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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (RY)
Royal Bank of Canada offers a range of banking and financial services in North America and internationally. Its services comprise personal and commercial banking, which include lending, leasing deposit, and transaction products and services to small and medium-sized business, as well as to commercial, farming, and agriculture clients; wealth management services, such as investment and trust products and services through brokerage; asset management; trust services; investment counseling; and a range of life, creditor, health, travel, home, and auto insurance products and services to individuals and business clients. The bank also offers a range of corporate and investment banking, sales and trading, research, and related products and services to corporations, governments, and institutional clients. In addition, it provides debt products, such as loans and bonds, and derivatives; and foreign exchange, commodities, derivatives, and interest rate products, as well as offers brokerage, currency risk management, and advisory services. Further, the bank offers a range of credit and corporate finance products, including debt and equity underwriting, mergers and acquisitions advice, and execution and financial sponsor and private equity investor coverage. Additionally, it provides various credit cards and related payment products and solutions. As of October 31, 2005, the bank operated 1,419 bank branches, 65 business banking centers, and 4,277 automated banking machines. Royal Bank of Canada has a joint venture with Dexia SA to combine their institutional investor services businesses. The bank was formed in 1864 as Merchants Bank. It changed its name to Merchants' Bank of Halifax in 1869; to The Royal Bank of Canada in 1901; and to Royal Bank of Canada in 1990. Royal Bank is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
COMPANHIA DE BEBIDAS DAS AMERICAS - AMBEV (ABV)
Companhia de Bebidas das Americas-AmBev, a holding company, engages in the production, distribution, and sale of beer, soft drinks, and other beverage products. The company also sells nonalcoholic and noncarbonated beverage products, including mineral water, isotonic sport drinks, and iced tea. In addition, it also offers the by-products from beverage production and malt. AmBev distributes its products through third party distributors and own direct distribution centers in 14 countries across the Americas. The company was founded in 1888. The company was formerly known as Aditus Participacoes S.A. and later changed its name to Companhia de Bebidas das Americas-AmBev. The company is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
TORONTO DOMINION BANK (TD)
The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries provide retail and commercial banking, wealth management, and wholesale banking products and services in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The bank operates in four segments: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking, U.S. Personal and Commercial Banking, Wholesale Banking, and Wealth Management. The Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking segment provides mortgages and home equity lines of credit, dollar checking, savings and term investment vehicles loans, overdraft protection products, credit cards, small business banking and merchant services, lending, deposits, investment, life and health insurance, and personal automobile and home insurance. The U.S. Personal and Commercial Banking segment offers checking, savings, money-market, term investment, merchant services, and cash management products; wealth advisory, investment management, and investment advisory services; insurance products and services, including homeowners, automobile, property and casualty, and employee benefits; and loans and loan-related services for commercial real estate, commercial businesses, residential real estate, and consumers. The Wholesale Banking segment provides corporate lending, trade finance, and related services; advice on corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, structuring tailored risk management solutions, and executing financial transactions, as well as on underwriting and distributing loan, debt, and equity products. The Wealth Management segment offers advisory, distribution, and asset management services; and discount brokerage, financial planning, and private client services. As of October 31, 2005, the bank operated approximately 2,400 automated banking machines and a network of 1,014 branches in Canada; and approximately 556 automated banking machines and 397 branches in the United States. The Toronto-Dominion Bank was formed in 1855 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Bank of Montreal, and its subsidiaries, offers credit and noncredit products and services in North America. It operates through three segments: Personal and Commercial Client, Private Client, and Investment Banking. The Personal and Commercial Client Group provides personal and commercial banking solutions, including deposit accounts, loans and credit cards, insurance products, and personal investment products. It also offers various commercial banking products and services, including cash management, commercial and capital markets products, and financial advisory services, as well as credit and debit card transaction processing services. The Private Client Group offers wealth management products and services, including investing and wealth advisory services, online brokerage, private banking, and investment products. The Investment Banking Group offers various services, such as public and private debt and equity underwriting, corporate lending, securitization, cash management, risk management, and trade finance. It also provides financial advisory services in mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings; valuation and fairness opinions; and research, sales, and trading services to investing clients. This group also provides integrated debt, currency, interest rate, credit, and commodity solutions; credit investment management; and merchant banking services, including sourcing, structuring, and financing private equity investments. In addition, the Bank of Montreal provides telephone banking, online banking, and automated banking machine services. As of October 31, 2005 the bank operates through 968 bank branches, including instores in Canada and operated internationally in major financial markets and trading areas in eight other countries, including the United States. Bank of Montreal was founded in 1817 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION (COST)
Costco Wholesale Corporation operates membership warehouses that offer a selection of branded and private label products in a range of merchandise categories in no-frills and self-service warehouse facilities. Its product category includes candy, snack foods, health and beauty aids, tobacco, alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, and cleaning and institutional supplies; dry and fresh foods, and institutionally packaged foods; appliances, electronics, hardware, office supplies, garden and patio, sporting goods, furniture, and automotive supplies; apparel, domestics, cameras, jewelry, house wares, media, home furnishings, and small appliances; and pharmacy, optical, one-hour photo, print shop, food court, hearing aid, and gas stations. The company offers three types of memberships: Business, Gold Star (individual), and Executive Membership. Costco operated 471 warehouses, including 346 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 66 in Canada, 17 in the United Kingdom, 5 in Korea, 4 in Taiwan, 5 in Japan, and 28 in Mexico, as of December 8, 2005. It also operates Costco Online, an electronic commerce Web site, www.costco.com. The company was formerly known as Price/Costco, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Companies, Inc. in 1997. Further, it changed name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in 1999. Costco is headquartered in Issaquah, Washington.
Staples, Inc. and its subsidiaries distribute office products in North America and internationally. The company offers business machines, computers and related products, and office furniture. It also offers an array of services, including high-speed, color and self-service copying, other printing services, faxing, and pack and ship services. As of July 30, 2005, the company operated 1,716 superstores. Staples, Inc. was founded by Tom Stemberg and Leo Kahn in 1985. The company is based in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Public Storage, Inc. (PSI), a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the acquisition, development, ownership, and operation of self-storage facilities in the United States. As of March 31, 2005, it had direct and indirect equity interests in 1,471 self-storage facilities with 89.9 million net rentable square feet located in 37 states. As of the above date, the company also had direct and indirect equity interests in approximately 19.5 million net rentable square feet of commercial and industrial space located in 10 states. In addition, it reinsures policies issued to its tenants against lost or damaged goods stored by them in storage facilities. PSI has elected to be taxed as a REIT and would distribute at least 90% of its taxable income to shareholders. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Glendale, California.
LUXOTTICA GROUP S.P.A (LUX)
Luxottica Group S.p.A engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses in the mid-and premium-price categories. The company operates in two segments, Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution, and Retail Distribution. The Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution segment engages in the design, manufacture, wholesale distribution, and marketing of house brand and designer lines prescription frames and sunglasses. The Retail Distribution segment operated a retail network of approximately 880 locations, which offer a various prescription frames, sunglasses, lenses, and other optical products in the North American market; operated approximately 1,850 retail locations that offer watches in North America, Europe, and Australia; operated a chain of personalized gift stores, e-commerce, and catalogs under the name Things Remembered; and operated 36 stores in New Zealand, 74 stores in Hong Kong, 9 stores in Singapore, and 13 stores in Malaysia, as of December 31, 2004. The company was established by Leonardo Del Vecchio in 1961 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.
NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE SA (NBG)
National Bank of Greece S.A. and its subsidiaries provide commercial and retail banking products and services primarily in Greece and internationally. The bank engages in generating deposits and originating loans. Its deposit products include savings accounts, current accounts, demand deposits, and time deposits. The bank's loan portfolio comprises various consumer and commercial loans. It also provides global investment management, investment banking, insurance, investment activities, and securities trading. The bank primarily invests in the Greek government bonds, debt securities issued by other governments, and mortgage-backed securities. As of December 31, 2004, National Bank of Greece operated 227 full banking branches and 363 retail banking branches in Greece; and 27 foreign branches in 7 countries, including 15 in Serbia-Montenegro and 6 in Albania, as well as 1 each in the United Kingdom, Guernsey, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Egypt. The bank also operated four overseas representative offices, which included one office in Europe, two offices in Australia, and one office in Turkey, as of the same date. The bank was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Athens, Greece.
PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION (PGR)
Progressive Corporation serves as an insurance holding company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Personal Lines, Commercial Auto, and Other. Personal Lines segment writes insurance for private passenger automobiles, recreation, and other vehicles through both an independent agency channel and a direct channel. The Personal Lines agency channel includes business written by the company's network of approximately 30,000 independent insurance agencies, brokers, and strategic alliance business relationships. The Commercial Auto segment writes primary liability, physical damage, and other auto-related insurance for automobiles and trucks owned by businesses, primarily through the independent agency channel. Other segment includes the Professional Liability Group (PLG) and the Motor Carrier units. PLG's principal products are liability insurance for directors and officers, and financial institution bonds. Its main product is employee dishonesty insurance. PLG's principal customers are community banks. The Motor Carrier unit provides insurance-related services, such as policy issuance and claims adjusting services for the commercial auto insurance procedures/plans in 25 states. The company was formed in 1965 and is headquartered in Mayfield Village, Ohio.
WPP Group plc, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of communications services for advertising, marketing, research, sales promotion and similar operations worldwide. Its service offerings include advertising, media investment management, information and consultancy, public relations and public affairs, branding and identity, healthcare, and specialized communications services. The company's advertising services include the planning and creation of marketing and branding campaigns, and the design and production of advertisements for various types of media, such as television, cable, Internet, radio, magazines, newspapers, and outdoor locations. Its media investment management services include planning and buying media to communicate its clients' brand messages. The company's information and consultancy services include strategic market studies, brand positioning and equity research, customer satisfaction surveys, product development, international research, and advanced modeling. Its public relations and public affairs activities include national and international corporate, financial, and marketing communications; crisis management; public affairs; and government lobbying. WPP Group also offers branding and identity; direct marketing, sales promotions, and relationship marketing; and healthcare marketing and other sector marketing business services, as well as specialist communications services, such as custom media, demographic, and industry sector marketing; sports marketing; and media, technology, and production services. The company was incorporated in 1971 and is based in London.
EDISON INTERNATIONAL (EIX)
Edison International, through its subsidiary, Southern California Edison Company (SCE), supplies electric energy in central, coastal, and southern California. SCE owns and operates pressurized water nuclear units located on the California coastline between Los Angeles and San Diego; 33 hydroelectric plants located in California's Sierra Nevada, San Bernardino, and San Gabriel mountain ranges; a diesel-fueled generating plant and a hydroelectric plant located on Santa Catalina Island off the southern California coast; and coal-fueled generating units located in Clark County, Nevada. As of June 17, 2005, it served a population of approximately 13 million people via 4.6 million customer accounts. Edison International, through its indirect subsidiary Edison Mission Energy (EME), also engages in owning or leasing, operating, and selling energy from electric power generation facilities. EME conducts price risk management and energy trading activities in power markets. In addition, the company, through its other subsidiary, Edison Capital (EC), invests in energy and infrastructure projects, including power generation, electric transmission and distribution, transportation, and telecommunications worldwide. EC also has investments in housing projects located throughout the United States. Edison International was founded in 1886 and is based in Rosemead, California.
PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY (PHI)
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) provides telecommunications service in Philippines. It operates in three segments: Wireless, Fixed Line, and Information and Communications Technology. The Wireless segment offers cellular mobile services, cellular mobile and telecommunications services, and satellite phone and communication services. The Fixed Line segment provides fixed line telecommunications services, including local exchange, international long distance, national long distance, data and other network, and miscellaneous services. The Information and Communications Technology segment offers broad-based integrated information and communications technology services focusing on infrastructure and solutions for Internet applications, Internet protocol-based solutions, and multimedia content delivery. PLDT also offers various value added services, including voice mail, information-on-demand, mobile banking, and TextMail, as well as text games and chat services. The company was founded in 1928 and is based in Makati City, Philippines.
CPFL Energia S.A., through its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution, generation, and commercialization of electricity in Brazil. It also provides electricity-related services. As of December 31, 2004, the company served approximately 5.4 million customers and had an installed generation capacity of 854 MW. CPFL Energia offers its services to various industries, such as food and beverage, metal, automotive, furnishings, and plastic production; residential customers; commercial customers, which include service-oriented businesses, universities, and hospitals; rural customers; and other customers, which include public and municipal services. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in city of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
DISH NETWORK CORPORATION (DISH)
Echostar Communications Corporation provides satellite delivered digital television to customers in the United States. It operates DISH Network, which offers direct broadcast satellite (DBS) subscription television services. DISH network services include various video, audio and data channels; interactive television channels; digital video recording; high definition television; international programming; installation; and customer service. In addition, Echostar designs and develops DBS set-top boxes, antennae, and other digital equipment for the DISH Network, as well as offers similar equipment for international satellite service providers. As of December 31, 2004, it had 12 owned or leased in-orbit satellites and offered approximately 2,000 video and audio channels to consumers in the United States. As of the same date, the company served approximately 10.905 million subscribers. Echostar sells its products through independent distributors, retailers, and consumer electronics stores. It sells its receiver systems and programming directly through independent retailers. The company was co-founded by Charlie Ergen, Candy Ergen, and James DeFranco in 1980 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
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AutoZone, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of automotive parts and accessories in the United States. As of November 19, 2005, the company operated 3,612 stores in the United States and 84 stores in Mexico. These stores offer various products for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans, and light trucks, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, maintenance items, and accessories and nonautomotive products. The automotive hard parts product line includes A/C compressors, alternators, batteries and accessories, carburetors, clutches, CV axles, engines, fuel pumps, mufflers, shock absorbers and struts, starters, and water pumps. The maintenance items product line consists of antifreeze and windshield washer, belts and hoses, fuses, lighting, oil and transmission fluid, oxygen sensors, protectants and cleaners, refrigerant and accessories, sealants and adhesives, sealants and adhesives, wash and wax, and windshield wipers. The accessories and nonautomotive product line comprises air fresheners, cell phone accessories, drinks and snacks, floor mats, hand cleaner, neon, mirrors, paint and accessories, performance products, seat covers, steering wheel covers, stereos, and tools. AutoZone also offers commercial sales program that provides commercial credit, and delivery of parts and other products to local, regional, and national repair garages, dealers, and service stations. The company also sells the ALLDATA brand diagnostic and repair software, as well as diagnostic and repair information, auto and light truck parts, and accessories. In addition, the company provides free services, including check engine light readings; battery charging; oil recycling; and testing of starters, alternators, batteries, sensors, and actuators. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Memphis, Tennessee.
TELE NORTE LESTE PARTICIPACOES S.A (TNE)
Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A., through its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications services in Brazil. It operates in three segments: Fixed-line Telecommunications, Mobile Telecommunications, and Contact center. The Fixed-line Telecommunications segment provides fixed-line telecommunications services, such as local services, intraregional long-distance services, fixed to mobile services, network usage services, public telephone services, and data transmission services in Region I, which comprises the states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Bahia, Sergipe, Alagoas, Pernambuco, Paraiba, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceara, Piaui, Maranhao, Para, Amazonas, Roraima, and Amapa. The Mobile Telecommunications segment offers mobile telecommunication services by means of the Personal Mobile Service in Triangulo Mineiro and certain areas within the Alto Paranaiba in the state of Minas Gerais. The Contact Center segment offers customer services that comprise inbound contact center services, including sales, market research, tele-sales, and collection; and outbound services, such as providing product information, sales, complaints, customer service, and help desk. The company primarily serves residential, corporate, and mobile customers. Tele Norte is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
ENTERPRISE GP HOLDINGS L.P (EPE)
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., through its subsidiaries, develops pipeline and other midstream energy infrastructure in the continental United States and Gulf of Mexico. Its midstream energy asset network links producers of natural gas, NGLs, and crude oil from supply basins in the United States, Canada, and the Gulf of Mexico. The company operates through four segments: NGL Pipelines and Services; Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines and Services; Offshore Pipelines and Services; and Petrochemical Services. The NGL Pipelines and Services segment engages in natural gas processing and related NGL marketing activities; operates NGL pipelines, storage facilities, and import/export terminals; and owns interests in seven NGL fractionation facilities located in Texas and Louisiana. The Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines and Services segment provides gathering and transmission of natural gas through onshore natural gas pipeline systems in Alabama, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming. This segment also owns two salt dome natural gas storage facilities located in Mississippi and lease natural gas storage facilities located in Texas and Louisiana. The offshore Pipelines and Services segment provides gathering and transmission of natural gas from production developments through offshore natural gas pipeline systems. This segment also owns interests in seven offshore oil pipeline systems and six multipurpose offshore hub platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The Petrochemical Services segment operates four propylene fractionation facilities located in Texas and Louisiana. Enterprise GP Holdings was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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.
URBAN OUTFITTERS INC (URBN)
Urban Outfitters, Inc., a lifestyle merchandising company, operates specialty retail stores in the United States, Europe, and Canada. The company operates through two segments, Retail and Wholesale. The Retail segment consists of Urban Outfitters stores, which offer women's and men's fashion apparel, footwear, and accessories, as well as an eclectic mix of apartment wares and gifts, including rugs, pillows, shower curtains, books, candles, and novelties; and Anthropologie stores, which provide women's casual apparel and accessories, and gifts and decorative items, as well as home furnishings, such as furniture, rugs, lighting, antiques, table top items, bedding, and gifts. These stores offer merchandise through the company's direct-to-consumer operations, which consist of a catalog and Web site. The Wholesale segment consists of its Free People wholesale division, which manufactures and distributes apparel to the retail segment and to specialty retailers worldwide. The Free People stores offer its merchandise through Web site. As of November 10, 2005, the company operated approximately 84 Urban Outfitters, 73 Anthropologie, and 5 Free People stores; 3 catalogs; and 3 Web sites. The company was co-founded by Richard A. Hayne and Scott A. Belair in 1970. Urban Outfitters is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL INC (MDR)
McDermott International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides engineering, procurement, and project management services for customers involved in the production of energy worldwide. The company operates in three business segments: Marine Construction Services, Government Operations, and Power Generation Systems. The Marine Construction Services segment's principal activities include the front-end and detailed engineering, fabrication, and installation of offshore drilling and production facilities, and installation of marine pipelines and subsea production systems. It operates in the United States, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, South America, the Middle East, India, the Caspian Sea, and Asia Pacific. The Government Operations segment supplies nuclear components and provides various services, including uranium processing, environmental site restoration services, and management and operating services for the United States government-owned facilities, primarily within the nuclear weapons complex of the U.S. Department of Energy. The Power Generation Systems segment provides various services, equipment, and systems to generate steam and electric power. The company was formed in 1923 under the name J. Ray McDermott and changed its name to McDermott International, Inc. in 1983. McDermott International is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Joy Global, Inc. engages in the manufacture, servicing, and distribution of mining equipment for the extraction of coal, and other minerals and ores worldwide. It operates in two segments, Underground Mining Machinery and Surface Mining Equipment. The Underground Mining Machinery segment offers various products for the extraction of coal and other bedded materials, which include continuous miners, longwall shearers, roof supports, armored face conveyors, shuttle cars, flexible conveyor trains, continuous haulage systems, and roof bolters, as well as longwall mining systems comprising roof supports, an armored face conveyor, and a longwall shearer. This segment also maintains a network of service and replacement parts distribution centers to rebuild and service equipment, as well as to sell replacement parts in support of its installed base. The Surface Mining Equipment segment primarily offers electric mining shovels, rotary blasthole drills, and walking draglines for open-pit mining operations, as well as for use in mining copper, coal, iron ore, oil sands, silver, gold, diamonds, phosphate, and other minerals and ores. This segment also sells used electric mining shovels. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
URS Corporation provides engineering design services worldwide. It provides professional planning and design, systems engineering and technical assistance, program and construction management, and operations and maintenance services to U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as private industry and international clients. The company offers planning and design services for the construction of new transportation projects, and for the renovation and expansion of existing transportation infrastructure, including bridges, highways, roads, airports, mass transit systems, and railroads, as well as schools, courthouses, hospitals, corporate offices, and retail outlets; and water supply and conveyance systems, and wastewater treatment plants. It provides a range of systems engineering and technical assistance to various branches of the U.S. military for the design and development of new weapons systems and the modernization of aging weapons systems. The company offers construction management services for transportation, facilities, environmental, and water/wastewater projects. Its program management services include logistics planning, acquisition management, risk management of weapons systems, safety management, and subcontractor management; and services for capital improvement programs, including planning, coordination, schedule, and cost control; and design, construction, and commissioning oversight. In addition, the company provides operations and maintenance services in support of military and other nonmilitary installations and operations. It serves transportation, environmental, commercial/industrial, facilities, water/wastewater, homeland security, installations and logistics, and defense systems markets. The company, formerly known as Broadview Research Corporation, was founded in 1951. It changed its name to URS Corporation in 1974. URS is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
MINDRAY MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (MR)
Mindray Medical International Limited, through its subsidiary, Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices. It operates through three segments: Patient Monitoring Devices, Diagnostic Laboratory Instruments, and Ultrasound Imaging Systems. The Patient Monitoring Devices segment offers approximately 20 different patient monitoring devices for use in hospital intensive care units, operating rooms, and emergency rooms. Its patient monitoring devices are used to track the physiological parameters of patients, such as heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, and temperature. This segment offers various products, including single- and multiple-parameter monitors; mobile and portable multifunction monitors; central stations that collect and display multiple patient data on a single screen; veterinary monitoring devices; anesthesia machines; and an electro-cardiogram monitoring device. The Diagnostic Laboratory Instruments segment provides data and analysis on blood, urine, and other bodily fluid samples for clinical diagnosis and treatment. This segment offers a range of semi-automated and fully-automated diagnostic laboratory instruments for laboratories, clinics, and hospitals. Its products include hematology analyzers and biochemistry analyzers; reagents; and a microplate reader and microplate washer. The Ultrasound Imaging Systems segment sells portable and mobile grayscale ultrasound imaging systems that use computer-managed sound waves to produce real time images of anatomical movement and blood flow; and a range of transducers. Mindray Medical sells its products primarily to distributors, hospitals, clinics, government agencies, original design manufacturers, and original equipment manufacturers. It operates primarily in the People's Republic of China, Europe, North America, and Asia. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.
COPENE-PETROQUIMICA DO NORDESTE (BAK)
Braskem S.A. operates as a petrochemical company in Brazil. The company operates through four segments: Basic Petrochemicals Products (BPP), Polyolefins, Vinyls, and Business Development. BPP segment produces olefins, such as ethylene, polymer and chemical grade propylene, butadiene, isoprene, and butene-1; aromatics, such as benzene, toluene, para-xylene, and ortho-xylene; fuels, such as automotive gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas; and methyl tertiary butyl ether. The company sells these products to second generation petrochemical producers in Brazil, the United States, and Europe. This segment also produces electric power, and drinking and demineralized water. Polyolefins segment produces polyethylene and polypropylene for use in consumer and industrial applications, including plastic films, bottles, shopping bags, and other consumer goods containers; automotive parts; and household appliances. Vinyls segment produces polyvinylchloride resins used in the manufacture of pipes, fittings, and wire; cable coverings; and plastic films and laminated sheets, packaging materials, synthetic leather, window frames, and bottles. In addition, it produces chlorine and caustic soda. Business Development segment produces polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins used in manufacturing packaging for soft drinks, medications, cleaning products, mineral water, and food products; dimethyl teraphthalate for use in PET production; ammonium sulfate for use as a fertilizer; and cyclohexane and cyclohexanone for use in paint solvents, pesticides, natural resins, oils, and rubber. The company was founded in 1972 as Petroquímica do Nordeste Copene Ltda. It changed its name to Copene-Petroquímica do Nordeste S.A in 1974 and to Braskem S.A. in 2002. Braskem S.A. is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
CMS ENERGY CORPORATION (CMS)
CMS Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, Consumers Energy Company and CMS Enterprises Company, operates energy businesses in the United States and in selected markets worldwide. The company primarily operates in three segments: Electric Utility, Gas Utility, and Enterprises. The Electric Utility segment generates and distributes electricity in the state of Michigan. The Gas Utility segment purchases transports, stores, and distributes natural gas. The Enterprises segment invests, acquires, develops, constructs, manages, and operates nonutility power generation plants and natural gas facilities in the United States and internationally. It also provides gas, oil, and electric marketing services to energy users. The company provides natural gas and electricity to approximately 6 million residential consumers. It also serves automotive, metal, chemical, food products, and various other industries. CMS Energy was formed in 1987 and is headquartered in Jackson, Michigan.
CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR HOLDINGS INC (CCO)
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. operates as an outdoor advertising company worldwide. It owns and operates billboards, street furniture displays, wallscapes, neons, transit displays, spectaculars, and mall displays. The company serves retail, business services, automotive, banking and financial services, food and food products, telecommunications, and media and entertainment industries. As of August 20, 2007, it operated approximately 973,000 displays in 60 countries. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. is a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
PETsMART, Inc. provides products, services, and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets in North America. It offers pet services, including grooming, such as precision cuts, baths, toenail trimming, and toothbrushing; pet training; PETsHOTEL; and Doggie Day Camp. The company's PETsHOTEL provides boarding for dogs and cats, 24-hour supervision, an oncall veterinarian, temperature controlled rooms and suites, daily specialty treats, and play time, as well as day camp for dogs. PETsMART, through a strategic relationship with Banfield, also offers various veterinary care, including examinations and vaccinations, dental care, a pharmacy, and routine and complex surgical procedures. In addition, through PETsMART Charities, Inc., it creates and supports programs that intend to help find a lifelong home for every pet. PETsMART sells its products through its stores, as well as through direct marketing channels, including PETsMART.com, an Internet pet e-commerce site, and an e-commerce site to equine products and two branded catalogs. As of March 25, 2005, the company operated 725 retail stores in the United States and Canada. PETsMART was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
Cellcom Israel, Ltd. and its subsidiaries provide cellular communication services in Israel. Its services include basic cellular telephone services, including voice mail, cellular fax, call waiting, call forwarding, caller identification, conference calling, and Push-and-Talk service. The company also offers an outbound roaming service to its subscribers when traveling outside of Israel and an inbound roaming to visitors to Israel. In addition, its services include Cellcom Volume, a music-related marketing initiative that provides downloadable content consisting of ring tones, video tones, true tones, and songs in MP3 format through its popular cellular music portal; and handsets supporting music content, as well as other merchandising services. Further, the company provides messaging services enabling the subscribers to send and receive text, photos, multimedia, and animation messages; cellular Internet service that enables its subscribers with designated handsets to obtain information and content from designated Internet sites; and access to services offered by third party application providers. It also offers video calls, zone services, location-based services, and other information and content services, such as voice-based information services through interactive voice response platforms, and text-based information services and interactive information services. In addition, the company offers landline transmission and data services to business customers and telecommunications operators, and landline telephony services to selected businesses. As of September 30, 2006, it provided services to approximately 2.83 million subscribers. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Netanya, Israel. Cellcom Israel, Ltd. is a subsidiary of Discount Investment Corporation, Ltd.
Toll Brothers, Inc. engages in the development, construction, financing, and sale of residential homes in the United States. It builds luxury single-family detached and attached home communities; master planned luxury residential resort-style golf communities; and urban low, mid, and high-rise communities principally on land it develops and improves. The company's operations include architecture, engineering, mortgage, title, land development and sale, golf course development and management, home security, landscape, cable T.V. and broadband Internet delivery, lumber distribution, and house component assembly. In addition, it owns and operates golf courses and country clubs. The company serves move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, and second-home home buyers. It markets its communities through direct sales force, local cooperative realtors, newspapers, billboards, and Internet in Arizona, California, Florida, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. As of October 31, 2004, the company operated 292 communities comprising approximately 24,343 home sites. Toll Brothers was formed in 1967 and is headquartered in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Copart, Inc. provides salvage vehicle sale services in the United States. It offers vehicle suppliers, primarily insurance companies, with a range of services to process and sell salvage vehicles over the Internet through its virtual bidding Internet auction-style sales technology. The company's service offerings include online supplier access, salvage estimation services, virtual insured exchange, transportation services, vehicle inspection stations, on-demand reporting, DMV processing, vehicle processing programs, buyer network, sales process, and CoPartfinder. It sells principally to licensed vehicle dismantlers, rebuilders, repair licensees, used vehicle dealers, and exporters. The company also engages in public sales of used vehicles, where the vehicles are sold directly to the public and automobile dealers on behalf of banks, leasing or financing companies, automobile dealers, and repossession companies. Copart was founded by Willis J. Johnson in 1982 and is headquartered in Fairfield, California.
ROWAN COMPANIES INC (RDC)
Rowan Companies, Inc. provides international and domestic contract drilling services in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, offshore eastern Canada; and in Texas and Louisiana. The company's Drilling Operations include offshore and onshore drilling operations. As of March 14, 2005, its offshore drilling fleet consist of 17 cantilever jack-up rigs, including 3 Gorilla class rigs, 4 Super Gorilla class rigs and 1 Tarzan Class rig; 7 conventional jack-up rigs, including 5 rigs with skid base capability; and 1 semisubmersible rig. Its onshore operations include drilling equipment, personnel, and camps available on a contract basis for exploration and development of onshore areas. As of the above date, the onshore operations own 18 deep-well land rigs. The company, through its subsidiary, LeTourneau, Inc., operates a mini steel mill, which produces heavy equipment for the mining and timber industries; and drilling products group that designs mobile offshore jack-up drilling rigs. Rowan markets its products to international energy companies, smaller energy companies, and foreign government-owned or controlled energy companies. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Big Lots, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a broadline closeout retailer in the United States. The company offers its products under four merchandising categories: consumables, home, seasonal and toys, and other. The consumables category includes food, health and beauty, plastics, paper, and pet departments. The home category includes domestics and home decor departments. Seasonal and toys category includes toys, lawn and garden, trim-a-tree, and various holiday-oriented departments. The other category primarily includes electronics, apparel, home maintenance, small appliances, and tools. As of February 3, 2007, Big Lots operated 1,375 stores in 47 states. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.
HOSPITALITY PROPERITES TRUST (HPT)
Hospitality Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in buying, owning, and leasing hotels. The company's hotels are operated as Courtyard by Marriott, Residence Inn by Marriott, Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn, Candlewood Suites, AmeriSuites, Prime Hotels and Resorts, Homestead Studio Suites, TownePlace Suites by Marriott, and SpringHill Suites by Marriott or Marriott Hotels and Resorts. As of June 30, 2005, it owned 298 hotels located in 38 states in the United States; Puerto Rico; and Ontario, Canada. The company's hotels are primarily designed for business, governmental, and family travelers. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal income tax provided it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its stockholders. Hospitality Properties was formed in 1995 and is based in Newton, Massachusetts.
Tomkins plc, through its subsidiaries, manufactures engineering, industrial, and household products. Tomkins operates in three segments: Industrial and Automotive, Air Systems Components, and Engineered and Construction Products. The Industrial and Automotive segment manufactures V-belts, multi V-ribbed belts, synchronous belts, sheaves/sprockets, pulleys, tensioners, idlers, crankshaft dampers, powertrain components, systems and assemblies, engineered hose, fittings, and accessories for hydraulic power transmission systems used in mobile and stationary industrial equipment. It also offers industrial hoses used to convey liquids and bulk powder type materials focusing primarily in the petroleum, chemical, and food/beverage sectors. In addition, this segment produces a range of automotive hoses used in engine cooling, power steering, and fuel system applications, as well as manufactures arms, blades, linkage mechanisms, modules, motors, and electronic components for individual vehicle use. The Air Systems Components segment manufactures air handling components, such as fans, grilles, registers, diffusers, variable air volume units, fan coils, and terminal units for residential and commercial applications, as well as dampers for commercial and industrial use. This segment supplies its products to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning market. The Engineered and Construction Products segment manufactures and markets fiberglass and acrylic showers, bathtubs, tub/shower combinations, and whirlpools used in residential housing and commercial construction. It also offers plastic fittings used in agricultural irrigation, turf irrigation, water works, swimming pools, and spas for commercial and industrial applications, as well as for residential plumbing. The company primarily sells its products in Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia through manufacturers' representatives, distributors, and wholesalers. Tomkins was incorporated in 1925 and is based in London.
QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC (KWK)
Quicksilver Resources, Inc., an independent oil and gas company, engages in the exploration, acquisition, development, production, and sale of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids in the United States and Canada. It also involves in the marketing, processing, and transmission of natural gas. The company primarily develops and produces unconventional natural gas reserves, including coal bed methane, shale gas, and tight sands gas. Quicksilver has interests in Alberta Basin shallow gas sands in Alberta; New Albany Shale in Indiana/Kentucky; Antrim Shale, Prairie du Chien, Detroit River, Richfield, and Niagaran Reef properties in Michigan; Rocky Mountain properties in Montana and Wyoming; and other properties in Texas. As of December 31, 2004, Quicksilver Resources had estimated proved reserves of 968 billions of cubic feet of natural gas equivalent. It sells natural gas and crude oil to various customers, including utilities, oil and gas companies or their affiliates, industrial companies, trading and energy marketing companies, refineries, and other users of petroleum products. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
COMPANIA CERVECERIAS UNIDAS S.A (CCU)
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. operates as a diversified media company. It operates in three segments: Radio Broadcasting, Outdoor Advertising, and Live Entertainment. The Radio Broadcasting segment owns, programs, and sells airtime generating under local marketing agreements or joint sales agreements. It also operates radio networks. The Outdoor Advertising segment owns or operates advertising display faces domestically and internationally. Its display faces include billboards of various sizes, wallscapes, mall displays, transit displays, and street furniture displays. The Live Entertainment segment engages in the promotion, production, and operation of venues for live entertainment events. It produces various events, including music concerts, theatrical shows, museum exhibitions, and specialized sporting events. As of December 31, 2004, the company owned 1,189 domestic radio stations and a national radio network; owned or operated 151,603 domestic outdoor advertising display faces and 671,977 international outdoor advertising display faces; owned or operated 75 live entertainment venues domestically and 29 live entertainment venues internationally; and owned or programmed 40 television stations. The company also engages in the sports representation business. Its sports marketing and management operations specialize in the representation of professional athletes, integrated event management, and marketing consulting services. In addition, the company owns the Katz Media Group, a media representation firm that sells national spot advertising time for clients in the radio and television industries in the United States. Clear Channel Communications was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and B.J. Red McCombs. The company is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY (DLM)
Del Monte Foods Company engages in the production, distribution, and marketing of branded and private label food and pet products in the United States. It operates through two segments, Consumer Products and Pet Products. The Consumer Products segment manufactures, markets, and sells branded and private label shelf stable products, including fruit, vegetable, tomato, broth, infant feeding, tuna, and soup products. The Pet Products segment manufactures, markets, and sells dry and wet pet food and pet snacks. The company sells its products to grocery chains, club stores, retail markets, mass merchandisers, the United States military, export markets, the foodservice industry, and food processors through direct sales force and independent food brokers. The company was incorporated in 1916 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
WENDYS/ARBYS GROUP INC (WEN)
Wendy's International, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the operation, development, and franchising of a system of quick service and fast casual restaurants. It offers a menu, including hamburgers and filet of chicken breast sandwiches; chicken nuggets, chicken strips, chili, and baked and French fried potatoes; prepared salads, desserts, soft drinks, and other nonalcoholic beverages; and children's meals. Wendy's International also offers coffee, cappuccino, fresh baked goods, such as donuts, muffins, pies, croissants, tarts, cookies, cakes, bagels, sandwiches, soups, and fresh-baked breads. It also serves a range of fast-casual, fresh Mexican food, including burritos, tacos, quesadillas, nachos, tostadas, beans, and rice. As of June 27, 2004, the company operated 6,535 Old Fashioned Hamburgers restaurants, 2,370 Tim Hortons restaurants, and 305 Baja Fresh Mexican Grill restaurants. Wendy's International was founded in 1969 by Dave Thomas and is based in Dublin, Ohio.
RITCHIE BROS. AUCTIONEERS INCORPORATED (RBA)
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated operates as an auctioneer of industrial equipment. The company, through unreserved public auctions, sells a range of assets, including trucks and equipment used in the construction, transportation, mining, forestry, petroleum, material handling, marine, and agricultural industries worldwide. It also offers an array of services in the auction process for buyers and sellers of equipment. These services include conducting title searches on consigned equipment; making consigned equipment available for inspection by prospective buyers; providing access to representatives of finance companies, transportation companies, customs brokerages, and other service providers; and providing facilities for onsite cleaning, painting, and refurbishment of equipment. The company's customers primarily include end-users of equipment, such as contractors, equipment manufacturers, dealers, brokers, and finance companies. As of December 31, 2004, it operated from approximately 110 locations, including 29 auction sites, in 25 countries. Ritchie Bros. was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.
TECH DATA CORPORATION (TECD)
Tech Data Corporation provides information technology products, logistics management, and other value-added services worldwide. It distributes microcomputer hardware and software products, including peripherals, systems, networking, and software to approximately 90,000 value-added resellers, corporate resellers, retailers, direct marketers, and Internet resellers. The company also offers value-added customer services, such as pre and postsale training and technical support, external financing options, configuration services, outbound telemarketing, marketing services, and a suite of electronic commerce solutions. Tech Data primarily offers its products and services in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Africa. The company was founded by Edward C. Raymund in 1974 and is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC (BKD)
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. operates senior living facilities in the United States. It offers independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, and retirement centers/ continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). The company's independent living facilities, designed for the people aged about 70 and older, provides various education, wellness, therapy, home health, and other ancillary services. Its assisted living facilities offer housing and 24-hour assistance with ADLs to mid-acuity frail and elderly residents. Brookdale's retirement centers/CCRCs provide various living arrangements and services to accommodate all levels of physical ability and health. As of December 31, 2006, it operated approximately 66 independent living facilities with 11,986 units/beds; 408 assisted living facilities with 20,974 units/beds; 48 retirement centers or CCRCs with 13,763 units/beds; and 24 facilities with 4,548 units/beds. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
BRUKER CORPORATION (BRKR)
Bruker BioSciences Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, service, and marketing of life science systems and materials research tools based on mass spectrometry core technology platforms and X-ray technology. It also sells a range of field analytical systems for nuclear, biological, and chemical detection. The company's mass spectrometry-based solutions combine mass spectrometry instrumentation; automated sampling and sample preparation robots; reagent kits and other disposable products used in conducting tests, or assays; and bioinformatics software. Bruker BioSciences' X-ray systems integrate powerful detectors with advanced X-ray sources, computer-controlled positioning systems, sample handling devices, and data collection and analysis software to acquire, analyze, and manage elemental and molecular information. Its customers primarily include end-users, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, proteomics, agricultural biotechnology, molecular diagnostics, and chemical companies, as well as commercial laboratories, university laboratories, medical schools, and other not-for profit research institutes and government laboratories in North America, the European Union, and Japan. The company is headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts.
Foot Locker, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as the retailer of athletic footwear and apparel. It operates through two segments, Athletic Stores and Direct-to-Customers. The Athletic Stores segment retails athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories under various brand names for running, basketball, hiking, tennis, aerobics, fitness, baseball, football, and soccer. The Direct-to-Customers segment reflects Footlocker.com, Inc., which sells footwear, apparel, equipment, and team licensed private-label merchandise to customers through catalogs and Internet Web sites. As of January 29, 2005, the company operated 3,967 primarily mall-based stores in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Foot Locker was incorporated in 1879 and is headquartered in New York City.
CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION (CEDC)
Central European Distribution Corporation (CEDC), through its subsidiaries, operates primarily as a wholesale distributor of fine wines, beers, and liquors in Poland. The company distributes international and locally produced beers; and approximately 300 spirit products, including scotch, single malt and other whiskeys, rums, bourbons, Polish vodkas, tequilas, gins, brandy, cognacs, vermouths, and specialty liquors. It also imports various branded cigarettes and cigars. CEDC distributes its products throughout Poland to approximately 37,260 outlets, including off-trade establishments, such as small businesses, medium-size retail outlets, petrol stations, duty free stores supermarkets, and hypermarkets; and ontrade locations, such as bars, nightclubs, hotels, and restaurants. As of June 30, 2005, the company operated through 14 distribution centers and 86 satellite branches. CEDC was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. Central European Distribution Corporation acquired majority interests in Polmos Bialystok S.A. in October 2005.
BJS WHOLESALE CLUB INC (BJ)
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. operates warehouse clubs in the eastern United States. As of November 3, 2005, the company operated 161 warehouse clubs, 86 of which operate gasoline stations, and 2 ProFoods Restaurant Supply clubs. Its food products include frozen foods, fresh meat and dairy products, beverages, dry grocery items, fresh produce and flowers, canned goods, and household paper products; general merchandise comprise consumer electronics, prerecorded media, small appliances, tires, jewelry, health and beauty aids, household needs, computer software, books, greeting cards, apparel, toys, and seasonal items. The company also offers specialty services, including full-service optical stores; food courts; communications centers for Internet access, cellular phones and wireless needs; on-site photo service; BJ's Vacations; a selection of garden sheds; patios and sunrooms; a propane tank filling service; and muffler and brake services. It operates in New York, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, Maine, Delaware, and South Carolina. BJ's Wholesale Club is based in Natick, Massachusetts.
