Updates on Loblaw Companies, Newmont Mining and Power Corp.

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LOBLAW COMPANIES $67.82 (Toronto symbol L; Shares outstanding: 403.5 million; Market cap: $27.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.5%; www.loblaw.ca) plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 20% by 2020, and 30% by 2030. Those targets are in line with recent federal and provincial government goals. To reach its targets, the company will install new refrigeration equipment that uses carbon dioxide as a refrigerant instead of harmful hydrofluorocarbons. That should also improve the efficiency of its distribution warehouses and networks. In addition, Loblaw will start to fuel its trucks with cleanerburning natural gas. The company has yet to reveal how much it will spend on these initiatives. However, they should lower its operating costs. Loblaw is a buy. NEWMONT MINING $35.87 (New York symbol NEM; Shares outstanding: 530.8 million; Market cap: $19.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 0.6%; www.newmont.com) is one of the world’s largest producers of gold and copper, with major mines in the U.S., Peru, Suriname, Australia and Ghana. The…