BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-S&P Equity Research raises Microsemi to buy

Nov 12 (Reuters) - Microsemi Corp: * S&P Equity Research raises Microsemi Corp to buy from hold For a summary of rating and price target changes on S&P 500 companies: Reuters 3000Xtra users, double-click Reuters Station users, click .1568 Reuters Plus users search on RCH/US For a summary of rating and price target changes on non-S&P 500 companies: Reuters 3000Xtra users, double-click Reuters Station users, click .2102 Reuters Plus users search on RCH/US2 For a summary of rating and price target changes on Canadian companies: Reuters 3000Xtra users, double-click Reuters Station users, click .4899 Reuters Plus users search on RCH/CA (Bangalore Equities Newsdesk [phone]; within U.S. [phone]) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved.

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