Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Top 5 Defensive Stocks To Watch Right Now

Dominant online music streaming service�Pandora� (NYSE: P  ) recently announced a new "Pandora Premieres" station, which promises to allow users to listen to new albums before they go on sale. That includes both paying subscribers and ad-supported (free) users.

The move could be a possible defensive play at differentiating Pandora's service, seeing as how�Google� (NASDAQ: GOOG  ) just launched its own Play Music All Access streaming service. Furthermore,�Apple� (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) is also expected to jump in with some type of "iRadio" service once it gets the licensing deals worked out with record labels.

In the video below, Fool contributor Evan Niu, CFA, talks about how much danger Pandora is in.

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Top 5 Defensive Stocks To Watch Right Now: Emblaze Systems Ltd(BLZ.L)

Emblaze Ltd. engages in the research and development of technology for advanced wireless and cellular solutions and products worldwide. It provides push email and personal information management synchronization to mobile users. The company was formerly known as GEO Interactive Media Group Ltd. and changed its name to Emblaze Ltd. in 1998. Emblaze Ltd. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Herzeliya Pituach, Israel.

Top 5 Defensive Stocks To Watch Right Now: Scorpio Tankers Inc.(STNG)

Scorpio Tankers Inc. provides marine transportation of crude oil and refined petroleum products worldwide. As of April 26, 2011, it owned one LR2 tanker, four LR1 tankers, four Handymax tankers, and one post-Panamax tanker, as well as chartered one LR1 and four Handymax product tankers. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Monaco, Monaco.

Top 10 Casino Stocks To Watch For 2014: Saferoads Holdings Ltd (SRH.AX)

Saferoads Holdings Limited manufactures, imports, and distributes road safety products and solutions for motorists, road construction workers, and pedestrians primarily in Australia and New Zealand. The company provides civil and road safety products and barriers, including box beam rail guards, guard rails, motorcycle rub rails, and omnistop end terminals; and guardrail installations, wire rope installations, crash cushion installations, traffic calming installation, minor bridge works, bridge rails, noise walls, technical support, ongoing location inspections, traffic management, emergency repairs of guardrail and wire rope safety barriers, programmed guardrail, and wire rope safety barrier maintenance services for civil projects. It also offers guide posts that includes 1M tapered bollards, dig in rubber guide posts, econo dig in and econo guide posts, edge marker posts, short term bollards, snaploc bridge mounts and guide posts, supa drive post sockets and rubber guide posts, and T-top bollards; crash cushions, including non deforming bollards, omni stop bollards, and rubber crash cushion; and electronic traffic equipment, such as variable message boards. In addition, the company provides traffic calming products, including grass infills for roundabouts, roll out speed humps, rubber kerbing, rubber lane markers, rubber roundabouts, rubber speed cushions, rubber speed humps, rumble bars, safecycle, and wheel stops; traffic signals, push buttons, and lanterns; and public lighting, flag poles, and street sign posts, such as banners and flag poles, vic roads slips, safe poles, and street sign poles. Further, the company offers safety barriers for road users, pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcycles, including blockout pedestrian barriers, ironman barrier TL4, ironman median gate, and T-Lok barrier. It serves state government departments, local councils, and road construction companies. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Dro uin, Australia.

Top 5 Defensive Stocks To Watch Right Now: Hansen Medical Inc.(HNSN)

Hansen Medical, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells medical robotics designed for positioning, manipulation, and control of catheters and catheter-based technologies. The company?s products comprise the Sensei Robotic Catheter System and its related Artisan and Lynx catheters. It offers Sensei Robotic Catheter systems and Artisan catheters for manipulation, positioning, and control of mapping catheters during electrophysiology procedures. The company also provides robotic platforms consisting of the Magellan Robotic System and the NorthStar Robotic Catheter for the treatment of vascular disease. In addition, it offers CoHesion 3D Visualization Module, a software interface that provide physicians with 3D visualization to augment their ability to move a catheter throughout the heart, as well as control the placement of the catheter in specific locations. The company sells its products through direct sales force in the United States; and through direct sales force and dis tributors primarily in the European Union and internationally. It has a joint development agreement and co-marketing agreement with St. Jude Medical, Inc. for the development of CoHesion 3D Visualization Module; and a collaboration agreement with Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V. to co-develop integrated products for use in the diagnosing and treatment of arrhythmias. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Top 5 Defensive Stocks To Watch Right Now: Rh Petrogas Limited (T13.SI)

RH Petrogas Limited engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties. It develops and produces hydrocarbon in Fuyu 1 Block in the Songliao Basin, Jilin Province, the People�s Republic of China; and explores and produces petroleum in West Belida Block, Jambi, South Sumatra, Indonesia covering an area of approximately 1,402 square kilometers. RH Petrogas Limited also has a total of 60% of the Basin PSC and 33.2% of the Island PSC, which are contiguous blocks located in the Birds Head area of West Papua, Indonesia covering an area of approximately 2,000 square kilometers onshore and offshore. The company was formerly known as Tri-M Technologies (S) Limited and changed its name to RH PetroGas Limited in November 2009. RH Petrogas Limited is headquartered in Singapore.

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