Updating Loblaw Companies Ltd., Bombardier Inc., TransCanada Corp., and BCE Inc.

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LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $45 (Toronto symbol L; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 274.2 million; Market cap: $12.3 billion; SI Rating: Above average) offered discounts on purchases over $100 in the week before Thanksgiving. The company hopes promotions like this will help it compete with Wal-Mart’s new low-cost supermarkets. In the short term, however, the plan will hurt Loblaw’s profit margins. Loblaw is still a hold. BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $6.01 and BBD.B $5.99; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $10.2 billion; SI Rating: Extra risk) recently recommended that airlines ground older models of one of its planes, due to possible problems with their landing gear. About 90% of these planes are now back in service. Scandinavian Airline Systems now wants Bombardier to compensate it $77 million U.S. for lost revenue and other costs. That’s about 30% of the $268 million U.S. or $0.14 U.S. a share that Bombardier earned in its latest fiscal…