LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Australian stocks rallied in early Monday trade, with the S&P/ASX 200 (AU:XJO) adding 0.9% to 5,433.50 to hit another five-year high after Wall Street booked gains Friday. Miners were a strong spot, with Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (AU:FMG) (FSUMF) up 2.3%, BHP Billiton Ltd. (AU:BHP) (BHP) gaining 0.9%, Evolution Mining Ltd. (AU:EVN) (CAHPF) ahead by 2.6%, and Rio Tinto Ltd. (AU:RIO) (RIO) rising 1.1% after selling its interest in eastern Australia's Clermont coal mine for about $1 billion. Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (AU:ANZ) (ANEWF) improved by 1.4%, the best performer among the major banks, after an Australian Financial Review reported David Gonski, executive chairman of the Australian government's Future Fund, was being sought to run the lender.
5 Best Heal Care Stocks To Own For 2014: BioSpecifics Technologies Corp(BSTC)
Biospecifics Technologies Corp., a biopharmaceutical company, involves in the development of an injectable collagenase for various indications. It has a development and license agreement with Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for injectable collagenase for clinical indications in Dupuytren?s contracture, Peyronie?s disease, and frozen shoulder. Biospecifics Technologies Corp. also focuses on the development of collagenase for various other clinical indications, including human and canine lipoma and cellulite. The company develops and commercializes XIAFLEX, which is used for the treatment of adult Dupuytren?s contracture. Biospecifics Technologies Corp. was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Lynbrook, New York.
5 Best Heal Care Stocks To Own For 2014: McGrath RentCorp(MGRC)
McGrath RentCorp, a diversified business to business rental company, engages in the rental and sale of relocatable modular buildings, electronic test equipment, and liquid and solid containment tanks and boxes primarily in the United States and Canada. It operates in four segments: Mobile Modular, TRS-RenTelco, Adler Tanks, and Enviroplex. The Mobile Modular segment rents modular buildings designed for use as classrooms, temporary offices adjacent to existing facilities, sales offices, construction field offices, restroom buildings, health care clinics, child care facilities, and office space; and portable storage containers. The TRS-RenTelco segment rents and sells general purpose electronic test equipment, including oscilloscopes, amplifiers, analyzers, signal source, and power source test equipment for aerospace, defense, electronics, industrial, research, and semiconductor industries. This segment also provides communications test equipment comprising network and trans mission test equipment for various fiber, copper, and wireless networks to manufacturers of communications equipment and products, electrical and communications installation contractors, field technicians, and service providers. The Adler Tanks segment rents tanks and boxes, such as fixed axle steel tanks, vacuum containers, dewatering boxes, and roll-off and trash boxes for various containment solutions to store hazardous and non-hazardous liquids and solids used in oil and gas exploration and field services, refinery, chemical and industrial plant maintenance, environmental remediation and field services, infrastructure building construction, marine, pipeline construction and maintenance, tank terminals, wastewater treatment, and waste management and landfill service applications. The Enviroplex segment manufactures and sells portable classrooms to public school districts and other educational institutions in California. McGrath RentCorp was founded in 1979 and is based in Livermore, California.
Top 5 Canadian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: COMMERCEFIRST BANCORP INC(CMFB)
CommerceFirst Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for CommerceFirst Bank that provides financial services to individuals and corporate customers located primarily in Anne Arundel County, Howard County, and Prince George?s County, Maryland. It accepts various deposit products that include business and personal checking accounts, NOW accounts, premium savings accounts, and tiered money market accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company also provides commercial loans for business purposes, including working capital, equipment purchases, real estate, lines of credit, and government contract financing; asset based lending and accounts receivable financing; real estate loans for business and investment purposes; commercial lines of credit; and merchant credit card services offered through an outside vendor, as well as services for business accounts that include remote deposit and Internet banking services. CommerceFirst operates five banking offices in A nne Arundel, Howard, and Prince George?s counties in central Maryland. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.
5 Best Heal Care Stocks To Own For 2014: Autoliv Inc (ALV)
Autoliv, Inc. (Autoliv) is a holding company. Autoliv is the supplier of automotive safety systems, with a range of product offerings, including modules and components for passenger and driver-side airbags, side-impact airbag protection systems, seatbelts, steering wheels, safety electronics, whiplash protection systems and child seats, as well as night vision systems, radar and other active safety systems. Autoliv has two main operating segments: airbags/seatbelt (including restraint electronics) products and active safety electronics products. In March 2010, the Company acquired Visteon Corporation's radar system business. In April 2010, the Company acquired Delphi's Occupant Protection Systems (OPS) operations in Korea and China. In addition, in April 2010, Autoliv Inc.'s Automotive Holding AS increased its stake in Norma AS from 51% to 93.74%. Additionally, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB and ING Luxembourg SA sold their 6.67% and 10% stake, respectively, held in Norma AS. In October 2010, the Company acquired 51% interest in Bejing Delpi Automotive Safety Products. In November 2011, the Company acquired the airbag cushion cut&sew assets from Milliken. In June 2012, the Company sold its subsidiary Autoliv Mekan AB to Verktygs Allians i Hassleholm AB.
Autoliv has approximately 80 wholly or partially owned or leased production facilities located in 28 countries, consisting of both component factories and assembly factories. The Company�� component factories manufacture inflators, initiators, textile cushions, webbing materials, electronics, pressed steel parts, springs and overmoulded steel parts used in seatbelt and airbag assembly, seat subsystems, steering wheels and its active safety and night vision systems, and its other safety electronic systems. During the year ended December 31, 2010, Autoliv�� revenues were approximately 67% of airbags and associated products and approximately 33% of seatbelts and associated products. The Company�� markets are in Europe, North A! merica, Asia-Pacific and Japan. Its customers include the car manufacturers.
During 2010, the products manufactured by Autoliv�� consolidated subsidiaries consisted of approximately 121 million complete seatbelt systems (of which approximately 49 million were fitted with pretensioners), approximately 57 million side-impact airbags (including curtain airbags), approximately 28 million frontal airbag modules, approximately 12 million steering wheels, approximately 11 million electronic units (airbag control), approximately 0.4 million active safety systems and 0.1 million night vision systems. Autoliv owns two principal subsidiaries, AAB and Autoliv ASP, Inc. (ASP). Its AAB and ASP are developers, manufacturers and suppliers to the automotive industry of automotive safety systems. AAB and ASP�� products include seatbelts, frontal and side-impact airbags, steering wheels and seat sub-systems, as well as components for such systems.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Rich Duprey]
In a bid to be more competitive, auto airbag manufacturer Autoliv (NYSE: ALV ) announced yesterday that it will invest $50 million to build a new textile center in China that�will consist of a weaving plant, an airbag cushion plant, and a development center for airbag cushions and textiles.
5 Best Heal Care Stocks To Own For 2014: (CAPA)
Capital Art, Inc., an intellectual property management and exploitation company, engages in the acquisition, edition, marketing, and management of iconic photographic images from museum-quality limited editions to mass-market reproductions in the United States. It primarily sells and distributes classic and contemporary, limited edition photographic images, and reproductions. The company sells its product lines in the editorial, art and commercial photography markets through its wholesale, retail, and dealer/representation networks. It licenses and distributes its collections primarily to media owners and publishers, galleries, museums, auction houses, education networks, interior decorators, gift stores and multiple retailers, hotels, restaurants, and Internet sites. Capital Art, Inc. is based in Culver City, California.
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