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RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL $54.97 (New York symbol QSR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (905-845-6511; www.rbi.com; Shares outstanding: 467.0 million; Market cap: $25.7 billion; Dividend yield: 1.3%) took its current form on December 12, 2014, after Burger King Worldwide acquired Tim Hortons.


There are now 4,613 Tim Hortons stores and 15,738 Burger King outlets in 100 countries....
POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN $25 (Toronto symbol POT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 839.8 million; Market cap: $21.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.3; Dividend yield: 2.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.potashcorp.com) is a leading producer of potash, nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers.


In the three months ended December 31, 2016, the company’s overall revenue fell 21.9%, to $1.1 billion from $1.35 billion a year earlier (all amounts except share price and market cap in U.S....
NEWELL BRANDS INC. $47 (New York symbol NWL; Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 482.2 million; Market cap: $22.7 billion; Dividend yield: 1.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.newellbrands.com) makes a variety of household goods such as pens, hand tools, coffee makers and baby strollers....
The U.S. is poised to loosen rules for telecommunication companies that should create growth opportunities for both AT&T and Verizon.

More specifically, those industry leaders should be better positioned to develop and sell new, more-profitable Internet plans....
MONSANTO CO. $111 (New York symbol MON, Aggressive Growth Portfolio; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 436.8 million; Market cap: $48.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.5; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.monsanto.com) develops and sells technology-based agricultural products, such as genetically modified seeds, to farmers, grain processors and food companies....
Discover the best ways to add tech stocks to your portfolio
A: Primo Water Corp., $12.29, symbol PRMW on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 26.1 million; Market cap: $321.4 million; www.primowater.com), provides multi-gallon jugs of purified water, water dispensers and refilling stations, across Canada and the U.S.


Individuals purchase the company’s dispensers and then continually purchase water jugs....
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $66 (www.rbi.com) plans to stop using chickens raised with human antibiotics at its Burger King and Tim Hortons fast-food outlets. These drugs help prevent infections, but their overuse increases the risk of developing new antibioticresistant bacteria....
FORTIS INC. $41 (Toronto symbol FTS; Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares o/s: 399.8 million; Market cap: $16.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.5; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; Dividend yield 3.9%; www.fortisinc.com) is the main power utility in Newfoundland and PEI....
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $65 (Toronto symbol QSR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding:461.2 million; Market cap: $30.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.7; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.rbi.com) is the world’s third largest fast-food operator, after McDonald’s (No....