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IBM $136.30 (New York symbol IBM; Shares outstanding: 970.1 million; Market cap: $130.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.8%; www.ibm.com) will buy Truven Health Analytics, a private firm that provides hospitals and pharmaceutical companies with analytic data services. Truven will become part of IBM’s Watson Health business. It uses advanced artificialintelligence technology to process and analyze large volumes of data, including patient records, drug information and insurance claims. That helps hospitals and clinics reduce errors and cut their costs. IBM will pay $2.6 billion for Truven when it completes the purchase later this year....
PENGROWTH ENERGY $1.18 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 543.0 million; Market cap: $564.8 million; TSINetwork Rating: Average; No dividends paid; www.pengrowth.com) produces oil and natural gas, mostly in Western Canada. This includes its Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta. Pengrowth has suspended its $0.01-a-share quarterly dividend in response to the sharp decline in oil prices. It will also reduce its capital spending to between $60 million to $70 million in 2016, from $184 million in 2015. The company also laid off workers. That should save it $25 million in 2016. In addition, Pengrowth aims to sell $600 million of less important properties. These funds will probably go toward paying down its $2.1 billion debt. That’s now 3.7 times its depressed market cap....
ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEX FUND $31.82 (New York symbol EEM; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The fund’s geographic breakdown includes China, 24.0%; South Korea, 15.3%; Taiwan, 12.8%; India, 8.0%; South Africa, 6.4%; Brazil, 5.7%; Mexico, 4.6%; Russia, 3.7%; Malaysia, 3.5%; Indonesia, 3.0%; Thailand, 2.3%; and Turkey, 1.5%. Its top holdings are Samsung Electronics (South Korea), 3.8%; Taiwan Semiconductor (computer chips), 3.4%; Tencent Holdings (China: Internet), 2.9%; China Mobile, 2.0%; China Construction Bank, 1.5%; Naspers (South Africa: media and Internet), 1.5%; Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, 1.1%; and Hon Hai Precision (Taiwan), 1.0%....
ISHARES MSCI SOUTH KOREA INDEX FUND $48.28 (New York symbol EWY; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the MSCI Korea Index. The ETF’s top holdings are Samsung Electronics, 21.2%; Hyundai Motor, 3.7%; SK Hynix Semiconductor, 2.9%; Hyundai Mobis (auto parts), 2.8%; Shinhan Financial, 2.7%; Naver (Internet), 2.6%; Korea Electric Power, 2.5%; LG Chemicals, 2.3%; Posco (steel), 2.2%; Kia Motors, 2.0%; AmorePacific Corp. (cosmetics), 2.0%; KT&G Corp. (tobacco), 1.9%; KB Financial, 1.9%; and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, 1.7%. The iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund was launched on May 9, 2000. Its expense ratio is 0.64%....