Best Investments In 2014

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Best Investments In 2014: Art's-Way Manufacturing Co. Inc.(ARTW)

Art?s-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of agricultural equipment in the United States. It offers portable and stationary animal feed processing equipment and related attachments used to mill and mix feed grains into custom animal feed rations; a crop production line that includes grain drill equipment; hay and forage equipment consisting of forage boxes, forage blowers, running gears, dump boxes, rotary rakes, finger wheel rakes, and mergers; stalk shredders; portable grain augers; manure spreaders; sugar beet harvesting equipment; land maintenance equipment; and moldboard plows, as well as provides hay blowers to original equipment manufacturers. The company also manufactures and supplies pressure steel vessels and steel containment systems for water treatment, air receivers, refineries, co-generation, chemical, petrochemical, storage tanks, agriculture, marine, refrigeration, hydro pneumatic, heavy equipmen t, pharmaceuticals, and mining industries. In addition, it provides services, such as custom CAD drawing; welding; interior linings and exterior finishing; passivation of stainless steel; hydrostatic and pneumatic testing; design, build and finishing of skids; installation of piping; and non-destructive examination and heat treating, as well as offers after-market service parts. Further, the company produces and sells modular buildings that are used for animal containment and research laboratories. Art?s-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. sells its products through independent farm equipment dealers primarily under the Art?s-Way, Miller Pro, and Badger brand names. The company was founded in 1956 and is based in Armstrong, Iowa.

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  Art's-Way Manufacturing Co (NASDAQ: ARTW) is estimated to post its quarterly earnings.

  Packaging Corporation of America (NYSE: PKG) is projected to post its Q3 earnings at $0.89 per share on revenue of $831.79 million.

Best Investments In 2014: Monster Uranium Corp(MU.V)

Monster Uranium Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of natural resource properties. It holds a 50% interest in the Broken-Hill Leo property that comprises 53 mineral claims in the Kamloops mining division of British Columbia. The company was formerly known as VMX Resources Inc. and changed its name to Monster Uranium Corp. in September 2007. Monster Uranium Corp. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Top 5 Performing Stocks For 2014: Suncor Energy Inc (SU.TO)

Suncor Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company. The company primarily focuses on developing petroleum resource basins in Canada's Athabasca oil sands; explores, acquires, develops, produces, and markets crude oil and natural gas in Canada and internationally; transports and refines crude oil; markets petroleum and petrochemical products primarily in Canada; markets third-party petroleum products; and engages in energy trading activities. Its Oil Sands segment recovers bitumen from mining and in situ development in northern Alberta, and upgrades it into refinery feedstock, diesel fuel, and byproducts. The company�s Exploration and Production segment consists of offshore operations off the east coast of Canada and in the North Sea, and onshore operations in North America, Libya, and Syria. Its Refining and Marketing segment refines crude oil at Suncor's refineries in Edmonton, Alberta; Montreal, Quebec; and Sarnia, Ontario in Ca nada, as well as in Commerce City, Colorado into a range of petroleum and petrochemical products; and manufactures, blends, and markets specialty lubricants and waxes to retail, commercial, and industrial customers through a combination of company-owned, branded-dealer, and other retail stations in Canada and Colorado, a nationwide commercial road transport network in Canada, and a sales channel in Canada. The company was formerly known as Suncor Inc. and changed its name to Suncor Energy Inc. in April 1997. Suncor Energy Inc. was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Best Investments In 2014: Tata Steel Ltd (TATASTEEL)

Tata Steel Limited is a manufacturer of steel and steel products. The Company�� Global Wires Business consists of Steel�� Wire Division in India, Siam Industrial Wire in Thailand and Lanka Special Steels Limited in Sri Lanka. The Company�� product includes Hot Rolled Coils; Cold Rolled Coils and Galvanized Coils; Wire Rods and Rebars. The Company�� Tata Growth Shop (TGS) is a multi disciplinary engineering complex that designs and manufactures heavy engineering and material handling equipment including special purpose Electric Overhead Travelling Cranes. The Company�� Agrico division product range includes Hoes, Sickles, Crowbars, Shovels, Pick Axes, Hammers and others. The Company�� segment includes Tubes, Bearings, Refractories, Pigments, Port operations, Town services and Investment activities.

Best Investments In 2014: Hikma Pharmaceuticals(HIK.L)

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of a range of generic and in-licensed pharmaceutical products in solid, semi-solid, liquid, and injectable final dosage forms. It operates in three segments: Branded Pharmaceuticals, Injectable Pharmaceuticals, and Generic Pharmaceuticals. The Branded Pharmaceuticals segment offers 253 products in 485 dosage strengths and forms, which lie in the anti-infective, cardiovascular, central nervous system (CNS), and diabetes therapeutic areas. The Injectable Pharmaceuticals segment markets 120 branded and non-branded injectable products in 215 dosage strengths and forms with a focus on anti-infectives, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and oncological therapeutic areas. This segment provides powder, liquid, and lyophilized injectables. The Generic Pharmaceuticals segment offers 50 generic compounds in 117 dosage forms and strengths for various indications, such as analgesic, anti-infective, anti-infl ammatory, cardiovascular, CNS, respiratory, and hormonal and others in the form of tablets, capsules, solutions, and suspensions. This segment markets its products to chain stores, wholesalers, distributors, health systems, and governmental agencies. The company also manufacturers pharmaceutical packaging products; and conducts bio-equivalency studies. It has operations primarily in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and north Africa. The company was founded in 1978 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.