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SYMANTEC CORP. $19.97 (Nasdaq symbol SYMC; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (650-527-8000; www.symantec.com; Shares outstanding: 675.5 million; Market cap: $12.8 billion; Dividend yield: 1.5%) has completed the sale of its Veritas Technologies subsidiary to the Carlyle Group (Nasdaq symbol CG). This business makes products for data backup and recovery. Symantec received $6.6 billion in cash ($5.3 billion after taxes). It also retained a $400 million equity stake in Veritas. Symantec has earmarked $2.3 billion of the proceeds for share repurchases it aims to complete by March 2017. The company has also lowered its regular quarterly dividend by 50.0%, to $0.075 a share from $0.15, because of the Veritas sale. The new annual rate of $0.30 yields 1.5%. It will, however, pay a special dividend of $4.00 a share on March 22, 2016....

COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL GROUP $44.51 (Toronto symbol CIG ; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (1-202-695-4200; www.colliers.com; Shares outstanding: 37.2 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; Dividend yield: 0.2%) is one of the world’s top three commercial real estate firms, offering a range of services in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Latin America. Colliers continues to fuel its growth through acquisitions. Its latest is WPM Group NV, the leading property management firm in the Netherlands. The purchase price was not disclosed. Founded in 1987, WPM employs 180 people from five offices. Colliers will combine WPM with its existing operations in the Netherlands. The new unit will have 4.5 million square feet of real estate under management....

MITEL NETWORKS $9.69 (Toronto symbol MNW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (613-592-2122; www.mitel.ca; Shares outstanding: 120.8 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; No dividends paid) moved up recently after it announced that it now expects to report earnings per share of $0.27 to $0.28 in the fourth quarter of 2015, on revenue of $330 million to $335 million. The company previously forecast fourth-quarter earnings to a range of $0.22 to $0.27 per share on revenue of $315 million to $340 million. Mitel is increasingly moving from selling programs that are installed at its customers’ offices to a cloud model, where it keeps its software on its own servers and sells it by subscription. That provides steadier recurring revenue. The company added 152,000 cloud subscriptions in the 2015 third quarter and now has 1.76 million cloud users, up 69.7% from 1.04 million a year earlier....

NISSAN MOTOR (ADR) $17.41 (Nasdaq symbol NSANY; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average) (310- 771-3111; www.nissan-global.com; ADRs outstanding 2.3 billion; Market cap: $38.8 billion; Yield: 3.4%) is Japan’s secondlargest automaker, after Toyota and ahead of Honda. For 2016, Nissan extended the range of its Leaf electric car to 172 kilometres from 135 kilometres. The 25% increase comes from a more powerful 30-kilowatt battery, up from 24 kilowatts. Despite the increased range, battery recharging times and a shortage of refuelling stations may limit sales for all electric car makers—not just Nissan. Low gas prices also make gas-powered vehicles more competitive....

STANTEC INC. $32.04 (Toronto symbol STN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (780-917-7288; www.stantec.com; Shares outstanding: 94.4 million; Market cap: $3.0 billion; Dividend yield: 1.3%) continues to grow by acquisition. Its latest is VOA Associates, a 280-person architecture and planning firm based in Chicago. VOA’s recent Chicago projects include the 32-story Wabash “vertical campus” Building at Roosevelt University and waterfront reconstruction of the landmark Navy Pier. Stantec cuts its costs by sharing administrative expenses, financing and employee benefits among its divisions. But continually buying new firms adds risk, including the risk of writedowns....

WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE $68.94 (New York symbol WYN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (973-753-6000; www.wyndhamworldwide.com; Shares outstanding: 116.1 million; Market cap: $7.6 billion; Dividend yield: 2.4%) is one of the world’s largest hospitality companies, with 7,800 franchised hotels worldwide. It also manages vacation resorts, rental properties, luxury clubs and timeshares. The company has 112,000 vacation-rental properties in 100 countries. In the three months ended December 31, 2015, Wyndham’s revenue rose 6.5%, to $1.31 billion from $1.23 billion a year earlier. Earnings per share rose 8.9% before onetime items, to $0.98 from $0.90. The company is raising its quarterly dividend by 19.0%, to $0.50 from $0.42. The stock now yields 2.5%....

BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS $55.43 New York symbol BR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (201-714-3000; www.broadridge.com; Shares outstanding: 118.6 million; Market cap: $6.6 billion; Dividend yield: 2.2%) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing. The company processes 90% of all proxy votes in the U.S. and Canada. Without one-time items, Broadridge earned $46.5 million in its fiscal 2016 first quarter, which ended December 31, 2015. That’s up 16.5% from $39.9 million a year earlier. Earnings per share rose 18.8%, to $0.38 from $0.32, on fewer shares outstanding. Recurring revenue cuts risk...

