $14
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 ------------  WSFS Financial (WSFS.O)Sandler O'Neill   Cuts
price target by $14 to $44;
                                       keeps buy rating
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 ------------  Zale Corp (ZLC.N)      Goldman Sachs     Cuts
price target to $2.90 from
                                       $3.30; rating
neutral
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 ------------  ((Compiled by Shrutika Verma and Sandhya Menon;
Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91  80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1
646 223 8780))



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