US RESEARCH SUMMARY-S&P 500 Sept 3 1435 GMT

Following is a summary of research actions on S&P 500
companies reported by Reuters on Wednesday. Stock entries are
in alphabetical order.
For a summary of research on non-S&P 500 and Canadian
companies, double click on [RCH/US2]
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------------ STOCK RESEARCH BY ACTION
Advanced Micro Jefferies Raises price target
to $7 from $6;
Devices (AMD.N) keeps hold rating
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------------ Ameren Corp (AEE.N) Citigroup Cuts
price target to $47 from $49;

rating hold
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------------ Baxter International UBS Starts
ith buy rating; price target of $80,
(BAX.N) reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Conagra Foods (CAG.N) Lehman Cuts
price target to $22 from $24;

rating equal weight

JP Morgan Cuts to neutral from
overweight,

reports
theflyonthewall.com

Merrill Lynch Cuts to underperform
from buy,

reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Coventry Health Credit Suisse Starts
with outperform rating;
Care (CVH.N) price target of $42,
reports

theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Covidien (COV.N) Citigroup Raises
price target to $65 from $62;

rating buy
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------------ Emerson Electric Goldman Sachs Removes
from conviction buy list;
(EMR.N) keeps buy rating,
reports

theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Entergy (ETR.N) Jefferies Cuts
price target to $117 from $123;

rating buy
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------------ Forest Labs (FRX.N) Cowen Cuts to
neutral from outperform,

reports
theflyonthewall.com

Credit Suisse Cuts to neutral from
outperform,

reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Goldman Sachs (GS.N) Credit Suisse Rates
outperform
[ID:nWNA2018] Cuts q3 shr view to
$1.50 from $2.15

Cuts 2008 shr view to
$13.50 from $14.50
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------------ Linear Technology Goldman Sachs Cuts to
neutral from buy,
(LLTC.O) reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Monsanto (MON.N) Jefferies Raises
price target to $156 from $152;

rating buy
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------------ Public Storage (PSA.N) UBS Starts
with neutral rating;

price target of $91,
reports

theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Radioshack (RSH.N) UBS Starts
with neutral rating;

price target of $20,
reports

theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Tenet Healthcare Deutsche Bank Raises
to buy from hold,
(THC.N) reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Time Warner (TWX.N) Bernstein Cuts to
market perform from outperform,

reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ United Technologies UBS Raises
to buy from neutral,
(UTX.N) reports
theflyonthewall.com;

Adds to strategic
stock selections list
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------------ VF Corp (VFC.N) Credit Suisse Raises
to outperform from neutral,

reports
theflyonthewall.com
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------------ Household Appliances S&P Equity Cuts to
negative from neutral
Sector
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------------ ((Compiled by Adveith Nair; Bangalore Equities
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