Achat actions : opportunités au 20/06/2010
Grandes capitalisations européennes
BP plc is an oil and petrochemicals company. The Company explores for and produces oil and natural gas, refines, markets, and supplies petroleum products, generates solar energy, and manufactures and markets chemicals. BP’s chemicals include terephthalic acid, acetic acid, acrylonitrile, ethylene and polyethylene.
France Telecom SA provides telecommunications services to residential, professional, and large business customers. The Company offers public fixed-line telephone, leased lines and data transmission, mobile telecommunications, cable television, Internet and wireless applications, and broadcasting services, and telecommunications equipment sales and rentals.
Telecom Italia S.p.A., through subsidiaries, offers fixed line and mobile telephone and data transmission services in Italy and abroad. The Company offers local and long-distance telephone, satellite communications, Internet access, and teleconferencing services.
E.ON AG operates in power generation and gas production businesses. The Company’s operations include electric generation at conventional, nuclear, and renewable-source facilities; electric transmission via high-voltage wires network; regional distribution of electricity, gas, and heat; power trading and electricity, gas, and heat sales.
Moyennes capitalisations européennes
Lottomatica S.p.A. manages the Lotto Game for the Italian government, and also markets games, automated services and ticketing services. Through its Games division, the Company provides systems and products for games, and hardware and software systems to support sports and horse race betting.
Ipsen SA manufactures and markets a wide range of medical drugs for targeted disease areas including oncology, endocrinology, and neuromuscular disorders.
Finmeccanica SpA designs, develops, and produces a complete line of commercial and military aircraft, space systems, air defense systems and air and traffic control equipment. The Company also designs and constructs nuclear power plants, rail transportation systems, process control systems, and microprocessors.
Lonza Group AG produces organic fine chemicals, biocides, active ingredients, and biotechnology products. The Company offers custom chemical manufacturing and fermentation processing and manufactures its products for the life sciences, pharmaceuticals, food processing, and agricultural products industries. Lonza operates production sites in Europe, the United States, and China.
Mobistar SA offers mobile telephone services in Belgium through a GSM network, as well as fixed-line services for international calls. The Company offers such services as pre-paid calling cards, text messaging, mobile office access for business customers, and games.
Petites capitalisations européennes
Grandes capitalisations américaines non financières
Baxter International Inc. (Baxter) through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures and markets products that save and sustain the lives of people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical conditions. Baxter manufactures products in 27 countries and sells them in more than 100 countries. The Company operates in three segments: BioScience, Medication Delivery and Renal. Baxter generates approximately 60% of its revenues outside the United States, and Maintains manufacturing and distribution facilities in a number of locations in the United States, Europe, Canada, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. In August 2009, the Company acquired certain assets of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation related to the hemofiltration business, also known as Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (Edwards CRRT).
Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) is a research-based, global biopharmaceutical company. The Company applies science and its global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life. Pfizer’s diversified global health care portfolio includes human and animal biologic and small molecule medicines and vaccines, as well as nutritional products and many consumer health care products. The Company operates in two business segments: Biopharmaceutical and Diversified. Biopharmaceutical includes the Primary Care, Specialty Care, Established Products, Emerging Markets and Oncology customer-focused units. Diversified includes Animal Health products that prevent and treat diseases in livestock and companion animals, and Consumer Healthcare products. On October 15, 2009, the Company completed its acquisition of Wyeth. In December 2009, Durata Therapeutics, Inc. acquired Vicuron Pharmaceuticals from Pfizer.
Monsanto Company (Monsanto)along with its subsidiaries, is a worldwide provider of agricultural products for farmers. The Company’s seeds, biotechnology trait products, and herbicides provide farmers with solutions to produce foods for consumers and feed for animals. The Company operates in two segments: Seeds and Genomics, and Agricultural Productivity. In December 2008, the Company acquired 100% interest of Aly Participacoes Ltda. (Aly), which operates the sugarcane breeding and technology companies, CanaVialis S.A. and Alellyx S.A., both of which are based in Brazil. In July 2009, the Company acquired the WestBred, LLC, a Montana-based company that specializes in wheat germplasm.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (QUALCOMM) designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access (CDMA) technology and other technologies. The Company operates through four segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); Qualcomm Wireless & Internet (QWI), and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). QCT is a developer and supplier of CDMA-based integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning system products. QTL grants licenses to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products. QWI generates revenues primarily through mobile information products and services, software and software development. QSI makes investments to promote the worldwide adoption of CDMA products and services.
Exelon Corporation (Exelon) is a utility services holding company. It operates through its principal subsidiaries: Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Generation), Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) and PECO Energy Company (PECO). Generation’s business consists of its owned and contracted electric generating facilities, its wholesale energy marketing operations and its retail supply operations. ComEd’s energy delivery business consists of the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity, and the provision of transmission and distribution services to retail customers in northern Illinois. PECO’s energy delivery business consists of the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and the provision of transmission and distribution services to retail customers in south-eastern Pennsylvania, as well as the purchase and regulated retail sale of natural gas and the provision of distribution services to retail customers in the Pennsylvania counties surrounding Philadelphia.
