Last fall, the world of big technology was significantly dominated by a few companies. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG ) formed the smartphone duopoly that seemed untouchable, and Samsung was a hardware manufacturer that was challenging Apple for sales, but appeared to be the Android poster-child. Fast forward a few months and the landscape looks incredibly different, as BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY ) fights to survive, Nokia (NYSE: NOK ) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) have mounted a serious challenge in the smartphone space, and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB ) is threatening the status quo in how we interact with our smartphones. And that's just in smartphones.
Samsung is developing a new operating system that hopes to challenge Android, it has moved into Best Buy (NYSE: BBY ) retail locations to challenge Apple's retail model, and it has put together an ecosystem that allows it to become a single solution for smartphones, tablets, laptops and home entertainment. Microsoft has released its own hardware, become a major player in cloud computing, and upped its game in everything it touches -- video games, music, enterprise solutions and more. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) , largely as it sees PC sales get hit, is working with Samsung on the release of the Tizen operating system and has upped its game in the server space to stave off its own stumble. These are just some of the example of shifts that have taken technology to the next level recently.
Top 10 Electric Utility Companies To Buy For 2014: Old National Bancorp Capital Trust I(ONB)
Old National Bancorp operates as a holding company for Old National Bank, which provides financial services to individuals and commercial customers primarily in Indiana, eastern and southeastern Illinois, and central and western Kentucky. The company?s Community Banking segment originates loans, such as home equity lines of credit, residential real estate loans, consumer loans, commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, letters of credit, and lease financing; and generates deposit products comprising noninterest-bearing demand, negotiable order of withdrawal, savings and money market, and time deposits. It also offers debit and ATM cards, telephone access, online banking, and other electronic banking services. In addition, this segment provides investment services and various brokerage products, including investment options and investment advice. Further, it offers merchant cash management and other services relating to the general banking business; reinsures credit life insurance; and provides property and casualty insurance. The company?s Treasury segment manages investments, wholesale funding, interest rate risk, liquidity, and leverage for the bank; and provides capital markets products, including interest rate derivatives, foreign exchange, and industrial revenue bond financing for its commercial clients. Old National Bancorp also offers fiduciary and trust services; and insurance brokerage services, such as commercial property and casualty, surety, loss control services, employee benefits consulting and administration, and personal insurance. As of December 31, 2010, it operated 161 banking financial centers, as well as loan production or other financial services offices. The company was founded in 1834 and is headquartered in Evansville, Indiana.
Top 10 Electric Utility Companies To Buy For 2014: Vernalis Grp(VER.L)
Vernalis plc, a development stage pharmaceutical company, involves in the research, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products for a range of medical disorders through structure and fragment-based drug discovery. The company?s marketed product includes Frovatriptan, a 5-HT1B/1D receptor agonist for an acute oral treatment of migraine headache and its associated symptoms. Its product pipeline for central nervous system diseases include V158866 for the treatment of a range of pain disorders, which is in Phase I trial; and V81444, an A2A receptor antagonists for the treatment for Parkinson?s disease, which is in pre-clinical stage development. The company?s product pipeline for treating oncology diseases comprises AUY922, a novel intravenous Hsp90 inhibitor for treating a range of cancers in Phase II trial; CHR2797, an orally active aminopeptidase inhibitor that halts cell growth and causes apoptosis in cancer cell lines under Phase II trial; HSP990, an orally available Hsp90 inhibitor for treating various cancers in Phase I trial; and V158411, a molecule to improve the effectiveness against cancer cells of a range of cytotoxic agents, such as gemcitabine and irinotecan under pre-clinical stage development. Vernalis also offers V85546, a macrophage elastase inhibitor for treating inflammation, including COPD, multiple sclerosis, and liver fibrosis in Phase I trial; and RPL554, a long acting inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 3 and phosphodiesterase 4, for the treatment of asthma and allergic rhinitis. It has operations primarily in Europe and North America. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Winnersh, the United Kingdom.
