Calgary-based TransAlta Corp. is an electric utility with operations in the western part of Canada. The company generates power using coal, hydro, gas, geothermal and wind. About 70% of power generated is sold under government mandated long-term contracts. From their corporate site “TransAlta has been in the power business for almost 100 years – our …
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On Dec 6th, I wrote a post titled The Best Banks of the World 2008 in my TFS site which discussed the top banks in the world. The Banker Magazine presented awards to the best banks in each individual country. In this post let me mention a few banks that won the awards in countries …
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Investors are attracted to HealthCare stocks during recessions as these healthcare companies perform better when compared to other companies in other industries. For example in 2008, the S&P 500 Index was down 38.49% but the healthcare components in the index were off only 24.48%. Consumer staples was the best performing group with a negative return …