Moyennes capitalisations américaines non financières
H&R Block, Inc. has subsidiaries that provide tax, retail banking, accounting and business consulting services and products. The Company’s Tax Services segment primarily consists of its income tax preparation businesses: retail, online and software. These businesses serve the general public in the United States, Canada and Australia. Additionally, this segment includes commercial tax businesses, which provide tax preparation software to certified public accountants (CPAs) and other tax preparers in the United States. Its Business Services segment consists of a national accounting, tax and business consulting firm primarily serving middle-market companies under the RSM McGladrey, Inc. (RSM) brand. Its Consumer Financial Services segment is engaged in retail banking through H&R Block Bank (HRB Bank). Effective November 1, 2008, the Company sold H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc. (HRBFA) to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise).
Partner Communications Company Ltd. (Partner) is a mobile telephone network operator in Israel. The Company’s products and services are marketed under the orange brand. During the year ended December 31, 2009, its global system for mobile communications/universal mobile telecommunications system (GSM/UMTS) network covered over 98% of the Israeli population. Its GSM services include standard and enhanced GSM services, as well as value-added services and products, such as roaming, voice Mail, voice messaging, color picture messaging, ringtone and game downloads, information services, and general packet radio services (GPRS), which enables the packet transfer of data. Its third generation (3G) network offers a range of services, such as video calls, a new portal of content services, including a rich selection of video-based services under the orange time sub-brand, and the transmission of data.
Cellcom Israel Ltd. (Cellcom) is a provider of cellular communications services in Israel. The Company offers a range of cellular services through its cellular networks. These services include basic and advanced cellular telephone services, text and multimedia messaging services, and advanced cellular content and data services. As of December 31, 2009, Cellcom also offered international roaming services in 177 countries. The Company offers its subscribers a selection of handsets from various global manufacturers, as well as extended warranty and repair and replacement services. It also offers landline transmission and data services to business customers and telecommunications operators. As of December 31, 2009, the Company provided cellular communications services to approximately 3.292 million subscribers, including basic cellular telephony services and value-added services, as well as handset sales.
PPL Corporation (PPL) is an energy and utility holding company. Through its subsidiaries, PPL generates electricity from power plants in the northeastern and western United States, markets wholesale or retail energy primarily in the northeastern and western portions of the United States, and delivers electricity to approximately four million customers in Pennsylvania and the United Kingdom. PPL operates through three segments: Supply, Pennsylvania Delivery and International Delivery. PPL Energy Supply, LLC (PPL Energy Supply), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of PPL, is an energy company engaged through its subsidiaries in the generation and marketing of power, primarily in the northeastern and western power markets of the United States and in the delivery of electricity in the United Kingdom. PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (PPL Electric) is a direct subsidiary of PPL and a regulated public utility.
Petites capitalisations américaines non financières
Lance, Inc. offers snack food products. The Company manufactures, markets and distributes a variety of snack food products, including sandwich crackers and sandwich cookies, potato chips, cookies, crackers, other salty snacks, sugar wafers, nuts, restaurant-style crackers and candy. In addition, the Company purchases certain cakes, meat snacks, candy, restaurant style crackers and salty snacks for resale. Products are packaged in various single-serve, multi-pack and family-size configurations. The Company manufactures approximately 97% of all of the products it sells, and the reMainder is purchased for resale. In October 2009, the Company acquired the Stella D’oro brand, as well as certain equipment and inventory from Stella D’oro Biscuit Co., Inc.
Inergy Holdings, L.P. (Inergy Holdings) is engaged in the investment in propane and other natural gas liquids companies. The Company’s assets consist of its partnership interests, including incentive distribution rights in Inergy, L.P. (Inergy), which operates a retail and wholesale propane supply, marketing and distribution business. In addition to Inergy’s retail and wholesale propane business, Inergy also owns and operates a midstream business that includes three natural gas storage facilities (Stagecoach, Steuben and Thomas Corners), a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facility (Bath), a natural gas liquids (NGL) business and a solution-mining and salt production company (US Salt). As of October 30, 2009, Inergy distributes propane to approximately 700,000 retail customers from 312 customer service centers in 28 states. The wholly owned subsidiaries of Inergy Holdings are Inergy Partners, LLC (Partners), Inergy GP, LLC (GP), and IPCH Acquisition Corp. (IPCHA).
Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. is a healthcare information technology company that designs, develops, markets, installs and supports computerized information technology systems to meet the demands of small and midsize hospitals. The Company targets market includes acute care community hospitals with 300 or fewer beds and small specialty hospitals. It is single-source vendor providing software and hardware products, complemented by data conversion, complete installation and support. Its fully integrated, enterprise-wide system automates the management of clinical and financial data across the primary functional areas of a hospital. In addition, it provides services that enable its customers to outsource certain data-related business processes.
CH Energy Group, Inc. (CH Energy Group) is the holding company of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (Central Hudson) and Central Hudson Enterprises Corporation (CHEC). Central Hudson is a regulated electric and natural gas company. CHEC, the parent company of CH Energy Group’s unregulated businesses and investments, has five wholly owned subsidiaries, Griffith Energy Service, Inc. (Griffith), CH-Auburn Energy, LLC (CH-Auburn), CH-Greentree, LLC (CH-Greentree), CH-Lyonsdale, LLC (CH-Lyonsdale), and CH Shirley Wind, LLC (CH Shirley). The Company has four segments: Central Hudson’s regulated electric utility business; Central Hudson’s regulated natural gas utility business; Griffith’s fuel distribution business, and other businesses and investments. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company acquired four fuel distribution companies.
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