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Zanett, Inc. provides customized information technology (IT) solutions to Fortune 500 corporations, mid-market companies, and classified government agencies involved in homeland defense and homeland security in the United States. It operates through two segments, Commercial Solutions and Government Solutions. The Commercial Solutions segment includes Back Bay Technologies, Inc.; INRANGE Consulting Corporation; Delta Communications Group; and Whitbread Technology Partners, Inc. These companies provide full lifecycle, end-to-end business solutions, including services to initiate, develop, and implement e-business systems; application development; project management; business analysis; architecture design; package customization; testing and quality assurance and implementation management; implementation of enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, and customer relationship management systems; and voice and data communications network integration solutions that include the provision of hardware, peripheral equipment, and telecommunications lines for voice and data communications networks, as well as related security and design services. The Government Solutions segment includes the company's wholly owned subsidiary, Paragon Dynamics, Inc., which provides technology engineering and project management services to the U.S. Federal Government either as a direct contractor or as a subcontractor to prime U.S. defense contractors. Paragon Dynamics specializes in providing software and satellite engineering services focusing on government and aerospace satellite and IT infrastructure contracts. The company was founded in 2000 and was formerly known as Planet Zanett. Zanett is headquartered in New York City.
CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION (CECO)
Career Education Corporation (CEC) provides postsecondary education primarily in the United States. It operates through two segments: Colleges, Schools, and Universities (CSU); and Online Education Group (OEG). The CSU segment provides educational services primarily in classrooms or laboratory setting. The OEG segment operates two online educational platforms, including American InterContinental University Online and Colorado Technical University Online, which offers educational services through Internet-based courses. CEC offers various doctoral degree, master's degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, and diploma programs, such as business studies, culinary arts, health education, information technology, and visual communication and design technologies. The company's business studies program include business administration, business operations, e-commerce, merchandising management, criminal justice, paralegal studies, education, and hospitality management degrees. Its culinary arts programs comprise culinary arts, hotel and restaurant management, and pastry arts. CEC health education programs consists of healthcare management, dental office administration, medical massage science, medical office administration, medical assisting, dental assisting, medical administrative assisting, and massage therapy. The company's information technology programs include PC/LAN, PC/Net, computer technical support, computer network operation, computer information management, and computer programming. CEC visual communication and design technologies programs comprise desktop publishing, graphic design, fashion design, interior design, graphic imaging, Web page design, animation, photography, and visual journalism. As of January 31, 2005, it served approximately 101,500 students throughout 82 campuses located throughout the United States, France, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates. CEC was founded in 1994 and is headquartered Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
Insmed Incorporated, a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of drug candidates for the treatment of metabolic diseases and endocrine disorders. Its lead product includes recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I bound to recombinant human insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (rhIGF-I/rhIGFBP-3), a Phase III clinical trial product, which would be used for the treatment of severe growth disturbance due to growth hormone insensitivity syndrome. The company's research and development stage products include rhIGFBP-3, for the treatment of various cancers; and INSM-18, for the treatment of various tumors. The company has strategic relationships with Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Tzamal Pharmaceutical; Pharmacia, Inc.; and Avecia Limited. Insmed was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Glen Allen, Virginia.
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED (RIMM)
Research In Motion Limited engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of wireless solutions for the mobile communication market worldwide. The company provides platforms and solutions for access to email, phone, short message service, organizer, Internet, and intranet-based corporate data applications. It also licenses its technology to handset and software vendors to enable these companies to offer wireless data services using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service. The company also enables various third party developers and manufacturers to improve their products and services with wireless connectivity. The company offers its products to carrier partners, resellers, and end users. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.
Accenture, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, offers management consulting, technology, and outsourcing services worldwide. It operates in five segments: Communications and High Tech (CHT), Financial Services (FS), Products and Services (PS), Resources (RS), and Government. The CHT segment offers management consulting, technology, systems integration, and business process outsourcing services and solutions to the communications, electronics, high technology, media, and entertainment industries. The FS segment offers outsourcing strategies and customer relationship management initiative services for the banking, capital markets, and insurance sectors. The PS segment serves automotive, consumer goods and services, health and life sciences, industrial equipment, retail, and transportation and travel service groups. The RS segment serves the chemicals, energy, forest products, metals and mining, utilities, and related industries. Its Government segment serves the defense, revenue, human services, government health, justice, postal, education, electoral authorities, and government organizations, as well as local governments. This segment also provides processing services in areas, such as human resources, social services, ticketing and tolling, collections, and procurement. The company also provides consulting services in the areas of human performance; strategy; customer relationship, finance and performance, and supply chain management, as well as provides various technology services, including information management, integration, infrastructure consulting, information technology strategy and transformation, and research and development services; and Microsoft, mobile, and enterprise solutions. Its outsourcing services include business process, application, and infrastructure outsourcing services. The company was formerly known as Andersen Consulting and changed its name to Accenture, Ltd. in 2001. Accenture, Ltd. is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION (AMT)
American Tower Corporation and its subsidiaries engage in the ownership, operation, and development of wireless and broadcast communications sites in the United States, Mexico, and Brazil. The company operates in two segments: Rental and Management, and Network Development Services. The Rental and Management segment leases antenna space on multi tenant communications towers to wireless service providers, and radio and television broadcast companies. It primarily serves personal communications services, cellular, enhanced specialized mobile radio, paging, and fixed microwave industries. The Network Development Services segment provides nonconstruction services, including site acquisition, zoning, permitting, and structural analysis. American Tower was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Captaris, Inc. provides business information delivery solutions to capture, process, deliver, manage, and archive data and documents worldwide. The company's products and services include fax server, document delivery, and information exchange products for the fax processing, e-document delivery, and business process automation markets, as well as Internet and corporate intranet information access markets; business process workflow products for automating functional and vertical-specific business processes; archiving and records management products for storing and retrieving fixed content, including information of all types; information automation and exchange solutions framework that combines content integration with information output delivery, enabling organizations to generate and deliver critical documents regardless of source data, format, or delivery method. Its solutions team provides implementation services; consulting and analysis service; enterprise management that helps in the installation and maintenance of its products; training services, which offer on-site or remote training sessions with channel partners and customers, as well as create and update online library of training materials; custom development; and developer program, which enables developers to extend and integrate its products by providing application programming support for the application program interfaces. In addition, it provides strategic and architectural technology consulting, custom development, integration of third party technologies, and other services. The company sells its products through an indirect channel of resellers and distributors, strategic partnerships, original equipment manufacturers, and private label agreements, as well as through its global/national account managers. Captaris was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
H&R Block, Inc. provides various financial services to the general public, principally in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Its tax operations include tax return preparation, and related services and products related to income tax return preparation in the United States. The company also offers customers, various options for receiving their income tax refund, including a check directly from the Internal Revenue Service, an electronic deposit directly to their bank account, and a refund anticipation check. H&R Block's investment products and services include traditional brokerage services, as well as annuities, insurance, fee-based accounts, online account access, equity research and focus lists, model portfolios, asset allocation strategies, and other investment tools and information. In addition, it originates mortgage loans, services nonprime loans, and sells and securitizes mortgage loans and residual interests. The loan servicing involves collecting and remitting mortgage loan payments, making required advances, accounting for principal and interest, holding escrow for payment of taxes and insurance, and contacting delinquent borrowers. Further, the company offers accounting, tax, and consulting services to middle-market companies. These services include wealth management, retirement resources, payroll services, corporate finance, and financial process outsourcing. H&R Block was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.
Amdocs Limited provides software and services solutions to services providers worldwide. The company offers customer relationship management, order management, service fulfillment, mediation, and content revenue management products, collectively known as Integrated Customer Management (ICM) Enabling Systems. These ICM Enabling Systems support various lines of business, including wireline, wireless, cable, and satellite, as well as a range of communications services, such as voice, video, data, Internet protocol, broadband, content, electronic, and mobile commerce. Amdocs also supports companies that offer bundled or convergent service packages. In addition, it provides directory sales and publishing systems for publishers of both traditional printed yellow page and white page directories, and electronic Internet directories. In addition, the company's information technology services comprise consulting, business strategy, system implementation, training, integration, and modification. Further, Amdocs provides managed services that include system modernization and consolidation, operation of data centers, ongoing support, maintenance services, system modification, provision of rating and billing services, and communications facility management services. Its customers include communications providers, and network operators and service providers. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Chesterfield, Missouri.
