IAC has a long history of buying smaller Internet-based businesses and spinning them off once they reach a certain size. Recent examples include video software maker Vimeo Inc. (Nasdaq symbol VMEO) and online dating platform Match Group Inc. (Nasdaq symbol MTCH)....

Honeywell makes most of its products in the very markets it is selling them to. Even so, it expects new tariffs in the U.S. and other countries will cost it $500 million in 2025.


To offset that, Honeywell will increase some prices and find alternatives for various inputs....

MCKESSON CORP. $682 is a buy for aggressive investors. The company (New York symbol MCK; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 125.1 million; Market cap: $85.3 billion; Dividend yield: 0.4%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.mckesson.com) is the largest wholesale drug distributor in the U.S....

Shares of the new DuPont are up over 50% in the five years since the old DowDuPont conglomerate split into three separate companies (Dow, DuPont and Corteva).

Even so, DuPont feels it can generate even more value for investors with a plan to spin off its electronics product operations....

A few years ago, supermarket operator Loblaw and its parent company George Weston re-organized their various businesses. That left Loblaw to focus on its main retail operations and to better compete with rivals Walmart and Costco.

Investors tend to prefer “pure-play” businesses that operate in a single industry and that can be easily analyzed....

THE TJX COMPANIES, $128.10, is still a buy. The business (symbol TJX on New York) is a leading off-price retailer of clothing, accessories and home fashions. Off-price retailers purchase merchandise at below-wholesale prices and charge less than retail prices.

The stock continues to hit all-time highs for our subscribers.

Through their shares, investors tap a network of stores....

FASTENAL COMPANY, $78.60, symbol FAST on Nasdaq, is a leading wholesale distributor of industrial and construction supplies. It draws almost all its clients from the construction and manufacturing industries.

Those construction customers include general, electrical, plumbing, sheet-metal, and road contractors....

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO., $48.53, New York symbol ADM, is a hold.

The company processes corn, wheat, soybeans, flax seed and other crops into a variety of food ingredients such as flour, oils and sweeteners. It’s also a leading producer of ethanol from corn, a gasoline additive that reduces harmful emissions.

In the quarter ended March 31, 2025, Archer’s revenue fell 7.7%, to $20.18 billion from $21.85 billion a year earlier....

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD., $218.17, Toronto symbol L, is a buy.

The company operates 1,089 supermarkets under several banners, including Loblaws, Zehrs, Provigo, Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills.

In March 2014, it purchased the Shoppers Drug Mart chain for $12.3 billion in cash and shares....

BCE INC., $31.60, Toronto symbol BCE, remains a buy for long-term gains and income.

The company is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider. It has 1.77 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces....