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Barclays Maintains Equal-Weight on Federal Realty Investment, Raises Price Target to $123
Barclays analyst Richard Hightower maintains Federal Realty Investment (NYSE:FRT) with a Equal-Weight and raises the price target from $120 to $123.
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