PRO-PHARMACEUTICALS INC (PRW)
Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development stage company, engages in research and development of drug technologies to reduce toxicity and improve the efficacy of chemotherapy drugs by combining the drugs with proprietary carbohydrate compounds. Its drug candidate, DAVANAT, is in Phase II clinical development. The company is also conducting preclinical studies for irinotecan, doxorubicin, oxaliplatin, paclitaxel, cisplatin, and bevacizumab both in combination with DAVANAT, as well as other polysaccharide compounds. Pro-Pharmaceuticals was organized in 2000 and is based in Newton, Massachusetts.
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC (AKAM)
Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides services for the delivery of content and business processes over the Internet for businesses, government agencies, and other enterprises. It offers services and solutions for content and application delivery, application performance services, on demand managed services, and business performance management services based on its technological platform, EdgePlatform. The company offers solutions for the delivery, load balancing, and storage of the applications and Web content. It also offers application performance services to enhance the performance of content common on corporate extranets and wide area networks. Akamai's on demand managed services, including Akamai EdgeComputing and net storage offerings, enable enterprises to handle Internet traffic. The company's business performance management services include its network data feeds and its Web analytics offering, which provide customers with data about the performance of their content and applications over the Internet and on the Edge Platform. In addition, it provides custom solutions, including replicating its technologies to facilitate content delivery behind the firewall, combinations of its technology with that of other providers to create solutions for specific customers, and support for applications that rely on the Internet and intranets. Akamai sells its services and software domestically and internationally through its direct sales and services organization, as well as through resellers. It has offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Apollo Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides higher education to working adults. The company offers associate degrees in business, criminal justice, general studies, health administration, and information technology. It provides program development services, which include degree program design, curriculum development, market research, student recruitment, accounting, and administrative services to regionally accredited private colleges and universities. Apollo Group also offers its educational programs worldwide through its computerized educational delivery system. In addition, it provides other services, which include recruiting and training faculty, monitoring academic quality, and providing support services. Further, the company offers professional education programs, such as continuing education for teachers; custom training; environmental training; and other programs leading to certification in the areas of business, technology, and nursing. As of August 31, 2005, Apollo Group offers its programs and services at 90 campuses and 154 learning centers in 39 states, Puerto Rico, Alberta, and British Columbia. The company was founded in 1973 by John G. Sperling and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
Paychex, Inc. provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses in the United States. The company offers payroll services, including payroll processing; payroll tax administration; time and attendance solutions; and employee pay services, including direct deposit, check signing, and Readychex. Its Human Resource Services include 401(k) plan recordkeeping, workers' compensation administration, section 125 plans, a professional employer organization, and other administrative services for business. The company serves approximately 522,000 payroll clients nationwide through approximately 100 offices. Paychex was founded by Thomas Golisano in 1971 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.
QIAO XING UNIVERSAL TELEPHONE INC (XING)
Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of telecommunications products. Its product portfolio includes telecommunications terminals and related products, including fixed wireless phones and mobile phones; and consumer electronics, such as MP3 players, cash registers, and set-top-box products. The company also designs fixed line telephones and GSM mobile phones. Qiao Xing Universal distributes its products through independent regional distributors, and after-sales service centers, including wholesale agencies in China. As of December 31, 2004, the company distributed its products through 40 regional distributors to approximately 5,000 retail outlets in China. It has strategic partnership relationships with China Telecom, China Netcom, China Railcom, China Mobile, and China Unicom. The company was founded by Rui Lin Wu in 1992 and is based in Huizhou City, People's Republic of China.
NAVIGANT CONSULTING INC (NCI)
Navigant Consulting, Inc. provides litigation, financial services, healthcare, energy, and operational consulting services to government agencies, legal counsel, and large companies in the United States. It operates in two segments: Financial and Claims Consulting, and Energy Consulting. Financial and Claims Consulting segment provides consulting and advisory services, which include analyzing complex accounting, finance, economic, operations, and information management issues. Energy Consulting segment provides a range of management consulting services, such as strategy development, financial transaction support, operations support, regulatory advisement, management process outsourcing, and technical analysis. Navigant Consulting markets its services directly to senior and mid-level executives. It has a client base in the construction, energy, financial services, and healthcare industries, as well as in the public sector, including federal, state, and local governmental agencies. The company has offices in various cities primarily within the United States, as well as in Canada, the Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom. Navigant Consulting is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Moody's Corporation provides credit ratings, and research and analysis covering debt instruments and securities in the capital markets worldwide, as well as credit assessment services, credit training services, and credit process software to banks and other financial institutions. It operates in two segments, Moody's Investors Service and Moody's KMV. Moody's Investors Service segment publishes rating opinions on various credit obligations issued in domestic and international markets, including various corporate and governmental obligations, structured finance securities, and commercial paper programs, as well as rating opinions on issuers of credit obligations. It also publishes investor-oriented credit research, including research on issuers, industry studies, special comments, and credit opinion handbooks. The company also provides research services, data, and analytic tools to institutional investors, and other credit and capital markets professionals. Moody's KMV segment develops and distributes credit assessment products and services for banks and investors in credit-sensitive assets, credit training services, and credit process software. The company maintains offices in 19 countries. Its customers include various corporate and governmental issuers of securities, as well as institutional investors, depositors, creditors, investment banks, commercial banks, and other financial intermediaries. Moody's Corporation was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in New York City.
Equifax, Inc. engages in the collection, organization, and management of various types of credit, financial, public record, demographic, and marketing information regarding individuals and businesses. The company's proprietary databases contain information on approximately 400 million consumers and businesses worldwide. It operates through three segments: Information Services, Marketing Services, and Personal Solutions. The Information Services segment provides products and services that allow customers to make credit decisions about consumers and commercial enterprises. The Marketing Services information segment offers products and databases, which enable customers to identify a target audience for marketing purposes. The Personal Solutions segment provides information to consumers, which enable them to reduce their exposure to identity fraud and to monitor their credit health. The company also enables consumers to manage and protect their financial affairs through a portfolio of products that it sells directly through the Internet and in various hard copy formats. Equifax serves financial services, retail, telecommunications, utilities, automotive, brokerage, healthcare, and insurance industries, as well as state and federal governments located in North America, Europe, and Latin America. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
CORINTHIAN COLLEGES INC (COCO)
Corinthian Colleges, Inc. operates as a post-secondary education company in the United States and Canada. As of June 30, 2005, the company operated 46 diploma-granting schools with curricula primarily in the healthcare, business, electronics, and information technology fields; operated 15 campuses, which offer diploma and degree programs in the fields of aircraft, automotive, diesel, marine and motorcycle technologies; information and electronic technologies; and, healthcare; operated 33 degree-granting colleges that offers curricula principally in healthcare, business, criminal justice, and information technology and electronics; operated 34 colleges, which offer diploma programs in allied health, business, and information technology. It also operated 14 corporate training centers that provide onsite, outsourcing, and e-learning services for the corporate market in the areas of skills development and management for business and technology professionals; operated FMU Online and Everest Online, as of the same date. Corinthian Colleges was founded in 1995 and is based in Santa Ana, California.
CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (CCI)
Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI) engages in the ownership, operation, and lease of towers for wireless communications. The company leases antenna space on its towers that accommodates multiple tenants, as well as provides certain network services, such as antenna installations, network design and site selection, site acquisition, site development, and other services to its customers. As of December 31, 2004, CCI owned, leased, or managed 12,000 towers, including 10,612 towers in the United States and Puerto Rico, and 1,388 towers in Australia. It offers its services primarily to various wireless communications companies that provide cellular, personal communications services, specialized mobile radio, 3G, broadband data services, and paging services in the United States and Australia. CCI was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION (RHD)
R.H. Donnelley Corporation operates as a yellow pages publisher and directional media company in the United States. It publishes directories in two types, a core directory and a community directory. The core directories cover large population areas, whereas community directories typically cover a sub-section of the areas addressed by a core directory. Both directories contain yellow pages, white pages, and specialty sections. It publishes Sprint-branded yellow pages directories in 18 states, including Las Vegas, Nevada, and Orlando and Lee County, Florida; as well as SBC-branded yellow pages directories in Illinois and Northwest Indiana. The company's customers include local and national advertisers. RH Donnelley also offer online directories, city guides, and search Web sites. In addition, the company sells local advertising in Illinois and Northwest Indiana onto SBC's Internet yellow pages platform. RH Donnelley Corporation was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.
United Rentals, Inc. operates as an equipment rental company in North America. The company operates in two segments, General Rentals and Traffic Control. The General Rentals segment includes the rental of construction, aerial, industrial and homeowner equipment, and related services and activities. Its customers include construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, and homeowners. The Traffic Control segment includes the rental of equipment for controlling traffic and related services and activities. Its customers include construction companies involved in infrastructure projects and municipalities. The company markets its products through direct sales force, national account program, and e-rental stores. As of September 12, 2005, it operated an integrated network of approximately 730 rental locations in 48 states, 10 Canadian provinces, and Mexico. United Rentals is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
TETRA TECHNOLOGIES INC (TTI)
TETRA Technologies, Inc. operates as an oil and gas services company. It manufactures integrated calcium chloride and brominated products, and supplies feedstocks to energy and other markets worldwide. The company operates in three divisions: Fluids, Well Abandonment and Decommissioning (WAD), and Production Enhancement. The Fluids division manufactures and markets clear brine fluids to the oil and gas industry for well drilling, completion, and workover operations. It also markets certain fluids and dry calcium chloride to various domestic and international markets outside the energy industry. The WAD division provides services required for the abandonment of depleted oil and gas wells, as well as the decommissioning of platforms, pipelines, and other associated equipment. It also produces oil and gas from wells acquired in its well abandonment and decommissioning business, and provides electric wireline, engineering, workover, and drilling services. The Production Enhancement division provides production testing services in the Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, the offshore Gulf of Mexico, and certain Latin American markets. It designs, fabricates, sells, leases, and services wellhead compression equipment primarily used for production from mature, low pressure natural gas wells located principally in the mid-continent, Rocky Mountain, Texas, and Louisiana regions of the United States and western Canada. The division also provides technology and services required for the separation and recycling of oily residuals generated from petroleum refining operations. As of December 31, 2004, the company had 22,405,000 thousand cubic feet of proved natural gas reserves and 2,646,000 barrels of proved oil reserves. TETRA Technologies was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Woodlands, Texas.
WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL INC (WTW)
Weight Watcher's International, Inc. provides weight management services in 30 countries through a network of company-owned and franchise operations. It holds approximately 46,000 weekly meetings where members receive group support and education about healthy eating patterns, behavior modification, and physical activity. The company offers weight loss and control programs through classroom type meetings in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Australasia, South Africa, Israel, and Brazil. It sells various proprietary products, including snack bars, books, CD-ROMS, and POINTS calculators through its classroom operations and to its franchisees. In addition, Weight Watchers offers a range of products, publications, and programs for those interested in weight loss and weight control. Its affiliate company, WeightWatchers.com, Inc., offers two personalized Web-based subscription products, Weight Watchers Online and Weight Watchers eTools. Weight Watcher's International was founded by Jean Nidetch and is headquartered in New York City.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC (GPN)
Global Payments, Inc. processes electronic transactions for merchants, multinational corporations, financial institutions, consumers, government agencies, and other profit and nonprofit business enterprises. The company offers its products through merchant services and money transfer offerings. Its merchant service offerings provide merchants and financial institutions with credit and debit card transaction processing, check services, and terminal management. Global Payments' money transfer product and service offerings include consumer-to-consumer and business-to-business money transfer, and financial electronic data interchange, as well as account balance, management information, and depositing reporting. The company markets its products and services through a direct sales force, retail branch outlets, independent sales organizations, independent sales representatives, an internal telesales group, trade associations, alliance bank relationships, and financial institutions. Global Payments operates in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Morocco, and the Philippines. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
PFSweb, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the development and deployment of integrated business process outsourcing services in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The company offers professional consulting; technology collaboration; managed Web hosting; Internet application development; order management; Web-enabled customer contact centers; customer relationship management; financial services, including billing and collection services and working capital solutions; information management; facilities and operations management; kitting and assembly services; and international fulfillment and distribution services. It serves clients operating in a range of vertical markets, including technology manufacturing, computer products, printers, cosmetics, fragile goods, high security collectibles, pharmaceuticals, contemporary home furnishings, apparel, aviation, telecommunications, and consumer electronics. The company is headquartered in Plano, Texas.
FTI Consulting, Inc. provides forensic and litigation consulting and technology, corporate finance/restructuring, and economic consulting services in the United States. The company operates in three practice segments: Forensic and Litigation Consulting and Technology Practice, Corporate Finance/Restructuring Practice, and Economic Consulting Practice. The Forensic and Litigation Consulting and Technology Practice segment enables clients to assess financial transactions and reconstruct events from incomplete and/or corrupt data, uncover vital evidence, identify potential claims, and assist in the pursuit of economic recoveries. It also provides asset tracing investigative services and witness services. In addition, the Forensic and Litigation Consulting and Technology Practice segment provides litigation related services to clients in various phases of litigation, including prefiling, discovery, jury selection, trial preparation, expert testimony, and the actual trial. The Corporate Finance/Restructuring Practice segment provides turnaround, performance improvement, lending solutions, financial and operational restructuring, restructuring advisory, mergers and acquisitions, transaction advisory, and interim management services. The Economic Consulting Practice segment provides its clients with analyses of economic issues for use in legal and regulatory proceedings, strategic decision-making, and public policy debates. The company is based in Annapolis, Maryland.
Exelixis, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of cancer, metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disease, and other serious diseases. Its clinical development pipeline includes various compounds in cancer and renal disease: XL119 (becatecarin), which is in a Phase III clinical trial in patients with inoperable bile duct tumors and which was exclusively licensed to Helsinn Healthcare SA with rights to reacquire commercial rights for North America; XL647, XL999, XL880, and XL820 that are in Phase I clinical trials in cancer; and XL844 and XL184, anticancer compounds for which it filed investigational new drug applications. The company's preclinical pipeline comprises six programs. The preclinical oncology programs consist of development candidates that focus on inhibiting the RAF (XL281), Akt/S6k (XL418), and IGF1R (XL228) kinases that are implicated in various cancers. In preclinical metabolic disease programs, which consist of Liver X Receptor, Farnesoid X Receptor, and Mineralocortiocoid Receptor programs, the company is developing small molecules that modulate nuclear hormone receptors implicated in various metabolic and cardiovascular disorders. Exelixis has alliances with major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and Genentech. The company was founded as Exelixis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 1994 and changed its name to Exelixis, Inc. in 2000. Exelixis is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
MODIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC (MPS)
MPS Group, Inc. provides staffing, consulting, and business solutions in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and continental Europe. It operates through two divisions, Professional services and Information Technology (IT) Services. The Professional Services division provides staffing and recruiting services under the units Entegee, Special Counsel, Accounting Principals, and Soliant Health. Entegee provides workforce solutions for technical and engineering needs, including onsite management consulting and inhouse project services. Special Counsel places employees in attorney, paralegal, legal administrative, and legal secretarial positions. Accounting Principals places employees in accounting, finance, and banking positions. Soliant Health places imaging technicians and traveling healthcare professionals, in the areas of nursing, physical, and occupational therapy. The IT Services division provides staffing, consulting, and business solutions under the units Modis, Modis International (MI), Idea Integration (IDI), and Beeline. Modis unit engages in the placement of IT contract consultants for IT project support and staffing, recruitment of full-time positions, project-based and supplier management solutions, and on-site recruiting support in the areas of application development, and systems and enterprise application integration. IDI unit engages in Web design and development, information management solutions, wireless workflow applications, and enterprise resource management. Beeline provides a software-based human capital management services solution that automates the acquisition and management of full-time and contingent workers. MI unit places employees in positions, such as accounting and finance, financial services, legal, human resources, marketing, not-for-profit, and public-sector. The company was incorporated in 1992 as Accustaff Incorporated and changed its name to MPS Group, Inc. in 2002. MPS Group is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
Telik, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule drugs in the United States. Its primary product candidate, TELCYTA, is a small molecule tumor-activated cancer product candidate, which is being evaluated for the treatment of cancers that are resistant to standard chemotherapy drugs. The TELCYTA is in three Phase 3 registration trials for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer, nonsmall cell lung cancer, and refractory ovarian cancer. The company's another product candidate, TELINTRA, is a small molecule bone marrow stimulant, which is being developed for the treatment of blood disorders associated with low blood cell levels, such as neutropenia or anemia. The TELINTRA is in Phase 2 trial in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. Telik has collaboration agreements with Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. The company was formed as Terrapin Diagnostics, Inc. in 1988 and changed its name to Terrapin Technologies, Inc. in 1989. Further, Terrapin Technologies changed its name to Telik, Inc. in 1998. Telik is based in Palo Alto, California.
AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION (AM)
American Greetings Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of everyday and seasonal greeting cards, as well as other social expression products worldwide. It provides greeting cards, gift wrap, party goods, calendars, candles, balloons, and stationery, as well as educational products and custom display fixtures. The company, through its subsidiary, AG Interactive, Inc., provides email greetings, personalized printable greeting cards, and other social expression products through the its Web sites www.americangreetings.com, www.bluemountain.com, and www.egreetings.com; cobranded Web sites; and online services. AG Interactive also distributes ringtones for cellular telephones, graphics, games, alerts, and other social messaging products and applications to mobile devices. American Greetings' channels of distribution include mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, and supermarkets, as well as card and gift shops, department stores, military post exchanges, variety stores, and combo stores. The company also sells its products to third-party distributors. As of May 31, 2005, it owned and operated 534 card and gift retail stores in North America. American Greetings was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INC (ENER)
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. engages in the invention, engineering, development, and commercialization of materials, products, and production technology in the fields of alternative energy technology and information technology. The company also involves in research and development, and production of proprietary materials and products, as well as in designing and building production machinery. In addition, it offers Photovoltaics, which provides clean energy by converting sunlight into electricity. Further, the company, through a joint venture with Chevron Technology Ventures, provides nickel metal hydride batteries for various applications, including transportation, telecommunication, uninterruptible power supply, military, homeland security, stationary power, and other prismatic battery applications. Energy Conversion was co-founded by Stanford R. Ovshinsky and Iris M. Ovshinsky in 1960. The company is based in Rochester Hills, Michigan.
Fluor Corporation provides engineering, procurement, construction, and maintenance services in the United States. It operates in five segments: Oil and Gas, Industrial and Infrastructure, Government, Global Services, and Power. The Oil and Gas segment provides design, engineering, procurement, construction, and project management services to energy-related industries. It offers new facilities; upgrades and revamps of existing facilities; fire and explosion rebuilds; expansions for refineries; pipeline; and offshore facility installations. The Industrial and Infrastructure segment provides design, engineering, procurement, and construction services to the manufacturing, life sciences, commercial and institutional, chemicals, mining, microelectronics, telecommunications, and transportation sectors. It provides its clients with the resources of architecture, industrial design, engineering, construction, construction management, and commissioning for new construction and refurbishment of existing facilities. The Government segment provides project management services to U.S. government, particularly to the department of energy. This segment provides environmental restoration, engineering, construction, site operations, and maintenance services. The Global Services segment provides operations and maintenance activities, construction and maintenance site services, and industrial fleet outsourcing; plant turnaround services; temporary staffing; materials and subcontract procurement; and construction-related support. The Power segment designs and constructs new power generation facilities, primarily in the fossil fuel power industry. It offers a range of services, including engineering, procurement, construction, start-up, and maintenance. The company operates in the United States, Canada, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, and Middle East. Fluor Corporation was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California.
CONVERGYS CORPORATION (CVG)
Convergys Corporation provides outsourced customer care, employee care and integrated billing software services worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Customer Management Group and Information Management Group. The Customer Management Group provides outsourced customer care and employee care services. The customer care services comprise customer service, technical support, accounts receivable management, sales account management, business process outsourcing, and business intelligence solutions. The employee care services include benefits administration, human resource administration, recruiting and staffing, and learning. The Information Management Group provides outsourced billing, and information services and software. It offers information software for various segments of the communications industry, including wireless, wireline, cable, cable telephony, broadband, direct broadcast satellite, and the Internet. The company's software provides rating and billing, customer order management, mediation management, activation management, and partner relationship management. Convergys serves communications, technology, financial services, and other industries. The company is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
CINTAS CORPORATION (CTAS)
Cintas Corporation provides specialized services to various businesses in North America. It operates through two segments, Rentals and Other Services. The Rentals segment designs and manufactures corporate identity uniforms, which it rents to its customers. This segment also sells and rents other items, including entrance mats, shop towels, and restroom supplies. The Other Services segment engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of uniforms to its customers, as well as the sale of ancillary products and services. These products and services include restroom supplies, first aid products and services, document management services, and cleanroom supplies. Cintas serves small service manufacturing companies and other corporations. The company was founded in 1968 by Richard T. Farmer and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Manpower, Inc., a holding company, operates in the employment services industry. It provides a range of human resource services, including permanent, temporary, and contract recruitment; employee assessment; training; internal audit, accounting, technology, and tax services; and organizational consulting services. Manpower was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Glendale, Wisconsin.
IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED (IRM)
Iron Mountain, Inc. provides information storage and protection, and related services in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Latin America. It offers records management services, which include records management program development and implementation to help customers comply with specific regulatory requirements; implementation of policy-based programs that feature storage for media, including paper, flexible retrieval access, and retention management; digital archiving services for archiving of electronic records; shredding services that ensure privacy and a chain of record custody; and specialized services for records, film and sound, and regulated industries, such as healthcare, energy, and financial services. The company's data protection services include disaster preparedness planning support; data backup and data recovery in the event of a disaster, human error or virus; electronic vaulting to provide managed, online data backup and recovery services for personal computers and server data; and escrow services to protect and manage source code and other proprietary information, and domain name management services. In addition, Iron Mountain sells storage materials, including cardboard boxes and magnetic media, as well as provides consulting, facilities management, fulfillment, and other outsourcing services. The company serves commercial, legal, banking, healthcare, accounting, insurance, entertainment, and government organizations. Iron Mountain was founded by Herman Knaust in 1951 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Gartner, Inc. provides research and analysis on information technology (IT), computer hardware, software, communications, and related technology industries. The company operates in three segments: Research, Consulting, and Events. The Research segment provides research content and advice for IT professionals, technology companies, and the investment community in the form of reports and briefings, as well as peer networking services and membership programs designed for chief information officers and other senior executives. The Consulting segment offers consulting, measurement engagements, and strategic advisory services, which provide assessments of cost, performance, efficiency, and quality focused on the IT industry. The Events segment provides various services, such as symposia, conferences, and exhibitions focused on specialized topics in the IT industry, which include outsourcing, mobile wireless, customer relationship management, and application integration and business intelligence. Gartner operates in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
CORPORATE EXECUTIVE BOARD COMPANY (EXBD)
The Corporate Executive Board Company (CEB) provides best practices research, decision support tools, and executive education focusing on corporate strategy, operations, and general management issues principally in the United States. Its best practices research supports senior executive decision making by identifying and analyzing specific management initiatives, processes, and strategies in solving common business problems or challenges. These services include best practices research studies, executive education seminars, customized research briefs, and Web-based access to the program content databases and decision support tools. It offers research programs in various areas, including human resources, strategy and research and development, information technology, sales and marketing, finance, legal and real estate, operations and procurement, and financial services. The company was founded in 1979 under the name Research Counsel of Washington and changed its name to The Advisory Board Company in 1983, and then to The Corporate Executive Board Company in 1997. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Administaff, Inc., a professional employer organization, provides human resources services to small and medium-sized businesses throughout the United States. Its personnel management system encompasses a range of services, including benefits and payroll administration, health and workers' compensation insurance programs, personnel records management, employer liability management, employee recruiting and selection, employee performance management, and employee training and development services. As of February 7, 2005, it operated 38 sales offices located in 21 markets in the United States. Administaff serves clients in technology, engineering, real estate, accounting, medical services, banking, legal, insurance, and light manufacturing industries. The company was co-founded by Paul J. Sarvadi in 1986 and is headquartered in Kingwood, Texas.
EURONET WORLDWIDE INC (EEFT)
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. processes secure electronic financial transactions. It offers outsourcing and consulting services, integrated electronic financial transaction (EFT) software, network gateways, and electronic top-up services to financial institutions, mobile operators, and retailers. The company operates in three segments: EFT Processing, Prepaid Processing, and Software Solutions. The EFT Processing segment provides outsourced management services and network services to banks and mobile phone companies primarily in the Europe, the Middle East, Egypt, and India. This segment also offers electronic recharge services for prepaid mobile airtime. As of December 31, 2004, it processed transactions for a network of 5,742 ATMs and approximately 9,700 point of sale terminals. The Prepaid Processing segment provides prepaid processing, or top-up services, for prepaid mobile airtime and other prepaid products. This segment operates a network of approximately 175,000 point of sale terminals providing electronic processing of prepaid mobile phone airtime top-up services in the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The Software Solutions segment offers a suite of integrated electronic financial transaction software solutions for electronic payment and transaction delivery systems. Euronet Worldwide has a joint venture with Arab Financial Services Company. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas.
GATX Corporation, a finance and leasing company, provides business solutions to customers and partners worldwide. It operates in three segments: GATX Rail (Rail), GATX Air (Air), and GATX Specialty Finance (Specialty). Rail segment engages in leasing rail equipment, including tank cars, freight cars, and locomotives to railroads, chemical, petroleum, agricultural, and food processing companies. This segment also provides full-service leases, including maintenance of the railcars and payment of ad valorem taxes. As of December 31, 2004, it owned approximately 128,500 railcars, as well as had an ownership interest in approximately 26,700 railcars. In addition, it owned 531 locomotives, as well as managed approximately 12,700 railcars for third party owners, as of the above date. Air segment engages in leasing narrowbody aircraft that are used by commercial airlines. This segment also offers aircraft management services to third-party owners. These services include marketing the aircraft, and monitoring aircraft maintenance and condition, as well as administering the portfolio, including billing and collecting rents, accounting and tax compliance, reporting and regulatory filings, purchasing insurance, and lessee credit evaluation. It owned 163 aircraft and managed 66 aircraft for third parties, as of above date. Specialty segment engages in asset-based financial operations, including asset/portfolio acquisitions, management, and remarketing. This segment also provides asset management services for third-party owners. It pursues investments in marine assets and select industrial equipment assets. GATX Corporation was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
DeVry, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of DeVry University, Ross University, Deaconess College of Nursing, and Becker Professional Review. DeVry University provides undergraduate programs in technology and business, and Keller Graduate School of Management with graduate programs in management. Ross University operates two schools that include Ross University School of Medicine and Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine located in the Caribbean countries of Dominica and St. Kitts/Nevis. Deaconess College of Nursing offers associate and bachelor's degree programs in nursing and a degree completion program for registered nurses who previously completed an associate degree program. Becker Professional Review prepares candidates for the Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, and Chartered Financial Analyst professional certification examinations. DeVry was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.
STEWART ENTERPRISES INC (STEI)
Stewart Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides funeral and cemetery products and services for death care industry in the United States. It offers various funeral merchandise and services, as well as cemetery property, merchandise, and services. The company's funeral homes offer a range of services and products, including funeral services, cremation, transportation services, removal and preparation of remains, caskets, and flowers. It also sells cemetery property, which includes lots, lawn crypts, and family and community mausoleums; merchandise, such as vaults, monuments, and markers; and services consisting of burial site openings and closings, and inscriptions. As of October 31, 2006, Stewart Enterprises operated 229 funeral homes and 143 cemeteries in 25 states within the United States and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1910 and is based in Jefferson, Louisiana.
SOTHEBYS HOLDINGS INC (BID)
Sotheby's Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an auctioneer of fine art, antiques, decorative art, jewelry, and collectibles. The company's primary activity as an auctioneer includes identification, evaluation, and appraisal of works of art; stimulating purchaser interest; and matching sellers and buyers through the auction process. In addition, it engages in other related activities, including the purchase and resale of art and other collectibles; and the brokering of art and collectible purchases and sales through private treaty sales. The company also conducts art-related financing activities and is engaged in art education activities. Sotheby's Holdings conducts Internet auctions through a strategic alliance with eBay, Inc. Sotheby's Holdings was founded in 1744 and is headquartered in New York City.
DIAMOND MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS INC (DTPI)
DiamondCluster International, Inc. operates as a management consulting company. It offers customers skills in strategy, technology, and program management to companies in the financial services, insurance, telecommunications, healthcare, and the public sector worldwide. The company's services to the financial services companies include managing technology and business transformations, strategic sourcing, preparing for Basel II implementation, developing enterprise-wide payment strategies, and assessing various technologies. DiamondCluster International advises insurance companies to address various issues, such as market agility, agent and customer experience and retention, distribution, information strategies, technology strategy, technology operations and enterprise architecture, technology and business transformation, and strategic sourcing. The company assists its telecommunications customers with business and marketing strategy, customer behavior insight, wireless and broadband strategy and execution, wireless bid and launch, convergence, and information technology assessment and strategy issues. Its services for the healthcare industry consist of medical and administrative costs reduction, post-merger integration, value extraction, and legacy system rationalization. DiamondCluster International's services for government agencies include citizen-centric responsiveness, homeland security, and enhanced scrutiny. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
SAIC, Inc. provides scientific, engineering, systems integration, and technical services and solutions to the United States military, agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and other U.S. Government civil agencies. The company operates in two segments, Government and Commercial. The Government segment offers technical services and solutions to the U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies, and foreign governments in the areas of defense, intelligence, homeland security, logistics and product support, systems engineering and integration, and research and development. The Commercial segment provides technology-driven consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing services and solutions for oil and gas exploration and production; applications and information technology infrastructure management for utilities; and data lifecycle management for pharmaceuticals. The company was founded 1969 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
VCA Antech, Inc. engages in the provision of animal healthcare services, and operation of veterinary diagnostic laboratories and animal hospitals in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Laboratory, Animal Hospital, and Medical Technology. The Laboratory segment provides testing services for veterinarians both associated with the company and independent of the company. The Animal Hospitals segment offer medical and surgical services; and specialized treatments, including advanced diagnostic services, internal medicine, oncology, ophthalmology, dermatology, and cardiology. The Medical Technology segment sells diagnostic ultrasound imaging and digital radiography imaging equipment for veterinarians, and provides consultative support in the diagnosing process, as well as mobile imaging services. The company also provides pharmaceutical products and various pet wellness programs, including routine health examinations, diagnostic testing, vaccinations, spaying, neutering, and dental care. In addition, it provides diagnostic testing for various clients, including standard animal hospitals, large animal practices, universities, and other government organizations. As of December 31, 2004, the company laboratory network consisted of 27 laboratories in 50 states and its animal hospital network consisted of 315 animal hospitals in 36 states. VCA Antech was formed in 1986 and is headquartered Los Angeles, California.
SRS Labs, Inc. engages in the development and provision of application-specific integrated circuits, standard integrated circuits (ICs), and audio and voice technology solutions for home entertainment, portable media device, personal telecommunications, personal computer, automotive, and broadcast markets. The company operates through two segments, Licensing and Semiconductors. The Licensing segment develops and licenses audio, voice, and surround sound technology solutions to original equipment manufacturers, software providers, and semiconductor companies. It licenses audio enhancement technologies; voice processing technologies, which reduce noise over wireless communication devices; and a surround sound technology, Circle Surround, which is an encoding and decoding format. Circle Surround encoding enables the distribution of up to 6.1 channels of discrete audio over existing two-channel carriers, such as broadcast television, FM radio, CDs, and VHS tapes. The Licensing segment also licenses and markets hardware and software products for the Internet and professional audio markets. The Semiconductors segment develops, designs, and markets standard and custom analog ICs, digital signal processors, and mixed signal integrated circuits primarily to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers in the Asia Pacific region. The company also operates in Hong Kong, Japan, and Europe, as well as North, Central, and South America. SRS Labs has strategic alliance with Coming Home Studios LLC to produce and sell concert digital versatile disks, which include the company's Circle Surround technology. The company was formed in 1993 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, California.
