Waste Connections is a well managed company that does not compete with large garbage disposal companies. They buy existing business's that have a protected territory (meaning they have no competition). They do a great job at buying companies in small town USA that are already profitable, serve an area that prevents competition and not fixing what is not broke.

This company is on a roll because they have tuned into what america wants. Their custemers are loyal. The i phone is the first phone I have seen that offers users all the options email, pictures, text, etc. but more importantly it does not take a geek or rocket scientist to operate.

Where there is scarcity there is value

TXN. Committment to shareholder value. They invested 80% of their cashflow repurchasing shares of their own company. Well Managed. 40% of their sales of microproccesing chips are mobile phone chips. This is not a calculator company and account for 5% of revenues. Analog chips have ability to differentiate their chip.