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PARKLAND CORP. $32 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol PKI; Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 175.4 million; Market cap: $5.6 billion; Dividend yield: 4.3%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.parkland.ca) is a Calgary-based marketer, distributor, and refiner of fuel and petroleum products in Canada, the U.S. and internationally. In Canada, it supplies roughly 2,000 retail gas stations. U.S.-based activist investor Engine Capital LP, which owns about 2% of Parkland, wants the company to sell or spin off its oil refinery in Burnaby, B.C., as well as its heating oil and propane distribution businesses. It feels the stock price could reach $45 a share if the company became a pure-play operator of gas stations and convenience stores. The company has agreed to consider the proposal, but a spinoff seems unlikely. Parkland is a hold. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTERTAINMENT CORP. $61 is a spinoff buy. This firm (New York symbol MSGE; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 34.5 million; Market cap: $2.1 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Lowest; www.msgentertainment.com) owns or operates live entertainment venues,…