Ryder System, Inc. provides transportation, logistics, and supply chain management solutions. It operates in three segments: Fleet Management Solutions (FMS), Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), and Dedicated Contract Carriage (DCC). FMS segment provides leasing, commercial rental, and programmed maintenance solutions primarily in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. It also offers fleet support services, such as insurance, safety, vehicle administration, and fuel services. In addition, it provides its leasing customers with access to the used trucks, tractors, and trailers through its used vehicle sales program. As of December 31, 2004, the company had a fleet of approximately 137,800 commercial trucks, tractors, and trailers leased or rented through 719 locations in 48 states and Puerto Rico. Its customers include small businesses to national enterprises, which operate in beverage, newspaper, grocery, lumber and wood products, home furnishings, and metal industries. SCS segment provides supply chain consulting and logistics management solutions in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. It offers professional services, distribution operations, and transportation solutions, as well as information technology solutions. This segment offers its services to customers operating in automotive, electronics, high-tech, telecommunications, industrial, aerospace, consumer goods, paper and paper products, office equipment, food and beverage, and general retail industries. DCC segment provides vehicles and drivers as part of a transportation solution in North America. It combines the equipment, maintenance, and administrative services of a full service lease with additional services, such as driver hiring and training; routing and scheduling; fleet sizing; safety; regulatory compliance; risk management; technology and communication systems support; and other technical support. The company was founded by James A. Ryder in 1933 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
SEATTLE GENETICS INC (SGEN)
Seattle Genetics, Inc. develops monoclonal antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer and immunologic diseases. The company's monoclonal antibody-based technologies include genetically engineered monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates (ADC), and antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (ADEPT), which are used to develop monoclonal antibodies that can kill target cells on their own, as well as increase the potency of monoclonal antibodies. Its product candidate, SGN-30, is in phase II clinical trials, which is used for the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma; and SGN-15 has completed a phase II clinical trial for use in the treatment of nonsmall cell lung cancer. The company's SGN-40 is in phase I clinical trials in patients with multiple myeloma. In addition, it has four product candidates in preclinical development: SGN-35, SGN-70, SGN-75, and SGN-17/19. The company is conducting preclinical development tests of SGN-35 for the treatment of hematologic malignancies, such as Hodgkin's disease and some types of nonHodgkin's lymphoma. SGN-75 is an ADC composed of an anti-CD70 monoclonal antibody. The CD70 antigen is expressed on renal cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and certain hematologic malignancies. SGN-17/19, an ADEPT product candidate, is being developed for the treatment of metastatic melanoma. The company has collaboration agreements with Genentech, Celera Genomics Group, UCB Celltech, Protein Design Labs, PSMA Development Company LLC, CuraGen, and Bayer for its ADC technology; and with Genencor for its ADEPT technology. Seattle Genetics was co-founded in 1997 by H. Perry Fell and Clay B. Siegall. The company is headquartered in Bothell, Washington.
METALLINE MINING COMPANY (MMG)
Metalline Mining Company, through its subsidiaries Minera Metalin S.A. de C.V. and Contratistas de Sierra Mojada S.A. de C.V., engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in Mexico. It primarily explores for silver, copper, zinc, and lead deposits. As of October 31, 2006, the company owned 100% interest in Sierra Mojada property comprising 12 concessions covering approximately 10,522.2462 hectares located in the municipality of Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico. Metalline Mining was founded in 1993 and is based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
TELETECH HOLDINGS INC (TTEC)
TeleTech Holdings, Inc. provides outsourced customer management services worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Customer Management Services, and Database Marketing and Consulting. Customer Management Services Segment provides outsourced customer support and marketing services for various industries through call centers in the United States, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Ireland, the Philippines, Scotland, Singapore, and Spain. Its services include customer acquisition services, customer provisioning services, customer support services, customer development services, and customer retention programs, as well as other customer-related programs, which include account collections, collecting market research from customers, and performing outbound-call campaigns. Database Marketing and Consulting Segment offers outsourced database management, direct marketing, and related customer acquisitions and retention services for automotive dealerships and manufacturers primarily in North America. Its services primarily consist of marketing campaigns through direct mail and outbound teleservice to promote automobile service business from a dealership's own customer base. TeleTech was founded by Ken Tuchman in 1982. The company is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
SUNLINK HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (SSY)
SunLink Health Systems, Inc. provides health care services through the operation of community hospitals in the United States. As of June 30, 2005, it operated seven hospitals in four states, including Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Missouri. The company also operates nursing homes and home health agencies. SunLink Health Systems was incorporated in 1959. It was formerly known as KRUG International Corp. and changed its name to SunLink Health Systems, Inc. in 2001. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
SPHERION CORPORATION (SFN)
Spherion Corporation provides staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions in North America. It provides three primary services: temporary staffing, managed services, and permanent placement. The company's Temporary staffing services provide temporary employees with clerical, light industrial, information technology, finance and accounting, engineering, and administrative skill sets. Its managed services include the operation and management of a customer function, such as the recruitment process, help desk, administrative services, data center, or network operations. Its permanent placement services include the identification of candidates on behalf of customers, screen the candidates, and assist in the recruitment efforts. As of December 31, 2004, the company had 531 company-owned offices, 95 licensed locations, and 86 franchised locations. Spherion was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
DELCATH SYSTEMS INC (DCTH)
Delcath Systems, Inc., a development stage company, engages in the development and marketing of a medical device for the treatment of liver cancer. It has developed Delcath system, which isolates the liver from the general circulatory system, and administers chemotherapy and other therapeutic agents directly to the liver. The company is in the process of conducting Phase III clinical trials designed to secure marketing approval in the United States and internationally. The Delcath system kit includes disposable components, such as infusion catheter, a thin walled arterial infusion catheter used to deliver chemotherapy to the liver; double balloon catheter, a multipassageway catheter used to isolate and divert the drug-laden blood exiting the liver; extracorporeal filtration circuit, a blood tubing circuit to push the isolated blood through the system's filters and guide the cleansed blood back to the patient; activated carbon blood filters used to remove the chemotherapy agent from the isolated blood; and return catheter, a thin walled blood sheath used to deliver the filtered blood. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC (RHI)
Robert Half International, Inc. provides staffing and risk consulting services. The company operates in three segments: Temporary and Consultant Staffing, Permanent Placement Staffing, and Risk Consulting and Internal Audit Services. The Temporary and Consultant segment provides specialized staffing for various positions in the accounting and finance, administrative and office, information technology, legal, advertising, marketing, and Web design fields, such as creative directors, graphics designers, Web content developers, Web designers, media buyers, and public relations specialists. The permanent Placement segment offers full time personnel in the accounting, finance, administrative and office, and information technology fields, including specialists in programming, networking, systems integration, database design, and help desk support, as well as chief financial officers, controllers, and senior financial analysts. The Risk Consulting and Internal Audit Services segment provides business and technology risk consulting, and internal audit services to various clients in a range of industries. The company operates worldwide, primarily in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Singapore, China, Germany, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Robert Half International was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
FORRESTER RESEARCH INC (FORR)
Forrester Research, Inc., an independent technology research company, engages in conducting research and providing advice about the impact of technologies on business, consumers, and society. It offers a selection of products and services in the areas of Research, Data, Consulting, and Community. Research serves as the foundation of all offerings and comprises annually renewable memberships to WholeView 2 Research. Its Data products include consumer and business technographics data and services, consumer technographics omnibus survey, and custom consumer research. The company's Consulting services leverage WholeView 2 Research to deliver customized research services designed to assist clients in executing corporate strategy, promoting new initiatives, or making technology investments. Its Community products and services include annual memberships in the Forrester oval program, participation in Web site reviews and boot camps, and attendance at Forrester events. The company's WholeView Research platform combines with data, consulting, and community products and services to provide clients with access to its research, analysts, online tools, presentations, advice, and speeches. Forrester's products and services are targeted to senior management, business strategists, and marketing and technology professionals. The company sells its products and services directly through research centers and sales offices in various locations in North America, Europe, and Asia, as well as through its Web site and independent sales representatives. Forrester was founded in 1983 by George F. Colony. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Rent-A-Center, Inc. operates in the rent-to-own industry in the United States. Its stores primarily offer merchandise from four basic product categories: consumer electronics, appliances, computers, and furniture and accessories under flexible rental purchase agreements that generally allow the customer to obtain ownership of the merchandise at the conclusion of an agreed upon rental period. Its consumer electronic products include wide-screen televisions, DVD players and recorders, home theatre systems, digital cameras, and stereos. The company's appliances comprise washing machines, dryers, microwave ovens, freezers, and ranges. It offers personal and laptop computers, as well as provides various furniture products, including dining room, living room, and bedroom furniture. In addition, it offers accessories, which include pictures, lamps, and tables that are rented as part of a package of items. As of October 24, 2005, Rent-A-Center operated 2,763 stores throughout the United States, and in Canada and Puerto Rico. Its subsidiary, ColorTyme, Inc., franchised 313 stores in 40 states, as of the above date. The company has strategic alliances with McDonald's and Jackson-Hewitt. Rent-A-Center was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.