5 Best China Stocks To Watch Right Now: Tatmar Ventures Inc. (TAT.V)
Highway 50 Gold Corp., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral resource properties in Canada and the United States. The company explores primarily for gold and silver ores. It owns interests in the Golden Brew property located in Lander County, Nevada; and the Lookout Property situated in Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia. The company was formerly known as Tatmar Ventures Inc. and changed its name to Highway 50 Gold Corp. in July 2011. Highway 50 Gold Corp. was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Top 10 Electric Utility Companies To Buy For 2014: PFB Corporation (PFBOF.PK)
PFB Corporation (PFB) is a Canada-based company. The Company, together with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the manufacturing of insulating building products made from expanded polystyrene (EPS) materials and marketing these products in North America. Its main brands include PlastiSpan EPS Product Solutions; Advantage ICFS, Insulspan SIPS, Riverbend Timber Framing and Precision Craft. Expandable polystyrene resin is manufactured at PFB�� polymer plant located in Crossfield, Alberta, for use in downstream EPS manufacturing operations. Plasti-Fab EPS Product Solutions supply the EPS foam core material used to manufacture Insulspan SIPS. Riverbend Timber Framing structures are typically sold with an accompanying Insulspan SIPS enclosure package. Advantage ICF Systems are insulating concrete forming systems that are employed to build insulated foundations and walls from concrete in both residential and commercial markets. On February 1, 2011, the Company acquired Precision C raft Group.
Top 10 Electric Utility Companies To Buy For 2014: Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NM)
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. operates as a seaborne shipping and logistics company. It focuses on the transportation and transshipment of dry bulk commodities, including iron ore, coal, fertilizers, and grains. The company controls a fleet of 31 owned vessels and 26 chartered-in vessels totaling 5.8 million dwt. Its owned fleet comprises 14 Ultra Handymax, 11 Capesize, 1 Handysize, and 3 Panamax vessels, as well as 2 Panamax vessels under construction; and chartered-in vessels consists of 8 Capesize, 11 Panamax, 1 Handysize, and 6 Ultra Handymax vessels under long-term time charters. The company also engages in port terminal, river barge, and coastal cabotage operations; and charters its vessels under medium to long-term charters to trading houses, producers, and government-owned entities. In addition, it engages in operating ports and transfer station terminals; and handles vessels, barges, and push boats, as well as operates upriver transport facilities in the Hidrovia region. Further, the company engages in the transportation and handling of liquid cargoes through the ownership, operation, and trading of tanker vessels. It has operations primarily in North America, Europe, Asia, and South America. The company is headquartered in Piraeus, Greece.
Top 10 Electric Utility Companies To Buy For 2014: Luxor Industrial Corp.(LRL.V)
Luxor Industrial Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets wooden building components for the construction of floor and wall systems in residential and light commercial buildings primarily in Canada and the United States. The company?s products include interlocking bridging system, an engineered bridging that controls bounce and vibration in floors; architectural wood products; and wood products consisting of survey stakes, conventional bridging, fireplace and door mantles, and prefabricated window and door openings. It also offers glulam beams comprising large, straight beams for commercial projects; curved and arched glulam; stock beams; GL3000 beams for engineered floor systems; fabricated beams and glulam trusses; and turned round columns. In addition, the company provides specialty cutting services, such as multi-ripping, custom-ripping, custom cutting, and precision end trimming. Luxor Industrial Corporation was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Top 10 Electric Utility Companies To Buy For 2014: S&P GSCI(GD)
General Dynamics Corporation, an aerospace and defense company, provides business aviation; combat vehicles, weapons systems, and munitions; military and commercial shipbuilding; and communications and information technology products and services worldwide. Its Aerospace group designs, manufactures, and outfits various large and mid-cabin business-jet aircraft; provides maintenance, repair work, fixed-based operations, and aircraft management services; and performs aircraft completions for aircraft. The company?s Combat Systems group offers tracked and wheeled military vehicles, weapons systems, and munitions. Its product lines include wheeled combat and tactical vehicles; battle tanks and infantry vehicles; munitions and propellant; rockets and gun systems; and axle and drivetrain components and aftermarket parts. This group also manufactures and supplies engineered axles, suspensions, and brakes for heavy-load vehicles for military and commercial customers. The company Advisors' Opinion:
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The shares closed at $62.77, up $1.59, or 2.6%, on the day. They have traded in a 52-week range of $55.46 to $78.27. Volume today was 2,338,444 shares, against a 3-month average volume of 2,440,760 shares. Its market capitalization is $22.71 billion, its trailing P/E is 8.95, its trailing earnings are $7.01 per share, and it pays a dividend of $1.88 per share, for a dividend yield of 3.10%. About the company: General Dynamics Corporation is a diversified defense company. The Company offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; shipbuilding design and construction; and information systems, technologies and services
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General Dynamics (GD) operates in the aerospace/defense industry, is the fifth largest military contractor and one of the world’s largest makers of corporate jets. Its Gulfstream jet is one of the world’s most popular corporate aircraft.
