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LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP (LVS)
Las Vegas Sands Corp., through its subsidiaries, serves as a hotel and gaming company. It operates the Venetian Casino Resort, and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada; and the Sands Macao Casino in Macau, China. The company's casino resorts include hotels, gaming facilities, retail dining and entertainment complexes, meeting and conference facilities, and expo and convention centers. Las Vegas Sands Corp. has a strategic partnership with Clear Channel Entertainment. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.
SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION (S)
Sprint Nextel Corporation offers wireless and wireline communications products and services. Its Wireless segment provides wireless mobile telephone and wireless data transmission services. The wireless mobile voice communications services include basic local and long distance wireless voice services; and voicemail, call waiting, three way calling, caller identification, directory assistance, call forwarding, speakerphone, and voice-activated dialing features, as well as roaming services. The data communications services include wireless imaging; wireless data communications, such as Internet access and messaging, and email services; wireless entertainment; and asset and fleet management, dispatch services, and navigation tools. This segment also offers walkie-talkie services; and sells accessories, such as carrying cases, hands-free devices, batteries, and battery chargers and other items to consumers, as well as handsets and accessories to agents and other third-party distributors for resale. In addition, it provides Sprint-branded and wholesale wireless services over its CDMA network in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands; and Nextel-branded post-paid and Boost Mobile-branded prepaid wireless services over its iDEN network. The company's Long Distance segment provides wireline voice and data communications services to domestic business customers, multinational corporations, and other communications companies. These services include domestic and international data communications using various protocols, such as MPLS technologies, and IP, ATM, frame relay, and managed network services; voice services; services to cable multiple systems operators that resell its long distance service, and/or use its back office systems and network assets in support of their telephone service provided over cable facilities. The company has strategic alliance with Microsoft Corp. Sprint Nextel was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC (HIG)
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. provides insurance and financial services in the United States and internationally. It engages in life, and property and casualty insurance (PCI) businesses. The life Insurance business operates in four segments: Retail Products Group (RPG), Institutional Solutions Group (ISG), Individual Life, and Group Benefits. RPG segment offers individual variable and fixed annuities, mutual funds, and retirement plan services. ISG segment offers retirement plan products and services to municipalities, institutional investment products, structured settlements, and private placement life insurance. Individual Life segment sells universal life, whole life, and term life insurance. Group Benefits segment sells group life and disability insurance, stop loss and supplementary medical coverage to employers and employer-sponsored plans, and accidental death and dismemberment and other risk coverages to employers and associations. PCI business operates in four segments: Business Insurance, Personal Lines, Specialty Commercial, and Others. Business Insurance segment provides workers' compensation, property, automobile, liability, umbrella, and marine coverages, as well as commercial risk management products and services. Personal Lines segment provides automobile, homeowners', and home-based coverages. Specialty Commercial segment offers customized insurance products and risk management services, as well as bond, professional liability, specialty casualty, and agricultural coverages. It also provides insurance products and services to captive insurance companies, pools, and self-insurance groups; and third-party administrator services for claims administration, integrated benefits, loss control, and performance measurement. Others segment consists of existing property and casualty insurance operations, including the company's asbestos and environmental exposures. The company was founded in 1810 and is headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut.
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CORNING INCORPORATED (GLW)
Corning Incorporated provides technology-based products and services in the United States. It operates in four segments: Display Technologies, Telecommunications, Environmental Technologies, and Life Sciences. Display Technologies segment manufactures glass substrates for matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs), which are used in computer monitors and LCD televisions. Telecommunications segment produces optical fiber and cable, and hardware and equipment products for the telecommunications industry. Its optical fiber technology products are used for various applications, including premises, fiber-to-the-premises access, metropolitan, long-haul, and submarine networks. Its hardware and equipment products include cable assemblies, fiber optic hardware, fiber optic connectors, optical components and couplers, closures and pedestals, and splice and test equipment. Environmental Technologies segment offers ceramic technologies and solutions for emissions and pollution control in mobile and stationary applications, including gasoline and diesel substrate, and filter products. Life Sciences segment offers laboratory products, which include microplate products, coated slides, filter plates for genomics sample preparation, plastic cell culture dishes, flasks, cryogenic vials, roller bottles, mass cell culture products, liquid handling instruments, glass beakers, pipettors, serological pipettes, centrifuge tubes, and laboratory filtration products. In addition, the company offers semiconductor optics; ophthalmic glass and plastic products; and technical products, such as polarizing glass, glass for high temperature applications, and machinable glass ceramic products. Corning was founded in 1936. It was was formerly known as Corning Glass Works and changed its name to Corning Incorporated in 1989. The company is headquartered in Corning, New York.
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION (XOM)
Exxon Mobil Corporation operates as a petroleum and petrochemicals company. It primarily engages in the exploration, production, and sale of crude oil and natural gas; and manufacture, transportation, and sale of petroleum products. The company also manufactures and markets basic petrochemicals, including olefins, aromatics, polyethylene, fluids, synthetic rubber, oriented polypropylene packaging films, plasticizers, synthetic lubricant basestocks, zeolite catalysts, and polypropylene plastics; and various specialty products. In addition, Exxon Mobil has interests in electric power generation facilities. Its other products include lube basestocks and petroleum specialties, such as waxes, process oils, and asphalt. The company operates approximately in 200 countries worldwide, including the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, South America, the Middle East, and the Caspian area. Exxon Mobil is based in Irving, Texas.
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY (DOW)
The Dow Chemical Company engages in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastic materials, agricultural, and other specialized products and services. Its performance chemicals products principally include glycol ethers and amines, and acrylics, which are used in various market applications, including coatings, household and personal care products, gas treating, and agricultural products. The company supplies synthetic latex for coating paper and paperboard that are used in magazines, catalogues, and food packaging. It also supplies water-based emulsions used as primary components in decorative and industrial paints, adhesives, textile products, and construction products, such as caulks and sealants. Its specialty chemicals products are used as functional ingredients or processing aids in various applications, including agricultural and pharmaceutical products and processing, building and construction, chemical processing and intermediates, food processing and ingredients, household products, coatings, pulp and paper manufacturing, and transportation. The specialty polymers products enable the physical and sensory properties of end-use products in a range of applications, including food, pharmaceuticals, oilfields, paints and coatings, personal care, and building and construction. Dow Chemical Company also develops, manufactures, and markets products for crop production; weed, insect, and plant disease management; and industrial and commercial pest management. The company sells its products primarily to food, transportation, health and medicine, personal and home care, and building and construction industries through its sales force and distributors principally in the United States and Europe. Dow Chemical Company also engages in the property and casualty insurance and reinsurance business primarily through its Liana Limited subsidiaries. The company is based in Midland, Michigan.
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION (LSI)
LSI Logic Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of integrated circuits (IC) and storage systems. The company operates in two segments, the Semiconductor and the Storage Systems. The Semiconductor segment designs, develops, manufactures, and markets three enabling system-on-a-chip technologies, which includes platform Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC), standard-cell ASICs, and standard products, as well as host bus adapters and supporting software. Its ICs are used in various communication devices, including devices used for wireless and broadband data networking applications. The Storage Systems segment provides disk storage systems and subassemblies to server and storage original equipment manufacturers. The company primarily operates in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Japan. It markets its products to original equipment manufacturers through direct sales force, independent component and commercial distributors, channel customers, and manufacturer's representatives. LSI Logic was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
DISCOVERY LABORATORIES INC (DSCO)
Discovery Laboratories, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops Surfactant Replacement Therapies for respiratory diseases. The company offers Surfaxin, a protein B-based agent, for the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants. Discovery Laboratories provides Surfaxin, which is in Phase 2 clinical trials, for bronchopulmonary dysplasia in premature infants, neonatal respiratory disorders in premature infants, and prophylactic/early treatment of meconium aspiration syndrome in full-term infants. It also offers its products for the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome in adults in the intensive care unit, as well as a Phase 1b trial of its lung surfactant delivered as an inhaled aerosol for patients who suffer from asthma. In addition, the company evaluating the development of aerosolized formulations of its SRT to prevent or treat acute lung injury, COPD, rhinitis, sinusitis, sleep apnea, and otitis media. It has a strategic alliance with Quintiles Transnational Corp.; PharmaBio Development, Inc.; Chrysalis Technologies; and Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve S.A. The company is headquartered in Warrington, Pennsylvania.
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (VZ)
Verizon Communications, Inc. provides broadband and other communication services to wireline and wireless customers in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Domestic Telecom, Domestic Wireless, and Information Services. The Domestic Telecom segment provides local telephone services, including voice and data transport, enhanced and custom calling features, network access, directory assistance, private lines, public telephones, digital channel service, and integrated services digital network. It also provides long distance services, customer premises equipment distribution, data solutions and systems integration, Internet access services, and inventory management services. The Domestic Wireless segment offers wireless voice and data services, as well as sells related equipment. The Information Services segment engages in print and online directory publishing, as well as provision of content for electronic communications products and services, and Web site creation services. The company also provides voice switching/processing services, end-user networking services, personal computer-based conferencing, internetworking, data transmission, network integration services, and network monitoring services. Verizon provides communication services to approximately 49.3 million voice and data customers in 28 states. Its international presence includes wireline and wireless communications operations and investments, primarily in the Americas and Europe. In addition, Verizon has teamed up with Yahoo! Inc. to launch a high-speed Internet service. The company was incorporated in 1983 under the name Bell Atlantic Corporation. It changed its name to Verizon Communications, Inc. in 2000. Verizon is based in New York City.
DryShips, Inc. engages in the ownership and operation of dry bulk carrier vessels worldwide on various trade routes carrying cargoes for a range of industries. The company provides international seaborne transportation services, carrying various cargoes, including coal, iron ore, grains, bauxite, phosphate, fertilizers, and steel products. DryShips owns a fleet of 27 drybulk vessels consisting of 4 Capesize, 21 Panamax, and 2 Handymax vessels, with a combined deadweight tonnage of approximately 2.3 million. DryShips' vessels are managed by an affiliated Liberian company, Cardiff, with offices in Greece. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Athens, Greece.
EVERGREEN SOLAR INC (ESLR)
Evergreen Solar, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of solar power products in the United States and internationally. It manufactures its products through its proprietary ‘String Ribbon' technology. The company's products primarily include solar cells, panels, and systems. Its solar modules are used for residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Evergreen Solar products are used in on-grid and off-grid applications. It sells its products through distributors, system integrators, and other value-added resellers. The company has strategic partnership with Q-Cells AG to manufacture, market, and sell solar products based on its proprietary ‘String Ribbon' technology. Evergreen Solar was formed in 1994 and is headquartered in Marlboro, Massachusetts.
Motorola, Inc. provides mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems, and wireless networks worldwide. It operates in four segments: Mobile Devices, Networks, Government and Enterprise Mobility Solutions, and Connected Home Solutions. Mobile Devices designs, manufactures, sells, and services wireless subscriber and server equipment for cellular systems, portable energy storage products and systems, servers and software solutions, and related software and accessory products. Networks segment designs, manufactures, sells, installs, and services wireless infrastructure communication systems. It offers end-to-end wireless networks, including radio base stations; base site controllers; associated software and services; mobility soft switching; application platforms; and third-party switching for CDMA, GSM, iDEN, and UMTS technologies. It also offers embedded communications computing platforms; fiber-to-the-premise and fiber-to-the-node transmission systems supporting high-speed data, video, and voice; and wireless broadband systems. Government and Enterprise Mobility Solutions segment provides analog and digital two-way radio, voice, and data communications products and systems to public-safety, government, utility, transportation, and other markets, as well as offers integrated information management, mobile, and biometric applications and services. It also offers automotive electronics systems and telematics systems. Connected Home Solutions segment offers digital systems and set-top terminals for cable TV and broadcast networks; cable modems and cable modem termination systems, and IP-based telephony products; hybrid fiber coaxial network transmission systems used by cable TV operators; digital satellite TV systems; and direct-to-home satellite networks and private networks. The company was founded in 1928 as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation and changed its name to Motorola, Inc. in 1947. Motorola is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois.
ConocoPhillips operates as an integrated energy company worldwide. It operates in six segments: Exploration and Production, Midstream, Refining and Marketing, LUKOIL Investment, Chemicals, and Emerging Businesses. The Exploration and Production segment primarily explores for, produces, and markets crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. It also mines deposits of oil sands in Canada and upgrades into a synthetic crude oil. The Midstream segment gathers and processes natural gas; and fractionates and markets natural gas liquids, primarily in the United States, Canada, and Trinidad. The Refining and Marketing segment purchases, refines, markets, and transports crude oil and petroleum products, mainly in the United States, Europe, and Asia. LUKOIL Investment segment consists of 10% interest in LUKOIL, an international, integrated oil and gas company. The Chemicals segment manufactures and markets petrochemicals and plastics. The Emerging Businesses segment encompasses the development of new businesses, including new technologies related to natural gas conversion into clean fuels and related products. In addition, the company provides technological solutions in deepwater exploration and production, reservoir management and exploitation, 3-D seismic technology, petroleum coke upgrading, and sulfur removal. It operates in the United States, Norway, the United Kingdom, Canada, Venezuela, Indonesia, offshore Timor Leste in the Timor Sea, Australia, Vietnam, China, Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates, and Russia. ConocoPhillips was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION (VLO)
Valero Energy Corporation operates as a refining and marketing company. It also produces a slate of gasolines, distillates, jet fuel, asphalt, petrochemicals, low-sulfur diesel fuel, and oxygenates. The company operates in two segments, Refining and Retail. The Refining segment includes refining operations, wholesale marketing, product supply and distribution, and transportation operations. This segment is segregated geographically into the Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, West Coast, and northeast regions. As of September 22, 2005, the company owned and operated 18 refineries in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3.3 million barrels per day. The Retail segment comprises company-operated convenience stores, Canadian dealers/jobbers, truckstop facilities, cardlock facilities, and home heating oil operations. It operates approximately 4,700 retail and branded wholesale outlets in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean under various brand names, including Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, and Beacon. The company was founded in 1955. It was formerly known as Valero Refining and Marketing Company and changed its name to Valero Energy Corporation in 1997. Valero Energy is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES INC (ANR)
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. engages in the extraction, processing, and marketing of coal in northern and central Appalachia coal fields in the United States. Its reserve base includes high British thermal units, low sulfur steam coal, and metallurgical coal. The company produces, process, and sells steam and metallurgical coal. Alpha also engages in the purchase and resale of coal mined by others. The company sells its steam coal to large utilities and industrial customers as fuel for electricity generation. As of December 31, 2004, it owned or leased 511.1 million tons of proven and probable coal reserves, of which approximately 89% were low sulfur reserves. The company has eight regional units, including two in Virginia, three in West Virginia, one in Pennsylvania, one in Kentucky, and one in Colorado. As of February 1, 2005, these units included 11 preparation plants, each of which receive, blend, process, and ship coal that is produced from its 65 active mines. The company is based in Abingdon, Virginia.