Deluxe Corporation provides various personalized printed products and services to small businesses, financial institutions, and consumers. The company operates through three segments: Small Business Services, Financial Services, and Direct Checks. The Small Business Services segment sells business checks, forms, and related printed products to small businesses and home offices. It also distributes packaging, shipping, and warehouse supplies, as well as advertising specialties and other business products. In addition, Small Business Services segment provides payroll services to small businesses in the United States and Canada. The Financial Services segment supplies checks and check-related products and services to financial institutions. It also offers customized reporting, file management, expedited account conversion support, and fraud prevention services to financial institutions. The Direct Checks segment sells personal and business checks, as well as related products. Deluxe Corporation distributes its products through direct mail and a network of independent local dealers and distributors, as well as financial institution referrals and the Internet. The company was founded in 1915. It was incorporated as Deluxe Check Printers, Incorporated and changed its name to Deluxe Corporation in 1988. Deluxe Corporation is headquartered in Shoreview, Minnesota.
Covance, Inc. operates as a drug development services company. It offers a range of early stage and late stage product development services primarily to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries worldwide. The company also offers laboratory testing services to the chemical, agrochemical, and food industries. Covance offers a range of early development services, including preclinical and Phase I clinical service offerings that involve toxicology services, pharmaceutical chemistry, and bioanalytical and related services. Its late-stage development services include central laboratory services, clinical development services, periapproval services, central electrocardiogram diagnostic services, and healthcare economic and reimbursement services. Covance was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.
ABM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED (ABM)
ABM Industries Incorporated provides janitorial, parking, engineering, security, lighting, and mechanical services for commercial, industrial, institutional, and retail facilities in the United States and in British Columbia, Canada. Its janitorial services include floor cleaning and finishing, window washing, furniture polishing, carpet cleaning, and dusting, as well as other building cleaning services. These services are provided to commercial office buildings, industrial plants, financial institutions, retail stores, shopping centers, warehouses, airport terminals, health and educational facilities, stadiums and arenas, and government buildings. The company operates approximately 1,700 parking lots and garages, as well as off-airport parking facilities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Houston, Texas; and Los Angeles and San Diego, California. It also operates 18 parking shuttle bus services. ABM provides security officers; investigative services; electronic monitoring of fire, life safety systems, and access control devices; and security consulting services to businesses. It provides facilities with on-site engineers to operate and maintain mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems utilizing in part computerized maintenance management systems. These services are provided to customers, such as office buildings, schools, computer centers, shopping malls, manufacturing facilities, museums, and universities. The company also provides relamping, fixture cleaning, energy retrofits, and lighting maintenance service. In addition, ABM installs, maintains, and repairs heating, ventilation, and air conditioning and refrigeration equipment; performs chemical water treatment; and provides energy conservation services for commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities. The company provides customers with streamlined, centralized control, and coordination of multiple facility service needs. ABM Industries Inc. was formerly known as American Building Maintenance Industries, Inc. ABM was founded in 1909 and is headquartered San Francisco, California.
Chemed Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides end-of-life hospice care services primarily in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Vitas and Roto-Rooter. The Vitas segment focuses on noncurative hospice care for ill terminally patients. It provides direct medical services and counseling to patients and their families through doctors, nurses, home health aids, social workers, clergy, and volunteers. The Roto-rooter segment provides plumbing and drain cleaning services through company-owned branches, independent contractors, and franchisees in the United States and Canada. It also has licensed franchisees in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom. The company was formerly known as Roto-Rooter, Inc. Chemed was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Arbitron, Inc. operates as a media and marketing research firm serving radio broadcasters, radio networks, cable companies, advertisers, advertising agencies, and outdoor advertising companies, as well as the online radio industry in the United States, Mexico, and Europe. It measures radio audiences across the United States; measures national radio audiences, and the audience size of network radio programs and commercials; provides application software used for accessing and analyzing media audience and marketing information data; and provides consumer and media usage information services to radio, cable television, advertising agencies, advertisers, outdoor and out-of-home media, and Internet broadcasters, as well as broadcast television and print media services. The company, Through Scarborough Research joint venture with VNU, Inc., also provides media and marketing research services to the broadcast television, magazine, newspaper, and online industries. Arbitron was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in New York City.
STRAYER EDUCATION INC (STRA)
Strayer Education, Inc., through its subsidiary, Strayer University, Inc., offers various academic programs in traditional classroom courses and through Internet. It provides undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business administration, accounting, information technology, education, and public administration through the Internet, Strayer University Online. The company offered its programs through 35 campuses in Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, as well as in Washington, D.C., as of September 30, 2005. The company was founded in 1892 is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC (DTG)
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (DTG) engages in the daily rental of vehicles to business and leisure customers through company-owned stores in the United States and Canada. The company leases vehicles to franchisees for use in the daily vehicle rental business and sells vehicle rental franchises. It also provides sales and marketing, reservations, data processing systems, insurance, and other services to franchisees. DTG operates company-owned stores, as well as provides leisure and tour packages. In addition, it rents and leases vehicles, as well as offers vehicle-related services. DTG was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
DECODE GENETICS INC (DCGN)
deCODE genetics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the research and development of human genetics for common diseases. Its products include DG031, a phase II clinical trial completed product, which would be used for the prevention of heart attack; and DG041, a phase I clinical trial product, for atherosclerosis. The company also has target discovery programs and drug development pipeline products primarily in the areas of inflammatory, central nervous system, cancer, eye, reproductive, and metabolic. deCODE genetics has research collaboration and cross-license agreement with F. Hoffmann-La Roche for the codevelopment of inhibitors of PDE4, as well as an alliance with Merck & Co, Inc. for developing treatments for obesity. The company was co-founded by Kari Stefansson and Jeffrey Gulcher in 1996. deCODE genetics is headquartered in Reykjavik, Iceland.
RESEARCH FRONTIERS INCORPORATED (REFR)
Research Frontiers Incorporated engages in the development and licensing of technology and devices to control the flow of light. These devices are referred to as light valves or suspended particle devices (SPDs) that use colloidal particles that are either incorporated within a liquid suspension or a film. The company's SPD technology enables the user to control the shading of glass/plastic manually or automatically. The technology has various product applications, including sunshades, skylights, and interior partitions for homes and buildings; automotive windows, sunroofs, sun-visors, sunshades, rear-view mirrors, instrument panels, and navigation systems; aircraft windows; eyewear products; and flat panel displays for electronic products. The SPD-Smart light control film is used in architectural, automotive, marine, aerospace, and appliance applications. Research Frontiers was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Woodbury, New York.