REGENCY ENERGY PARTNERS LP (RGNC)
Regency Energy Partners LP engages in the gathering, processing, marketing, and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) north Louisiana, Texas and the mid-continent region of the United States. It operates in two segments, Gathering and Processing, and Transportation. The Gathering and Processing segment provides “wellhead-to-market” services to producers of natural gas, which include transporting raw natural gas from the wellhead through gathering systems; processing raw natural gas to separate natural gas liquids, or NGLs from the raw natural gas; and selling or delivering the pipeline-quality natural gas and NGLs to various markets and pipeline systems. The Transportation segment delivers natural gas from northwest Louisiana to markets in northeast Louisiana through its 320-mile Regency Intrastate Pipeline system. The company, formerly known as Regency Gas Services LLC, was founded in 2003 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS LP (MWE)
MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. engages in the gathering, processing, and transmission of natural gas; the transportation, fractionation, and storage of natural gas liquids (NGL); and the gathering and transportation of crude oil. The company operates in the northeastern and southwest United States. Its general partner is MarkWest Energy, GP, L.L.C. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Englewood, Colorado.
BP PRUDHOE BAY ROYALTY TRUST (BPT)
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust operates as a grantor trust in the United States. The trust holds overriding royalty interest in the Prudhoe Bay Unit located on the North Slope in Alaska. The royalty interest constitutes a nonoperational interest in minerals, which entitles the trust to a royalty on 16.4246% of the first 90,000 barrels of the average actual daily net production of oil and condensate per quarter. BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust was formed in 1989 and is based in New York City.
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.
PERFECT WORLD CO. LTD (PWRD)
Perfect World Co., Ltd. operates as an online game developer and operator in the People's Republic of China. It primarily develops three-dimensional (3D) online games based on its proprietary Angelica 3D game engine and game development platform. Its 3D massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG) include Perfect World, an adventure and fantasy game with traditional Chinese settings; Legend of Martial Arts, which is based on a TV drama series with the same Chinese name and is an adventure story of Chinese swordsmen set in an ancient kingdom; Perfect World II, which is set in a similar content and graphic background as Perfect World; and Zhu Xian, which is based on a popular Internet novel with the same name. The company is also developing two additional 3D MMORPGs, which are Chi Bi and a casual game, Hot Dance Party. Perfect World Co., Ltd. was founded in 2004 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
COOPER COMPANIES INC (COO)
The Cooper Companies, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of healthcare products worldwide. It operates in two segments, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. The CooperVision segment develops, manufactures, and markets a range of contact lenses for the vision care market. It specializes in toric lenses that correct astigmatism; cosmetic lenses, which change the appearance of the color of the eye; and other lenses. The CooperSurgical segment engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices, diagnostic products, and surgical instruments and accessories, which are used primarily by gynecologists and obstetricians. The company markets its products through field sales representatives and distributors in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Portugal, Italy, Spain, France, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Australia, and South Africa. The company was organized in 1980 and is based in Pleasanton, California. The Cooper Companies, Inc. acquired Ocular Sciences, Inc., a contact lens manufacturer, in January 2005.
GIANT INTERACTIVE GROUP INC (GA)
Giant Interactive Group, Inc. develops and operates online games in the People's Republic of China. It focuses on massively multiplayer online (MMO) games that are played through networked game servers, in which thousands of players are able to connect and interact. The company's games include ZT Online, a two-dimensional online role-playing game; ZT Online PTP, a pay-to-play MMO game and is based on the ZT Online free-to-play game; and Giant Online, a military-themed MMO game. It markets and sells prepaid game cards and game points through Internet cafes, software stores, supermarkets, bookstores, newspaper stands, and convenience stores, as well as through its official game Web site. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.
CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC (CNK)
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate in the motion picture exhibition industry in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. It operates 392 theatres and 4,430 screens in the United States and Latin America. Cinemark Holdings is based in Plano, Texas.
ECHOSTAR CORPORATION (SATS)
EchoStar Holding Corporation manufactures consumer electronic products that enable users to watch and interact with their subscription television through an Internet connected computer or mobile device. It designs, develops, and distributes digital set-top boxes and related products for direct-to-home satellite service providers. The company's set-top box products include standard-definition (SD) basic digital set-top boxes, SD-DVR digital set-top boxes, high-definition (HD) digital set-top boxes, and HD-DVR digital set-top boxes. It provides fixed satellite services through its nine owned or leased in-orbit satellites and related FCC licenses, a network of seven full service digital broadcast centers, and leased fiber optic capacity with points of presence in approximately 150 cities. The company's transponder capacity is used for various applications, including broadcasting services, government services, network services, and satellite Internet protocol. In addition, it has agreements to construct and launch an S-band satellite and to lease its transponder capacity to a Hong Kong joint venture to support the development of satellite-delivered mobile video services in China. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
VERIPHONE HOLDINGS INC (PAY)
VeriFone Holdings, Inc. engages in the design and marketing of system solutions for electronic payment transactions and value-added services at point of sale. Its system solutions include point of sale electronic payment devices, security and encryption software, and certified payment software, as well as third party applications. The company's solutions process various payment types, including signature and PIN-based debit cards, credit cards, contactless/radio frequency identification or radio frequency identification, cards, smart cards, prepaid gift and other stored-value cards, electronic bill payment, check authorization and conversion, signature capture, and electronic benefits transfer. It also provides point-of-sale receipt printers, pin pads, and check readers, as well as multi application products. In addition, the company offers client services, such as new product deployment and related support; professional services, including product customization; and technical support, which include online technical support resources access. It serves financial institutions, payment processors, petroleum companies, retailers, government organizations, healthcare companies, and independent sales organizations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia/Pacific, and Latin America. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is based in San Jose, California.
Equity One, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the acquisition, renovation, development, and management of community and neighborhood shopping centers located in the southern United States and in the metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts area. Its shopping centers primarily include supermarkets or other necessity-oriented retailers, such as drug stores or discount retail stores. As of August 8, 2005, the company's portfolio consisted of 188 properties, including 128 supermarket-anchored shopping centers, 8 drug store-anchored shopping centers, 43 retail-anchored shopping centers, 6 development parcels, and 3 commercial properties, as well as a noncontrolling interest in 1 unconsolidated joint venture. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal tax to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was organized in 1992 and is based in North Miami Beach, Florida.
ARENA RESOURCES INC (ARD)
Arena Resources, Inc. engages primarily in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties, as well as in the production and sale of oil and gas. The company owns interests in oil and gas properties located in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and New Mexico. As of December 31, 2004, the company had estimated proved reserves of approximately 21.2 million barrels of oil equivalent, as well as owned 217 net oil wells and 2 net gas wells. It had interests in 12 leases with net revenue interests ranging from 24.5% to 81.32%. The company sells its oil and natural gas production to end users, marketers, and other purchasers. Arena Resources was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC (TR)
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company sells its products primarily under the Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Roll Pops, Child's Play, Caramel Apple Pops, Charms, Blow-Pop, Blue Razz, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Da Pops, Cella's, Mason Dots, Mason Crows, Junior Mint, Charleston Chew, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Babies, Andes, Fluffy Stuff, Dubble Bubble, Razzles, Cry Baby, and Nik-L-Nip brand names. It sells its products primarily to supermarkets, various stores, dollar stores, chain grocers, drug chains, discount chains, cooperative grocery associations, warehouse and membership club stores, wholesale distributors of candy and groceries, vending machine operators, the U. S. military, and fund-raising charitable organizations. The company markets its products through approximately 100 candy and grocery brokers in the United States. Tootsie Roll Industries was founded in 1896. It was formerly known as Sweets Company of America and changed its name to Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. in 1966. The company is based in Chicago, Illinois.
THE DRESS BARN INC (DBRN)
The Dress Barn, Inc. and its subsidiaries, operate a chain of women's apparel specialty stores in the United States. The company offers casual fashion apparel and sportswear, as well as dresses, suits, special occasion clothing, jewelry, hosiery, handbags, and shoes under its dressbarn and maurices brands. As of November 26, 2005, it operated 797 dressbarn and 511 maurices stores. The company was co-founded by Elliot S. Jaffe in 1962 and is based in Suffern, New York.
COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE DISTRIBUICAO (CBD)
Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao, through its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer of food products, apparel, electric, and electronic devices and other items that comprise its lines sold at hypermarkets, supermarkets, and department stores. Its stores operate in Brazil primarily under the tradenames Pao de Acucar, Extra, CompreBem Barateiro, and Extra-Eletro. The Pao de Acucar stores feature specialty areas, such as perishables, baked goods, meat, cheese, and seafood departments. The Extra stores offer household appliances, consumer electronic products, compact discs, toys, information technology products, and sports and entertainment items. The CompreBem Barateiro stores offer various branded and private label products. Extra-Eletro stores feature home appliances and consumer electronic products. As of June 30, 2004, the company operated 554 stores, of which 379 stores were operated by the company and 175 stores through its subsidiaries. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
HOME INNS & HOTELS MANAGEMENT INC (HMIN)
Home Inns & Hotels Management, Inc. engages in the development, lease, operation, franchise, and management of economy hotel chains in China. It operates its hotels under the brand name Home Inn. As of March 31, 2007, its Home Inns hotel chain consisted of 97 leased-and-operated hotels in operation with an additional 36 leased-and-operated hotels under development, and 48 franchised-and-managed hotels in operation with an additional 12 franchised-and-managed hotels under development, covering 53 cities in China. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.
Ciena Corporation supplies communications networking equipment, software, and services to telecommunications service providers, cable operators, governments, and enterprises. It operates through four segments: Transport and Switching Group (TSG), Data Networking Group (DNG), Broadband Access Group (BBG), and Global Network Services (GNS). The TSG segment offers transport and switching products that enable service providers to increase the efficiency of their metropolitan communications networks, as well as to transition and converge their metropolitan communications infrastructures to support multiple service traffic types. The DNG segment provides multiservice edge switching and routing portfolio that enables telecommunications service providers to transition their metropolitan communications networks from legacy technologies, such as ATM and Frame Relay, to next-generation technologies, such as Ethernet and IP/MPLS. The BBG segment offers broadband access products that allow telecommunications service providers to transition their voice networks to support next generation services, such as Internet based telephony, video services, and DSL. The GNS segment offers a range of consulting and support services, including network design, deployment services, product installation, testing and commissioning access, and data and optical networks; maintenance and support services for its channel partners and end users; managed services for helpdesk and technical assistance, spares, logistics management, software updates, engineering dispatch, advanced technical support, and hardware and software warranty extensions; and service partner certification and documentation services. The company sells its communications networking equipment, software, and services through its direct sales efforts, as well as through channel relationships in the North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Ciena Corporation was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Linthicum, Maryland.
TRINA SOLAR LIMITED (TSL)
Trina Solar Limited, through its subsidiary, Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd., engages in the manufacture and sale of solar-power products primarily in China. The company's solar modules provide electric power for residential, commercial, industrial, and other applications worldwide. It produces solar modules ranging from 160 watts to 185 watts in power output. The company manufactures monocrystalline ingots, wafers, and solar cells for use in its solar module production. Trina Solar Limited provides silicon wafers to toll manufacturers and purchase solar cells from toll manufacturers. It also sells a portion of its ingots to toll manufacturers and purchase wafers from toll manufacturers. Trina Solar Limited sells its products to distributors, wholesalers, and system integrators. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Changzhou, the People's Republic of China.
ABRAXIS BIOSCIENCE INC (ABII)
Abraxis Bioscience, Inc., a biotechnology company, delivers therapeutics and core technologies that offer patients and medical professionals treatments for cancer and other critical illnesses. It primarily focuses on an array of oncology drug candidates and a cardiovascular portfolio. The Abraxis portfolio includes protein-based nanoparticle chemotherapeutic compound, ABRAXANE, which is based on its proprietary tumor targeting system, known as the nab technology platform. The company also develops a pipeline, which includes further investigation with ABRAXANE, as well as other drug candidates. Its other clinical product candidates include ABI-008, a solvent-free, Tween-free nanometer-sized form of docetaxel for the treatment of solid tumors; ABI-009, a nab-rapamycin mTOR inhibitor for the treatment of solid tumors; ABI-010, a polyketide inhibitor of heat shock protein 90 for the treatment of solid tumors; and Coroxane for the treatment of coronary artery restenosisis. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Dillard's, Inc. operates retail department stores in the southeastern, southwestern, and midwestern areas of the United States. The company offers cosmetics, women's and juniors' clothing, children's clothing, men's clothing and accessories, shoes, accessories and lingerie, and home furnishings. As of December 1, 2005, it operated 329 stores in 29 states. The company was founded in 1938 by William Dillard and is based in Little Rock, Arkansas.
ALLIED IRISH BANKS P.L.C (AIB)
Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. provides a range of banking, financial, and related services, principally in Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Poland. It provides various savings and investment products, loans and overdrafts, home loans, home improvement loans, foreign exchange facilities, and a range of money transmission services, as well as issues Visa and Mastercard credit cards. The company also offers mortgages, retail bonds, mutual funds, treasury and capital market products, leasing and factoring facilities, foreign trade services, and asset management and stock broking services, as well as a range of financial planning services, including life assurance, savings and investment instruments, pensions, and inheritance tax planning. As of December 31, 2004, Allied Irish Banks operated from approximately 770 branches and outlets, principally in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Britain, and Poland. Its customers primarily include individuals, small and medium sized commercial customers, farmers, and the corporate sector. The company was founded in 1825 and is Dublin, Ireland.
HSN, Inc. markets and sells a range of third party and private label merchandise. It offers electronics and housewares, jewelry, beauty, apparel, health, home fashions, accessories, vitamins, and other products directly to consumers through the HSN television network and its related Web site, HSN.com. The company also provides home furnishings, products and accessories, and casual and leisure apparel through Cornerstone, which consists of various branded catalogs and related Web sites, including Frontgate, Ballard Designs, Garnet Hill, Smith+Noble, The Territory Ahead, TravelSmith, and Improvements, as well as 26 retail and outlet stores. HSN, Inc. is based in St. Petersburg, Florida. HSN, Inc. (NasdaqGS: HSNI.V) operates independently of IAC/InterActiveCorp. as of August 20, 2008.
SILVER STANDARD RESOURCES INC (SSRI)
Silver Standard Resources, Inc., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition and exploration of silver properties in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and the United States. Its principal mineral properties include the Pirquitas Project in the province of Jujuy, Argentina; Pitarrilla Project in Durango State, Mexico; the Bowdens Silver Project in the Mudgee District of Australia; the Shafter Silver Project in Texas, the United States; and a 50% interest in the Manantial Espejo Project in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina. Silver Standard Resources also holds interest in the Diablillos Project, Argentina; the Berenguela Project, Peru; the Challacollo Silver Project, Chile; the Maverick Springs Project, northern Nevada; and Candelaria Mine in west central Nevada; the San Marcial Silver Project and the San Agustin Property in Mexico; the Silvertip Property and the Sulphurets Project in northern British Columbia; and the Sunrise Lake Deposit in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The company was incorporated as Silver Standard Mines Limited in 1946. It changed its name to Silver Standard Mines Limited in 1979 and to Consolidated Silver Standard Mines Limited in 1984. Further, it changed name to Silver Standard Resources, Inc. in 1990. Silver Standard Resources is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
AMERICAN CAPITAL LTD (ACAS)
American Capital Strategies, Ltd. operates as a nondiversified closed end investment company that provides investment capital to middle market companies in the United States. It invests in and sponsors management and employee buyouts; invests in private equity sponsored buyouts; and provides capital directly to private and small public companies. The company provides senior debt, mezzanine debt, and equity to fund growth, acquisitions, and recapitalizations. The company's offers its services to a portfolio companies operating in various industries, including commercial services and supplies, food products, electrical equipment, building products, auto components, healthcare, household durables, electronic equipment and instruments, textiles and apparel, machinery, chemicals, Internet and catalog retail, leisure equipment and products, construction and engineering, diversified financial services, and information technology. American Capital Strategies was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING GROUP INC (OSG)
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG), an independent bulk shipping company, engages in the ocean transportation of crude oil and petroleum products. The company also transports dry bulk cargo. It operates Foreign Flag very large crude carriers, Aframaxes, product carriers, and the U.S. Flag Crude Tankers. As of December 31, 2004, OSG's fleet strength consisted of 61 oceangoing vessels, including 51 vessels operating in the international market and 10 vessels operating in the U.S. Flag market. The company is headquartered in New York City. Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. acquired Stelmar Shipping, Ltd., a provider of petroleum product and crude oil transportation services, in January 2005.
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION (IART)
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices for use in neuro-trauma, neurosurgery, reconstructive surgery, and general surgery. Its product groups include monitoring products, implants, instruments, and private label products. The company's monitoring products include intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring systems, cerebral blood flow and ICP systems, oxygen monitoring systems, cranial access and cerebrospinal fluid drainage systems, epilepsy monitoring electrodes, and electroencephalogram, evoked potential, and electromyography electrodes, as well as disposables and other supplies. Its implants include absorbable collagen products, skin replacement and engineered wound dressings, hydrocephalus management products, peripheral nerves repair and protection products, hydrocephalus management, small bone and joint fixation devices and instruments, and hemodynamic shunts. The company's instruments include ultrasonic aspirator, cranial stabilization and positioning systems, halo retractor system, electro-surgery generators, neurosurgical and spinal instruments, reconstructive and plastic surgery instruments, harvesting and conditioning skin grafts devices, and spinal specialties. Integra LifeSciences sells its products primarily through catalogs and telemarketing to neurologists, hospitals, sleep clinics, and other physicians. The company also distributes various disposables and supplies, including surface electrodes, needle electrodes, recording transducers and stimulators, and respiratory sensors. Integra LifeSciences Holdings was founded in 1989 and is based in Plainsboro, New Jersey.
KKR Financial Corp., a real estate investment trust and specialty finance company, invests in various asset classes in the United States. The company invests in residential mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities; corporate loans and debt securities; commercial real estate loans and debt securities; asset-backed securities, and equity securities. KKR Financial Advisors LLC serves as the manager of the company. KKR Financial Corp. was founded in 2004 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Live Nation, Inc. operates as a live music and venue management company. It operates through three segments: Events, Venues and Sponsorship, and Digital Distribution. The Events segment engages in the promotion or production of live music shows, theatrical performances, and specialized motor sports events, as well as provides various services to artists. The Venues and Sponsorship segment principally involves the operation of venues and the sale of premium seats, national and local sponsorships, and placement of advertising, including signage and promotional programs, and naming of subscription series and venues. The Digital Distribution segment engages in the management of the company's third-party ticketing relationships, in-house ticketing operations, and online and wireless distribution activities, including the development of the company's Web site. The company also operates in the sports representation and other businesses. As of December 31, 2006, it owned, operated, or leased 94 venues and 49 facilities throughout North America, and 37 venues and 31 facilities internationally. The company was formerly known as CCE Spinco, Inc. and changed its name to Live Nation, Inc. in 2006. Live Nation is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.
Conseco, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, marketing, and administration of supplemental health insurance, annuity, individual life insurance, and other insurance products in the United States. The company operates in two groups, Bankers Life and Conseco Insurance. The Bankers Life group markets and distributes Medicare supplement insurance, life insurance, long-term care insurance, and annuities to the senior market through exclusive career agents and sales managers. It also markets graded benefit and simplified issue life insurance directly to consumers through television advertising, direct mail, the Internet, and telemarketing. The Conseco Insurance Group markets and distributes specified disease insurance, Medicare supplement insurance, and certain life and annuity products to the senior and middle-income markets through independent marketing organizations that represent producing independent agents. The company was founded as Security National of Indiana Corp. in 1979 and changed its name to Conseco, Inc. in 1984. Conseco is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.
Diana Shipping, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide shipping transportation services. The company transports dry bulk cargoes, including as iron ore, coal, grain, and other materials along worldwide shipping routes. As of December 20, 2005, it owned and operated nine Panamax and one Capesize dry bulk carriers with a combined carrying capacity of approximately 842,278 deadweight tons. The company charter's its vessels to major trading houses, including commodities traders; producers; and government-owned entities. Diana Shipping was formed as Diana Shipping Investments Corp. in 1999 and changed its name to Diana Shipping, Inc. in 2005. The company is based in Athens, Greece.
COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (CTB)
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company manufactures replacement tires principally in North America. It operates through two segments, North American Tire Operations and International Tire Operations. The North American Tire Operations segment produces passenger car tires, light truck tires, and radial medium truck tires, as well as retread equipment and materials. Its customers include independent tire dealers, wholesale distributors, retail tire chains, and retail chains that sell tires and other automotive products. The International Tire Operations segment produces passenger car, light truck, racing, and motorcycle tires. It markets these products primarily to dealers in the replacement markets in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and Scandinavia. This segment, through a manufacturing supply agreement, provides entry level passenger tires from China for distribution in the European market. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Findlay, Ohio.
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.
Vector Group, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes in the United States. It produces cigarettes in approximately 220 combinations of length, style, and packaging. The company's brand portfolio consists of LIGGETT SELECT, EVE, JADE, PYRAMID, USA, and various private label brands. Vector Group also offers low nicotine and nicotine-free QUEST cigarette products, and reduced risk cigarette products. Its customers include candy and tobacco distributors, the military, warehouse club chains, grocery chains, and drug and convenience store chains. In addition, the company owns a controlling interest in a real estate company, which operates the residential brokerage company in the New York City metropolitan area, as well as a 50% interest in the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Vector Group is based in Miami, Florida.
ANNTAYLOR STORES CORPORATION (ANN)
AnnTaylor Stores Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer of women's apparel, shoes, and accessories in the United States. Its stores offer career and casual separates, dresses, tops, weekend wear, shoes, and accessories. The company sells its products through retail stores and over the Internet at www.anntaylor.com and www.anntaylorloft.com. As of May 31, 2005, it operated 771 stores that comprised 361 Ann Taylor stores, 368 Ann Taylor LOFT stores, and 42 Ann Taylor Factory stores in 46 states, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The company is headquartered in New York City.
MasTec, Inc. provides various services for the providers of telecommunications, broadband, energy services, traffic control, and homeland security systems in North America. It provides telecommunication customers with networks that carry voice, video, data, and Internet services to their end users. The company assists broadband companies, including cable television and satellite companies, to design, build, install, maintain, and upgrade the systems that bring cable television, satellite services, digital services, high-speed Internet access, and telephony to homes. MasTec assists electric, gas, and pipeline companies to design, build, install, maintain, and upgrade overhead and underground electrical distribution systems, transmission systems, substations, wind farms, switchyards, and natural gas pipelines. The company enables departments of transportation and local municipalities to design, build, install, maintain, and upgrade traffic control systems, including video surveillance systems and cameras, remote-controlled variable message signs, radar detection devices, traffic signal systems, and count stations. The company is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.
MBIA, Inc. provides financial guarantee insurance, investment management services, and municipal and other services to public finance and structured finance clients worldwide. The company insures financial obligations, which are sold in the new issue and secondary markets. It also provides financial guarantees for municipal bonds, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, investor-owned utility bonds, bonds backed by publicly or privately funded public purpose projects, bonds issued by sovereign and sub-sovereign entities and obligations collateralized by diverse pools of corporate loans, and credit default swaps, as well as pools of corporate and asset-backed bonds in the new issue and secondary markets. The municipal obligations that MBIA insures include tax-exempt and taxable indebtedness of states, counties, cities, utility districts, and other political subdivisions, as well as airports, higher education health care facilities, and similar authorities; and obligations issued by private entities that finance projects, which serve a substantial public purpose. The asset-backed and structured finance obligations insured by the company include residential and commercial mortgages, proceeds of insurance policies, various consumer loans, corporate loans and bonds, trade and export receivables, equipment, aircraft and real property leases, and infrastructure projects. It also insures privately issued bonds used for the financing of public purpose projects, including toll roads, bridges, airports, public transportation facilities, and other types of infrastructure projects. In addition, the company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, MBIA Asset Management, LLC, provides investment management products and financial services, including cash management, customized asset management and investment consulting services to local governments, school districts and other institutional clients. MBIA was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Armonk, New York.
SYKES ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED (SYKE)
Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated and its subsidiaries provide outsourced customer contact management solutions and services worldwide. It offers its services through multiple communications channels, including phone, email, Web, and chat. The company also provides various enterprise support services, including client's internal support operations, technical staffing services, and outsourced corporate help desk services. In addition, the company provides fulfillment services, including multilingual sales order processing via the Internet and phone, inventory control, product delivery, and product returns handling. Sykes offers its services to communications, technology/consumer, financial services, healthcare, transportation, and leisure industries. The company was founded by John H. Sykes in 1977 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
Tower Group, Inc. provides specialized property and casualty insurance products and services to small to mid-sized businesses and individuals in New York City and the adjacent areas of New York State. Tower Group operates in three segments: Insurance, Reinsurance, and Insurance Services. In Insurance segment, its insurance subsidiary, Tower Insurance Company of New York (TICNY) provides commercial and personal lines insurance policies to businesses and individuals. TICNY's commercial lines products include commercial multiple-peril, monoline general liability, commercial umbrella, monoline property, workers' compensation, and commercial automobile policies. It offers these services to businesses, such as retail and wholesale stores, grocery stores, restaurants, artisan contractors, and residential and commercial buildings. Its personal lines products consist of homeowners, dwelling, and other liability policies. In Reinsurance segment, TICNY assumes reinsurance directly from the insurance companies for which its insurance service subsidiary, Tower Risk Management Corporation (TRM) produces insurance premiums or indirectly from reinsurers that provide reinsurance coverage directly to these companies. In Insurance Services segment, TRM provides general underwriting, claims administration, and reinsurance intermediary services. The company was founded by Michael H. Lee in 1990 and is based in New York City.
ATP OIL & GAS CORPORATION (ATPG)
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation engages in the acquisition, development, and production of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea. The company had leasehold and other interests in 52 offshore blocks; 26 platforms; and 68 wells, including 5 subsea wells in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as in 10 blocks and 1 company-operated subsea well in the North Sea, as of December 31, 2004. It had leasehold interests in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea covering approximately 317,028 gross and 249,361 net acres, as of the above date. As of December 31, 2004, the company had estimated net proved reserves of 275.2 billion cubic feet equivalent, of which approximately 180.7 billion cubic feet equivalent was in the Gulf of Mexico and 94.5 billion cubic feet equivalent was in the North Sea. These reserves comprised of 205.2 billion cubic feet equivalent of natural gas and 11.7 million barrels of oil. ATP Oil & Gas was founded by T. Paul Bulmahn in 1991. The company is based in Houston, Texas.
ArcSight, Inc. provides compliance and security management solutions that protect enterprises and government agencies in the United States and internationally. The company offers an ESM platform, which delivers a view of disparate digital alarms, alerts, and status messages across geographically dispersed and heterogeneous business and technology infrastructures. Its platform collects streaming data from event sources, translates the streaming data into a common format, and processes the data with its correlation engine. The company's platform also identifies and prioritizes high-risk activity and presents a consolidated view of threats to the business and technology infrastructure in graphical displays. Its software also correlates various events from thousands of security point solutions, network and computing devices, and applications, enabling intelligent identification, prioritization, and response to external threats, insider threats, and compliance and corporate policy violations. The company's customers include companies operating in aerospace and defense, energy and utilities, financial services, food production and services, healthcare, high technology, insurance, media and entertainment, retail, and telecommunications industries, as well as approximately 20 government agencies of the United States. ArcSight, Inc., formerly known as Wahoo Technologies, Inc., was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.
BPZ Resources, Inc. engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas in Peru and Ecuador. It has rights and license agreements for oil and gas exploration and production covering approximately 2.4 million acres in northwest Peru. The company's license contracts cover 100% ownership of Block Z-1 covering 739,205 acres; Block XIX that comprises 472,860 acres; Block XXII covering 948,000 acres; and Block XXIII that comprises 248,000 acres. It also owns a 10% non-operating working interest in the Santa Elena property located in the southwest region of Ecuador, as well as focuses on the generation of electricity through its gas-fired power generation facility in Peru. The company was founded in 2001. It was formerly known as BPZ Energy, Inc. and changed its name to BPZ Resources, Inc. in 2007. BPZ Resources is headquartered in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Lima, Peru, and Quito, Ecuador.
PHARMACEUTICAL RESOURCES INC (PRX)
Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., a holding company, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and distribution of generic drugs in the United States. Its product line comprises generic prescription drugs consisting of 187 products representing various dosage strengths for 80 separate drugs. The company's generic drug products include central nervous system, cardiovascular, anti-inflammatory, gastrointestinal, and anti-infective treatments. Its products are manufactured principally in the solid oral dosage form consisting of tablets, caplets, and two-piece hard shell capsules. Par Pharmaceutical also distributes one oral suspension product and one product in the semisolid form of a cream. In addition, it designs and develops intermediate ingredients used in the production of finished products for the pharmaceutical industry. The company markets its products under the Par label primarily to wholesalers, retail drug store chains, managed health care providers, and distributors principally through its internal sales staff. Par Pharmaceutical Companies has research and development agreements with Advancis Pharmaceutical Corporation to develop and market a formulation of the antibiotic amoxicillin; Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc. to market a clonidine transdermal patch, a generic version of Boehringer Ingelheim's Catapres TTS; with IntelliPharmaCeutics, Ltd. for the development of a generic, controlled release drug product for the United States market; and Nortec Development Associates, Inc. The company was formerly known as Pharmaceutical Resources, Inc. and changed its name to Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. in May 2004. Par Pharmaceutical is headquartered in Spring Valley, New York.
THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATION (MIDD)
The Middleby Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of commercial and institutional foodservice equipment. Its products include conveyor oven equipment, convection and deck oven equipment, cooking equipment, ranges, baking ovens and proofers, fryer equipment, heavy-duty cooking equipment, steam cooking equipment, toasters, cooking and warming equipment, and charbroilers and catering equipment. The company offers its products to fast food or quick-service restaurants; full-service restaurants, including casual-theme restaurants; retail outlets, such as convenience stores, supermarkets, and department stores; and public and private institutions, such as hotels, resorts, schools, hospitals, long-term care facilities, correctional facilities, stadiums, airports, corporate cafeterias, military facilities, and government agencies. Middleby sells its products through independent dealers and distributors, sales personnel, and network of independent manufacturers' representatives. The company was founded as Middleby Marshall Oven Company in 1888 and changed its name to The Middleby Corporation in 1985. Middleby is based in Elgin, Illinois.
ENSTAR GROUP LIMITED (ESGR)
Enstar Group, Inc. operates various equity affiliates in the financial services industry. The company, through its partially owned equity affiliates, B.H. Acquisition Limited and Castlewood Holdings Limited, acquires and manages insurance and reinsurance companies that have ceased the underwriting of new policies. It offers services such as claims administration, adjustment, and settlement together with the collection of reinsurance recoveries. In addition, Castlewood Holdings provides management, consulting, and other services to the insurance and reinsurance industry. Enstar Group was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama.
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION (MENT)
Mentor Graphics Corporation provides electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services, and support for electronics and semiconductor companies worldwide. The company develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and supports electronic design automation products and provides related services, which are used by engineers to design, analyze, simulate, model, implement, and verify the components of electronic systems. The company's customers use its products in the design of wire harness systems and semiconductors, such as microprocessors, field programmable gate arrays, printed circuit boards, and memory and application specific integrated circuits. The company's products are used in the design of various set of electronic products, including automotive electronics, video game consoles, telephone-switching systems, cellular handsets, computer network hubs and routers, signal processors, personal computers, video conferencing equipment, 3-D graphics boards, digital audio broadcast radios, smart cards, and products enabled with the Bluetooth short-range wireless radio technology and 802.11 wireless networking technology. The company markets its products and services primarily to companies in the military/aerospace, communications, computer, consumer electronics, semiconductor, networking, multimedia, and transportation industries. Mentor Graphics Corporation was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon.
INTERVAL LEISURE GROUP INC (IILG)
Interval Leisure Group, Inc. provides membership services to the vacation ownership industry. The company provides vacation ownership membership services to individual members of its exchange networks, which allows such members to exchange the use and occupancy of their vacation interest for accommodations at the same or another resort participating in an Interval exchange network, as well as provides such members with value-added products and services depending on the program and country of residence. It also offers related services to developers of the resorts participating in its exchange networks worldwide. As of December 31, 2007, the company's primary exchange network consisted of approximately 2,400 resorts. In addition, it offers vacation rental and property management services to vacationers and vacation property owners in Hawaii. The company provided property management services to 26 resorts and hotels, as well as other management services to 23 properties. Interval Leisure Group was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida. Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS: IILG.V) operates independently of IAC/InterActiveCorp. as of August 20, 2008.
FINISAR CORPORATION (FNSR)
Finisar Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of fiber optic subsystems and components, and network performance test and monitoring systems. These products enable high-speed data communications over local area networks (LAN), storage area networks (SAN), and metropolitan area networks (MAN). The company's fiber optic subsystems and components consist of transmitters, receivers, and transceivers, which convert electrical signals into optical signals and back into electrical signals. Optical subsystems also include multiplexers, demultiplexers, and optical add/drop modules used in MAN applications. Its line of optical subsystems supports a range of network protocols, transmission speeds, distances, physical mediums, and configurations. Finisar's testing and monitoring solutions enable engineers, service technicians, and network managers to generate and capture data; filter the data; and identify various types of intermittent errors and other network problems for SANs, LANs, wireless networks, voice-over-Internet protocol applications, and technologies. Finisar markets its products to original equipment manufacturers through direct sales force, independent manufacturers' representatives, and international resellers. The company was founded in 1987 by Frank H. Levinson and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
ALLOS THERAPEUTICS INC (ALTH)
Allos Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of small molecule drugs for cancer treatments. Its three product candidates under development include Efaproxyn, PDX, and RH1. The Efaproxyn is a synthetic small molecule designed to sensitize hypoxic or oxygen-deprived areas of tumors during radiation therapy. It is evaluated as an adjunct to whole brain radiation therapy in a pivotal Phase 3 trial in women with brain metastases originating from breast cancer. PDX is a small molecule chemotherapeutic agent that inhibits dihydrofolate reductase, a folic acid dependent enzyme involved in the building of nucleic acid and other processes. PDX is in a Phase 1/2 single-agent study in patients with nonHodgkin's lymphoma; a Phase 1 combination study with docetaxel in patients with advanced cancer, including nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC); and a Phase 1 single-agent study to determine the maximum tolerated dose of PDX in patients with NSCLC. RH1 is a small molecule chemotherapeutic agent that is bioactivated by the enzyme DT-diaphorase, which is over-expressed in various tumors relative to normal tissue, including lung, colon, breast, and liver tumors. The company was incorporated as HemoTech Sciences, Inc. in 1992 and changed its name to Allos Therapeutics, Inc. in 1994. Allos Therapeutics is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.
BREITBURN ENERGY PARTNERS L.P (BBEP)
Breitburn Energy Partners L.P. operates as an oil and gas partnership. The partnership, through its wholly owned subsidiary, BreitBurn Operating L.P. and its general partner BreitBurn Operating GP, LLC, engages in the acquisition, exploitation, and development of oil and gas properties in the United States. Its assets primarily consist of producing and non-producing crude oil reserves located in the Los Angeles Basin in California, the Wind River and Big Horn Basins in central Wyoming, and the Permian Basin in west Texas. Breitburn Energy also owns oil properties along the Sunniland Trend in Florida. As of December 31, 2006, the partnerships' total estimated proved reserves were 30.7 million barrels of oil equivalent. BreitBurn GP, LLC operates as the general partner to the partnership. Breitburn Energy is based in Los Angeles, California.
PERMIAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST (PBT)
Permian Basin Royalty Trust, a grantor trust, holds overriding royalty rights in mineral properties in the United States. The trust holds a 75% net overriding royalty interest in Waddell Ranch Properties in Texas; and a 95% net overriding royalty interest in Texas Royalty Properties in Texas. The trust was established in 1980 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
CANADIAN SOLAR INC (CSIQ)
Canadian Solar, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of solar module products that convert sunlight into electricity for various uses. Its products include a range of standard solar modules to general specifications for use in various residential, commercial, and industrial solar power generation systems. The company also designs and produces specialty solar modules and products based on customers' requirements. Its specialty solar modules and products consist of customized modules that its customers incorporate into their own products, such as solar-powered bus stop lighting, and complete specialty products, such as solar-powered car battery chargers. In addition, the company implements solar power development projects, primarily in conjunction with government organizations to provide solar power generation in rural areas of the People's Republic of China. It sells standard solar modules to distributors and system integrators, and specialty solar modules and products directly to various manufacturers, who integrate these solar modules into their own products or sell and market them as part of their product portfolio. Canadian Solar offers its products to customers located in various markets worldwide, including Germany, Spain, Canada, China, Japan, and the United States. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Suzhou, the People's Republic of China.
PICO Holdings, Inc. operates as a diversified holding company. The company, through its subsidiaries, operates in water resource and water storage; real estate operations in Nevada; business acquisitions and financing; and insurance operations in run off. The company, through Vidler Water Company, Inc., engages in owning and developing water rights and water storage operations in the southwestern United States. It develops new sources of water for municipal and industrial use, and necessary storage infrastructure to facilitate the allocation of available water supplies. The company owns and develops land, and related mineral and water rights in Nevada through its subsidiary, Nevada Land & Resource Company, LLC. PICO Holdings engages in the acquisition and financing of businesses. The company, through Physicians Insurance Company of Ohio and Citation Insurance Company, is running off the medical professional liability insurance, and historical property and causality insurance. It also develops and provides software, ticker plant technologies, and managed services to the financial markets industry, through its subsidiary, HyperFeed Technologies, Inc. The company is based in La Jolla, California.
LEGACY RESERVES LP (LGCY)
Legacy Reserves LP, an independent oil and natural gas limited partnership, engages in the acquisition and exploitation of oil and natural gas properties primarily located in the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeast New Mexico. As of December 31, 2006, the company's estimated proved reserves were approximately 18.8 million barrels of crude oil equivalent, including 13.4 million barrels of crude oil or other liquid hydrocarbons and 32.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas. It also owned working interests in approximately 1,823 gross productive oil wells and 128 gross productive natural gas wells. Legacy Reserves GP, LLC serves as the general partner of the partnership. The company, formerly known as the Moriah Group, was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.
VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT (VE)
Veolia Environnement offers environmental management services to a range of public authorities, as well as to industrial, commercial, and residential customers worldwide. It operates through four segments: Water, Waste Management, Energy Services, and Transportation. The Water segment manages and operates water and wastewater treatment and distribution systems for public authorities and private companies. It also designs and manufactures water and wastewater treatment equipment and water systems. The Waste Management segment provides waste management and logistical services, which include waste collection; waste treatment; cleaning of public spaces, offices, and factories; maintenance of production equipment; treatment of polluted soil; and management of waste discharge at industrial sites. It also engages in sorting and recycling of materials; and waste recovery and treatment through composting, incineration, and landfilling. The Energy Services segment offers energy management services, such as services relating to heating and cooling networks, thermal and multitechnical systems, industrial utilities, installation and maintenance of production equipment, integrated facilities management, and street lighting. The Transportation segment provides integrated ground transportation solutions involving bus, train, maritime, tram, and other networks. The company was founded in 1853. It was formerly known as Vivendi Environnement and changed its name to Vivendi Universal in 2000. Further the company changed its name to Veolia Environnement in 2003. Veolia is headquartered in Paris, France.
ALLIED CAPITAL CORPORATION (ALD)
Allied Capital Corporation is a public investment firm specializing in growth capital investments, recapitalizations, acquisitions, buyouts, note purchases, and bridge financing. It typically makes mezzanine and equity investments in middle market companies, non-investment grade tranches of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), and collateralized debt obligations (CDO's). The firm seeks to invest in the following sectors: business services, financial services, consumer products, healthcare services, industrial products, retail, energy services, and broadcasting. It also operates as a business development company for regulatory oversight and reporting purposes and as a regulated investment company (RIC). Allied Capital was incorporated in 1958 and is based in Washington, D.C., with additional offices in New York City; Chicago, Illinois; and Los Angeles, California.
CARRIZO OIL & GAS INC (CRZO)
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and oil. The company focuses on operations in proven, producing natural gas and oil geologic trends along the onshore gulf coast in Texas and Louisiana, primarily in the Miocene, Wilcox, Frio, and Vicksburg trends. Carrizo also has interest in Barnett Shale area in north Texas and coalbed methane investment in the Rocky Mountains. As of December 31, 2004, the company operated 92 producing oil and gas wells, and had total proved reserves of 109.3 billion cubic feet of gas equivalent. Carrizo Oil was formed in 1993 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Nelnet, Inc. operates as an education finance company in the United States. It offers financial services and technology-based products. The company operates in three segments: Asset Management, Student Loan and Guarantee Servicing, and Servicing Software. The Asset Management segment's activities include student loan marketing, originations, acquisition, and portfolio management services. The company owns a portfolio of student loan assets through a series of education lending subsidiaries. It obtains loans through direct origination or through acquisition of loans. This segment also provides marketing, sales, managerial, and administrative support related to its asset generation activities. The Student Loan and Guarantee Servicing segment's activities include loan origination activities, application processing, borrower updates, payment processing, due diligence procedures, and claim processing. The company also provides servicing support to guaranty agencies, which includes system software, hardware and telecommunication support, borrower and loan updates, default aversion tracking services, claim processing services, and post-default collection services. The Servicing Software segment provides customized software solutions for the administration and management of the student loan process, collection services for educational debt, and customer-focused electronic transaction processing, and account and bill presentment. Nelnet is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska.
NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC (NCMI)
National CineMedia, Inc. provides advertising, business meetings, and event services to its members under exhibitor services agreements. It also provides services to third-party theatre circuits under network affiliate agreements. The company operates the digital in-theatre network in North America, which is used to distribute content for its advertising, meetings, and events businesses. It develops, produces, sells, and distributes a branded, pre-feature entertainment and advertising program, ‘FirstLook'; an advertising program for the lobby entertainment network; and various marketing and promotional products in theatre lobbies. The company also provides live and pre-recorded networked and single-site meetings and events in the theatres through its network; and distributes live and pre-recorded concerts, sporting events, and other entertainment programming to theatres in its digital network. National CineMedia was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Centennial, Colorado. National CineMedia, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Regal Entertainment Group.
ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK INC (ATNI)
Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides wireless and wireline telecommunications services in the Caribbean and North America. It offers wireless voice and data services for retail customers in Guyana and Bermuda, as well as wholesale wireless voice and data roaming services to national, regional, and local wireless carriers in rural markets located principally in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, and New Mexico. The company also provides domestic wireline local and long distance telephone services in Guyana; facilities-based integrated voice and data communications services to residential and business customers in New England, primarily in Vermont; and Internet access service in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition, it offers international long distance voice and data services into and out of Guyana through international fiber optic cables. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Salem, Massachusetts.
DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC (DAR)
Darling International, Inc. provides rendering, recycling, and recovery solutions to food industry worldwide. It operates through two segments, Rendering and Restaurant Services. The Rendering segment engages in the collection and processing of animal by-products from butcher shops, grocery stores, and independent meat and poultry processors. It converts these wastes into products, such as useable oils and proteins utilized by the agricultural and oleochemical industries. The Restaurant Services segment includes the collection of used cooking oils from food service establishments and recycles them into similar products, such as animal feed ingredients and industrial oils. This segment also provides grease trap services. Darling International was founded in 1882. It was incorporated as Darling-Delaware Company, Inc. in 1962 and changed its name to Darling International, Inc. in 1993. Darling International is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. INC (FELE)
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the design, manufacture, and distribution of groundwater and fuel pumping systems, electronic controls, and related parts and equipment. Its motors and pumps are used principally in submersible applications for pumping fresh water, fuel, wastewater, and other liquids in various applications, including residential, industrial, agriculture, fueling, off-shore drilling, and mining. In addition, the company manufactures industrial electric motors, which are used in a range of applications, including gasoline dispensers, paint handling equipment, electric hoists, explosion-proof vapor exhaust fans, vacuum pumping systems, food preparation equipment, as well as commercial and industrial water, fuel, and other liquid pumping systems. Franklin Electric also manufactures electronic drives and controls for the motors, which control functionality and provide protection from various hazards, such as electric surges, over-heating or dry wells, and tanks. It sells products through sales force, independent distributors, and repair shops in the United States, Europe, South Africa, Australia, Mexico, Japan, China, and other world markets. Franklin Electric was founded by E. J. Schaefer and T. W. Kehoe in 1944 and is based in Bluffton, Indiana.
HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS INC (HUGH)
Hughes Communications, Inc., through its subsidiary, provides satellite-based communications services and equipment to small and medium sized businesses, and enterprise customers. The VSAT segment provides satellite-based private networks to provide broadband connectivity to fixed locations on the ground. This segment offers network equipment and services that enable private networking, intranet and Internet access, credit card verification, voice services, inventory tracking and control, and content delivery and video distribution applications. It also provides broadband Internet services, as well as Internet service provider services, such as email and Web hosting; maintains hub facilities at Germany, India, and Brazil to provide ground support; and offers installation, program management, training, and support services. The Telecom Systems segment provides satellite ground segment systems, including design and development engineering, user device equipment, RF terminals, ground-based beam forming equipment, and base station solutions to mobile system operators. This segment develops broadband products for point-to-multipoint microwave radio network systems. The Parent and Other segment offers engineering services, as well as owns intellectual property, including stereo encoding and decoding technology that is used to support the end-to-end delivery of stereo audio over legacy analog television transmission systems, and various versions of FLEX paging reference designs that are used to provide one-way machine-to-machine wireless telemetry control for commercial and industrial applications. Hughes Communications serves automotive, energy, hospitality, retail, and services industries in the United States, Europe, South America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland. Hughes Communications, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apollo Investment Fund IV, L. P
TNS, Inc. provides business-critical data communications services to processors of credit card, debit card, and ATM transactions worldwide. The company also provides secure data and voice network services to the global financial services industry. It operates through four divisions: Point-Of-Sale/Point-Of-Service (POS) Services, International Services, Telecommunication Services, and Financial Services. The POS Services division enables the communication of transaction data between payment processors, and POS or ATM terminals. The International Services division offers data communications services to the POS industry in the United Kingdom. It provides data communications services to payment processors, which enable merchants to store transaction data and retrieve the data after business hours. The Telecommunication Services division provides call signaling services, which enable telecommunications carriers to establish and terminate telephone calls placed by their subscribers. It also offers database access services that enable its customers to provide intelligent network services, such as line information database, caller identification, toll-free number services, and local number portability; and fraud control services for calling card, credit card, third-party billing, and collect calls. The Financial Services division provides private data networking services, which enable communications and facilitate electronic trading among commercial banks, mutual funds, pension funds, broker-dealers, alternative trading systems, electronic communications networks, securities and commodities exchanges, and other market participants. TNS was founded by John J. McDonnell in 1990. The company was formerly known as TNS Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to TNS, Inc. in 2003. TNS is based in Reston, Virginia.
LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORPORATION (LINC)
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation provides career-oriented post-secondary education in the United States. It offers degree and diploma programs to high school graduates and working adults in four principal areas of study, including automotive technology, allied health, skilled trades, and business and information technology. The company offers health programs for medical administrative assistants, medical assistants, pharmacy technicians, and massage therapists. As of August 1, 2005, Lincoln Educational Services operated 32 campuses in 15 states under 7 brands: Lincoln Technical Institute, The Cittone Institute, CEI, Denver Automotive and Diesel College, Nashville Auto-Diesel College, Southwestern College, and New England Technical Institute. As of the above date, it had a combined enrollment of approximately 17,000 students. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in West Orange, New Jersey.
Venoco, Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, exploitation, and development of oil and natural gas properties in California and Texas. Its principal properties are located offshore southern California, onshore in California's Sacramento Basin, and onshore along the Gulf Coast of Texas. The company's properties include South Ellwood Field, Santa Clara Federal Unit, and Dos Cuadras Field in offshore California; Willows and Greater Grimes Fields in Sacramento Basin; Beverly Hills West Field and Santa Clara Avenue Field in coastal California onshore; and Hastings Complex and Constitution Field in Texas. As of December 31, 2006, its total proved reserves included 87,932 MBOE, which comprised of 49,607 thousand barrels of oil and 229,952 million cubic feet of natural gas. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in Denver, Colorado.
NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (NWLI)
National Western Life Insurance Company operates as a stock life insurance company. It provides individual whole life, universal life and term insurance plans, and annuities that include supplementary riders. Its life insurance products comprise life insurance, interest-sensitive whole life, and term insurance coverage. The company's annuity products consist of flexible premium and single premium deferred annuities, fixed indexed annuities, and single premium immediate annuities. The company markets and distributes its products through independent national marketing organizations in 49 States, the District of Columbia, and 4 U.S. territories. It also offers insurance products to residents of countries in Central and South America, the Caribbean, the Pacific Rim, Eastern Europe, and Asia. The company, through its subsidiaries, also engages in small real estate and nursing home operations. National Western Life Insurance Company was founded in 1956 and is based in Austin, Texas.
Systemax, Inc. operates as a direct marketer of personal desktop computers, notebook computers, computer related products, and industrial products in North America and Europe. It also assembles personal computers and sells them under Systemax, Tiger, and Ultra brands, as well as markets and sells computers manufactured by other companies. The company offers a range of computer related products, including laser printer toner cartridges and ink jet printer cartridges; recordable disks and magnetic tape cartridges; peripherals that include hard disks, CD-ROM and DVD drives, printers, and scanners; memory upgrades; data communication and networking equipment; monitors; digital cameras; plasma TVs; and packaged software. Systemax offers various industrial products, including storage equipment, such as metal shelving, bins, and lockers; light material handling equipment that include hand carts and hand trucks; furniture, small office machines, and related supplies; and consumable industrial products, such as first aid items, safety items, protective clothing, and OSHA compliance items. It serves business customers and individual consumers, including large businesses, small and midsized businesses, educational organizations, and government entities. Systemax markets its products through direct mail catalogs, e-commerce Internet sites, and personalized relationship marketing. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Port Washington, New York.
BROWN SHOE COMPANY INC (BWS)
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. operates in the footwear industry in the United States and internationally. The company primarily engages in the operation of retail shoe stores, and the sourcing and marketing of footwear for women, men, and children. As of January 29, 2005, it operated 1294 retail shoe stores. The company provides branded, licensed, and private-label casual, athletic, and dress footwear products to women, children, and men. In addition, Brown Shoe designs, sources, and markets footwear to retail stores in the United States and internationally, including department stores, mass merchandisers and specialty shoe stores. It also offers its products through the Internet. The company was formed in 1878 by George Warren Brown, Alvin Bryan, and Jerome Desnoyers under the name Bryan, Brown & Company. It changed its name to Brown Shoe Company in 1893. The company is headquartered in Clayton, Missouri. Brown Shoe Company, Inc. acquired Footwear Holdings, LLC, a privately held women's footwear design and wholesale company in April 2005.
MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P (MMLP)
Martin Midstream Partners L.P. provides marine transportation, terminalling, distribution, and midstream logistical services to producers and suppliers of hydrocarbon products and by-products, lubricants, and other liquids primarily in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. The company transports hydrocarbon products and by-products through its marine fleet of approximately 35 inland tank barges, 17 inland pushboats, and 2 offshore tug/barge tanker units. It owns and operates approximately 16 marine terminal facilities and 2 inland terminal facilities that provide storage and handling services for producers and suppliers of hydrocarbon products and by-products, lubricants, and other liquids. It also distributes and markets lubricants primarily to the offshore exploration and production industry. The company stores liquefied petroleum gas in its supply and storage facilities for resale to propane retailers and industrial liquefied petroleum gas users in Texas and the southeastern United States. Martin Midstream also manufactures and sells fertilizer products, which are primarily sulfur-based, and other sulfur-related products to regional wholesale distributors and industrial users. In addition, the company rents land to oil and gas companies, as well as provides storage and handling services for lubricants and fuel oil. Martin Resource Management Corporation serves as the general partner for the company. Martin Midstream Partners is based in Kilgore, Texas. Martin Midstream Partners L.P. is a subsidiary of Martin Resource Management Corporation.
Diamond Foods, Inc. engages in the processing, marketing, and distribution of culinary, in-shell, ingredient nuts, and snack products. Its products include shelled nuts, pegboard nuts, glazed nuts, mixed nuts, roasted nuts, and custom processed nuts, as well as trail mix and yogurt enrobed products. The company sells its products directly to retailers, primarily national grocery stores, club stores, mass merchandisers, and drug store chains; and indirectly through wholesale distributors who serve independent and small regional retail grocery store chains and convenience stores. It markets its ingredient and food service nuts to food processors, restaurants, bakeries, and food service companies and their suppliers. Diamond Foods markets its products primarily under the Diamond, Emerald, and Harmony brands. The company sells its products primarily in the United States and Europe, as well as in Japan, Canada, Korea, Israel, and Australia. Diamond Foods was founded in 1912 and is based in Stockton, California.
Genesco, Inc. engages in the design, marketing, and distribution of footwear, headwear, and accessories. The company distributes footwear under its own Johnston & Murphy brand and under the licensed Dockers brand to retail accounts, including various department, discount, and specialty stores. It operates through five segments: Journeys, Underground Station Group, Hat World, Johnston & Murphy, and Dockers Footwear. Journeys segment operates Journeys stores, located primarily in the southeast, Midwest, California, Texas, and Puerto Rico, selling footwear for young men and women, and children in 13-22 years age group. Underground Station segment operates Underground Station and Jarman retail stores, throughout the United States, selling footwear primarily for men in 20-35 years age group. Hat World segment operates Hat World, Lids, Hat Zone, Cap Connection, and headquarters stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. It sells licensed and branded headwear to men and women primarily in the mid-teen to mid-20's age group, as well as offers an assortment of college, MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL teams, and other specialty fashion categories. Johnston & Murphy segment operates retail and factory stores throughout the United States. It sells a range of men's dress and casual footwear and accessories. The company also sells Johnston & Murphy products directly to consumers through a direct mail catalog and e-commerce Websites. Dockers Footwear segment offers casual and dress casual footwear to men aged 30 to 55 through national retail chains that carry Dockers slacks and sportswear and in department and specialty stores. As of January 29, 2005, the company operated 1,599 retail footwear and headwear stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, and 19 headwear stores in Canada. Genesco was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
Netezza Corporation provides data warehouse appliances to enterprises, mid-market companies, and government agencies worldwide. It offers Netezza performance server (NPS) that integrates database, server, and storage platforms in a purpose-built unit to enable queries and analyses on stored data. The NPS appliance performs analyses on detailed data to provide organizations with insight into trends and anomalies in their businesses, thereby enabling strategic decision-making. The company also offers training and consulting services. Netezza Corporation has partnership with Sanmina-SCI Corporation for the manufacture and delivery of its systems. The company was formerly known as Intelligent Data Engines, Inc. and changed its name to Netezza Corporation in November 2000. Netezza Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
INSULET CORPORATION (PODD)
Insulet Corporation, a medical device company, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of insulin infusion system for people with insulin-dependent diabetes in the United States. It offers OmniPod Insulin Management System, which consists of its OmniPod disposable insulin infusion device and handheld wireless personal diabetes manager. The company's OmniPod Insulin Management System provides with a diabetes management solution, which provides lifestyle and other benefits and to expand the use of CSII therapy. Insulet Corporation was founded in 2000 and is based in Bedford, Massachusetts.
VISIONCHINA MEDIA INC (VISN)
VisionChina Media, Inc., through its subsidiary, China Digital Mobile Television Co., Ltd., operates out-of-home advertising network using real-time mobile digital television broadcasts to deliver content and advertising on mass transportation systems in the People's Republic of China. Its mobile digital television advertising network delivers real-time content provided by the local television stations. The company's advertising network consists of digital television displays located on buses and other selected locations that receive mobile digital television broadcasts of real-time content and advertising. As of September 30, 2007, its network consisted of approximately 33,000 digital television displays in 14 cities in China. VisionChina Media also displays a combination of real-time news and stock quotes, weather and traffic updates, sports highlights, and other programs on its network. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.
BIO-REFERENCE LABORATORIES INC (BRLI)
Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. provides clinical laboratory testing services primarily in the greater New York metropolitan area. It laboratory testing services are utilized by healthcare providers for the detection, diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring, and treatment of diseases. The company offers a range of chemical diagnostic tests, including blood and urine analysis, blood chemistry, hematology services, serology, radioimmuno analysis, toxicology pap smears, tissue pathology, and other tissue analysis. It offers its services directly to physicians, hospitals, clinics, correctional, and other health facilities. The company also operates a clinical knowledge management service, which uses customer data from laboratory results, pharmaceutical data, claims data, and other data sources to provide administrative and clinical decision support systems. In addition, it operates a Web-based connectivity portal solution for laboratories and physicians. Bio-Reference Laboratories was founded in 1981. The company is based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey.
IPC THE HOSPITALIST COMPANY INC (IPCM)
IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a physician group practice company in the United States. It operates and manages hospitalist practices. The company provides a solution of clinical and management experience, proprietary technology, and care to healthcare constituents, including patients, primary care physicians, specialists, acute care hospitals, alternative sites of inpatient care, and health plans. IPC The Hospitalist Company offers solutions to improve the quality of inpatient care and to support hospitalists' clinical, administrative, and communications needs, using its proprietary IPC-Link information technology. It also provides other corporate services, such as billing and collections, provider recruitment, marketing, training, and education. The company, formerly known as InPatient Consultants Management, Inc., was founded in 1995. IPC The Hospitalist Company is headquartered in North Hollywood, California.
ANALOGIC CORPORATION (ALOG)
Analogic Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of high-precision data acquisition, conversion, and signal processing instruments and systems to customers that manufacture products for medical and industrial use. The company's medical imaging products include electronic systems and subsystems for medical imaging equipment and patient monitoring, such as computed tomography scanners. It offers radio frequency amplifiers, gradient coil amplifiers, and spectrometers for use in magnetic resonance imaging scanners; direct digital radiography systems to convert x-rays into electrical signals and to create image; multifunctional and custom patient monitoring instruments used for calculating electrocardiogram, respiration, temperature, and noninvasive blood pressure; and fetal monitoring products for acquisition, conversion, and display of biomedical signals. Analogic produces transducers and probes for clinical applications, as well as provides ultrasound systems and probes for urology, surgery, and radiology markets. The company's security technology products include threat and weapon detection systems and subsystems. It also offers explosive assessment computed tomography scanner. These products are used to detect explosives, drugs, and other contraband primarily at portals for cruise ships, rail stations, courthouses, embassies, and other public buildings, as well as to scan mail and small parcels. In addition, Analogic provides embedded multicomputing platforms used in advanced medical, military, and industrial imaging applications. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers through independent sales representatives and distributors primarily in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The company was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Peabody, Massachusetts.
BLOUNT INTERNATIONAL INC (BLT)
Blount International, Inc. engages in the manufacture and marketing of equipment, accessories, and replacement parts to the forestry, yard care, and general contractor industries worldwide. It operates in three segments Outdoor Products, Industrial and Power Equipment (IPE), and Lawnmower. The Outdoor Products segment offers cutting chains, chainsaw guide bars, cutting chain drive sprockets and maintenance tools used primarily on portable gasoline and electric chainsaws, and mechanical timber harvesting equipment. It also offers cutting attachments and spare parts, such as lawnmower blades and replacement parts to service the lawn and garden industry; concrete cutting equipment for construction markets; a proprietary diamond-segmented chain used on gasoline and hydraulic powered saws and equipment; and distributes gasoline and hydraulic powered saws. The IPE segment provides timber harvesting equipments, industrial tractors and loaders, and mobile equipment rotational systems to logging contractors, harvesters, land reclamation companies, utility contractors, building materials distributors, and original equipment manufacturers of hydraulic equipment. It offers hydraulic timber harvesting equipment, which includes truck-mounted, trailer-mounted, stationary-mounted, and self-propelled loaders. IPE also manufactures rubber-tired feller bunchers and related attachments; delimbers, slashers, and skidders; cut-to-length harvesting equipment, including forwarders, harvesters, and harvester heads; and gear products, such as bearings, winches, and swing drives used in heavy equipment for the forestry, construction, and utilities industries. In addition, it manufactures products sold under Caterpillar's Timberking brand through the Caterpillar dealer network. The Lawnmower segment develops and manufactures zero-turning-radius lawnmowers and related attachments. Blount International was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
DineEquity, Inc. develops, franchises, and operates full-service restaurants in the United States and internationally under the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar (Applebee's) and International House of Pancakes (IHOP) brands. It owns and operates two restaurant concepts in the casual dining and family dining niches, which include Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar or Applebee's; and International House of Pancakes or IHOP. Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar restaurants offer moderately-priced food and beverage items. The company operated 1,976 Applebee's restaurants, including 1,465 franchisees operated and 511 company-operated restaurants. Its IHOP restaurants feature full table service and offer a range of lunch, dinner, and snack items. The company operated 1,344 IHOP. DineEquity, Inc. was formerly known as IHOP Corp. and changed its name to DineEquity, Inc. in June 2008. The company was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Glendale, California.