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC (Q)
Qwest Communications International, Inc. provides voice, video, and data services. It operates in three segments: Wireline Services, Wireless Services, and Other Services. Wireline Services segment provides local voice, long distance voice, and data and Internet services to consumers, businesses, and wholesale customers, as well as access services to wholesale customers. Wireless Services segment, through an agreement with a subsidiary of The Sprint Corporation, resells Sprint wireless services, including access to Sprint's nationwide personal communications service wireless network, to consumer and business customers primarily within its local service area. Other Services segment primarily involves the sublease of real estate assets, such as space in office buildings, warehouses, and other properties. These services are provided in 14-states, including Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Qwest Communications also provides long-distance services and broadband data, as well as voice and video communications globally. The company sells its products and services to small businesses, governmental entities, and public and private educational institutions through various channels, including direct-sales marketing, telemarketing, arrangements with third-party agents, company's Web site, and partnership relations. As of September 13, 2005, Qwest had 98 retail stores in 14 states. Qwest Communications is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Mylan Laboratories, Inc. engages in the development, licensing, manufacture, marketing, and distribution of generic and brand pharmaceutical products in the United States. Its Generic segment's pharmaceutical products are therapeutically equivalent to a brand name product and are marketed primarily to wholesalers, retail pharmacy chains, mail order pharmacies, and group purchasing organizations. These products are approved for distribution by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through the Abbreviated New Drug Application process. The company's Brand segment's pharmaceutical products are patent-protected products principally in the therapeutic areas of neurology, dermatology, and cardiology, which are approved by the U.S. FDA through the New Drug Application process. It also includes off-patent brand products, as well as branded generics. This segment markets its products directly to primary care physicians, dermatologists, neurologists, pharmacists, managed care organizations, governmental agencies, independent pharmacies, and chain drug stores. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
United States Steel Corporation manufactures integrated steel products. It operates through four segments: Flat-rolled Products, U. S. Steel Europe, Tubular Products, and Real Estate. Flat-rolled Products segment produces sheet, tin mill products, and strip mill plate, as well as domestic coke. It primarily serves customers in the service centers, conversion, transportation, containers, construction, and appliance markets located in the United States. U. S. Steel Europe segment manufactures and sells sheet, strip mill plate, tin mill, tubular, precision tube, and specialty steel products. It primarily serves customers in the central and western European construction, conversion, service centers, appliance, containers, transportation, and oil, gas, and petrochemicals markets. Tubular Products segment produces and sells electric resistance weld tubular products and primarily serves customers in the oil, gas, and petrochemicals markets. Real Estate segment manages and develops residential, commercial, and industrial real estate properties. In addition, the company involves in the production and sale of iron ore pellets; provision of transportation services, and engineering and consulting services; and mining, processing, and sale of coal. United States Steel Corporation was founded in 1901 by Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, Charles Schwab, and Elbert H. Gary. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED (TSM)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited engages in the design, manufacture, sale, packaging, and testing of integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices, as well as in the manufacture of masks. It offers various wafer fabrication processes, including processes to manufacture complementary metal oxide silicon (CMOS) logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency and embedded memory, and BiCMOS mixed-signal and other semiconductors. The company's semiconductor products include logic, mixed-signal, memory, CMOS image sensor, and high voltage semiconductors. The logic semiconductors process digital data to control the operation of electronic systems. The standard logic devices include microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, graphic chips, and chip sets. Mixed-signal semiconductors combine analog and digital devices on a single semiconductor to process both analog signals and digital data. The mixed-signal semiconductors are used in hard disk drives, wireless communications equipment, and network communications equipment. The memory semiconductors are used in electronic systems to store data and program instructions. The CMOS image sensor semiconductors are used in cameras, surveillance and security systems, and in vehicles. The high voltage semiconductors are used in various panel size display driver and power integrated circuit applications. The company offers various design services, such as provision of technology files, libraries, and other intellectual property; customization; and chip implementation services. In addition, it offers multiproject wafer processing service. The company's primary customers are fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers, and systems companies. Taiwan Semiconductor was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC (GNW)
Genworth Financial, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide various insurance and investment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Protection, Retirement Income and Investments, and Mortgage Insurance. Protection segment offers life insurance, long-term care insurance, and group life and health insurance. This segment also offers consumer payment protection insurance, which enables consumers meet their payment obligations in the event of illness, involuntary unemployment, disability, or death. Retirement Income and Investments segment offers fixed and variable deferred annuities, income annuities, variable life insurance, and asset management, as well as specialized products, including guaranteed investment contracts, funding agreements, and structured settlements. Mortgage Insurance segment includes mortgage insurance products offered in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe that facilitate homeownership by enabling borrowers to buy homes with low-down-payment mortgages. The company serves the life and lifestyle protection, retirement income, investment, and mortgage insurance needs of approximately 15 million customers. It distributes its products and services primarily through financial intermediaries, independent producers, and sales specialists. Genworth Financial was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
CHEVRON CORPORATION (CVX)
Chevron Corporation operates as an energy company worldwide. Its petroleum operations consist of exploring for, developing, and producing crude oil and natural gas; refining crude oil into finished petroleum products; marketing crude oil, natural gas, and various products derived from petroleum; and transporting crude oil, natural gas, and petroleum products by pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment, and rail car. The company, through its joint venture with Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., manufactures petrochemicals and plastics, as well as markets chemicals products, including olefins, polyolefins, aromatics, and specialty products. In addition, Chevron, through its joint venture with Chevron Oronite Company, develops, manufactures, and markets performance additives for fuels and lubricating oils. Further, the company engages in coal mining, power generation, insurance, and real estate activities. As of December 31, 2004, its oil-equivalent reserves comprised 8.2 billion barrels. It also had 21 wholly owned and affiliated refineries and approximately 25,700 retail outlets worldwide, as of the above date. The company was founded in 1879 under the name Pacific Coast Oil Co. and later changed its name to ChevronTexaco Corporation. Further, it changed its name to Chevron Corporation in May 2005. Chevron Corporation is headquartered in San Ramon, California.
SYMANTEC CORPORATION (SYMC)
Symantec Corporation provides software, appliances, and services to secure and manage information technology (IT) infrastructure for individuals, businesses, and enterprises worldwide. The company operates in five segments: Consumer Products, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Administration, Services, and Other. The Consumer Products segment offers Internet security and problem-solving products to individual users, home offices, and small businesses. Its products include Norton Antivirus, Norton Internet Security, and Norton SystemWorks, which provide protection from viruses, intrusion attempts, and piracy threats. The Enterprise Security segment provides security solutions for all tiers of a network: at the server tier behind the gateway and at the client tier, including desktop personal computers, laptops, and handhelds. It offers antivirus and antispam technologies, early warning solutions, firewall and virtual private network (VPN) solutions, intrusion detection products, and managed security services, as well as integrated solutions. The Enterprise Administration segment offers open and modular products that enable companies to manage their IT infrastructures. Its products include Symantec Client Migration, Symantec Ghost Solution Suite, pcAnywhere, the ON iCommand product family, the LiveState Recovery product family, PartitionMagic Pro, VolumeManager, ServerMagic for NetWare, and OEM Factory Solutions. The Services segment provides information security solutions that include managed security services, consulting services, and education services. The Other segment offers sunset products and products nearing the end of their life cycle. The company offers its products primarily through distributors, retailers, direct marketers, Internet-based resellers, original equipment manufacturers, educational institutions, and Internet service provides. Symantec Corp. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.
RADIOSHACK CORPORATION (RSH)
RadioShack Corporation engages in the retail sale of consumer electronic goods and services in the United States. The company's product lines include wireless phones and communication devices, such as scanners and two-way radios; residential telephones, digital versatile disk players, computers, and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite systems; home entertainment, wireless, imaging, and computer accessories; general and special purpose batteries; wire, cable, and connectivity products; and digital cameras, radio-controlled cars and other toys, satellite radios, memory players, and wellness products. It also provides consumers access to third-party services, such as cellular and PCS phone and DTH satellite activation, satellite radio service, prepaid wireless airtime, and service plans. RadioShack also manufactures various consumer electronics products, including telephony, antennas, wire, and cable products, as well as other parts and accessories for consumer electronics products. In addition, the company offers customer support and repair services to name brand and private label products through its service centers. RadioShack offers its products and services through retail stores and online. At December 31, 2004, the company operated 5,046 company stores located in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands; 599 kiosks located throughout the United States; and 15 RadioShack service centers in the U.S. and 1 in Puerto Rico. It also had a network of 1,788 dealer outlets, as of the above date. RadioShack was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
WALT DISNEY COMPANY (DIS)
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified entertainment company worldwide. It operates in four segments: Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, and Consumer Products. The Media Networks segment operates television networks that broadcast programs in dayparts; and radio networks, which produce and distribute news network programming, syndicated talk and music programs, music formats, and other programs. It also produces and distributes cable television programming; licenses programming; invests in foreign television broadcasting, production, and distribution entities; and operates Internet Web site businesses. The Parks and Resorts segment owns and operates the Walt Disney World Resort, which includes theme parks, hotels, a sports complex, conference centers, golf courses, and water parks; other recreational facilities; and Disneyland Resort. It also operates ESPN Zone facilities in the United States; Disneyland Resort Paris in France and Hong Kong Disneyland in Hong Kong; and licenses the operations of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan. The Studio Entertainment segment produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures for distribution to the theatrical, home entertainment, and television markets; and produces stage plays and musical recordings. The Consumer Products segment licenses Walt Disney characters, and visual and literary properties to manufacturers, retailers, show promoters, and publishers; and publishes books and magazines for children and families, as well as film, video, and computer software products for the educational marketplace. The company distributes its products through its Disney Stores and online. As of October 1, 2005, it owned and operated 104 stores primarily in Europe and 315 stores in North America. The company was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California.
KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION (KIM)
Kimco Realty Corporation, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the ownership and operation of neighborhood and community shopping centers in North America. Its centers generally include department stores, supermarkets, and drugstores. As of February 4, 2005, the company's portfolio comprised 773 property interests, including 696 operating properties primarily consisting of neighborhood and community shopping centers, 32 retail store leases, 35 ground-up development projects, and 10 undeveloped parcels of land, totaling approximately 113.4 million square feet of leasable space located in 42 states, Canada, and Mexico. Kimco also provides property management services relating to the management, leasing, operation, supervision, and maintenance of real estate properties. 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. Kimco was founded in 1960 and is based in New Hyde Park, New York.
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC (LVLT)
Level 3 Communications, Inc. provides communications and information services worldwide. It offers softswitch services, including managed modem for the dial-up access business, wholesale voice-over-IP (VoIP) component services, and consumer oriented VoIP services; Internet protocol and data services, such as Internet protocol transit and network interconnection solutions; and transport and infrastructure services that include high-speed Internet access services, wavelengths, and dark fiber services. The company provides its services primarily to local exchange carriers, international carriers, broadband cable television operators, interexchange carriers, systems integrators, governments, VoIP service providers, calling card providers, conferencing providers, call centers, and media and entertainment content providers. As of December 31, 2004, it operated metropolitan networks totaling approximately 14,560 conduit miles and 792,000 fiber miles in the United States, and approximately 3,580 conduit miles and 155,000 fiber miles in Europe. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.
CALPINE CORPORATION (CPN)
Calpine Corporation engages in the generation and sale of electricity and related products and services to wholesale and industrial customers in North America. It offers electricity generated from natural gas-fired combustion and renewable geothermal facilities. The company also operates power plants, geothermal steam fields, wells and well pumps, and gas pipelines. It sells its thermal energy produced by the gas-fired power cogeneration facilities primarily to industrial users. The company markets electricity produced from its generating facilities to utilities and other third party purchasers. As of December 31, 2007, it owned or leased a portfolio of 60 natural gas-fired power plants and 17 geothermal power plants with approximately 24,000 megawatts of generating capacity. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California and has an additional office in Houston, Texas.
Time Warner, Inc. operates as a media and entertainment company. It operates in five segments: America Online, Inc. (AOL), Cable, Filmed Entertainment, Network, and Publishing. AOL segment provides interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies, and e-commerce services in the United States and Europe. Cable segment offers video, high-speed data, and digital phone services. Its video products include digital video, video-on-demand, subscription-video-on-demand, and digital video recorders. The company's digital phone services consist of easy-to-use package of video, high-speed data, and voice services. Filmed Entertainment segment comprises Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, which operates in film, television, and home video businesses, combined with a film library and global distribution infrastructure; and New Line Cinema Corporation that creates and distributes theatrical motion pictures. As of December 31, 2004, its library included approximately 6,600 theatrical titles, and 54,000 live action and animated television titles. Networks segment include Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (Turner), Home Box Office, and The WB Television Network (The WB Network). The company's Turner networks include TBS, TNT, CNN, CNN Headline News, and Cartoon Network channels. The WB Network operates as a broadcast television network. Publishing segment publishes magazines through Time, Inc., and books through Time Warner Book Group, Inc. This segment also sells home decor products through approximately 35,000 independent consultants. It publishes approximately 130 magazines, including People, Sports Illustrated, In Style, Southern Living, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, Real Simple, What's on TV, and Cooking Light. The company's films include The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Harry Potter series, Million Dollar Baby, and The Polar Express. Time Warner, Inc. is headquartered in New York City.
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY (IP)
International Paper Company (IPC) operates as a forest products, paper, and packaging company. It operates in three segments: Printing Papers, Industrial and Consumer Packaging (ICP), Forest Products. The Printing Papers segment offers printing and writing papers that include uncoated and coated papers, market pulp, and bristols. The ICP segment produces corrugated boxes, lightweight and pressure sensitive papers, converted products, and other packaging for various applications, such as pressure sensitive labels, food and industrial packaging, industrial sealants and tapes, and consumer hygiene products. It also manufactures solid bleached sulfate packaging board, which is used in packaging of juice, milk, food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, computer software, and tobacco products. The Forest Products segment produces lumber, plywood, engineered wood products, and utility poles in the southern United States. IPC also owns 785,000 acres of radiata pine plantations; and produces wood products, such as lumber, plywood, panels, and laminated veneer lumber. In addition, the company offers oleo chemicals and specialty resins based on crude tall oil, byproducts of the wood pulping process that are used in adhesives and inks. It serves commercial printing market with printing papers and graphic art supplies; high traffic/away from home markets with facility supplies; and various manufacturers and processors with packaging supplies and equipment. IPC sells paper, packaging products, building materials, and other products directly to end users and converters, as well as through resellers primarily in the United States, Europe, the Pacific Rim, and South America. As of December 31, 2004, the company operated 27 pulp, paper, and packaging mills; 103 converting and packaging plants; 25 wood products facilities; and 7 specialty chemicals plants. International Paper Company was organized in 1898 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION (TSO)
Tesoro Corporation and its subsidiaries engage in refining and marketing petroleum products in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Refining and Retail. The Refining segment owns and operates six petroleum refineries located in California, Washington, Hawaii, Alaska, North Dakota, and Utah. It manufactures various products, including gasoline and gasoline blendstocks, jet fuel, diesel fuel, and heavy fuel oils for sale to various commercial customers in the midcontinental and western United States. The company's Retail segment distributes motor fuels to wholesale and retail customers, as well as to commercial end-users through a network of gas stations primarily under the Tesoro and Mirastar brand names. It sells gasoline and diesel fuel to retail customers through company operated retail stations and branded jobber/dealers in the midcontinental and western United States. As of December 31, 2004, Retail segment included a network of 506 retail stations, which comprised 214 company operated retail gasoline stations and 292 jobber/dealer stations. Tesoro was founded in 1939. It was formerly known as Tesoro Petroleum Corporation and changed its name to Tesoro Corporation in November 2004. Tesoro is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
NATIONAL-OILWELL INC (NOV)
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production. It also provides oilfield inspection and other services, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry. The company offers a range of downhole tools, such as coiled tubing tools, drilling motors, drilling tools, fishing tools, pressure control equipment, service equipment, and steering tools for drilling, fishing, well intervention, re-entry, and well completion applications. National Oilwell provides various drilling solutions, including controls and instrumentation, cranes, downhole tools, fluid end expendables and modules, force and weight measurement tools, high pressure pumping, hoisting, jacking and skidding, motion, compensation, pipe handling, power generation and distribution, rigs, rotating, safety products, solids control and waste management, and structures. It also offers a line of engineered equipment, systems, and services for offshore construction vessels, fixed and floating production installations, offshore support segments, and land applications. These engineered products include anchor handling tug and supply equipment packages, cable lay systems, cranes, FPSO equipment packages, mooring systems, motion compensation, pipelay systems, and winches. In addition, the company offers engineering and project management solutions, production solutions, and well service equipment. National Oilwell is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Amgen, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of human therapeutics based on advances in cellular and molecular biology. The company markets human therapeutic products in the areas of nephrology, supportive cancer care, and inflammatory disease. Its products primarily include EPOGEN, Aranesp, Neulasta, NEUPOGEN, and ENBREL, which is marketed under a co-promotion agreement with Wyeth in the United States and Canada. EPOGEN and Aranesp stimulate the production of red blood cells to treat anemia. Neulasta and NEUPOGEN selectively stimulate the production of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that helps the body fight infections. ENBREL blocks the biologic activity of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) by inhibiting TNF, a substance induced in response to inflammatory and immunological responses, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. It sells its products to healthcare providers, including clinics, hospitals, and pharmacies primarily in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia. Amgen has collaboration and license agreement with Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. to produce drugs for neurological and psychiatric disorders; and a drug-discovery agreement with Galapagos Genomics NV. The company was established by Bill Bowes, Franklin Johnson, Sam Wohlsteadter, and Raymond Baddour in 1980. Amgen is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.
