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| The Investors Centre - Upgrades/Downgrades: For December 20, 2000 | 
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Alcan Aluminium (AL:TSE) | (initiated) | Hold | US $40 | Credit Suisse First Boston |
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Founders Energy (FDE:TSE) | (reiterated) | Buy | n/a | Yorkton Securities |
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Inco Limited (N:TSE) | (initiated) | Hold | n/a | Credit Suisse First Boston |
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ITI Education Corp. (ITK:TSE) | (initiated) | Long term buy | C $5.35 | Beacon Securities |
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Mackenzie Financial Corp. (MKF:TSE) | (maintained) | Hold | C $28.25 | Scotia Capital |
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Nortel Networks (NT:TSE) | Strong buy | Buy | n/a | ING Barings |
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QLT Inc. (QLT:TSE) | (reinstated) | Near/long term accumulate | n/a | Merrill Lynch |
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Tundra Semiconductor (TUN:TSE) | (maintained) | Buy | C $60 | Paradigm Capital |
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Westport Innovations Inc. (WPT:TSE) | (reiterated) | Buy | n/a | Goepel McDermid |
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----------------- | (reiterated) | Buy | C $33 | Yorkton Securities |
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Adobe Systems (ADBE) | (initiated) | Hold | n/a | Credit Suisse First Boston |
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Capital One (COF) | (reiterated) | Buy | US $82 | ABN AMRO |
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CIENA Corp. (CIEN) | (reiterated) | Buy | n/a | Robertson Stephens |
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----------------- | (reiterated) | Strong buy | n/a | Wit SoundView |
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Cintas Corp (CTAS) | Long term buy | Hold | n/a | Barrington Research |
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Cisco Systems (CSCO) | Near term buy | Near term accumulate | n/a | Merrill Lynch |
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----------------- | (initiated) | Buy | n/a | CE Unterberg Towbin |
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Commerce Onc (CMRC) | Buy | Market perform | n/a | Thomas Weisel |
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Efficient Networks (EFNT) | Strong buy | Accumulate | n/a | Kaufman Bros. |
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Fox Entertainment (FOX) | (reiterated) | Buy | n/a | Credit Lyonnais Sec. |
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Goldman Sachs (GS) | Hold | Buy | n/a | Wasserstein Perella |
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----------------- | (reiterated) | Strong buy | n/a | First Union Securities |
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----------------- | (reiterated) | Attractive | US $105 | Bear Stearns |
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Goodyear Tire (GT) | Market perform | Buy | US $27 | Deutsche Banc Alex Br. |
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Hershey Foods (HSY) | (initiated) | Buy | n/a | Deutsche Banc Alex Br. |
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Hewlett Packard (HWP) | Near term accumulate | Near term neutral | n/a | Merrill Lynch |
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i2 Technologies (ITWO) | (reiterated) | Near/long term outperformer | n/a | Gruntal & Co. |
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i3 Mobile (IIIM) | Buy | Hold | n/a | CE Unterberg Towbin |
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IBM (IBM) | Near term accumulate | Near term neutral | n/a | Merrill Lynch |
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Juniper Networks (JNPR) | (initiated) | Strong buy | US $200 | CE Unterberg Towbin |
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Merrill Lynch (MER) | (initiated) | Accumulate | n/a | Prudential |
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NBC Internet (NBCI) | (initiated) | Long term attractive | n/a | Wedbush Morgan |
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NextCard (NXCD) | (reiterated) | Buy | US $14 | Thomas Weisel |
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Onvia.com (ONVI) | (reiterated) | Hold | n/a | Wedbush Morgan |
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SBC Communications (SBC) | (reiterated) | Buy | n/a | Lehman Brothers |
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----------------- | (reiterated) | Buy | US $65 | UBS Warburg |
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Sears Roebuck (S) | Buy | Outperform | US $39 | Lazard Freres |
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Sycamore Networks (SCMR) | (reiterated) | Buy | n/a | Credit Suisse First Boston |
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Verizon Communications (VZ) | (reiterated) | Strong buy | US $87 | UBS Warburg |
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WebTrends (WEBT) | (reiterated) | Strong buy | n/a | Wit SoundView |
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Yahoo! (YHOO) | Strong buy | Buy | n/a | USB Piper Jaffray |
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----------------- | Strong buy | Buy | n/a | CIBC World Markets |
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Last updated December 20, 2000 @5:14PM EST
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