Micromet, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops antibody-based products for cancer, inflammatory, and autoimmune diseases. Its products under clinical trials include MT103, a Phase I clinical trial product candidate for the treatment of patients with non-Hodgkins lymphoma; and Adecatumumab, a recombinant human monoclonal antibody that is under clinical Phase IIa status for metastatic breast cancer and other adenocarcinoma indications, and is being evaluated in clinical Phase Ib trials for treatment of metastatic breast cancer in combination with docetaxel. The company's preclinical development products include MT203 and MT204 human antibodies to treat various acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, psoriasis, and multiple sclerosis; EphA2, a cell surface membrane-associated receptor tyrosine kinase for the treatment of cancer; CEA, which is indicated for the treatment of tumors of epithelial origin, such as colorectal carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, mucinous ovarian carcinoma, and endometrial adenocarcinoma; MORAb28, a human IgM monoclonal antibody binding to an antigen that is identified as a cell-surface antigen present on human melanomas and tumors of neuroectodermal origin; and MT110, a molecule that combines binding specificities for EpCAM and for CD3 on T cells. Micromet's product pipeline also consists of D93, a humanized, anti-metastatic, and anti-angiogenic monoclonal antibody for treatment of patients with solid tumors. It has strategic collaborations with MedImmune, Inc. for MT103; Nycomed for development of anti-GM-CSF antibodies; and Merck Serono Biopharmaceuticals S.A. for adecatumumab. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
INSPIRE PHARMACEUTICALS INC (ISPH)
Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription pharmaceutical products in the ophthalmic and respiratory therapeutic areas. It has product candidates in various stages of clinical development and various programs in preclinical development. The company's clinical product candidates are based on proprietary technology relating to P2 receptors. Its products in clinical development include INS365 Ophthalmic for treating dry eye disease and corneal wound healing; INS37217 Respiratory for the treatment of cystic fibrosis; INS37217 Ophthalmic for the treatment of retinal disease; and INS50589 Antiplatelet for use in acute cardiac care. In addition, the company has rights to co-promote Elestat, for the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis; and Restasis, for the treatment of dry eye disease in the United States under collaborative agreements with Allergan, Inc. It also has collaborative partnerships with Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc., as well as license agreements with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Durham, North Carolina.
NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORPORATION (NHC)
National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) operates long-term health care centers with associated assisted living and independent living centers primarily in the southeastern United States. The company's health care services include a range of services through related or separately structured long-term health care centers, specialized care units, pharmacy operations, rehabilitative services, assisted living centers, retirement centers, and homecare programs. It also offers professional health services that include physical, speech, and occupational therapies. The company also provides center-specific medical specialty units, such as Alzheimer's disease care units and subacute nursing units. In addition, NHC owns, leases, or manages assisted living projects, offering basic room and board functions for the elderly with the on-staff availability to assist in minor medical needs. Additionally, the company offers management, accounting and financial, and insurance services to its customers. As of September 30, 2005, the company managed 74 long-term health care centers with a total of 9,177 licensed beds. It also operated 31 homecare programs, 6 independent living centers, and 22 assisted living centers, as of the above date. NHC was founded in 1971 and is based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
51job, Inc. provides integrated human resource services in China. The company primarily offers recruitment related services, including print advertising, online recruitment and executive search services; and other human resource related services, such as training, software, Web-based applications, and business process outsourcing. It offers its services to multinational corporations, national corporations, and local enterprises in China. The company was co-founded by Rick Yan, Michael Lei Feng, Norman Lui, and Kathleen Chien. 51job, formerly known as 51net.com Cayman Islands, Inc., was incorporated in 2000. It changed its name to 51job, Inc. in 2004. The company is headquartered in Shanghai, China.
FUEL SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS INC (FSYS)
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CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED (CHDN)
Churchill Downs Incorporated, a racing company, engages in conducting pari-mutuel wagering on live race meetings for thoroughbred horses. The company, through its subsidiary, Hoosier Park L.P., conducts pari-mutuel wagering on live thoroughbred, quarter horse, and standardbred horse races, and participates in interstate simulcast wagering. It conducts live horse racing at Churchill Downs, Hollywood Park, Calder Race Course, Arlington Park, Hoosier Park, and Ellis Park. The company also engages in video poker operations in Louisiana. Churchill Downs was organized in 1928 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.
SUPERIOR WELL SERVICES INC (SWSI)
Superior Well Services, Inc. provides well-site solutions to oil and natural gas companies. It offers technical pumping services and down-hole surveying services. The company's technical pumping services include stimulation services, such as fracturing and acidizing, which are designed to improve the flow of oil and natural gas from producing zones; nitrogen stimulation services; and cementing services that includes cement and water with various solid and liquid additives to create a cement slurry designed to ensure the proper pump time, compression strength, fluid loss control, vary depending on the well depth, down-hole temperatures and pressures, and formation characteristics. It also sells casing attachments, such as baffle plates, centralizers, float shoes, guide shoes, formation packer shoes, rubber plugs, and wooden plugs. The company's down-hole surveying services are logging services that engage in the gathering of down-hole information to identify various characteristics of the down-hole rock formations, casing cement bond, and mechanical integrity; and perforating services as the initial step of stimulation by lowering specialized tools and perforating guns into a well bore by wire-line. The specialized tools transmit data to surface computer to verify the integrity of the cement and position the perforating gun. The company serves regional, independent oil and natural gas companies in active domestic oil and natural gas producing regions, including the Appalachian, Mid-Continent, Rocky Mountain, and southeast and southwest regions of the United States. It operates service centers located in Pennsylvania, Alabama, West Virginia, Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah, Louisiana, Michigan, Arkansas, and Colorado. As of December 31, 2006, it owned a fleet of 558 commercial vehicles and 81 logging and perforating trucks and cranes. Superior Well Services was founded in 1997 and is based in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
QUICKSILVER GAS SERVICES LP (KGS)
Quicksilver Gas Services LP engages in gathering and processing natural gas and natural gas liquids on the Barnett Shale formation of the Fort Worth Basin located in north Texas. The company provides its gathering and processing services to Quicksilver Resources Inc. and natural gas producers under fee-based contracts. As of December 31, 2008, it owned the Cowtown Pipeline, which consists of a pipeline gathering system and gas compression facilities in the southern portion of the Fort Worth Basin; and the Cowtown Plant that comprises two natural gas processing units, as well as the Corvette Plant, which consists of a natural gas processing unit in Hood County, Texas. Quicksilver Gas Services GP LLC serves as the general partner of Quicksilver Gas Services LP. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. Quicksilver Gas Services LP is a subsidiary of Quicksilver Resources Inc.
COLDWATER CREEK INC (CWTR)
Coldwater Creek, Inc. operates as a retailer of women's apparel, accessories, jewelry, and gift items in the United States. It sells its products through two segments, Retail and Direct. The Retail segment consists of the company's full-line retail stores, resort stores, and outlet stores. As of July 30, 2005, it operated 136 full-line retail stores, 2 resort stores, and 21 merchandise clearance outlet stores. Coldwater Creek's Direct segment consists of its catalog and Internet-based e-commerce businesses. It sells its merchandise assortments through its three main catalogs: Northcountry, Spirit, and Elements. Coldwater Creek was co-founded by Dennis C. Pence and Ann Pence in 1984. The company is headquartered in Sandpoint, Idaho.
ORION MARINE GROUP INC (ORN)
Orion Marine Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a marine specialty contractor serving the heavy civil marine infrastructure market. It provides a range of marine construction and specialty services on, over, and under the water along the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic Seaboard, as well as in the Caribbean Basin. The companyÂ's heavy civil marine construction services include the construction of marine transportation facilities, marine pipelines, bridges and causeways, and marine environmental structures. Its marine transportation facility construction projects comprise public port facilities for container ship loading and unloading, cruise ship port facilities, private terminals, special-use navy terminals, and recreational use marinas and docks; and marine pipeline service projects include the installation and removal of underwater buried pipeline transmission lines, installation of pipeline intakes and outfalls for industrial facilities, construction of pipeline outfalls for wastewater and industrial discharge, river crossing and directional drilling, creation of hot taps and tie-ins, and inspection, maintenance, and repair services. The companyÂ's bridge and causeway projects consist of the construction, repair, and maintenance of bridges and causeways over marine environments; and marine environmental structure projects include the installation of concrete mattresses to ensure erosion protection, construction of levees to contain environmental mitigation projects, and the installation of geotubes for wetlands and island creation. Orion Marine Group also offers dredging services, and various specialty services, which include salvage, demolition, surveying, towing, diving and underwater inspection, and excavation and repair. Its customers include federal, state, and municipal governments, as well as private, commercial, and industrial enterprises. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
CHINA SECURITY & SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY INC (CSR)
Credit Suisse Group operates as a global financial services company. It operates in three groups: Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse First Boston, and Winterthur. The Credit Suisse group offers private banking services to high-net-worth individuals with wealth management products and services. It also offers banking products and services, such as mortgages, secured and unsecured corporate loans, trade finance, consumer loans, leasing, and credit cards, as well as investment products and services, payment transactions, foreign exchange, life insurance, pension products, and e-banking solutions. As of September 30, 2005, the segment had a distribution network of 215 branches. The Credit Suisse First Boston group offers a range of financial products and investment advisory services to institutional, corporate, government clients, and high-net-worth individuals. It provides products and services, including securities underwriting, sales and trading, financial advisory, private equity investments, full service brokerage, derivatives and risk management products, asset management, and research, as well as financial advisory and capital raising services. The Winterthur group provides insurance and pension solutions for private and corporate clients in Europe, North America, and selected Asian markets. It also offers life insurance products through multiple distribution channels to private and corporate clients, as well as nonlife insurance products to private and small and medium-sized corporate clients. Credit Suisse Group was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
NASH-FINCH COMPANY (NAFC)
Nash Finch Company engages in the distribution of food, as well as in the ownership and operation of retail stores primarily in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Food Distribution, Military Food Distribution, and Food Retailing. The Food Distribution segment sells and distributes various nationally branded and private label grocery products from 15 distribution centers to approximately 1,500 grocery stores and other customers. It sells and distributes principally meat and produce. The Military Food Distribution segment distributes grocery products to the U.S. military commissaries. The Food Retailing segment operates corporate-owned stores, including conventional stores and supermarkets. The company operated 85 corporate-owned stores primarily located in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, as of January 1, 2005. It serves independent retailers and military commissaries in 26 states, the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Iceland, the Azores, and Honduras. Nash Finch was established in 1885 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (PETD)
Petroleum Development Corporation engages in the development, production, and marketing of natural gas in the United States. The company's operations include drilling and development activities, the acquisition of producing natural gas and oil wells, and the expansion of its natural gas marketing activities. The company operates approximately 2,700 wells located in the Appalachian basin, Michigan, and the Rocky Mountain Region, with gross proved reserves of approximately 523 billion cubic feet equivalent of natural gas. The company also purchases, aggregates, and resells natural gas developed by other producers to industrial end-users, utilities, other gas marketers, and other wholesale gas purchasers. Petroleum Development was incorporated in 1955 and is headquartered in Bridgeport, West Virginia.
EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC (EBS)
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development, manufacture, and commercialization of immunobiotics primarily in the United States. Immunobiotics are pharmaceutical products, such as vaccines and immune globulins that assist the body's immune system to prevent diseases. The company operates in two segments, Biodefense and Commercial. The Biodefense segment develops, manufactures, and commercializes immunobiotics for use against biological agents. This segment's primary product is BioThrax, a vaccine for the prevention of anthrax infection. Its other products, which are in preclinical stage comprise Anthrax immune globulin, for post-exposure treatment of anthrax infection; Botulinum immune globulin for post-exposure treatment of illness caused by botulinum toxin; and Recombinant bivalent botulinum vaccine, a prophylaxis for illness caused by botulinum toxin. The Commercial segment develops immunobiotics for use against infectious diseases. This segment's product portfolio includes Typhoid vaccine, a single-dose vaccine in phase II clinical development; Hepatitis B therapeutic vaccine, for treating chronic carriers of hepatitis B infection, which is in phase II clinical development; and Group B streptococcus vaccine, a product in phase I clinical trial for administration to women of childbearing age for protection of the fetus and newborn babies. In addition, Emergent BioSolutions is developing a chlamydia vaccine and a meningitis B vaccine, which are in preclinical development. The company serves primarily the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It has collaboration agreements with U.K. Health Protection Agency for the development of a human botulinum immune globulin candidate; and with Sanofi Pasteur for the development of meningitis B vaccine candidate. The company, formerly known as BioPort Corporation, was founded in 1998 and is based in Rockville, Maryland.
Greatbatch, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of batteries, capacitors, feedthroughs, enclosures, and other components used in implantable medical devices. The company operates through two segments, Implantable Medical Components (IMC) and Electrochem Power Solutions (EPS). The IMC segment designs and manufactures batteries, coated electrodes, capacitors, filtered feedthroughs, enclosures, and precision components used in implantable medical devices. The EPS segment designs and manufactures batteries and battery packs for use in oil and gas exploration, oceanographic equipment, and aerospace. It sells its commercial batteries and battery packs either directly to the end user and manufacturers, who incorporate its products into other devices for resale or to distributors, who sell its products to manufacturers and end users. Greatbatch, Inc. was formerly known as Wilson Greatbatch Technologies Inc. Greatbatch was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Clarence, New York.
CHINA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC (CMED)
China Medical Technologies, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices for the treatment of solid cancers and benign tumors in the People's Republic of China. It offers In-vitro diagnostics systems, which include enhanced chemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) system and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) imaging analysis system and probes. The company's ECLIA system consists of ECLIA analyzer for detecting minute levels of light triggered by combining reagents with body fluid samples to produce diagnostic results; reagent kits, which are formulated to create various reactions with blood or other body fluid samples; and a data analysis system to analyze and organize the information produced form diagnostic results. It offers 62 types of reagent kits for use with the ECLIA analyzer for detecting and monitoring various types of diseases and disorders, including thyroid disorders, diabetes, hepatitis, and disorders related to reproduction and growth, SARS, Down syndrome, liver fibrosis, and various types of tumors. China Medical Technologies also offers FISH imaging analysis system and probes, which uses FISH technology for prenatal and postnatal diagnosis, and early detection and prognosis of various cancers. In addition, the company provides HIFU therapy system to treat liver, breast, and kidney tumors; solid tumors in the pelvic cavity or on bone; and tumors in the four limbs or superficial tissues. It sells its products through direct sales force and distributors. China Medical Technologies was founded in 1999 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
DexCom, Inc., a development stage medical device company, focuses on the design and development of continuous glucose monitoring systems for people with diabetes. The company primarily develops two continuous glucose monitoring systems, including a short-term system with a sensor that can be inserted by a patient; and a long-term system with a sensor that can be implanted by a physician. DexCom was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
HORSEHEAD HOLDING CORP (ZINC)
Horsehead Holding Corp. and its subsidiaries produce specialty zinc and zinc-based products in the United States. Its products include zinc metal, which is produced as PW zinc to coat or galvanize steel; and zinc oxide with various purities, particle sizes, and customer-specific formulations, as well as an array of post-production treatments. The company also receives and recycles EAF dust generated by steel mini-mill operators. In addition, Horsehead Holding Corp. also offers zinc and copper-based powders primarily for general chemical and metallurgical applications; zinc dust for corrosion-resistant coatings and other chemical applications; and iron-rich material, a co-product of the EAF dust recycling process that is used primarily in construction materials and water treatment. Its products are used in various applications, including in the galvanizing of fabricated steel products and as components in rubber tires, alkaline batteries, paint, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. The company was founded in 1848 and is based in Monaca, Pennsylvania.
AIRMEDIA GROUP INC (AMCN)
AirMedia Group, Inc. operates digital media network in China for air travel advertising. It operates digital TV screens that display advertisements in airports and airplanes. The company also displays non-advertising content, such as news, weather, sports, and comedy clips in its digital TV screen programs. It operates approximately 2,000 digital TV screens in airports and places its programs on approximately 16,000 digital TV screens on airplanes. As of June 30, 2007, the company had entered into 84 concession rights contracts to operate its digital TV screens and other displays in 51 airports in China. Its digital media network includes 37 airports in China, including the 5 largest airports in China, Beijing Capital International Airport, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, and Shenzhen International Airport. In addition, the company offers advertisers other media platforms in airports, such as digital frames, light box displays, 360-degree LED displays, and 3D displays. AirMedia Group, Inc. is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO (SHEN)
Shenandoah Telecommunications Company, through its subsidiaries, provides regulated and unregulated telecommunications services in the southeastern United States. The company offers integrated voice and data communications services; personal communications services through a digital wireless telephone and data network; coaxial cable-based television service; and Internet, cable television, and local and long distance voice services. It also offers telecommunications equipment, and provides information services and Internet access services. The company owns and leases tower space to wireless communications providers, as well as provides paging service. As of December 31, 2004, it had 24,901 telephone access lines, 102,600 retail PCS subscribers and 27,300 wholesale PCS subscribers, 8,600 cable television subscribers, 15,000 dial-up subscribers and 2,600 digital subscriber line customers, and 9,900 long distance subscribers. Shenandoah was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Edinburg, Virginia.
HERCULES OFFSHORE INC (HERO)
Hercules Offshore, Inc. and subsidiaries provide shallow-water drilling and liftboat services to the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and internationally. Its liftboats provide a range of offshore support services, including platform maintenance, platform construction, well intervention, and decommissioning services. The company provides its services to integrated energy companies, and independent oil and natural gas operators. As of February 5, 2007, it owned a fleet of 9 jackup rigs and 64 liftboats. The company was founded in 2004 as Hercules Offshore, LLC and changed its name to Hercules Offshore, Inc. in 2005. Hercules Offshore, Inc. is based in Houston, Texas.
SUN HYDRAULICS CORPORATION (SNHY)
Sun Hydraulics Corporation engages in the design and manufacture of high-performance screw-in hydraulic cartridge valves and manifolds worldwide. Its products are suitable for flows from 1 to 400 gallons per minute and continuous operating pressures up to 5,000 pounds per square inch. The company also manufactures manifolds, which is machined to create threaded cavities and channels into which screw-in cartridge valves can be installed and through which the hydraulic fluid flows. Sun Hydraulics sells its products through a network of independent fluid power distributors to various end users for use in a range of mobile applications, such as construction, agricultural, and utility equipment; and an array of industrial applications, including machine tools and material handling equipment. Sun Hydraulics was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida.
VANGUARD NATURAL RESOURCES LLC (VNR)
Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC, through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, and exploitation of natural gas and oil properties. Its properties are located in the southern portion of the Appalachian Basin, primarily in southeast Kentucky and northeast Tennessee; and the Permian Basin, primarily in west Texas and southeastern New Mexico, and in south Texas. As of December 31, 2008, the company owned working interests in 958 net productive wells, and had estimated proved reserves of 108.5 billion cubic feet equivalents of natural gas and crude oil. It also has a 40% working interest in approximately 109,500 gross undeveloped acres surrounding or adjacent to its wells located in southeast Kentucky and northeast Tennessee. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Houston, Texas.
MAIDENFORM BRANDS INC (MFB)
Maidenform Brands, Inc. and its subsidiaries design, source, and market a range of intimate apparel products in the United States and Canada. Its products include bras, panties, and shapewear. The company offers its products under the Maidenform, Flexees, Lilyette, Sweet Nothings, Rendezvous, Subtract, Bodymates, and Self Expressions brand names. Maidenform Brands sells its products through department stores; national chain stores; mass merchants, including warehouse clubs; and specialty retailers, licensing income, and off-price retailers, as well as through company-operated outlet stores and Web sites. As of December 31, 2006, it operated 76 outlet stores. The company is headquartered in Bayonne, New Jersey.
DELEK US HOLDINGS INC (DK)
Delek US Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the refining and marketing of petroleum products in the United States. It operates through three segments: Refining, Marketing, and Retail. The Refining segment operates a refinery in Tyler, Texas, with a design crude distillation capacity of 60,000 barrels per day, along with an associated crude oil pipeline and light products loading facilities. This segment produces and sells gasoline, diesel, jet fuels, liquefied petroleum gas, and natural gas liquids, as well as petrochemicals, such as propane, refinery grade propylene, and butanes; and other products, including anode grade coke, slurry oil, sulfur, and other blendstocks. Its customers include oil companies, independent refiners and marketers, jobbers, distributors, utility and transportation companies, and independent retail fuel operators. The Marketing segment sells refined products on a wholesale basis in west Texas through company-owned and third party operated terminals. The Retail segment markets gasoline, diesel, and other refined petroleum products, as well as food, beverages, and convenience merchandise, such as tobacco products, dairy products, and groceries through company-operated retail fuel and convenience stores under the ‘MAPCO Express', ‘MAPCO Mart', ‘East Coast', ‘Fast Food and Fuel', and ‘Discount Food Mart' brand names. As of December 31, 2006, this segment operated a network of 394 company-operated retail fuel and convenience stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. Delek US Holdings, Inc. is a subsidiary of Delek Group, Ltd.