XL Capital, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, primarily provides insurance and reinsurance coverages to industrial, commercial, and professional service firms; insurance companies; and other enterprises worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Insurance, Reinsurance, and Financial Products and Services. The Insurance segment primarily offers risk management and specialty lines products. Risk management products comprise property and casualty insurance programs for multinational companies and include umbrella liability, product recall, integrated risk, and primary master property and liability coverages. The specialty lines products include professional liability insurance, environmental liability insurance, political risk insurance, aviation and satellite insurance, marine and offshore energy insurance, employment practices liability insurance, surety, specie, bloodstock, and other insurance covers. The Reinsurance segment offers treaty and facultative reinsurance to primary insurers of casualty and property risks, which include general liability; professional liability; accident and health; automobile and workers' compensation; commercial and personal property risks; specialty risks, including fidelity and surety and ocean marine; property catastrophe; property excess of loss; property pro-rata; marine and energy; aviation and satellite; and various other reinsurances. The Financial Products and Services segment provides insurance, reinsurance, and derivative solutions for complex financial risks, including financial guaranty insurance and reinsurance, credit enhancement swaps, other collateralized transactions, weather and energy risk management products, and institutional life insurance products. The company was founded in 1986 as name EXEL Limited and changed its name to XL Capital, Ltd. in 1998. XL Capital is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC (NWL)
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. engages in the manufacture and marketing of consumer products serving the needs of volume purchasers, including department/specialty stores and warehouse clubs, home centers and hardware stores, and office superstores and contract stationers. It operates in five segments: Cleaning and Organization, Office Products, Home Fashions, Tools and Hardware, and Other. The Cleaning and Organization segment designs, manufactures, and distributes indoor and outdoor organization, home storage, food storage, and cleaning products. The Office Products segment primarily designs, sources, manufactures, packages, and distributes permanent/waterbase markers, dry erase markers, overhead projector pens, highlighters, wood-cased pencils, ballpoint pens and inks, and other art supplies. It also distributes other writing instruments, including roller ball pens and mechanical pencils for the retail marketplace. The Home Fashions segment primarily designs and distributes drapery hardware, and custom and stock horizontal and vertical blinds, as well as pleated, cellular, and roller shades for the retail marketplace. The Tools and Hardware segment manufactures and distributes hand tools and power tool accessories. The Other segment primarily designs, manufactures, packages, and distributes aluminum and steel cookware and bakeware, and hard anodized aluminum and stainless steel cookware and bakeware for the department/specialty store marketplace. It also manufactures and distributes infant and juvenile products, such as toys, high chairs, car seats, strollers, play yards, and ride-ons. The company is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES INC (IPG)
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. provides marketing and business services worldwide. It offers advertising, media planning and buying, customer relationship management, event marketing, sales promotion, public relations, and online marketing communications services. The company also provides direct and digital marketing. In addition, it provides sports marketing. The company was founded in 1902. It was formerly known as McCann-Erickson Incorporated and changed its name to The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. in 1961. The company is headquartered in New York City.
Office Depot, Inc. supplies office products and services in North America and internationally. The company provides its products in three categories: supplies; technology; and furniture and other. The supplies category includes paper, filing, binders, writing instruments, adhesives, school supplies, and ink and toner. The technology category includes desktop and laptop computers, monitors, printers, copiers, cables, software, digital cameras, telephones, and wireless communications products. The furniture and other category include desks, chairs, luggage, calculators, products, and services and other miscellaneous items. It sells its products under Office Depot, Viking Office Products, Viking Direct, 4Sure.com, Guilbert, and NiceDay brand names. The company offers its products and services through wholly owned retail stores, contract business-to-business sales relationships, commercial catalogs, and multiple Web sites. Office Depot was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Deiray Beach, Florida.
Tellabs, Inc. engages in the design and marketing of communications equipment to telecommunications service providers worldwide. The company's products are classified into transport, managed access, voice quality, broadband data, and access products. Transport systems include digital-cross connect systems, transport products, transport switches, and optical transport systems. Managed access systems include mobile transmission systems, which are used for cell site aggregation and backhaul; cable telephony distribution systems, which enable cable television providers, alternate access carriers, and competitive access providers to build communication networks that support the integrated delivery of video and circuit-switched voice and data services; and edge nodes, core nodes, switch nodes, and transport switches. Voice-quality systems primarily consists broadband and narrowband echo cancellers, integrated echo cancellation, and other voice-quality solutions to manage voice quality in wireless, long distance, and private communications networks. Broadband data systems include multiservice routers, which enable carriers to integrate frame relay, asynchronous transfer mode network services, Ethernet, and Internet protocol (IP) data networks onto a converged multiprotocol label switching infrastructure (MPLS). It also includes managed edge systems, which are IP/MPLS-based platforms with service management tools. Access Products include optical networking terminals for fiber to the premise access systems. Tellabs products and services provide solutions for wireline services to business and residential customers, wireless services, and broadband data networking. The company also provides installation and professional services, such as network deployment, traffic management, support services, and training. It sells its products through its field sales force and distributors. Tellabs was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Naperville, Illinois.
Masco Corporation engages in the manufacture, sale, and installation of home improvement and building products in North America. It operates through five segments: Cabinets and Related Products, Plumbing Products, Installation and Other Services, Decorative Architectural Products, and Other Specialty Products. The company's Cabinets and Related Products segment include kitchen, bath, storage, home office, and home entertainment products. Its Plumbing Products segment offers faucets and showering devices to plumbers, building contractors, remodelers, smaller retailers, and others. This segment also offers brass and copper plumbing system components, and other plumbing specialties to plumbing, heating, and hardware wholesalers; home centers; hardware stores; building supply outlets; and other mass merchandisers. Masco's Installation and Other Services segment supplies and installs cabinetry, fireplaces, gutters, bath accessories, garage doors, and windows. Its Decorative Architectural Products segment include decorative bath hardware and shower accessories, paints, specialty paint products, stains, varnishes, and waterproofings. Masco's Other Specialty Products segment provides windows and patio doors, manual and electric staple gun tackers, staples, and other fastening tools. These products are sold through wholesalers, home centers, and other retailers. Masco also manufactures residential hydronic radiators and heat Convectors. The company was organized as Masco Screw Products Company by Alex Manoogian in 1929 and changed its name to Masco Corporation in 1961. The company is headquartered in Taylor, Michigan.
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC (HON)
Honeywell International, Inc. provides aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes, and industry; turbochargers; automotive products; specialty chemicals; fibers; and electronic and advanced materials. It operates in four segments: Aerospace, Automation and Control Solutions, Specialty Materials, and Transportation Systems. The Aerospace segment supplies aircraft engines, avionics, and related products and services for commercial airlines, business and regional aircraft, manned and unmanned military aircraft, and spacecraft. Its portfolio includes engines, systems, and services; aerospace electronic systems; and aircraft landing systems. The Automation and Control Solutions segment provides environmental controls and combustion; sensing and controls; security and life safety products and services; and industrial automation solutions. This segment also offers building solutions. The Specialty Materials segment develops and manufactures chemicals and materials for applications in the automotive, healthcare, agricultural, packaging, fibers, refrigeration, semiconductor, wax, and adhesives markets. Its product portfolio includes fluorocarbons, specialty films, advanced fibers, research chemicals and intermediates, and electronic materials and chemicals. The Transportation Systems segment provides charge-air systems; thermal systems; aftermarket filters, spark plugs, electronic components, and car care products; and friction materials aftermarket brake hard parts. Honeywell International has a joint venture with Rockwell Collins, Inc. The company operates in the United States and Canada, as well as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Honeywell International was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Morris Township, New Jersey.
MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY (MEE)
Massey Energy Company engages in the production, processing, and sale of low sulfur bituminous coal of steam and metallurgical grades through its processing and shipping centers called resource groups. These resource groups or mining complexes blend, process, and ship coal that is produced from one or more mines. The company's steam coal is primarily purchased by utilities and industrial clients as fuel for power plants. Its metallurgical coal is used primarily to make coke for use in the manufacture of steel. The company also operates material handling facilities and a synfuel production plant. This plant converts coal products to synthetic fuel. Its customer base includes various electric utilities, steel manufacturers, industrial customers, and energy traders and brokers. As of December 31, 2004, Massey Energy operated 34 underground mines and 15 surface mines in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia. In addition, the company holds interests in operations that produce, gather, and market natural gas from shallow reservoirs in the Appalachian Basin. As of the above date, it owned and operated approximately 156 wells, 184 miles of gathering line, and various small compression facilities in Appalachian Basin. Massey Energy distributes its products through freight and terminal agreements with various providers, including railroads, barge lines, steamship lines, bulk motor carriers and terminal facilities. The company was founded in 1912. It was formerly known as A.T. Massey Coal Company, Inc. and renamed as Massey Energy Company in 2000. Massey Energy is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION (PCX)
Patriot Coal Corporation produces and markets coal in the eastern United States. It has eight company-operated mines, two joint venture mines, and various contractor-operated mines in Appalachia and the Illinois Basin. The company serves electric utilities, industrial users, and metallurgical coal customers. As of November 20, 2007, it controlled approximately 1.2 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves. Patriot Coal Corporation is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
MANITOWOC COMPANY INC (MTW)
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of cranes, foodservice equipment, and marine equipment worldwide. The company operates in three segments Cranes and Related Products (Crane), Foodservice Equipment (Foodservice), and Marine. The Crane segment provides lifting equipment used in energy, petrochemical, and industrial projects; infrastructure development, such as road, bridge, and airport construction; and commercial and residential construction; and mining and dredging. It designs, manufactures, and markets a line of crawler cranes, mobile telescopic cranes, tower cranes, and boom trucks. The Foodservice segment designs, manufactures, and markets product lines of ice making machines, walk-in and reach-in refrigerators/freezers, fountain beverage delivery systems, and other foodservice refrigeration products for the lodging, restaurant, healthcare, convenience store, soft-drink bottling, and institutional foodservice markets. The Marine segment provides new construction, ship repair, and maintenance services for freshwater and saltwater vessels. It also provides Great Lakes and oceangoing mid-sized commercial, research, and military vessels. In addition, the company provides backroom beverage equipment distribution services, replacement parts, product services, and crane rebuilding and remanufacturing services, as well as inspection, maintenance, and repair of freshwater and saltwater vessels. The Manitowoc Company was founded in 1853 and is based in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD (FLEX)
Flextronics International, Ltd. provides electronics manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers. It offers design services, including user interface and industrial design, mechanical engineering and tooling design, electronic system design, PCB design, semiconductor design, printed circuit board and flexible circuit fabrication, and systems assembly and manufacturing services. The company also provides design, manufacture, and integration of electronics packaging systems, including custom enclosure systems, power and thermal subsystems, interconnect subsystems, and cabling and cases. In addition, it provides logistics services, including freight forwarding, warehousing/inventory management, and outbound/e-commerce solutions. The company also provides various after-market services that comprise product repair, remanufacturing and maintenance at repair depots, logistics and parts management, returns processing, warehousing, and engineering change management. It offers project planning, documentation, engineering, production, installation and commissioning of equipment to original equipment manufacturers in the data and telecommunications industries. The company offers products to handheld devices, computers and office automation, communications infrastructure, consumer devices, information technology infrastructure, industrial, automotive and medical industries. Flextronics International was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Singapore.
Alcatel-Lucent provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises, and governments to deliver voice, data, and video communication services to end-users worldwide. It operates in three segments: Carrier, Enterprise, and Services. The Carrier segment comprises the Wireline, Wireless, and Convergence business groups. The Wireline group offers core networks access networks facilitating the delivery of voice, data, and video services. The Wireless group serves the needs of wireless carriers and provides a range of mobile communications, including GSM/GPRS/EDGE, W-CDMA, and CDMA, as well as nascent technologies, such as WiMAX. The Convergence Business group offers a product portfolio, which supports voice, multimedia, entertainment, and converged services. The Enterprise segment develops secure and end-to-end business critical communications products, including IP and hybrid-IP telephone systems, call center software and applications, and IP networking products. The Services segment provides network integration and other professional services, network operations services, and maintenance services. Its network integration, planning, design, optimization, and management services are critical to simplifying network convergence and the transformation of its carrier and enterprise customers' networks to IP infrastructure and empowering service providers. This segment's maintenance services enables its customers in improving the performance of their multi-vendor networks and maintain network reliability and availability; remote technical support services that provide remote support capabilities to diagnose, resolve, and restore the network; and on-site technical support services, which offer technical specialists to deliver on-site maintenance services. The company was founded in 1898. It was formerly known as Alcatel and changed its name to Alcatel-Lucent in 2006. The company is headquartered in Paris, France.
SMITH INTERNATIONAL INC (SII)
Smith International, Inc. supplies products and services to the oil and gas exploration and production industry, the petrochemical industry, and other industrial markets worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Oilfield Products and Services, and Distribution. The Oilfield Products and Services segment includes M-I SWACO, which provides drilling and completion fluid systems and services, solids-control and separation equipment, waste-management services, and oilfield production chemicals; Smith Technologies, which manufactures and sells three-cone drill bits, diamond drill bits, and turbine products; and Smith Services, that offers products and services used for drilling, workover, well completion, and well reentry operations. The Distribution segment consists of a supply-chain management company, which markets a range of products and services, including pipe, valves, and fittings, as well as mill, safety, and other maintenance products for the energy, refining, petrochemical, power generation, and mining industries in the United States and Canada. In addition, it provides underreamers, casing exit and multilateral systems, packers, liner hangers, and supply-chain management solutions. Smith International was incorporated in 1937 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Aetna, Inc. provides health care, dental, pharmacy, group life, disability, and long-term care benefits in the United States. It operates in three segments: Health Care, Group Insurance, and Large Case Pensions. Health Care segment consists of health and dental plans offered on a risk basis and on an employer-funded basis. It provides medical and dental benefit products, including health maintenance organization, point-of-service, preferred provider organization, and indemnity benefit products. These products are also sold with the company's consumer-directed health plans, Aetna HealthFund and Health Savings Accounts. It also provides specialty products, such as pharmacy benefits management, dental, vision, and behavioral health programs. Further, this segment provides access to network of independent dental and vision participating providers through its Vital Savings by Aetna discount program. Group Insurance segment offers life, disability, and long-term care insurance products. Large Case Pension segment manages a variety of retirement products, including pension and annuity products primarily for defined benefit and defined contribution plans. The company was incorporated in 1982 under the name of United States Health Care Systems, Inc. and subsequently changed its name to Aetna, Inc. Aetna is headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut.
MetLife, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide insurance and other financial services to individual and institutional customers worldwide. It offers life insurance, annuities, automobile, and homeowner's insurance; and retail banking services to individuals, as well as group insurance, reinsurance, and retirement and savings products and services. The company operates through five segments: Institutional, Individual, Auto and Home, International, and Reinsurance. The Institutional segment offers a range of group insurance products, such as group life insurance; nonmedical health insurance products, including accidental death and dismemberment, long-term care, short- and long-term disability, and dental insurance; and related administrative services, as well as provides retirement and savings products and services, including an array of annuity and investment products; and administrative and investment services to corporations and other institutions. The Individual segment offers various protection and asset accumulation products, including insurance products, such as traditional, universal, and variable life insurance; and variable and fixed annuities, mutual funds, and securities. The Auto and Home segment offers auto insurance, including both standard and nonstandard private passenger; homeowner's, renters, condominium, and dwelling insurance; and other personal insurance, including umbrella, recreational vehicles, and boat owners. The International segment provides life insurance, accident and health insurance, annuities, and retirement and savings products to both individuals and groups. The Reinsurance segment primarily offers traditional life and critical illness reinsurance; and financial reinsurance. The company operates primarily in the United States, as well as in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, and Uruguay. MetLife was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in New York City.
