Updating, MOLSON COORS CANADA INC.,LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD.,SUNCOR ENERGY INC.

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MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. $42 (www.molsoncoors.com) earned $248.9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2012, up 17.2% from $212.4 million a year earlier (all amounts except share price in U.S. dollars). Earnings per share rose 20.2%, to $1.37 from $1.14, on fewer shares outstanding. Sales jumped 25.3%, to $1.2 billion from $954.4 million. These gains are largely due to the company’s recent $3.4-billion acquisition of StarBev, which owns nine breweries in Eastern Europe. An ongoing cost-cutting plan also saved it $34 million in the quarter. Buy. LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $34 (www.loblaw.ca) started selling its popular Joe Fresh brand clothing and accessories in its supermarkets in 2006. Thanks to the label’s success, the company plans to open stand-alone Joe Fresh stores in Ottawa and Victoria, B.C., in early 2013. This expansion will give Loblaw 14 Joe Fresh stores in Canada and six in the U.S. Buy. SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $33 (www.suncor.com) produced an average of 330,000 barrels of oil…