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TECK RESOURCES LTD. $25 (Toronto symbol TECK.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 577.7 million; Market cap: $14.4 billion; Price-to sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 0.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.teck.com) is a leading producer of metallurgical coal, a key ingredient in steel making....

MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. (Toronto symbols TPX.A $125 and TPX.B $126; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 215.3 million; Market cap: $27.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.2; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.molsoncoors.com) acquired the remaining 58% of the MillerCoors brewing joint venture in October 2016 for $12 billion (all amounts except share prices and market cap in U.S....

POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN $23 (Toronto symbol POT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 840.0 million; Market cap: $19.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.0; Dividend yield: 2.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.potashcorp.com) operates five potash mines in Saskatchewan, which account for 20% of global capacity....

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IBM continues to increase revenue from its new businesses such as cloud computing (the storage of data files on remote servers using the Internet). The company expects those sales to eventually offset falling revenue for its traditional computer consulting and mainframe operations....

Consumers continue to shift to healthier foods, and these four leading food makers are quickly adapting.


Each company now makes more products with low sugar and salt, and all four have cut their costs.


Those moves, along with their well-known brands, should spur long-term growth for each food maker, particularly in developing countries....

NEWMONT MINING CORP. $33 (New York symbol NEM; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 533.2 million; Market cap: $17.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.6; Dividend yield: 0.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.newmont.com) plans to build a new underground mine, and related processing facilities, at its Ahafo gold project in Ghana.


This expansion will produce a total of 1.8 million ounces over its estimated 11-year life span....

On November 1, 2015, the old Hewlett-Packard Co. split into two firms—Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. (see box). For every share they held in the old HP, shareholders received one share in each of the new companies. Investors will only pay capital gains taxes on the new shares when they sell them.


Since the split, HP Enterprise is up 23%, while HP Inc....

FAIR ISAAC CORP. $134 (New York symbol FICO; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 31.1 million; Market cap: $4.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.6; Dividend yield: 0.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.fico.com) makes FICO Scores....

GENUINE PARTS CO. $93 (New York symbol GPC; Income Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 148.9 million; Market cap: $13.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.genpt.com) sells replacement auto parts through 1,100 outlets under the NAPA banner; and the company’s distribution business serves 4,900 independent stores in North America, Australia and New Zealand....

PFIZER INC. $34 (New York symbol PFE; Income Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 6.0 billion; Market cap: $204.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.8; Dividend yield: 3.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.pfizer.com) is one of the world’s leading prescription drugmakers....