GOLDCORP INCORPORATED (GG)
Goldcorp, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and operation of precious metal properties in North and South America, and in Australia. The company owns one gold deposit, Red Lake mine, located in Ontario, Canada. It also has 100% interests in the Luismin gold/silver mines in Mexico; Peak gold mine in Australia; and Wharf gold mine in South Dakota, the United States. In addition, the company has a 37.5% interest in the Alumbrera gold/copper mine in Argentina. Goldcorp is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (GT)
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of tires, and related products and services worldwide. It offers rubber tires for automobiles, trucks, buses, aircraft, motorcycles, farm implements, earthmoving equipment, industrial equipment, and other applications. The company also manufactures and sells tread rubber and other tire retreading materials; retreads truck, aircraft, and heavy equipment tires; and offers flaps for truck tires and other types of tires. In addition, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company provides power transmission belts, hoses, and other rubber products for the transportation industry, and various industrial and chemical markets, as well as synthetic rubber and rubber-related chemicals for various applications. Further, the company operates commercial truck service and tire retreading centers; and auto service center outlets. The company was founded by Frank Seiberling in 1898 and is headquartered in Akron, Ohio.
WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE CORP (WYN)
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation provides various hospitality products and services to business-to-business customers and individual consumers. It operates in three segments: Lodging, Vacation Exchange and Rental, and Vacation Ownership. The Lodging segment franchises hotels in the upscale, middle, and economy segments of the lodging industry. This segment owns approximately 6,500 franchised hotels, which represents 543,000 rooms. The Vacation Exchange and Rental segment provides vacation exchange products and services to the owners of intervals of vacation ownership interests; and markets vacation rental properties on behalf of independent owners. Its accommodations include hotel rooms and suites, villas, cottages, bungalows, campgrounds, vacation ownership condominiums, city apartments, second homes, fractional private residences, luxury destination clubs, and boats. The Vacation Ownership segment markets and sells vacation ownership interests to individual consumers; offers consumer financing; provides property management services at resorts; and develops and acquires vacation ownership resorts. As of December, 31, 2006, this segment developed and acquired approximately 150 vacation ownership resorts, which include 20,000 individual vacation ownership units and over 800,000 owners of vacation ownership interests. The company offers its products and services under the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Ramada, Days Inn, Super 8, TripRewards, RCI, Landal GreenParks, English Country Cottages, Novasol, Wyndham Vacation Resorts, and WorldMark by Wyndham brand names. It operates in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 2003 as Cendant Hotel Group and changed its name to Wyndham Worldwide Corporation in 2006. Wyndham is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey.
WYNN RESORTS LIMITED (WYNN)
Wynn Resorts, Limited, a development stage company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, engages in the design, development, financing, and construction of Wynn Las Vegas, a casino resort in Las Vegas. The company also holds 100% interest in Wynn Macau, a casino located in Macau. Wynn Resorts was formed in 2002 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
First Solar, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the design, manufacture, and sale of solar electric power modules. The solar module is a polycrystalline thin film structure that employs cadmium telluride semiconductor material to convert sunlight into electricity. The company sells its products to solar project developers and system integrators primarily in Germany. The company was founded as First Solar Holdings, LLC in 1999 and changed its name to First Solar Holdings, Inc. Further, it changed its name to First Solar, Inc. in 2006. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
HECLA MINING COMPANY (HL)
Hecla Mining Company and its subsidiaries engage in the exploration, development, mining, and processing of silver, gold, lead, and zinc in the United States, Venezuela, and Mexico. As of June 30, 2005, it owned a 100% interest in The Lucky Friday unit, which produces silver in located near Mullan, Idaho; a 29.73% joint venture interest in the Greens Creek unit, which is a polymetals mine located near Juneau, Alaska; a 100% interest in the San Sebastian unit, a silver and gold mine located in Durango, Mexico; and a 100% interest in the La Camorra unit, a gold producer located in the state of Bolivar, Venezuela. The company was formed in 1891 and is headquartered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
TYCO ELECTRONICS LTD (TEL)
Tyco Electronics, Ltd. and its subsidiaries provide engineered electronic components, network solutions, and wireless systems worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Electronic Components, Network Solutions, Wireless Systems, and Other. The Electronic Components segment supplies passive electronic components, including connectors and interconnect systems, relays, switches, circuit protection devices, touch screens, sensors, and wire and cable to original equipment manufacturers, and their contract manufacturers in the automotive, computer, consumer electronics, communication equipment, appliance, aerospace and defense, industrial machinery, and instrumentation markets. The Network Solutions segment offers infrastructure components and systems, such as connectors, above-and below-ground enclosures, heat shrink tubing, cable accessories, surge arrestors, fiber optic cabling, copper cabling, and racks for copper and fiber networks to the telecommunications and energy markets. This segment also provides electronic systems for test access and intelligent cross-connect applications, as well as integrated cabling solutions for cabling and building management. The Wireless Systems segment's products include radio frequency components and subassembly solutions, such as silicon and gallium arsenide semiconductors, radar sensors, radio frequency identification components, microwave subsystems, and diodes and land mobile radios systems for communications, radar, and defense applications. These products are sold primarily to the aerospace and defense, public safety, communication equipment, and automotive markets. The Other segment designs, manufactures, distributes, and installs power systems and undersea telecommunication systems. Tyco Electronics is based in Pembroke, Bermuda. Tyco Electronics Ltd. was formerly a subsidiary of Tyco International Ltd.
INVESCO PLC is a publicly owned investment manager with approximately $471.2 billion in assets under management. The firm provides its services to retail, institutional, and private wealth management clients. Through its subsidiaries it manages separate client focused equity, balanced, fixed income, money market, and real estate investment portfolios and funds for its clients. The firm was formerly known as AMVESCAP PLC. INVESCO is based in Atlanta, Georgia with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.
NRG Energy, Inc. primarily engages in the ownership and operation of power generation facilities and the sale of energy, capacity, and related products in the United States and internationally. The company generates power through natural gas, coal, and oil fired facilities. It also trades energy, capacity, and related products. In addition, NRG Energy owns district heating and cooling systems. As of December 31, 2004, the company owned interests in 52 power projects in 5 countries having an aggregate net generation capacity of approximately 15,400 mega watts. NRG Energy was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.
BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION (ABX)
Barrick Gold Corporation operates as a gold mining company with operating and development properties in the United States, Canada, Australia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Tanzania. The company has 100% interest in Goldstrike Property, Nevada; Eskay Creek Mine, British Columbia; Holt-McDermott Mine, Ontario; Pierina Mine, Peru; Plutonic Mine, Western Australia; Darlot Mine, Western Australia; Lawlers Mine, Western Australia; and Bulyanhulu Mine, Tanzania. Barrick Gold also has interests in various other properties, such as Round Mountain Mine, Nevada; Hemlo Property, Ontario; Marigold Mine, Nevada; Kalgoorlie Mine, Western Australia; and Kalgoorlie Mine, Western Australia. As of December 31, 2004, it had 89.1 million ounces of total proven and probable gold and mineral reserves. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION (LNC)
Lincoln National Corporation, through its subsidiaries, offers multiple insurance and investment management products and services in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company operates in four segments: Lincoln Retirement, Life Insurance, Investment Management, and Lincoln UK. Lincoln Retirement segment offers fixed and variable annuities, such as individual annuities and employer-sponsored annuities. Life Insurance segment provides life insurance products, such as universal life, variable universal life, interest-sensitive whole life, corporate owned life insurance, and term insurance to the high net worth and rich markets. Investment Management segment provides various investment products and services, such as mutual funds, retirement plan services, and other investment products, including managed accounts and college savings plans to retail investors. This segment also provides investment advisory services and products to institutional clients, such as pension funds, foundations, endowment funds, and trusts. The Lincoln UK segment offers unit-linked life and pension products in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CEMEX, S.A. de C.V., a holding company, engages in the production, distribution, marketing, and sale of cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and clinker worldwide. The company has operations in North, Central, and South America; Europe; the Caribbean; Asia; and Africa. It delivers its products through direct sales and distribution channels to the residential, industrial, commercial, and public sectors. CEMEX was founded in 1906 and is based in Garza Garcia, Mexico.
