Updating: CAE INC., TRANSCONTINENTAL INC., and CANADA BREAD CO. LTD.

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CAE INC. $11 (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 259.2 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cae.com) recently sold seven flight simulators and related equipment. In all, these deals are worth $95 million, or 5% of CAE’s annual revenue of $1.9 billion. The company has now sold 30 simulators in its 2013 fiscal year, which began on April 1, 2012. It sold 37 simulators in all of fiscal 2012. CAE is a buy. TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $12 (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 78.2 million; Market cap: $938.4 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; Dividend yield: 4.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.tctranscontinental.com) has paid an undisclosed sum for privately held Groupe Modulo, which publishes Frenchlanguage textbooks for schools and universities across Canada. Many traditional book publishers have suffered due to rising competition from cheaper e-books. However, specialized textbooks are still highly profitable, and the purchase looks…