While US company brass get early experience in massaging news, this is not instinctive among foreign companies with American Depositary Receipts listed in this country.

The largest plastic tube producer in Latin America moved to extend its domain again. This time the victim is US Dura-Line, maker of high density polyethylene precision tubes for telecom voice and data, energy transmission, and infrastructure with a blue-chip client base.

Meanwhile stocks around the world are down. Gold and the dollar are up. This creates opportunities and risks for the global investing community discussed below, along with trading alerts.