MEDIS TECHNOLOGIES LTD (MDTL)
Medis Technologies, Ltd., a holding company, engages in the design, development, and marketing of liquid fuel cell products for portable electronic devices for the consumer and military markets. Its products include a disposable Power Pack for the consumer and military market, and a refuelable military Power Pack. The company's products power and charge portable electronic devices, such as cell phones, digital cameras, personal digital assistants, MP3 players, hand-held video games, and other devices, as well as various military devices. Medis Technologies also offers CellScan, a static cytometer, for measuring fluorescence emanating from living cells while the cells are in a static state. The company was formed in 1992 and is based in New York City.
WATSON WYATT WORLDWIDE INC (WW)
Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. provides consulting services primarily in the areas of employee benefits and compensation, human capital, and human resource-related technology. The company designs, develops, and implements human resource strategies and programs under three groups: Benefits Group, Technology Solutions Group, and Human Capital Group. Benefits Group consists of retirement plans, such as pension, 401(k), and executive benefits plans; health care, disability, and other group benefit plans; investment consulting services for pension plans; compensation, benefits, expatriate, and human resources practice strategy implementation and administration; actuarial services; and strategic workforce planning. Technology Solutions Group consists of Web-based applications for health and welfare, pension, and compensation administration; call center strategy, design, and tools; research-based human resources technology and service delivery consulting; and targeted online compensation and benefits statements, content management, and call center case management solutions. Watson Wyatt Worldwide's Human Capital Group provides compensation plans, including broad-based and executive compensation, stock, and other long-term incentive programs; strategies to align workforce performance; organizational effectiveness consulting; strategies for attracting, retaining, and motivating employees; and performance management. In addition, the company offers communication consulting services, as well as global compensation, benefits, and employment practices information. Watson Wyatt Worldwide offers its services to corporations, growth companies, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations in North America, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific. The company was founded in 1946. It was formerly known as Watson Wyatt & Company Holdings and changed its name to Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. in January 2006. Watson Wyatt Worldwide is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
LivePerson, Inc. provides solutions for managing online customer interactions. Its integrated multichannel communications platform, Timpani, enables sales, customer service, and marketing, as well as supports and manages online interactions, including chat, email, and self-service/knowledgebase. The company focuses primarily on the financial services, computer software and hardware, retail and telecommunications industries, as well as small businesses. LivePerson was founded by Robert P. LoCascio in 1995. The company is headquartered in New York City.
Harte-Hanks, Inc. provides direct marketing services and shopper advertising opportunities to consumer and business-to-business marketers primarily in the United States and internationally. The company uses proprietary software and open software solutions to build contact databases using the information gathered from various sources, such as mail, Web sites, email, toll-free numbers, trade shows, and other sources. Harte-Hanks also offers direct marketing agency services to create plan to manage direct marketing communication efforts. It also provides services to help clients develop and execute targeted marketing communication programs. These services include creative and graphics, such as printing, personalization of communication pieces using laser and inkjet printing, target mail and fulfillment, and transportation logistics. The company owns, operates, publishes, and distributes shopper publications primarily in California and Florida. It primarily serves retail, high-tech/telecom, financial, pharmaceutical, and healthcare markets. The company is based in San Antonio, Texas.
VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES INC (VOL)
Volt Information Sciences, Inc. provides staffing, and telecommunications and information solution services in the United States. It operates in four segments: Staffing Services; Telephone Directory; Telecommunications Services; and Computer Systems. Staffing Services segment provides a range of employee staffing services, which include managed staffing, temporary/alternative personnel employment, and direct hire placement; information technology solutions, including consulting, outsourcing, and turnkey project management in the product development lifecycle, IT, and customer contact areas; and e-procurement solutions, such as neutral procurement and human capital management solutions. Telephone Directory segment publishes independent telephone directories, as well as provides telephone directory production, commercial printing, database management, sales, and marketing services. This segment also licenses directory production and contract management software systems to directory publishers and others. Telecommunications Services segment provides telecommunications services, including design, engineering, construction, installation, maintenance, and removals in the outside plant and central offices of telecommunications and cable companies, as well as for large commercial and governmental entities requiring telecommunications services. This segment also provides turnkey services for wireless and wireline telecommunications companies. Computer Systems segment provides directory and operator services to wireline and wireless telecommunications companies; and directory assistance content and data services. This segment also designs, develops, integrates, markets, sells, and maintains computer-based directory assistance systems and other database management and telecommunications systems, primarily for the telecommunications industry. The company was founded by William Shaw and Jerome Shaw in 1950. Volt Information Sciences is headquartered in New York City.
Tetra Tech, Inc. provides consulting, engineering, and technical services in the areas of resource management and infrastructure in the United States. The company also offers communication services. Its services include research and development, applied science and technology, engineering design, program management, construction management, and operations and maintenance. The company operates in three segments: Resource Management, Infrastructure, and Communications. The Resource Management segment provides engineering and consulting services primarily to water quality and availability, environmental restoration, productive reuse of defense facilities, and strategic environmental resource planning to both public and private organizations. The Infrastructure segment provides engineering, program management, and construction management services for the additional development, upgrade, and replacement of existing civil and security infrastructure to both public and private organizations. The Communications segment provides network planning, engineering, site acquisition, construction, and construction management services to telecommunications companies, wireless service providers, and cable operators. The company serves federal, state, and local government agencies and commercial and international clients. Tetra Tech was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED (TDY)
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides electronic components, instruments, and communications products. It operates in four segments: Electronics and Communications, Systems Engineering Solutions, Aerospace Engines and Components, and Energy Systems. The Electronics and Communications segment offers a range of electronic systems, instruments, components, and services that include environmental instruments, gas analyzers, vacuum and flow measurement, geophysical instruments, traveling wave tubes, microwave components and subsystems, microelectronic modules, high voltage connectors and subassemblies, rigid-flex printed circuit boards, sequencers, wireless transceivers and amplifiers, relays and switches, and connectors, as well as test services to serve defense, commercial aerospace, communications, industrial, and medical markets. The Systems Engineering Solutions segment provides systems engineering, technology, and manufacturing solutions to defense, space, environmental, and homeland security requirements. The Aerospace Engines and Components segment designs, develops, and manufactures piston engines, turbine engines, electronic engine controls, and aviation batteries. The Energy Systems segment provides hydrogen gas generators, and thermoelectric and fuel cell-based power sources. The company markets and sells its products and services through internal sales force, distributors, and commissioned sales representatives. Teledyne has operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, and Canada. Teledyne Technologies is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
CHECKPOINT SYSTMS INC (CKP)
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. engages in the manufacture and marketing of integrated system solutions for retail security, labeling, and merchandising. The company provides supply chain solutions to brand, track, and secure goods for retailers and consumer product manufacturers worldwide. It offers electronic article surveillance systems and tags, using radio frequency and electromagnetic technology; security source tagging; branding tags and labels for apparel; barcode labeling systems; retail display systems; and hand-held labeling systems. Its labeling systems and services are applied in brand identification, automatic identification, retail security, and pricing and promotional labels. The company also markets closed-circuit television systems primarily to help retailers prevent losses caused by theft of merchandise, and electronic access control systems for commercial and industrial applications. Its products are sold through direct distribution and reseller channels. The company primarily operates in Europe, Asia Pacific, Americas, and the Middle East/Africa. Checkpoint Systems was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Thorofare, New Jersey.
MANAGEMENT NETWORK GROUP INC (TMNG)
The Management Network Group, Inc. provides strategy, management, marketing, operational, and technology consulting services to the communications industry worldwide. The company's services include business strategy and planning services, which include business case development, data and content strategies, marketing spending optimization, service and brand diversification, enterprise and small business strategies, technology commercialization, and operational strategies; product development and management services, including product strategy, description, pricing, positioning, packaging, marketing, and launch services; customer acquisition and retention services, which include a mix of marketing communications, partner programs, e-marketing, direct sales, telemarketing, direct response, and loyalty and retention programs; revenue and cost management services; and business and operations process redesign and reengineering services. It also offers corporate investment services, which include evaluation of management teams and business plans; identification of strengths and weakness; and analysis of the financial models, systems, products, and operational and business processes. The company serves communications service providers, technology companies, and financial services firms. The Management Network Group was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
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