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Best High Tech Companies To Buy For 2014: Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT)
Elbit Systems Ltd. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and integration of defense systems and products worldwide. The company operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, unmanned aircraft systems, advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, electronic warfare (EW) suites, airborne warning systems, electronic intelligence systems, data links, artillery systems, military communications systems, and radios. Its activities include military aircraft and helicopter systems, helmet mounted systems, commercial aviation systems and aero structures, land vehicle systems, electro-optic and countermeasures systems, homeland security systems, EW and signal intelligence systems, and various commercial activities, as well as command, control, communications, computer, and intelligence and cyber systems. The company also provides a range of support services fo r its defense systems and products. Elbit Systems Ltd. markets its systems and products as a prime contractor or subcontractor to various governments and defense contractors. The company was founded in 1966 and is based in Haifa, Israel.
Best High Tech Companies To Buy For 2014: Acsm Spa(ACSM.MI)
ACSM S.p.A. engages in the management of gas distribution services in the municipality of Como, Italy. It also manages the gas distribution services in certain municipalities in the provinces of Venice and Udine, Italy, through a subsidiary. In addition, the company engages in the management of local public systems for water distribution and waste incineration; and cogeneration and sale of electricity through licenses and agreements with the municipality of Como and certain adjacent municipalities. Further, the company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the sale of methane gas and electricity; management of electricity and heat; waste management; and district heating. ACSM S.p.A. was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Como, Italy.
Top Biotech Companies To Watch For 2014: Eastern Iron Ltd(EFE.AX)
Eastern Iron Limited engages in the discovery, delineation, and development of iron ore, precious, and base metal resources in Australia/Asia Pacific region. The company also explores for copper and gold deposits. Its primary projects include the Hawkwood Magnetite-Vanadium project in southern Queensland; and the Cobar/Main Line projects in New South Wales. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in St Leonards, Australia.
Best High Tech Companies To Buy For 2014: Acorn Energy Inc.(ACFN)
Acorn Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides technology driven solutions for energy infrastructure asset management worldwide. It offers sonar and acoustic related solutions for energy, defense, and commercial markets with a focus on underwater site security for strategic energy installations and other acoustic systems, as well as develops and produces real-time embedded hardware and software. The company also develops and markets remote monitoring systems to electric utilities and industrial facilities, which are used in a range of utility applications, including outage management, power quality monitoring, system planning, trouble shooting and proactive maintenance, and condition monitoring; and provides the intelligence to transmission and distribution network operators. In addition, it develops and produces fiber optic sensing systems for the energy, commercial security, and defense markets. The company?s patented ultra-high sensitivity fiber optic sensors a re designed to replace electronic sensors with fiber optic sensors. Further, it engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and sale of wireless remote systems that monitor standby power generation, backup power generators, remote powered equipment, cellular towers, emergency towered communications, and remote tower sites; cathodic protection products to monitor pipeline integrity; and other wireless remote systems. Acorn Energy, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in Montchanin, Delaware.