The common stock currently trades at price to earnings ratio of 8.9, well below industry average of 13.1 and its historical average of 13. Price to book ratio is 1.62 while price to cash flow ratio is 7.
Top 10 Electric Utility Companies To Buy For 2014: Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A.(ASPS)
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides services related to real estate and mortgage portfolio management, asset recovery, and customer relationship management primarily in the United States. Its Mortgage Services segment offers mortgage portfolio management services to loan originators and loan servicers. This segment provides asset management services that primarily include property preservation, property inspection, real estate owned (REO) asset management, and REO brokerage; residential property valuation; closing and title services; default management services, such as non-legal back-office support for foreclosure, bankruptcy, and eviction attorneys, as well as foreclosure trustee services. The company?s Financial Services segment offers unsecured asset recovery management services, including post-charge-off consumer debt collection that comprise credit cards, auto loans, and second mortgages; and customer relationship management services, such as customer care and early stage collection. Its Technology Services segment provides integrated technological solutions for loan servicing, vendor management, and invoice presentment and payment; and IT infrastructure services, such as desktop management, application support, network management, telephony, data center management, disaster recovery, helpdesk, and infrastructure security. This segment offers REALSuite of applications consisting of REALServicing, an enterprise residential mortgage loan servicing platform; REALTrans, an electronic business-to-business exchange that automates and simplifies the ordering, tracking, and fulfilling of mortgage and other services; and REALRemit, an electronic invoicing and payment system. The company serves sub-prime servicers, utility companies, commercial banks, servicers, mortgage bankers, and financial service companies, as well as hedge funds. Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. was incorporated in 1999 and is b ased in Luxembourg.
Top 10 Electric Utility Companies To Buy For 2014: Pacific Andes Resources Devltd (P11.SI)
Pacific Andes Resources Development Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the development, marketing, and distribution of fish and fish products. The company manages and operates fishing vessels; sells fish and marine catches; operates ship repairing agency; trades in frozen seafood products and marine fuel; produces and sells fishmeal and fish oil; and sells marine fuel oil. It also offers charter hire services; packaging materials to fish suppliers; and a range of at-sea transportation and logistical services to fishing companies. In addition, the company is involved in fishing and property holding activities. Pacific Andes Resources Development Limited markets its products primarily in Hong Kong and other regions in the People�s Republic of China; east Asia, South America, Europe, Africa, and internationally. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Pacific Andes Resources Development Limited is a subsidiary of Clamford Holding Limited.
Top 10 Electric Utility Companies To Buy For 2014: Seair Inc. (SDS.V)
Seair Inc. develops and sells diffusion technologies in North America and internationally. The company offers diffusion systems, sterilizer systems, and wastewater treatment plants, as well as accessories, including oxygen concentrators, oxygen generators, and ozone generators. It develops equipment that diffuses gases, such as Oxygen, Ozone, and CO2 into a liquid. The company also owns and operates a fleet of rental portable wastewater treatment units primarily for performing sewage treatment at remote campsites in Alberta, Canada. Seair Inc. offers its systems for use in various industries comprising waste/ water treatment, pulp and paper, aquaculture, agriculture/ horticulture, sterilization, golf course irrigation and pond treatment, animal enhancement, and oil and gas industries. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.
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