Monsanto (NYSE: MON ) has chalked up another one in the win column as it continues to wage its legal battle to protect its intellectual property rights. This time, the company emerged victorious in a case against a single farmer in Indiana. However, the fact that it involved only one defendant doesn't minimize the implications of this case.
In this most recent court ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Monsanto's patents enable it to prevent farmers from planting later generations of its seeds without first paying for those seeds. This is real break from the historical norm where in crops that were planted left the farmer with the ability to replicate them by saving and replanting the seeds the crops�produced. Now, if those crops originated from Monsanto seeds this is no longer the case as farmers must pay Monsanto for those seeds.
Hot India Stocks To Invest In 2014: (OFSS.NS)
Oracle Financial Services Software Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology (IT) solutions and knowledge processing services to the financial services industry worldwide. The company offers Oracle FLEXCUBE, a banking product suite for consumer, corporate, investment, mobile and Internet banking, consumer lending, asset management, and investor servicing, including payments. Its products comprise Oracle FLEXCUBE Enterprise Limits and Collateral Management, which enables centralized collateral management, limits definition, tracking, and exposure measurement; Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking solution that offers a wealth management portal, a customer interaction tool, and portfolio management capabilities for private banking; and Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing, a process enabled transfer agency and investor servicing solution. The company also offers Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications for enterprise risk, performance manageme nt, regulatory compliance, and customer insight; consulting services in the areas of business transformation, risk and compliance, program management, IT architecture, IT governance, and process improvement; and application services for banking, securities, and insurance. In addition, it provides technology services comprising conceptualization, design, evaluation, implementation, and management of IT infrastructure for financial institutions; business process outsourcing services ranging from back office work to contact centre services for the banking, capital markets, insurance, and asset management domains; and support services. The company was formerly known as i-flex Solutions Limited and changed its name to Oracle Financial Services Software Limited in August 2008. The company was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Mumbai, India. Oracle Financial Services Software Limited is a subsidiary of Oracle Global (Mauritius) Limited.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Goodwin]
The resurgence of the US will bring back big-time technology spending and Indian companies stand to gain. However, mainstream software services companies are highly priced. Oracle Fin is one of the few tech stocks that still have some headroom for appreciation. When US banks invest in technology to comply with new regulations, Oracle will rake in the moolah.
Hot India Stocks To Invest In 2014: Infosys Technologies Limited(INFY)
Infosys Ltd. provides information technology (IT) and consulting services worldwide. It offers IT services, such as application, architecture, independent validation and testing, information management, infrastructure, packaged application, SOA, systems integration, and knowledge services; product engineering services, manufacturing process and plant solutions, and product lifecycle management services; and consulting services in the areas of information and technology strategies, product innovation, next generation commerce, process excellence, and learning and complex change. The company also provides business process outsourcing solutions in the areas of business platforms, customer service outsourcing, finance and accounting, human resources outsourcing, legal services, sales and fulfillment, and sourcing and procurement outsourcing. In addition, it offers collaborative analytics solutions; digital consumer platform; Finacle universal banking solution; iProwe, a Web ac cessibility assessment product; mConnect, a real-time enterprise middleware; and research and analytical support services. Further, the company offers unified communications and collaboration solution that streamlines business processes between employees, customers, and suppliers; iTransform that helps healthcare organizations accelerate transition to new platforms; and supply chain visibility and collaboration product suite. It serves aerospace and defense, airlines, automotive, banking, capital markets, communication services, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, education, energy, healthcare, high technology, hospitality and leisure, insurance, life sciences, logistics and distribution, publishing, resources, utilities, and retail industries. Infosys Ltd. has a strategic partnership with Alstom SA. The company was formerly known as Infosys Technologies Limited and changed its name to Infosys Ltd. on June 16, 2011. Infosys Ltd. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered i n Bengaluru, India.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Admin]
Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) started in 1981 by seven individuals with a paltry investment of USD 250 are today a global leader of IT and consulting with revenues of over US$ 4.8 billion (Financial year end 2010). Infosys has an enviable international presence with over 50 offices and development centers in India, China, Australia, the Czech Republic, Poland, the UK, Canada and Japan.
Infosys and its subsidiaries have 113,796 employees as on March 31, 2010. Infosys takes pride in building strategic long-term client relationships. Over 97% of our revenues come from existing customers. Forbes magazine has named Infosys in its list of Global High Performers. For investors wanting their money to grow without compromising on safety factors, Infosys is the company to park their funds.
Top China Stocks For 2014: Tata Motors Ltd(TTM)
Tata Motors Limited, an automobile company, engages in the manufacture and sale of commercial and passenger vehicles primarily in India. The company offers cars, utility vehicles, trucks, buses and coaches, and defense vehicles, as well as develops electric and hybrid vehicles for personal and public transportation. It also involves in distributing and marketing cars; and financing the vehicles sold by the company. In addition, the company engages in the provision of engineering and automotive solutions, as well as machine tools and factory automation solutions; construction equipment manufacturing; automotive vehicle components manufacturing and supply chain activities; tooling and plastic and electronic components for automotive and computer applications; and automotive retailing and service operations. It offers its products and services through its dealership, sales, services, and spare parts network. The company also markets its commercial and passenger vehicles in Eu rope, Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia, South Asia, and South America. The company was formerly known as Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company Limited and changed its name to Tata Motors Limited in July 2003. Tata Motors Limited was founded in 1945 and is based in Mumbai, India.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Fool]
Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 17.35 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 10.13. The dividend yield has a value of 3.28 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.81 and price to sales ratio 2.93. The operating margin amounts to 22.48 percent.
Hot India Stocks To Invest In 2014: (COROMANDE.NS)
Coromandel International Limited engages in manufacturing and marketing fertilizers, specialty nutrients, and crop protection products primarily in India. The company?s products include phosphatic fertilizers; insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and plant growth regulators; and bentonite sulphur, water soluble fertilizers, micronutrients, and organic fertilizers. It offers its products under the Gromor, Paramfos, Parry Gold, Parry Super, and Godavari brand names. The company also operates 443 retail centers in rural Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka that provide agri inputs, such as fertilizers, crop protection products, secondary and micronutrients, seeds, sprayers, mechanized farm services, and veterinary feed, as well as soil testing for nutrients, field visits for crop diagnosis, and technical advice. Its retail centers also offer lifestyle products, fast moving consumer goods, apparel, footwear, consumer durables, general merchandise, home furnishings, accessories, lugga ge, stationary, books, and toys. The company was formerly known as Coromandel Fertilisers Limited and changed its name to Coromandel International Limited in September 2009. The company is based in Secunderabad, India. Coromandel International Limited is a subsidiary of E.I.D Parry (India) Limited.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Curtis Hesler]
At a growth rate of 4-5 percent, agriculture is expected to play a crucial role in GDP growth in the coming year. Indian farmers have begun to invest handsomely in improving yields and Coromandel has positioned itself as a complete farm inputs company. While the company has a strong franchise in fertilizers, it is the new businesses such as speciality nutrients that will be the key growth driver. This new revenue stream now accounts for 10 percent of sales, but is seeing a 40 percent annual growth rate. The profit margins are about three times that of the fertilizer business at 10-12 percent.
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