Best High Tech Companies To Buy For 2014: Compass Gold Corporation (CVB.V)
Compass Gold Corporation, an exploration stage company, focuses on gold exploration in Africa. It holds an option to acquire an indirect 51% working interest in 4 gold exploration permits, including the Yanfolia license covering 250 square kilometres in south Mali; the Dandoko license covering an area of 134 square kilometres located in west Mali; the Kolondieba permit covering 250 square kilometres in south Mali; and the Solabougouda license covering an area of 250 square kilometres in south Mali. The company, formerly known as Nordic Gold Corporation, is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Best High Tech Companies To Buy For 2014: Toyota Motor Corp Ltd Ord(TM)
Toyota Motor Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, assembly, and sale of passenger cars, minivans, and commercial vehicles. It offers conventional engine vehicles, including subcompact and compact cars under the Corolla, Yaris, micropremium iQ, Passo, Ractis, Vitz, and Etios brand names; mini-vehicles, passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and auto parts under Toyota brand name; mid-size cars under the Camry, REIZ, Avensis, and Mark X brand names; luxury cars under the Lexus and Crown brands; Century limousine; sports cars under the Scion tC and Lexus brands; sport-utility vehicles under the Sequoia, 4Runner, RAV4, Highlander, FJ Cruiser, and Land Cruiser brands; pickup trucks under the Tacoma and Tundra brands; minivans under the Alphard, Vellfire, Corolla Verso, Wish, Hiace, Regius Ace, Estima, Noah, Voxy, Sienta, Isis, Passo Sette, and the Sienna brands; cabwagons; large, medium, and small trucks; and large, small, and micro-buses. The company also provides hybrid cars under Prius and Crown brands. In addition, it offers a range of financial services comprising retail financing, retail leasing, wholesale financing, and insurance; and credit cards and housing loans. Further, the company designs and manufactures prefabricated housing, as well as involves in the information technology related businesses, such as an e-commerce marketplace known as GAZOO.com; and sales promotions for KDDI communication related products, primarily the au brand. It sells its vehicles in approximately 170 countries and regions, including Japan, North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Toyota City, Japan.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Paul Ausick]
The various models of the Prius from Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) are the best-selling hybrid vehicles in the United States. As of the end of July, the three versions of the car have sold nearly 140,000 units. And the carmaker is planning to make the car lighter and more fuel efficient for the 2015 model year.
- [By Sean Williams]
China has been an even bigger story for Ford, with sales jumping a ridiculous 44% in June from the previous year. Year to date, sales are up an even more impressive 47%, compared with this time last year. In contrast, Japanese automakers such as Toyota (NYSE: TM ) and Honda (NYSE: HMC ) , which gobbled up market share in the U.S. over the past two decades, are now getting a taste of their own medicine in China. Because of country-to-country animosity between citizens in China and Japan, Toyota and Honda have seen year-over-year sales fall in more months than they've risen over the past 10 months.
- [By John Rosevear]
Volkswagen (NASDAQOTH: VLKAY ) is halfway through a 10-year plan with an audacious goal: To surpass Toyota (NYSE: TM ) and General Motors (NYSE: GM ) to become the largest-selling automaker in the world.�
- [By John Rosevear]
Ford (NYSE: F ) has had a solid lead over Toyota (NYSE: TM ) in the U.S. market for some time now, and it has gained market share at Toyota's expense in 2013. But July's sales numbers included a surprise: Toyota nearly closed the gap for the first time in ages.
Best High Tech Companies To Buy For 2014: Alter Nrg Corp (NRG.TO)
Alter NRG Corp. provides alternative energy solutions. It markets and sells plasma gasification and geoexchange technology, and invests in alternative energy projects in North America, South America, the European Union, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. The company�s plasma gasification technology offers clean and renewable energy solutions by converting various types of waste and biomass into energy, such as electricity, ethanol, gasoline, diesel fuel, a replacement fuel oil, or syngas for industrial use; and geoexchange technology provides heating and cooling solutions for homes, commercial, and industrial buildings by using energy from the earth. It has a strategic alliance with Wuhan Kaidi to construct a commercial demonstration facility. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Best High Tech Companies To Buy For 2014: MoSys Inc.(MOSY)
MoSys, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and licenses embedded memory intellectual property (IP) for systems on chips (SOCs) designs. It provides a semiconductor memory technology, 1T-SRAM, which offers a combination of high density, low power consumption, and high-speed; and licenses this technology to companies that incorporate or embed memory on integrated circuits (ICs), such as system-on-chips. The company also designs, develops, markets, and licenses high-speed parallel and serial interface IP that includes physical layer circuitry, which allows ICs to communicate with each other or to discrete memory devices in networking, storage, computer, and consumer devices. Additionally, it supports serial I/O technologies, such as 10G KR, XAUI, PCI Express, and SATA, as well as parallel interfaces comprising DDR3. MoSys, Inc. offers its memory and I/O IP technologies to semiconductor companies, electronic product manufacturers, foundries, intel lectual property companies, and design companies through product development, technology licensing, and joint marketing relationships. It operates in Japan, the United States, Taiwan, and rest of Asia. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
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