Pason adds software

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PASON SYSTEMS $19.32 (Toronto symbol PSI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403301-3400; www.pason.com; Shares outstanding: 84.4 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%) serves oil and gas firms, and drilling contractors throughout Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Argentina. It provides equipment for monitoring, managing and collecting data from onshore oil rigs. Pason will buy Calgary-based Verdazo Analytics Inc. for an undisclosed price. Privately owned, Verdazo makes software that analyzes large amounts of data to help energy producers enhance their output and increase their overall profitability. Verdazo’s management will remain with the company. The purchase will give Pason another product to sell to its large customer base in the oil and gas industry. Pason Systems is a buy. buy…