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ADOBE SYSTEMS INC. $197.13 (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (408- 536-6000; www.adobe.com; Shares outstanding: 491.6 million; Market cap: $96.9 billion; No dividends paid) continues to benefit from strong demand for its software and services.

Recent reforms to the U.S....
MAJOR DRILLING $6.90 (Toronto symbol MDI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (1-866-264-3986; www.majordrilling. com; Shares outstanding: 80.3 million; Market cap: $534.0 million; No dividends paid) is a large contract driller that mainly serves the mining industry.

The company believes that mining companies continue to deplete the world’s more easily accessible mineral reserves....
FAIR ISAAC CORP. $163.72 (New York symbol FICO; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (415-472- 2211; www.fairisaac.com; Shares outstanding: 30.1 million; Market cap: $4.8 billion; No dividends paid) reports that in its first quarter ended December 31, 2017, revenue rose 7.2%, to $235.3 million from $219.6 million a year earlier.

The company earned $41.1 million, or $1.30 a share, in the latest quarter....
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL $57.71 (New York symbol QSR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (905-845-6511; www.rbi.com; Shares o/s: 478.0 million; Market cap: $27.6 billion; Divd. yield: 3.1%) is the world’s third-largest fast-food operator after McDonald’s (No....
BIRCHCLIFF ENERGY $3.23 (Toronto symbol BIR; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-261-6401; www. birchcliffenergy.com; Shares outstanding: 263.0 million; Market cap: $829.3 million; Dividend yield: 3.1%) explores for, develops and produces oil and gas, mainly in the Peace River Arch area of both Alberta and B.C....
In 2000, the old Hewlett-Packard spun off its testing equipment business (Agilent). Since then, Agilent has completed two spinoffs of its own: Verigy (in 2006), a maker of computer chip testing gear; and Keysight (in 2014), focused on products for testing electronic equipment....
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We recently selected CGI Group as our top Aggressive stock pick for 2018. That’s mainly because we feel it is in a strong position to profit as more businesses and governments outsource their increasingly complex computing functions to specialists like CGI.

The company also has an ambitious plan to double its size in the next few years, probably through acquisitions....
PENGROWTH ENERGY $0.97 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 547.4 million; Market cap: $530.2 million; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; No dividends paid; www. pengrowth.com) produces oil and natural gas in Western Canada and off the coast of Nova Scotia.

For 2018, the company expects to spend $65 million on exploration and upgrades to its existing operations.

For this year’s spending plan, Pengrowth has included $45 million for its Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta....
Recent changes to the U.S. tax code will force these three tech leaders to repatriate billions of dollars held by their overseas subsidiaries. That cash will be taxed at 15.5% instead of 35% as under the old rules.

While those payments will hurt their short-term earnings, the new rules also cut their corporate tax rate to 21% from 35%....