MCG CAPITAL CORPORATION (MCGC)
MCG Capital Corporation operates as a specialized commercial finance company, which provides financing and advisory services throughout the United States. The company's investments primarily include senior secured commercial loans, subordinated debt, and equity-based investments. Some of its loans include warrants, options, success fees, equity co-investments, and other equity-like features. The company provides capital to small and medium-sized companies in the communications, information services, media, technology, software, and business services industry sectors for financing acquisitions, recapitalizations, management buyouts, organic growth, and working capital. MCG Capital was formed in 1990 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION (DPTR)
Delta Petroleum Corporation, an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties. Its oil and gas operations include production of oil and gas; drilling exploratory and development wells and related operations; and acquiring and selling oil and gas properties. The company's products include crude oil and natural gas. The principal markets for oil and gas are refineries and transmission companies. As of June 30, 2005, the company owned producing and nonproducing oil and gas interests, undeveloped leasehold interests, and related assets in 15 states, as well as interests in a producing federal unit offshore California and undeveloped offshore federal leases near Santa Barbara, California. The company had proved reserves of 224.3 billion cubic feet of gas equivalent, as of the above date. Delta Petroleum was organized in 1984 and is based in Denver, Colorado.
WESTERN REFINING INC (WNR)
Western Refining, Inc., through its subsidiary, Western Refining LP, operates as an independent crude oil refiner and marketer of refined products. It refines crude oil into gasoline, diesel fuels, jet fuel, asphalt, and other refined products; and sells refined products purchased from third parties. Western Refining operates primarily in the southwest region of the United States, including Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in El Paso, Texas.
NACCO INDUSTRIES INC (NC)
NACCO Industries, Inc., a holding company, engages principally in lift trucks, housewares, and mining businesses. It designs, engineers, manufactures, sells, services, and leases a line of lift trucks and aftermarket parts. The company designs, manufactures, imports, and markets small electric kitchen and household appliances, such as motor-driven appliances that include blenders, mixers, can openers, and food processors; heat-driven appliances consisting of coffeemakers, irons, toasters, slow cookers, indoor grills, and toaster ovens; and kitchenware and related accessories. It also offers a line of air purifiers, odor eliminators, and commercial products for restaurants, bars, and hotels. In addition, NACCO mines and markets lignite primarily as fuel for power generation, and provides selected mining services for other natural resources companies. The company serves food distributors, trucking and automotive companies, lumber, metal products, rental companies, paper and building materials suppliers, warehouses, light and heavy manufacturers, retailers, and container handling companies. Nacco markets its products and services in the America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. The company is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
Ferro Corporation produces performance materials for manufacturers. The company develops coatings for ceramics and metal; materials for passive electronic components; pigments; enamels, pastes, and additives for the glass market; specialty plastic compounds and colors; polymer additives; specialty chemicals for the pharmaceuticals and electronics markets; and active ingredients and high purity carbohydrates for pharmaceutical formulations. Its customers include chemical companies; pharmaceutical companies; producers of multi layer ceramic capacitors; and manufacturers of tile, appliances, and automobiles. Ferro's products are sold in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific regions. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
Sigma Designs, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of silicon-based digital moving picture experts group decoders primarily for consumer appliances and commercial systems. The company offers media processor chipsets for consumer appliances, including Internet protocol television set-top boxes, digital media receivers, high definition digital versatile disk players, high definition television, and portable media players, based on its proprietary REALmagic Video technology. It also provides hardware and software support services. The company sells its products through its direct sales force, as well as through distributors and manufacturer representatives worldwide. The company was founded in 1982 by Thinh Q. Tran. Sigma Designs is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
CROSSTEX ENERGY INC (XTXI)
Crosstex Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in gathering, transmitting, treating, processing, and marketing natural gas. It connects the wells of natural gas producers to its gathering systems in order to purchase the gas production, treats natural gas to remove impurities, processes natural gas for the removal of natural gas liquids, and transports natural gas to various markets. In addition, the company purchases natural gas from producers not connected to its gathering systems for resale and sells natural gas on behalf of producers. As of December 31, 2004, Crosstex Energy operated approximately 4,500 miles of natural gas gathering and intrastate transmission pipelines, 5 natural gas processing plants connected to its gathering systems, and 90 natural gas treating plants. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
SOLARFUN POWER HOLDINGS CO. LTD (SOLF)
Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd., through its subsidiary, Jiangsu Linyang Solarfun Co., Ltd., engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of photovoltaic (PV) cells and PV modules primarily in the People's Republic of China. It offers monocrystalline silicon cells and modules, and multicrystalline silicon cells and modules to system integrators, as well as through third party distributors. It also provides PV cell processing services to convert silicon wafers into PV cells on behalf of third parties, including silicon suppliers; and solar system integration services to end-users in China. The company's customers include solar energy product distributors, engineering and design firms, and other energy product distributors. It also has operations in Germany, Italy, and Spain. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Qidong, the People's Republic of China.
CEDAR SHOPPING CENTERS INC (CDR)
Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) company. It engages in the ownership, operation, and redevelopment of community and neighborhood shopping centers located primarily in Pennsylvania. As of June 28, 2005, the company owned and operated 58 primarily community supermarket-anchored shopping centers and drug store-anchored convenience centers with approximately 5.7 million square feet of gross leasable area, located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, and Ohio. The company qualifies as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal tax to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Cedar Shopping Centers, formerly known as Cedar Income Fund, Ltd., was organized in 1984 and is headquartered in Port Washington, New York.
FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC (FR)
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the ownership, management, acquisition, sale, redevelopment, and development of industrial real estate. As of December 31, 2004, its in-service portfolio consisted of 827 properties, including 403 light industrial properties, 151 research and development flex properties, 157 bulk warehouse properties, 91 regional warehouse properties, and 25 manufacturing properties containing approximately 61.7 million square feet of gross leasable area located in 22 states. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT and would not be subject to federal income tax, provided it distributes 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Industrial Realty Trust was organized in 1993 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Perficient, Inc. designs, builds, and delivers e-business integration solutions for large and medium-sized companies, principally in the central United States. Its e-business integration solutions include eBusiness Infrastructure, eCommerce Platforms, eCRM (Customer Relationship Management), Supply Chain Web Enablement, and Enterprise Portals. These solutions are based on open standards, such as the Java 2 Enterprise Edition and include application servers, enterprise application integration platforms, business process management, business activity monitoring, business intelligence applications, and enterprise portal software. Perficient conceives, builds, and implements these solutions through a set of services, including business strategy, user-centered design, systems architecture, custom application development, technology integration, package implementation, and managed services. The company primarily offers its services to the financial services, including insurance, banking, and brokerage; healthcare, such as pharmacy benefit managers and pharmaceutical manufacturers; and commodity markets. Perficient has strategic relationships with IBM Corporation; TIBCO Software, Inc.; Microsoft Corporation; Art Technology Group, Inc.; Wily Technology, Inc.; Bowstreet; Adobe Systems Incorporated; and Stellent, Inc. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
H&E EQUIPMENT SERVICES INC (HEES)
H&E Equipment Services, Inc., an equipment services company, provides heavy construction and industrial equipment in the United States. It rents, sells, and provides parts and service support for four categories of specialized equipment: hi-lift or aerial platform equipment, cranes, earthmoving equipment, and industrial lift trucks. The company also sells new and used equipment and parts, as well as provides maintenance and repair services for the customers' equipment. Its customers include industrial and commercial companies, construction contractors, manufacturers, public utilities, municipalities, maintenance contractors, and various other large industrial accounts. As of March 21, 2007, H&E Equipment Services served approximately 27,700 customers through 48 full-service facilities in the West Coast, Intermountain, southwest, Gulf Coast, and southeast regions of the United States. The company was founded in 1961. It was formerly known as H&E Equipment Services L.L.C. and changed its name to H&E Equipment Services, Inc. in 2006. H&E Equipment Services is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Almost Family, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide home health nursing and adult day health services. The company operates in two segments, Home Health Care and Adult Day Care. The Home Health Care segment includes two divisions, Visiting Nurse (VN) and Personal Care (PC). The VN division provides skilled medical services in patients'' homes to enable recipients to reduce or avoid periods of hospitalization and/or nursing home care. The PC division provides services in patients'' homes through a para-professional staff, such as home health aides. The company's Adult Day Health Services segment provides health services to disabled or frail adults. These services are provided in the company''s physical facilities. The company operates 20 adult day care centers, as of December 31, 2004. Almost Family has service locations in Kentucky, Florida, Maryland, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Alabama, and Indiana. The company was incorporated in 1985. It was formerly known as Caretenders HealthCorp and changed its name to Almost Family, Inc. in 2000. The company is based in Louisville, Kentucky.
BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION (BGFV)
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retail of sporting goods in the western United States. It offers athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories, as well as a selection of outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, tennis, golf, snowboarding, and in-line skating. The company also offers a variety of private label merchandise, including shoes, apparel, golf equipment, binoculars, camping equipment, and fishing supplies primarily under the Court Casuals, Sport Essentials, Rugged Exposure, Golden Bear, Pacifica, and South Bay brands. As of December 31, 2006, it operated 343 stores in 10 states under the ‘Big 5 Sporting Goods' name. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.
ALON USA ENERGY INC (ALJ)
Alon USA Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in refining and marketing petroleum products primarily in the south central, southwestern, and western regions of the United States. The company operates in three segments: Refining and Marketing, Asphalt, and Retail. The Refining and Marketing segment includes sour and heavy crude oil refineries located in Big Spring, Texas; and Paramount and Long Beach, California. It refines crude oil into petroleum products, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, petrochemicals, feedstocks, asphalts, and other petroleum-based products. This segment primarily markets its gasoline and diesel fuels under the FINA brand name through a network of approximately 1,200 locations. The Asphalt segment includes refinery/terminal locations in Big Spring, Texas; Paramount, Long Beach, Elk Grove, Bakersfield, and Mojave, California; Willbridge, Oregon; Richmond Beach, Washington; Fernley, Nevada; and Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Fredonia, Arizona, as well as holds a 50% interest in Wright, which markets patented tire rubber modified asphalt products. This segment produces both paving and roofing grades of asphalt; and performance-graded asphalts, emulsions, and cutbacks. As of December 31, 2006, the Retail segment operated 206 owned and leased convenience stores in west Texas and New Mexico. Its stores offer various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, food products, tobacco products, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, and general merchandise to the general public under the 7-Eleven and FINA brand names. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Dallas, Texas. Alon USA Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Alon Israel Oil Company, Ltd.
S1 Corporation provides enterprise software solutions for banks, credit unions, investment firms, and insurance companies. It operates in two segments, Financial Institutions and Edify. The Financial Institutions segment develops, markets, and implements integrated, transactional, and brandable enterprise applications available as inhouse or hosted solutions. The Edify segment provides various voice and speech recognition applications, which help companies automate their customer service facilities. Its voice and speech solutions combine speech recognition, speaker verification, text-to-speech, fax, and touch-tone automation. The segment sells its products in various markets, including financial services, travel, retail, and telecommunications. The company's principal product groups include banking solutions, insurance solutions, customer relationship management solutions, Web site solutions, financial reporting solutions, and account aggregation. In addition, it offers hosting services; and professional services, such as project management, custom software development, technical services, educational services, and Web design services. The company offers its solutions to small, mid-sized, and large financial organizations in the Americas region; and the International region, consisting of Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Japan. S1 Corporation was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC (EGLE)
Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc. engages in the ownership of Handymax dry bulk vessels in the United States. Its vessels range in size from 35,000 to 60,000 deadweight tons, and transport various bulk cargoes, including iron ore, coal, grain, cement, and fertilizer along worldwide shipping routes. As of April 4, 2005, Eagle Bulk Shipping had a fleet of nine Handymax dry bulk vessels. The company is headquartered in New York City. Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc. is a subsidiary of Eagle Ventures LLC, as of April 4, 2005.
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP INC (ALSK)
Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide facilities-based telecommunications services primarily to retail consumer and business customers, and wholesale customers in Alaska. It provides local telephone; wireless services, such as statewide mobile and fixed voice and data communications services using CDMA and TDMA digital networks; Internet, which include high-speed DSL services; interexchange network; and long distance services. The company also provides messaging; and satellite video entertainment services. It markets its products and services under the brand names ‘Alaska Communications Systems' and ‘ACS'. As of September 30, 2005, the company had 111,000 wireless subscribers, 278,025 local telephone access lines, 53,000 long distance customers, and 52,000 Internet subscribers. Alaska Communications Systems was formed in 1998 and is headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska.
ENERGY RECOVERY INC (ERII)
Energy Recovery, Inc. manufactures and markets seawater desalination products. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in San Leandro, California.
LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES INC (LF)
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. engages in the design, development, and marketing of technology-based learning products and related proprietary content for students of all ages. The company designs its products to enable infants and toddlers through high school students learn age- and skill-appropriate subject matter, including phonics, reading, writing, math, spelling, science, geography, history, and music. Its product line includes learning platforms, which are portable hardware devices; educational software-based content, such as interactive books and cartridges, which are designed for use with the company's learning platforms; and stand-alone educational products. LeapFrog sells its products through national and regional mass-market and specialty retailers in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1995 and was formerly known as Knowledge Kids Enterprises, Inc. LeapFrog Enterprises is headquartered in Emeryville, California. As of December 31, 2004, LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Mollusk Holdings, LLC.
AMERICAS CAR-MART INC (CRMT)
America's Car-Mart, Inc. (Car-Mart), through its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. It primarily sells older model used vehicles and provides financing for its customers. The company's operations are principally conducted through its two subsidiaries, America's Car-Mart, Inc. and Colonial Auto Finance, Inc. As of January 17, 2006, Car-Mart operated 84 stores primarily in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky, and Missouri. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.
ALTRA HOLDINGS INC (AIMC)
Altra Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Altra Industrial Motion, Inc. engages in the design, production, and marketing of various mechanical power transmissions and motion control products. Its product portfolio includes industrial clutches and brakes, enclosed gear drives, open gearing, couplings, engineered bearing assemblies, linear components, and other related products. The company's products are used in various high-volume manufacturing processes, as well as in non-manufacturing applications, such as clutches and brakes for elevators, and residential and commercial lawnmowers. Altra Industrial markets its products under the Warner Electric, Boston Gear, Kilian Manufacturing, Nuttall Gear, Ameridrives, Wichita Clutch, Formsprag Clutch, Bibby Transmissions, Stieber, Matrix International, Inertia Dynamics, Twiflex Limited, Industrial Clutch, Huco Dynatork, Marland Clutch, Delroyd Worm Gear, Warner Linear, and Saftek brand names. The company sells its products through original equipment manufacturers and industrial distributors, as well as directly to end users primarily in North America, western Europe, and Asia. It serves customers in various industries, including energy, general industrial, material handling, mining, transportation, and turf and garden. Altra Industrial, through its other subsidiary, TB Wood's Corporation, also offers mechanical and electronic industrial power transmission products, which include belted drives and couplings, and electronic drives and electronic drive systems. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts.
T-3 ENERGY SERVICES INC (TTES)
T-3 Energy Services, Inc. engages in the manufacture, remanufacture, and distribution of oilfield products and services to the oil and gas industry primarily in the Gulf Coast region and Canada. It operates through two segments, Pressure Control and Distribution. The Pressure Control segment manufactures, remanufactures, and repairs high pressure service products, including valves, chokes, actuators, blow out preventors, manifolds, and wellhead equipment; manufactures accumulators and rubber goods; and applies custom coatings to customers' products. This segment sells its products and services to companies engaged in the exploration, production, and pipeline transportation of oil and gas; companies in the petrochemical, chemical, and petroleum refining industries; and onshore and offshore contract drilling and well servicing companies. The Distribution segment distributes pipes, valves, stud bolts, gaskets, and other ancillary products. This segment sells its products primarily to the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry, offshore fabrication companies, and shipyards. The company distributes its products through a network of distribution centers along the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast. T-3 Energy Services is based in Houston, Texas.
BABCOCK & BROWN AIR LIMITED (FLY)
Babcock & Brown Air Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition and lease of commercial jet aircraft and other aviation assets. The company operates a portfolio of 47 commercial jet aircraft, including 45 narrow-body passenger aircraft, 1 wide-body passenger aircraft, and 1 freighter. It leases its aircraft under long-term contracts to various airlines worldwide. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. Babcock & Brown Air Limited was a subsidiary of Brown Investment Holdings Pty, Ltd.
MVC Capital, Inc. operates as a nondiversified closed-end management investment company. It provides long term equity and debt investment capital to fund growth, buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, note purchases, and/or bridge financings of small and middle-market companies in various industries primarily located in the United States. The fund invests principally in senior and subordinated loans, venture capital, mezzanine and preferred instruments, and private equities. It offers investments in the form of common and preferred stock and warrants or rights to acquire equity interests; senior and subordinated loans; and convertible securities. The fund's portfolio primarily comprises investments in various industries, including food and food service, value-added distribution, industrial manufacturing, financial services, and information technology. MVC Capital, formerly known as meVC Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund I, Inc., was founded in 1999 and changed its name to MVC Capital, Inc. in 2004. The fund is based in Purchase, New York.
HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC (HOV)
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. engages in building residential homes in the United States. The company designs, constructs, markets, and sells single-family detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, mid-rise and high-rise condominiums, urban infill, and adult homes. It primarily markets and builds homes for first-time buyers, first-time and second-time move-up buyers, luxury buyers, adult buyers, and empty nesters. The company offers homes for sale in 275 communities in 24 markets in 13 states throughout the United States. In addition, it provides financial services, such as mortgage loans and title services to its homebuilding customers. Hovnanian was founded by Kevork Hovnanian in 1959. The company is headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey.
WONDER AUTO TECHNOLOGY INC (WATG)
Wonder Auto Technology, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of automotive electrical parts primarily in the People's Republic of China. It primarily offers starters and alternators, which are used in various types of automobiles, such as sedan and passenger cars, pickup trucks, and sport utility vehicles. The company also offers product design and development services for new car models or automotive components based on customers' required specifications. Its customers include automakers and automotive components suppliers. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Jinzhou City, the People's Republic of China.
CRH plc engages in the manufacture and distribution of building materials. Its products include cement, aggregates, asphalt, readymixed concrete, and agricultural and chemical lime. The company also offers precast concrete products, clay bricks, pavers, tiles, insulation products, security gates and fencing, rooflights, glass fabrication, and construction accessories; and other concrete products, including block, masonry, patio products, prepackaged concrete mixes, rooftiles, sand-lime elements, and bricks. In addition, it markets and sells builders' supplies to the construction industry, and materials and products for the do-it-yourself (DIY) market through its stores. As of December 31, 2006, the company operated 206 DIY stores and 511 builders merchants stores. CRH operates primarily in the United States, Europe, Argentina, Canada, and Chile. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE INC (SMSI)
Smith Micro Software, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the development and marketing of wireless communication software products and services. It manufactures, markets, and sells wireless connectivity products to the original equipment manufacturers market, primarily wireless service providers and mobile phone manufacturers, as well as to consumer. The company offers software products primarily for Windows XP, Windows 2000, WindowsME, Windows 98, Windows CE, pocket PC, Mac, Palm, and Unix and Linux operating systems. Its products include QuickLink Mobile, which turns data capable wireless phones into wireless modems; QuickLink Mobile Phonebook that enables users to be able to edit wireless phonebooks on a PC computer and copy, email, or PIM databases to the phone; and FAXstf X and FAXstf X Pro, which enables users to exchange faxes and data files with remote modems, fax/modems, and fax machines on the Mac OS X operating environment. The company's products also comprise HotFax MessageCenter and HotFax, an integrated voice, fax, and data communication software program that enables users to receive voice mail and exchange faxes and data files with remote modems, fax/modems, and fax machines; WebDNA that provides the tools necessary to develop a Web site or an e-business site supporting Windows, Mac, Unix, and Linux; and CheckIt Utilities, which provides end-users the hardware information they need to evaluate, fine-tune, and manage their systems. Smith Micro Software also sells eBusiness and utility software and professional consulting services related to eBusiness applications. The company was co-founded by William W. Smith. Smith Micro Software was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California.
BioScrip, Inc. provides pharmaceutical care solutions. It primarily focuses on specialty medication distribution and clinical management services, and pharmacy benefit management services. The company's specialty medication distribution services include condition-specific clinical management programs tailored to improve the care of individuals with complex health conditions, such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, hepatitis C, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and transplantation. Its pharmacy benefit management programs include customized benefit plan design, pharmacy network management, and reporting capabilities that deliver clinical outcomes. The company was founded in 1993 by E. David Corvese. It was formerly known as MIM Corporation and changed its name to BioScrip, Inc. in March 2005. BioScrip is headquartered in Elmsford, New York.
