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Thomson Reuters Corp. continues to see strong revenue growth as its new platform saves lawyers 30% of their research time and revolutionizes the field.

Like its rival Loblaw, supermarket operator Metro has delivered solid gains for our subscribers over the past several years. In fact, since we first recommended it as a buy in June 1998 at $3.54 a share (adjusted for splits), the stock is up a whopping 2,275.4%.

We expect Metro will continue to move up in the years ahead, thanks in part to improving efficiency.

Retailers typically operate on low margins, so even small cost savings can have a big impact on profits....

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., $44.43, New York symbol VZ, is a buy.

The telecom provider is the second-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. after AT&T, with 114.2 million consumer cellphone subscribers. It also sells traditional telephone lines, high-speed Internet and TV services.

With the November 2024 payment, Verizon will raise your quarterly dividend by 1.9%, to $0.6775 a share from $0.655....

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., $41.15, New York symbol VZ, is a buy.

The telecom provider is the second-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. after AT&T, with 114.2 million consumer cellphone subscribers. It also sells traditional telephone lines, high-speed Internet and TV services.

This week, the company agreed to acquire Frontier Communications Parent Inc....

IBM, $204.11, is still a buy. The company (New York symbol IBM; Shares outstanding: 921.1 million; Market cap: $188.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 3.3%) is shutting down its China research and development department and moving those functions to other overseas facilities....

Generally speaking, Canadians are blocked from buying mutual funds that are registered in the U.S. unless those funds are also registered with provincial securities commissions. (Moreover, some Canadian mutual funds are only available in a limited number of provinces.)


Investors in this country can, however, buy exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, listed on U.S....

THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $227 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 449.7 million; Market cap: $102.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 10.5; Dividend yield: 1.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters.com) recently sold its remaining stake in London Stock Exchange Group plc (Over-the-counter Pink Sheets symbol LDNXF) for $600 million (all amounts except share price and market cap in U.S....

We believe that virtually all investors should have some gold exposure, if only because inflation remains a risk for the long term. High-quality gold producers are your most practical choice. That’s because these stocks let you profit from increases in the price of gold, without the costs for storage and insurance that come with gold coin and bullion investment....

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP., $74.92, is a buy. The company (symbol BSX on New York) develops and markets medical devices used in minimally invasive procedures. Its products are used for angioplasty (blood vessel repair), blood clot filtration, cardiac rhythm management, catheter-aided ultrasound imaging, and many other surgical procedures....

THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $234 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 455.3 million; Market cap: $106.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 11.3; Dividend yield: 1.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters.com) recently sold its remaining stake in financial information provider Refinitiv for $500 million U.S.


In January 2021, the company and Blackstone Group LP (New York symbol BX) merged Refinitiv with the London Stock Exchange Group plc (Over-the-counter Pink Sheets symbol LDNXF)....