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Hi Pat, what is your opinion of Nokia? Thanks.

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Nokia (ADR), $10.70, symbol NOK on New York (ADRs outstanding: 3.7 billion; Market cap: $39.7 billion; www.nokia.com), is the world’s largest mobile-phone maker. It also makes wireless communication equipment, and invests in technology-related start-up companies. Nokia’s sales should rise as major world economies recover, especially the U.S. and, eventually, Europe. Meanwhile, the company continues to report strong cash flow. It can use these funds for research, share buybacks, dividends or acquisitions. Nokia has a new CEO, Stephen Elop, who joined the company late last year. He was previously head of Microsoft’s business division. Before that, he was chief operating officer of Juniper Networks, and president of worldwide field operations at Adobe Systems. Nokia now needs to successfully develop smartphones and software to compete with Apple, Google, Microsoft and others. Meanwhile, the stock trades at just 12.4 times this year’s forecast earnings of $0.86 a share. The shares yield a high 4.6%. Nokia is okay to hold. hold. …