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.

More follows from Singapore, China, and Hong Kong, and other places like Mexico, Britain, The Netherlands, S. Africa, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, and Finland.

There used to be two gossip columns, "Lex" and “Men and Matters.” Neither was particularly authoritative and anyone who invested based on these columns deserved all the losses of money which ensured. Why I miss them

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.

Mexico's Senate has passed the reform of its energy and power sectors which will be open to private and foreign investment for the first time in nearly 80 years. Here are 3 stocks which will benefit... Plus more from Ireland, Switzerland, France, Canada, Britain, Jordan, Russia, Israel & Norway.

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