A: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., $16.51, symbol TEVA on New York (Shares outstanding: 1.1 billion; Market cap: $19.0 billion; www.tevapharm.com), is a global pharmaceutical company that produces generic and branded biopharmaceutical medicines....

When I first met my wife Cecy a couple of decades ago, I was surprised to learn an unusual fact about El Salvador, the Central American nation where she grew up. On January 1, 2001, El Salvador had retired its existing currency, the Colon, and officially switched to the U.S....

BIRD CONSTRUCTION INC., $24.97, symbol BDT on Toronto, is a Toronto-based construction company that provides contracting services to various commercial, institutional, retail, residential, water, energy, and civil sectors. It operates in all Canadian provinces.

Bird announced on June 10, 2024, that it’s acquiring Jacob Bros Construction for $135 million....

MERCK & CO. INC., $130.72, is a buy. The drugmaker (symbol MRK on New York) is a pharmaceutical leader in oncology, acute-care and animal health drugs as well as vaccines.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has just approved Merck’s new pneumococcal vaccine.

Pfizer (symbol PFE on New York, and a recommendation of our Wall Street Stock Forecaster newsletter) currently dominates the market for pneumococcal vaccines, which protect against bacterial infections that can cause pneumonia and meningitis, among other conditions.

Pfizer’s two shots—Prevnar 20 and Prevnar 13—brought in a combined $6.4 billion in revenue in 2023....

BCE INC., $44.65, Toronto symbol BCE, is still a buy.

The company is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider. It has 1.98 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. It also has 4.50 million high-speed Internet users and 2.08 million fibre-optic TV subscribers....

BOEING CO., $176.56, New York symbol BA, is still a hold.

The company delivered 131 commercial jetliners in the five months ended May 31, 2024, down from 206 a year earlier.

That drop is mainly due to quality control problems with its 737 Max planes....

ANDREW PELLER LTD. (class A shares) remains a buy for long-term gains.

The company, Toronto symbols ADW.A (non-voting) $3.79 and ADW.B $5.05, is Canada’s second-largest wine producer, after Arterra Wines.

In its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter, ended March 31, 2024, Peller’s sales rose 9.4%, to $85.01 million from $77.71 million a year earlier....

Understanding our recommendations: Power Buy—These stocks are our top choices for new buying now....

Pandemic lockdowns provided Electronic Arts and Warner Music with a big boost. Electronic Arts has mostly held onto those gains, while Warner Music has given some of them back. Either way, we like their prospects for growth despite their competitive markets. Plus, each is priced for new buying.


ELECTRONIC ARTS, $138.13, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol EA; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.ea.com; Shares outstanding: 265.7 million; Market cap: $36.7 billion; Dividend yield: 0.6%) is a developer of video games for play on consoles, PCs, and mobile devices....

With the U.K. looking to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030, Calian is making an acquisition that will position it to win more business there.


CALIAN GROUP, $56.41, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CGY; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (calian.comcalian.com; Shares o/s: 11.9 million; Market cap: $668.7 million; Divd yield: 2.0%) has now completed the acquisition of U.K.-based Mabway for up to $41 million....