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. $30.78 (Nasdaq symbol GT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (330-796-2122; www.goodyear.com; Shares outstanding: 268.9 million; Market cap: $8.2 billion; Dividend yield: 0.9%) is one of the world’s largest tire makers, with 52 plants in 22 countries. In the three months ended December 31, 2015, Goodyear’s revenue fell 6.7%, to $4.06 billion from $4.36 billion a year earlier. The rising U.S. dollar lowered the value of the company’s foreign sales (particularly in Europe and Brazil) by $339 million. Excluding one-time items, earnings rose 12.0%, to $257.0 million, or $0.93 a share. A year earlier, the company earned $166.0 million, or $0.59 a share....

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PFIZER INC. $32 (New York symbol PFE; Income Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 6.5 billion; Market cap: $208.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.0; Dividend yield: 3.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.pfizer.com) is the world’s largest pharmaceutical company.

Pfizer gets about 45% of its revenue from 10 drugs, each of which generates over $1 billion in annual sales. They include Lipitor (for high cholesterol), Enbrel (rheumatoid arthritis), Lyrica (epilepsy), Celebrex (arthritis), Viagra (erectile dysfunction), Norvasc (hypertension), Prevnar (a pneumonia vaccine), Sutent (stomach cancer), Premarin (hormone replacement) and Zyvox (bacterial infections).

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BCE INC. $58 (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 865.6 million; Market cap: $49.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend yield: 4.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest telephone provider, with 6.7 million customers in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces. It also has 3.4 million high-speed Internet users and 2.7 million TV subscribers. In all, these operations supplied 56% of BCE’s revenue in 2015. The company also sells wireless services (32% of revenue) to 8.25 million cellphone users across Canada. The remaining 12% of BCE’s revenue comes from its Bell Media division, which owns CTV Television (30 stations), 34 specialty channels (including TSN, Discovery, Comedy and Space), pay TV services (including the Movie Network and HBO Canada) and 106 radio stations....

CAE INC. $14 (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 269.9 million; Market cap: $3.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 2.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cae.com) earned $59.4 million in its fiscal 2016 third quarter, which ended December 31, 2015. That’s up 14.0% from $52.1 million a year earlier. Earnings per share also jumped 10.0%, rising to $0.22 from $0.20, on more shares outstanding. Revenue gained 10.2%, to $616.3 million from $559.1 million. About 90% of the company’s revenue comes from foreign customers, so it’s benefiting from the lower Canadian dollar. Sales of flight simulators and pilottraining services to airlines (54% of total revenue) gained 3.9%. CAE sold nine simulators during the quarter, for a total of 39 in the first nine months of fiscal 2016. It expects its full-year total to exceed the 41 sold in fiscal 2015....

TELUS CORP. $40 (Toronto symbol T; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 599.9 million; Market cap: $24.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.9; Dividend yield: 4.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.telus.com) is Canada’s second-largest wireless telephone service provider, after Rogers Communications, with 8.5 million subscribers. Wireless now supplies 56% of Telus’s revenue and 66% of its earnings. The remaining 44% of revenue and 34% of earnings come from its wireline division, which serves 1.5 million residential phone customers in B.C., Alberta and eastern Quebec. This business also has 1.6 million high-speed Internet users and 1.0 million TV clients. The stock is down 11% from its July 2015 peak of $45. That’s partly due to Shaw Communications’ (Toronto symbol SJR.B) recent deal to pay $1.6 billion for wireless carrier Wind Mobile, which operates in Ontario, Alberta and B.C....

MANITOBA TELECOM SERVICES INC. $32 (Toronto symbol MBT; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 79.3 million; Market cap: $2.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.5; Dividend yield: 4.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.mts.ca) recently completed the sale of its Allstream division to U.S.-based Zayo Group Holdings (New York symbol ZAYO). Prior to the deal, Allstream, which offers telephone, Internet and other communication services to businesses across Canada, supplied 40% of Manitoba Telecom’s revenue. The remaining 60% came from its MTS division, which has 1.3 million telephone and wireless customers in Manitoba. Manitoba Telecom received $420.0 million, net of transaction costs, for Allstream. The company will use $200.0 million to buy back roughly 8% of its outstanding shares. It will put a further $190.0 million to its total debt of $1.1 billion, which is equal to 44% of its market cap. The company will hang on to the remaining $30.0 million for now....

POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN $21 (Toronto symbol POT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 836.5 million; Market cap: $17.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.2; Dividend yield: 6.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.potashcorp.com) earned $1.52 a share in 2015, down 16.5% from $1.82 in 2014 (all amounts except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). Revenue declined 11.7%, to $6.3 billion from $7.1 billion. High global potash inventories have cut demand, while record North American harvests have hurt crop prices, leaving farmers with less to spend on fertilizers. In response, Potash Corp. has suspended production at its $2.2-billion (Canadian) potash mine in Picadilly, New Brunswick, which only started up in early 2015. It also cut its dividend by 34.2%; the new annual rate of $1.00 U.S. a share yields 6.6%....