None of these small Chinese drug companies is currently available in the form of an American Depositary Receipt.

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Periquet also likes Philippine Long Distance Telephone, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as an American Depositary Receipt.

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The acquisition spree is one reason that Dierckx likes the stock, which trades as an American Depositary Receipt on the New York Stock Exchange.

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His largest stock holding remains Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, which trades in the U.S. via an American Depositary Receipt (ADR) with the ticker symbol PBR.

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Periquet also likes Philippine Long Distance Telephone (nyse: PHI - news - people ), listed on the New York Stock Exchange as an American Depositary Receipt.

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Its shares, available as an American Depositary Receipt on the New York Stock Exchange, have drifted lower of late as interest rates have been nudged upward in Brazil to combat inflation.

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The American Depositary Receipt, or ADR, was first invented in 1927, to give American investors an opportunity to purchase foreign stock without concern for settlement delays and other vagaries associated with overseas securities transactions.

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