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ADOBE SYSTEMS INC. $96.70 (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (408-536-6000; www.adobe.com; Shares outstanding: 500.2 million; Market cap: $48.0 billion; No dividends paid) makes software that lets computer users create, edit and share documents in the popular PDF format....

WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL $13.25 (New York symbol WTW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (212-589-2700; www.weightwatchers.com; Shares outstanding: 63.6 million; Market cap: $852.8 million; No dividends paid) has increased its membership for the first time in four years. The number of active subscribers stood at 3.06 million on April 2, 2016. That’s a 4.8% rise from 2.92 million a year ago. Oprah Winfrey bought 10% of the company in October 2015. Her goal has been to promote it and help reverse its steady decline over the last decade. She has appeared in advertisements for Weight Watchers since late last year and used social media to share her experiences with its lifestyle programs. Winfrey has also used emails and conference calls to interact with others on the plan....

NEW GOLD $5.48 (Toronto symbol NGD; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (888-315-9715; www.newgold.com; Shares outstanding: 509.9 million; Market cap: $3.1 billion; No dividends paid) has four mines: the Mesquite project in the U.S.; Cerro San Pedro in Mexico; the Peak mine in Australia; and the New Afton operation in B.C.

In the three months ended March 31, 2016, New Gold’s cash flow fell 7.9%, to $62.1 million, or $0.12 a share, from $67.4 million, or $0.13 a share....

ACI WORLDWIDE $19.41 (Nasdaq symbol ACIW; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (402-390-7600; www.aciworldwide.com; Shares outstanding: 119.1 million; Market cap: $2.3 billion; No dividends paid) makes software for processing transactions through credit cards, debit cards, automated teller machines, point-of-sale terminals and interbank systems. Its products also work to cut fraud. The company’s more than 5,000 customers include 1,000 of the world’s largest financial institutions and 300 leading global retailers. Together, they process payments of over $14 trillion daily. In the three months ended March 31, 2016, ACI made $0.75 a share, compared to $0.02 a year earlier. However, those recent earnings include the company’s $0.77 gain on the sale of its Community Financial Services business for $200 million. Excluding that transaction, the company lost $0.02 a share....

AEROPOSTALE INC. $0.04 (symbol AROPQ on the U.S. over-the-counter market; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (646-485-5410; www.aeropostale.com; Shares outstanding: 80.0 million; Market cap: $2.5 million; No dividends paid) has delisted from the New York exchange and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The company has suffered along with many other retailers that focus on the teen market such as Abercrombie & Fitch and American Eagle....

AMERIGO RESOURCES $0.14 (Toronto symbol ARG; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (604-681-2802; www.amerigoresources.com; Shares outstanding: 174.7 million; Market cap: $21.8 million; No dividends paid) processes copper and molybdenum from the waste rock of the El Teniente mine in Chile; that’s the world’s largest copper operation.

In the quarter ended March 31, 2016, Amerigo’s copper production jumped 45.0%, to 12.86 million pounds, at a cost of $1.82 per pound....

HECLA MINING COMPANY $4.12 (New York symbol HL; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (208-769- 4100; www.hecla-mining.com; Shares o/s: 380.8 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; Dividend yield: 0.2%) explores for, mines and processes silver and gold in the U.S. and Mexico. Most of the company’s silver output comes from three sites: the Greens Creek mine in Alaska; the Lucky Friday project in Idaho; and the San Sebastian mine in Mexico. Hecla’s Casa Berardi mine in Quebec, which it bought for $796 million in June 2013, supplies its gold. In the three months ended March 31, 2016, Hecla’s gold output rose 36.7%, to 55,688 ounces from 40,650. It produced 4.6 million ounces of silver—up 61.3% from 2.9 million a year earlier. The rise came from higher ore grades at its mines, as well as output from its new San Sebastian mine in Mexico....

AEROPOSTALE INC. $0.04 (symbol AROPQ on the U.S. over-the-counter market; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (646-485-5410; www.aeropostale.com; Shares outstanding: 80.0 million; Market cap: $2.5 million; No dividends paid) has delisted from the New York exchange and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company has suffered along with many other retailers that focus on the teen market such as Abercrombie & Fitch and American Eagle. Declining mall traffic and the shift in customer spending from clothing to technology, such as cell phones and streaming media, have hurt sales. Aeropostale has also faced major competition from “fast-fashion” and off-price retailers. They continue to pull away teen customers with cheap, yet stylish goods. These rivals include H&M and Forever 21....

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PENGROWTH ENERGY $1.82 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 543.0 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; No dividends paid; www.pengrowth.com) started up its Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta in April 2015. The project includes an electrical power plant that provides the operation with steam used to melt the tar-like bitumen. That makes it easier to pump to the surface. The provincial power grid then buys the company’s excess power. Pengrowth is now selling this plant to a local First Nations group for $35 million. As part of the deal, Pengrowth will lease back the facility for 20 years and continue to operate it....