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BLACKBERRY INC. $15 (Toronto symbol BB; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 524.0 million; Market cap: $7.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.blackberry.com) announced that the U.S. Department of Defense will let its employees use the company’s new smartphones, which run on the BlackBerry 10 operating system.

The company’s unique software helps businesses and governments encrypt mobile email messages and other sensitive data. That’s why the Defense Department has 470,000 BlackBerry users, compared to just 49,700 users of other devices.

BlackBerry is still a hold....

Most gold stocks have moved down lately, along with gold prices. (Gold is down from almost $1,800 U.S. an ounce in September 2012 to $1,370 today.)

Gold’s most recent drop came in response to concerns that Cyprus may sell some of its gold reserves as it deals with its financial crisis....

DOMINO’S PIZZA $56.61 (New York symbol DPZ; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (734-930-3030; www.dominos.com; Shares outstanding: 56.3 million; Market cap: $3.2 billion; Dividend yield: 1.4%) is the world’s largest chain of pizza stores that offer takeout and delivery....

AMAZON.COM $262.96 (Nasdaq symbol AMZN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (206- 266-1000; www.amazon.com; Shares outstanding: 455.2 million; Market cap: $122.4 billion; No dividends paid) plans to start selling original TV shows through its website.

Traditionally, TV producers make pilot episodes of new shows....

TERADATA CORP. $55 (New York symbol TDC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 163.4 million; Market cap: $9.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.4; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.teradata.com) makes computers and software that capture and store large amounts of a business’s data, including its sales and inventory. It then analyzes this information and identifies buying habits and trends, which helps its clients make better decisions. Teradata was a wholly owned subsidiary of NCR Corp. until October 1, 2007.

The slow economy is prompting businesses to cut spending on computer systems. That’s why Teradata’s revenue fell 4.2% in the first quarter of 2013, to $587 million from $613 million a year earlier. Earnings declined 29.1%, to $73 million, or $0.43 a share, from $103 million, or $0.60. Teradata spent 8.5% of its revenue on research in the latest quarter.

The company gets roughly half of its revenue from outside the U.S., and unfavourable foreign currency rates will probably hold back its sales this year. The stock trades at 19.7 times the $2.79 a share that Teradata will probably earn in 2013.
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GOOGLE INC. $868 (Nasdaq symbol GOOG; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 331.8 million; Market cap: $288.0 billion; Priceto- sales ratio: 5.5; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.google.com) now sells Internet and TV services through its own fibreoptic networks in Kansas City, Missouri, Austin, Texas, and Provo, Utah. Download speeds on these systems are up to 100 times faster than other broadband networks. Google will probably bring this service to more cities in the next few years.

The company is also working on new ways to expand Internet access in developing regions like Africa and Asia. It aims to team up with local telecom firms to build new high-speed wireless networks, possibly by using satellites or stationary balloons to transmit signals over long distances.

In addition, Google’s Motorola Mobility subsidiary is developing new low-cost mobile phones and tablet computers for emerging markets.
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BLACKBERRY INC. $15 (Toronto symbol BB; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 524.0 million; Market cap: $7.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.blackberry.com) announced that the U.S....

AMAZON.COM $262.96 (Nasdaq symbol AMZN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (206- 266-1000; www.amazon.com; Shares outstanding: 455.2 million; Market cap: $122.4 billion; No dividends paid) plans to start selling original TV shows through its website.

Traditionally, TV producers make pilot episodes of new shows. If broadcast or cable networks like a pilot, they order a series of about 13 episodes.

Amazon recently began streaming pilots for 14 new shows on its website, which viewers can watch for free. If enough people like a show, the company will produce more episodes and sell them through Amazon Prime, its $79-a-year rewards program, which offers free two-day shipping and access to other online content.
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NEW GOLD $6.89 (Toronto symbol NGD; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (888-315-9715; www.newgold- .com; Shares outstanding: 476.9 million; Market cap: $3.2 billion; No dividends paid) has four operating mines: the Mesquite mine in the U.S., the Cerro San Pedro mine in Mexico, the Peak mine in Australia and the just-completed New Afton mine in B.C. It also owns 30% of the El Morro copper/gold project in Chile and 100% of the Blackwater project in B.C.

In the quarter ended March 31, 2013, New Gold’s cash flow fell 5.6%, to $0.17 a share from $0.18 a year earlier. Lower gold prices offset new production from New Afton, which started up in late 2012.

New Gold’s $854.3 million of long-term debt is a moderate 26.7% of its market cap. It also holds cash of $672.4 million, or $1.41 a share.
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NORDION INC. $6.98 (Toronto symbol NDN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 61.9 million; Market cap: $432.1 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; No dividends paid since July 2012; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.nordion.com) has agreed to settle a lawsuit related to problems at its Montreal drug-testing lab, which the company sold in 2010.

Nordion will pay $22.5 million U.S. That’s equal to 46% of the $48.7 million U.S., or $0.79 U.S. a share, that it earned in the year ended October 31, 2012.

Nordion is still a hold.
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