Updating Molson Coors Canada Inc. and Canadian Utilities Ltd.

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MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. $94 (www.molsoncoors.com) earned $1.41 a share in the three months ended June 30, 2015, down 10.2% from $1.57 a year earlier (all amounts expect share price in U.S. dollars). Its worldwide beer volumes fell 1.9%, mainly due to the termination of deals to brew certain beers in Canada and the U.K. Revenue declined 15.4%, to $1.0 billion from $1.2 billion. If you disregard unfavourable currency exchange rates, revenue fell 3.3%. Buy. CANADIAN UTILITIES LTD. $36 (www.canadianutilities.com) has spent $617 million in the first half of 2015 to expand its power plants, transmission lines and pipelines in Alberta. However, higher corporate taxes in that province, as well as writedowns, offset the extra revenue from these operations. As a result, Canadian Utilities’ earnings fell 62.6% in the second quarter of 2015, to $43 million, or $0.12 a share, from $115 million, or $0.39. If you exclude all unusual items, earnings gained 18.8%. Buy. Buy…