CORNELL CORRECTIONS INC (CRN)
Cornell Companies, Inc. provides correctional, treatment, and educational services outsourced by federal, state, and local governmental agencies in the United States. It operates through three segments: Adult Secure Institutional Services; Juvenile Justice, Educational, and Treatment Services; and Adult Community-Based Corrections and Treatment Services. The adult secure institutional services segment operates secure adult incarceration facilities. The juvenile segment provides residential treatment and educational programs, and nonresidential community-based programs to juveniles between the ages of 10 and 17. The adult community-based corrections and treatment services segment offers prerelease and halfway house programs for adult offenders, who are on probation or serving the last three to six-months of their sentences on parole and preparing for re-entry into society, as well as provides community-based treatment and education programs as an alternative to incarceration. As of December 31, 2004, the company operated 68 facilities. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
CENTERSTATE BANKS INC (CSFL)
Centerstate Banks of Florida, Inc. operates as the holding company for First National Bank of Osceola County, First National Bank of Polk County, Community National Bank of Pasco County, and CenterState Bank of Florida, which provide various consumer and commercial banking services. The company accepts savings accounts, demand accounts, NOW accounts, and money market deposit accounts, as well as time deposits. It offers real estate loans that include loans to individuals and businesses for the purchase, improvement of, or investment in real estate, as well as for the construction of single-family residential units or the development of single-family residential building lots; commercial loans, such as loans to individuals and small-to-medium sized businesses for working capital, equipment purchases, and various other business purposes; consumer loans; and letters of credit. Centerstate Banks of Florida also provides safe deposit services, cash management, direct deposits, notary services, money orders, night depository, travelers' checks, cashier's checks, domestic collections, savings bonds, bank drafts, automated teller services, drive-in tellers, banking by mail, and trust services. Further, it offers other financial products, including mutual funds, annuities, and other products. The company provides its services to individuals, businesses, and industries primarily in Osceola, Orange, Pasco, Hernando, Citrus, and Polk Counties of the state of Florida, as well as portions of adjacent counties. Centerstate Banks of Florida' investment portfolio comprises U.S. Treasury securities, obligations of U.S. government agencies, mortgage-backed securities, and obligations of state and political subdivisions. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Winter Haven, Florida.
ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION (ALY)
Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc. provides oilfield services and equipment to the oil and gas exploration and development companies principally in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Colorado, and Oklahoma; offshore in the United States Gulf of Mexico; and offshore and onshore in Mexico. It operates through four segments: Casing and Tubing Services, Directional Drilling Services, Compressed Air Drilling, and Other Services. The Casing and Tubing Services segment offers installation casing and tubing, change out drill pipe, and retrieve production tubing services for onshore and offshore drilling, and workover operations. The Directional Drilling Services segment provides directional, horizontal, and ‘measure while drilling' services to the oil and gas companies operating onshore and offshore in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. The Compressed Air Drilling segment offers compressed air, and related products and services for air drilling, workover, completion, and transmission segments of the oil, gas, and geothermal industries. The Other Services segment provides oilfield rental tools, principally renting spiral drill pipe and other specialty tools to oil and gas operators. It also provides downhole production services. Allis-Chalmers Energy is based in Houston, Texas. Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc. acquired Capcoil Tubing Services, Inc., that provides coil tubing services, in May 2005.
ALPHATEC HOLDINGS INC (ATEC)
Alphatec Holdings, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders. It offers spine screws, spinal spacers, and plates. The company's products include fusion systems that are used to facilitate the growth of a boney connection; lumbar fixation system, a spinal system, which offers fixed angle pedicle screws, polyaxial pedicle screws, and advanced instrument design; spinal fixation system designed to allow the rod to be placed closer to the center of the patient's body; ROC lumbar plating system, a posterior lumbar plating system that provides an alternative to traditional screw and rod constructs; and deformity system. Its product portfolio also comprise tamarack anterior thoracolumbar plating system; trauma/tumor fixation system for use in anterior thoracolumbar fixation for the treatment of tumor, trauma, and anterior deformity; anterior cervical plate system, which consists of fixed hole plates and a locking mechanism that allow screws to be set at variable angles; and reveal anterior cervical plate system that allows the surgeon to visualize the graft site during surgery. In addition, Alphatec offers posterior cervical/thoracic fusion system comprising rods, polyaxial screws, and offset connectors; PEEK and titanium spacers; allograft spacers; Alphagraft product that is used for bone grafting; and Alphagrans product, which are bioabsorbable synthetic granules. Further, the company develops Connect II allograft spacer, minimally invasive system, occipital plate for placement at the base of the skull in posterior fusion procedures, ALIF plate system designed for anterior lumbar interbody fusion, dynamic cervical plate system, and dynamo rod that allows for controlled compression and distraction of vertebrae adjacent. Alphatec sells its products through independent distributors in the United States and Japan. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.
CYTORI THERAPEUTICS INC (CYTX)
Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. engages in developing and commercializing stem and regenerative cell therapies for cardiovascular disease, reconstructive surgery and serious, chronic, and life threatening conditions. The company develops various products that are in clinical testing stages, which include Celution System, a device that removes stem and regenerative cells from a patient's adipose tissue, as well as used in breast reconstruction applications; Celution PRS System that could be used in plastic and reconstructive surgeries; and Celution CV System for the treatment of chronic myocardial ischemia and heart attacks. Cytori Therapeutics also develops a Celution System, which is under preclinical stage, for investigative applications in gastrointestinal disorders, which could address fistulas and wounds associated with inflammatory disorders, such as Crohn's disease and intestinal repair; peripheral vascular disease; and orthopedic applications, such as bone and spinal disc repair. In addition, it operates a tissue bank facility for the preservation of stem and regenerative cells extracted from adipose tissue. Further, Cytori Therapeutics manufactures macropore biosurgery products that include HYDROSORB family of spine and orthopedic implant products; and thin film bioresorbable soft tissue separation implant products. It has strategic joint venture with Olympus Corporation to develop and manufacture future generation devices based on its Celution system. The company was founded in 1996. It was formerly known as MacroPore, Inc. and changed its name to MacroPore Biosurgery, Inc. Further, the company changed its name to Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. in 2005. Cytori Therapeutics is headquartered in San Diego, California.
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC (SIGA)
SIGA Technologies, Inc. engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of vaccines, antibiotics, and novel anti-infectives for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. It applies bacterial and viral genomics in the design and development of its products. The company offers products for use in defense against biological warfare agents, such as Smallpox and Arenaviruses. It has developed two methods in the development of vaccines, bacterial commensal vectors, which enables rapid production of live recombinant vaccines against biological agents; and surface protein expression system, used in the production of foreign proteins for use in subunit vaccine formulations. The company is also developing antibiotics to hit the bacterial adhesion organelles, as well as a technology for the mucosal delivery of its vaccines, which would allow the vaccines to activate the immune system at the mucus lined surfaces of the body, including the mouth, the nose, the lungs, and the gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts. The company's anti-infective product portfolio includes gram-positive antibiotic technology, gram-negative antibiotic technology, and broad-spectrum antibiotic technology targeted principally towards drug-resistant bacteria and hospital-acquired infections. SIGA Technologies has license agreements and collaborative research arrangements with Rockefeller University, Oregon State University, National Institutes of Health, Washington University, Regents of the University of California, and TransTech Pharma, Inc. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York City.
CALAVO GROWERS INC (CVGW)
Calavo Growers, Inc. engages in the procurement and marketing of avocados and other perishable foods, as well as in the preparation and distribution of processed avocado products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: California Avocados, International Avocados and Perishable Food Products, and Processed Products. California Avocados segment distributes avocados grown in California to a diverse group of supermarket chains, wholesalers, food service, and other distributors under the Calavo brand name and private labels. International Avocados and Perishable Food products segment sells avocados grown outside California and other perishable food products, such as papayas, tomatoes, ginger, and pineapple. It primarily markets international avocados from Mexico, Chile, and the Dominican Republic. Processed Products segment engages in freezing avocado pulp and develops various guacamole recipes. Its customers include companies and retail businesses in the food service industry. The company sells its products primarily through food distributors, produce wholesalers, supermarkets, and restaurants. Calavo Growers was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, California.
USA Mobility, Inc. provides wireless messaging and information services in the United States. The company provides one-way and two-way messaging services. One-way messaging consists of numeric and alphanumeric messaging services, which enable subscribers to receive messages that are composed entirely of numbers, such as a phone number, while alphanumeric messages may include numbers and letters. Its two-way messaging services enable subscribers to send and receive messages to and from other wireless messaging devices, including pagers, personal digital assistants, and personal computers. USA Mobility also offers wireless information services, such as stock quotes, news, weather and sports updates, voice mail, personalized greeting, message storage and retrieval, and equipment loss and/or maintenance protection to both one and two-way messaging subscribers. As of December 31, 2004, the company had approximately 5.7 million and 0.5 million one and two-way messaging units in service. USA Mobility offers its services to businesses, professionals, management personnel, medical personnel, field sales personnel and service forces, members of the construction industry and construction trades, real estate brokers and developers, sales and service organizations, specialty trade organizations, manufacturing organizations, and government agencies. The company markets and distributes its services through direct and indirect sales force. USA Mobility is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.
Kopin Corporation engages in the design, development, and manufacture of semiconductor wafers, light emitting diodes, and electronic digital imaging devices for the consumer electronics, industrial, and military markets. It primarily offers CyberDisplay family of imaging devices for consumer and defense systems, including camcorders, digital cameras, personal video eyewear, and thermal weapon sights; and heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT) to telecommunication providers for use in cellular phones, wireless fidelity, voice over Internet protocol, and high-speed Internet data transmission systems. The company was founded by John C.C. Fan in 1984 and is headquartered in Taunton, Massachusetts.
FPIC INSURANCE GROUP INC (FPIC)
FPIC Insurance Group, Inc. provides specialty property and casualty insurance, as well as insurance management services in the United States. It offers medical professional liability insurance products and related risk management services for physicians, dentists, and other healthcare providers primarily in Florida and Missouri. In addition, the company provides insurance management services to other insurance carriers, as well as offers administrative and claims management services to municipalities and other employers that maintain group accident and health, workers' compensation, liability, and property self insurance plans. FPIC Insurance provides its products and services primarily in Florida, Georgia, and Arkansas. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
Move, Inc. offers real estate listings and other content related information on the Internet. The company's Real Estate Services segment provides various advertising and software services, including enhanced listings, display advertising, customer relationship management applications, and Web site development and hosting. Its products include REALTOR.com that offers a suite of services, tools, and content of the residential real estate transactions; Top Producer, a Web-based application that features client management, appointment and task scheduling, Internet lead distribution and follow-up, prospecting automation, comparative market analysis, customer presentations, and mobile data synchronization; and Move Rentals and Move New Homes, which indexes Web sites featuring rental and new home listing content, and present the indexed listings to consumers based on their search criteria, as well as offers services to enhance, promote, and supplement the listings. Its Move-Related Services segment provides advertising products and lead generation tools on its Web sites. Its products include Welcome Wagon, which offers local and national merchants the opportunity to reach movers through targeted direct mail services; Retail Advertising that provides graphical display advertisements, text links, sponsorships, and directories to advertisers; Homeplans, which offers consumers and building professionals the ability to browse Homeplans.com, and select, modify, and purchase new home designs and project plans; and Moving.com that provides consumers with quotes from moving companies, truck rental companies, and self-storage facilities, as well as other move-related information. The company was founded in 1993. It was formerly known as InfoTouch Corporation and changed its name to Homestore.com, Inc. in 1999. Later, it changed its name to Homestore, Inc. in 2002 and to Move, Inc. in 2006. Move, Inc. is headquartered in Westlake Village, California.
Santarus, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, engages in the acquisition, development, and commercialization of products for the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and disorders. It offers ZEGERID Powder for Oral Suspension 20 mg, an immediate-release formulation of the proton pump inhibitor omeprazole. This product is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of heartburn and other symptoms associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease, treatment and maintenance of healing of erosive esophagitis, and treatment of duodenal ulcers. The company also offers ZEGERID Powder for Oral Suspension 40 mg, approved by the FDA for the treatment of gastric ulcers and the reduction of risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill patients. ZEGERID Powder for Oral Suspension is marketed in the U.S. by Santarus and its co-promotion partner, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. In addition, Santarus is developing ZEGERID Chewable Tablets (40 mg and 20 mg) and ZEGERID Capsules for which it has submitted new drug applications. The company has strategic sublicense agreement with TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. Santarus was formed in 1996 and was formerly known as TBG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California.
ISLE OF CAPRI CASINOS INC (ISLE)
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (ICC), through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, ownership, and operation of branded gaming facilities, and related lodging and entertainment facilities in the United States and internationally. As of July 24, 2005, the company wholly owned and operated 12 casinos in 11 locations in the United States located in Lake Charles and Bossier City, Louisiana; Lula, Biloxi, Vicksburg, and Natchez, Mississippi; Kansas City and Boonville, Missouri; and Bettendorf, Davenport, and Marquette, Iowa. It also operates two gaming facilities in Black Hawk, Colorado, in which it owns a 57% interest. All but two of these gaming facilities operate under the name ‘Isle of Capri' and feature its tropical island theme. The company's international gaming interests include a wholly owned casino in Freeport, Grand Bahama, and a two-thirds ownership interest in Blue Chip Casinos, PLC, which owns casinos in Dudley, Wolverhampton, and Walsall, England. ICC also wholly owns and operates a pari-mutuel harness racing facility in Pompano Beach, Florida. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Biloxi, Mississippi.
DYNAMIC MATERIALS CORPORATION (BOOM)
Dynamic Materials Corporation engages in metalworking business in North America, western Europe, Australia, and the Far East. The company operates in two segments, Explosive Metalworking and Aerospace. The Explosive Metalworking segment utilizes explosives to perform metal cladding and shock synthesis. Its principal product is a explosion welded clad metal plate, which is used in the construction of heavy, corrosion resistant pressure vessels, and heat exchangers for petrochemical, refining, and hydrometallurgy industries. The Aerospace segment provides welding services principally to the commercial and military aircraft engine markets, and to the power generation industry. Dynamic Materials Corporation was incorporated in Colorado in 1971. It was formerly known as Explosive Fabricators, Inc. The company is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION (KWR)
Quaker Chemical Corporation engages in the development, production, and marketing of a range of formulated chemical specialty products for various heavy industrial and manufacturing applications. Its primary products include rolling lubricants, corrosion preventives, metal finishing compounds, machining and grinding compounds, forming compounds, and hydraulic fluids. Rolling lubricants are used in the process of hot and cold rolling of steel and aluminum. Corrosion preventives are used to protect metal during manufacture, storage, and shipment. Metal finishing compounds are used to prepare metal surfaces for special treatments, such as galvanizing and tin plating; and to prepare metal for further processing. Machining and grinding compounds are used in cutting, shaping, and grinding metal parts. Forming compounds are used to facilitate the drawing and extrusion of metal products. Hydraulic fluids are used to operate hydraulically activated equipment. Quaker Chemical also offers chemical management services; technology for the removal of hydrogen sulfide in various industrial applications; chemical milling maskants, and temporary and permanent coatings for metal and concrete products; and construction products, such as flexible sealants and protective coatings for various applications. The company offers its products and services to the manufacturers of steel, automobiles, appliances, and durable goods worldwide. Its chemical management services include onsite health, safety, and environmental support services. These services include material safety data sheet management, hazardous chemical evaluation, and training and safe use instruction, as well as waste minimization and recycling services. The company was founded in 1918. It was formerly known as Quaker Chemical Products Corporation, and changed its name to Quaker Chemical Corporation in 1962. Quaker is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
ELECTRO-OPTICAL SCIENCES INC (MELA)
Electro-Optical Sciences, Inc., a medical device company, designs and develops a non invasive, hand-held imaging, and point-of-care instrument to assist in the early detection of melanoma in the United States. Its principal product, MelaFind, features a hand-held imaging device that emits light of multiple wavelengths to capture images of suspicious pigmented skin lesions and extract data. The data is then analyzed through its proprietary database of melanomas and benign lesions to provide information to the physician and produce a recommendation of whether the lesion should be biopsied. The company offers its product primarily for general dermatologists, plastic surgeons, and primary care physicians. Electro-Optical Sciences was founded in 1989 and is based in Irvington, New York.
KENNETH COLE PRODUCTIONS INC (KCP)
Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. engages in designing, sourcing, and marketing various footwear, handbags, apparels, and accessories in the United States and internationally. It offers its products under the brand names Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, Tribeca, and Bongo, as well as under other unlisted brands. The company, through various third party licenses, produces and sells men's, women's, and children's apparel and accessories. Its men's lifestyle products include tailored clothing, dress shirts, dress pants, sportswear, neckwear, briefcases, portfolios, jewelry, fragrance, belts, leather and fabric outerwear, sunglasses, optical eyewear, watches, luggage, hosiery, and small leather goods. Women's products categories include sportswear, small leather goods, belts, scarves and wraps, hosiery, leather and fabric outerwear, sunglasses, optical eyewear, watches, jewelry, fragrance, swimwear, and luggage. In addition, the company licenses boys' apparel under the Reaction Kenneth Cole brand. Kenneth Cole Productions markets its products to approximately 7,500 department and specialty store locations in the United States and various other countries, as well as through its consumer direct business, which includes a base of retail and outlet stores, consumer catalogs, and Web sites, including online e-commerce. As of December 31, 2004, the company operated 87 specialty retail and outlet stores. Kenneth Cole Productions was founded by Kenneth D. Cole in 1982. The company is headquartered in New York City.
West Marine, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of boating supplies in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. The company operates in three divisions: Stores, Port Supply, and Direct Sales. The Stores division operated approximately 400 stores in 38 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico, as of January 4, 2006. The Port Supply division operates as a wholesale distributor of marine equipment in the United States serving boat manufacturers, marine services, commercial vessel operators, and government agencies. The Direct Sales division includes its catalog and Internet operations. The company's maintenance products include engine and plumbing parts, paint, and electrical supplies, as well as private label products, including batteries, bottom paint, and boat cleaning products. Its safety items include life jackets, flares, harnesses, and first aid kits, as well as electronics products, such as global positioning navigational systems, ship-to-shore radios, marine stereos, autopilots, fish finders, and radars. It also offers private label very high frequency radios and other electronics equipment, as well as powerboat and lifestyle products, including fishing and watersports products, small boats and motors, items for the cabin and galley, gift items, footwear, and apparel. In addition, the company's hardware products include items, such as ropes, chains, anchors, trailers, and deck hardware. West Marine also engages in the wholesale distribution of products to commercial customers and other retailers. The company was founded by Randy Repass. West Marine was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Watsonville, California.
EMS TECHNOLOGIES INC (ELMG)
EMS Technologies, Inc. (EMST) engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of hardware products for commercial space, defense, and wireless communications. It operates in five segments: Defense and Space Systems (DSS), LXE, EMS Wireless (EMSW), SATCOM, and SatNet. DSS segment offers microwave products for space and defense applications. It offers ferrite circulators, isolators, phase shifters, switches and switching networks, and transmit-receive networks; electronic and radar illuminator subsystems; signal-management and processing hardware; and terrestrial and aeronautical antenna systems. LXE segment produces mobile computers and wireless local area network products for logistics and enterprise applications. It also provides terminal emulation software and communications gateways; barcode scanners, battery chargers, portable printers, and repair and maintenance services; and wireless network equipment. In addition, LXE offers wireless network management tools, wireless security tools, facility analysis, installation, and support. EMSW segment provides base-station antennas and repeaters for personal communications systems, in-building products, and conventional antennas. SATCOM segment offers earth-based and aeronautical antennas, terminals, and other hardware for communications via satellite link. It also provides a high-speed data product and variants to provide both voice and data connections; land portable satellite data terminal products, which allow access to corporate networks and the Internet; a packet-data terminal to provide two-way data communications for messaging, tracking, and monitoring in the transportation, public safety, and remote industrial controls markets; and a maritime terminal for digital communications at sea. The SatNet segment offers ground segment equipment, which include DVB-RCS terminals and DVB-RCS hubs for the satellite broadband communications market. EMST was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Alamo Group, Inc. engages in the manufacture, distribution, and servicing of equipment for right-of-way maintenance and agriculture. It offers various products, including tractor mounted mowing and other vegetation maintenance equipment, trimmers, street sweepers, agricultural implements, and related after market parts and services; hydraulic, boom-mounted hedge and hedgerow cutters, industrial grass mowers, agricultural seedbed preparation cultivators, and related replacement parts; heavy-duty mechanical rotary mowers, snow blowers, rock removal equipment, and related replacement parts; and front-end loaders and backhoes. The company sells its products primarily to governmental end-users, related independent contractors, and to the agricultural and commercial turf markets in North America and Europe. Alamo Group was founded in 1955 and is based in Seguin, Texas.
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