BANCO SANTANDER S.A (STD)
Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A. (BSCH) offers a range of financial products and services in Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Latin America, and in other countries. The company operates in three segments: Retail Banking, Asset Management and Insurance (AMI), and Global Wholesale Banking (GWB). Retail Banking segment engages in customer banking businesses, which include deposit taking, personal loans and consumer finance, mortgage lending, bill discounting, leasing, factoring, mutual and pension funds distribution, life and nonlife insurance distribution, credit and debit card operations, remote banking services, automobile financing, money transfers, and various other products and services. AMI segment engages in the design and management of mutual and pension funds, and insurance products. GWB segment covers the company's corporate banking, treasury, and investment banking activities. The corporate banking activities include bill discounting, global cash management, treasury management, risk mitigation, trade finance, and correspondent banking services. The treasury operations manage money, foreign exchange, and fixed-income trading using conventional instruments and derivatives. Investment banking operations include brokerage, corporate finance, structured and project finance, and custody services. The company also operates in the area of financial management and equity stakes, which incorporates the centralized activities relating to equity stakes in industrial and financial companies; financial management of the structural exchange rate position; and management of liquidity and of shareholders' equity through issues and securitizations. As of June 30, 2005, BSCH operated 10099 branches. The company was formerly known as Banco Santander, S.A. and changed its name to Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A. in 1999. BSCH is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES INC (HMA)
Health Management Associates, Inc. engages in the ownership and operation of general acute care hospitals and psychiatric hospitals in nonurban communities primarily in the southeastern and southwestern United States. Its services include general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care, pediatric services, behavioral health services, and psychiatric care. The company also provides outpatient services, such as one-day surgery, laboratory, x-ray, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy. In addition, it offers specialty services in cardiology, such as open-heart surgery; neuro-surgery; oncology; radiation therapy; CT scanning; MRI imaging; lithotripsy; and full-service obstetrics. As of September 30, 2005, the company operated 57 hospitals, consisting of 55 acute care hospitals with approximately 8,128 beds; and 2 psychiatric hospitals with approximately 182 beds. Health Management Associates was formed in 1977 and is headquartered in Naples, Florida.
Ariba, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides spend management solutions that allow enterprises to manage the purchase of non payroll goods and services in the United States. Its solutions include software, network access, and professional services. The company's software and services streamline the business processes related to the identification of suppliers of goods and services, the negotiation of the terms of purchases, and the management of ongoing purchasing and settlement activities. Ariba helps customers to address six areas of spend management, including visibility, sourcing, contract management, procurement and expense, invoice and payment, and supplier management solutions. Ariba's solutions also include implementation and consulting, education and training, commodity expertise and decision support, benchmarking, sourcing, and procurement outsourcing services. In addition, the company's spend management solutions integrate with and leverage the Ariba Supplier Network, a scalable Internet infrastructure that connects its buying organizations with their suppliers to exchange product and service information, as well as a range of business documents, such as purchase orders and invoices. The company offers its software and services through its direct sales force and indirect sales channels in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, and internationally. Ariba was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD (RCL)
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. operates as a cruise company worldwide. The company operates two brands, Royal Caribbean International (RCI) and Celebrity Cruises. The RCI brand offers a range of onboard activities, services, and amenities, including swimming pools; sun decks; beauty salons; exercise and spa facilities; ice skating rinks; in-line skating; basketball courts; rock climbing walls; miniature golf courses; gaming facilities; lounges; bars; Las Vegas-style entertainment; and cinemas and Royal Promenades, which are boulevards with shopping, dining, and entertainment venues. It also offers a variety of shore excursions at each port of call. The RCI brand serves cruise vacation industry through cruises that are generally 7 nights or shorter and feature a casual ambiance and through cruises that are generally 7 to 14 nights. As of December 31, 2004, it operated 19 cruise ships with 44,136 berths. The Celebrity Cruises brand delivers ships, extensive and luxurious spa facilities, premium dining, superior service, entertainment programs, and a high staff-to-passenger ratio. It also provides a variety of itineraries and cruise lengths in seasonal markets; and offers various cruise itineraries that range from 2 to 16 nights. As of the same date, the Celebrity Cruises brand served the premium segment of cruise vacation industry through 10 cruise ships with 16,454 berths. The company sells its services through its sales force and independent travel agencies. Royal Caribbean Cruises was founded in 1968 and is based in Miami, Florida.
CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC (CLF)
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. produces iron ore pellets in North America. The company manages and owns interests in North American mines; and owns ancillary companies, providing transportation and other services to the mines. It operates six iron ore mines located in Michigan, Minnesota, and eastern Canada. The company manufactures 13 grades of iron ore pellets, including standard, fluxed, and high manganese, for use in its customer's blast furnaces as part of the steel making process. It sells its pellets to integrated steel companies in the United States and Canada. Cleveland-Cliffs was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
Equity Residential, a real estate company, engages in the acquisition, development, ownership, management, and operation of multifamily properties in the United States. The company owned or had investments in 933 properties in 32 states and the District of Columbia consisting of 198,240 units, as of July 27, 2005. Equity Residential has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT). As a REIT, the company generally would not be subject to federal income tax on the portion of REIT taxable income or capital gain that the company distributes to the shareholders. The company was formed in 1966 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION (WDC)
Western Digital Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of hard disk drives worldwide. Its hard disk drive products include 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch form factor drives. The company's hard disk drives are used in desktop personal computers; notebook computers; enterprise applications, such as servers, workstations, network attached storage, and storage area networks; and consumer electronics products, such as personal/digital video recorders and satellite and cable set-top boxes. In addition, the company's hard disk drives are used in external hard disk drive products that feature high speed buses, such as 1394/ FireWire/iLinktm, universal serial bus, and Ethernet. The company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers for inclusion in computer systems or subsystems; and to distributors, resellers, and retailers. Western Digital was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, California.
CIGNA Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides employee benefits offered through the workplace in the United States, Asia, and Europe. The company operates in two segments, Health Care, and Disability and Life. The Health Care segment offers various managed care, and indemnity products and services, including dental benefit plans; managed behavioral health care services and employee assistance programs; medical management and utilization management services; pharmacy programs and pharmaceutical fulfillment services; and disability and life insurance products. It also provides disability and life insurance products to employers, multiple employer groups, unions, government-sponsored programs, and other groups. Disability and Life segment provides long- and short-term disability insurance, disability and workers' compensation case management, group life insurance, and accident and specialty insurance products. CIGNA also offers personal accident insurance coverage, which consists primarily of accidental death and dismemberment, and travel accident insurance to employers. In addition, the company offers corporate life insurance products, which include permanent life insurance contracts sold to corporations to provide coverage on the lives of certain of their employees. Its corporate life insurance products include universal life and variable universal life policies. CIGNA also provides individual and group life, accident and health insurance, and health care products primarily in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and Spain. As of December 31, 2004, CIGNA's medical health maintenance organizations networks included approximately 354,000 physicians and 3,100 hospitals. The company was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
PACCAR, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of light, medium, and heavy-duty trucks, as well as in the related aftermarket distribution of parts. The company designs and manufactures heavy-duty diesel trucks that are used worldwide for over-the-road and off-highway hauling of freight, petroleum, wood products, construction, and other materials. It distributes trucks and parts through its independent dealer network. PACCAR also provides finance and leasing services to customers and dealers, which are principally related to its products and associated equipment. It also operates lease outlets. In addition, the company manufactures other products, including industrial winches. PACCAR was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
AutoNation, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. The company offers a range of automotive products and services, including new vehicles, used vehicles, vehicle maintenance and repair services, vehicle parts, extended service contracts, vehicle protection products, and other aftermarket products. As of December 31, 2004, it owned and operated 358 new vehicle franchises from 281 stores located in metropolitan markets in 17 states, principally in the Sunbelt region of the United States. The company was founded by H. Wayne Huizenga. It was formerly known as Republic Industries, Inc. and changed its name to AutoNation, Inc. in 1999. AutoNation is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP INC (CBG)
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. offers commercial real estate services worldwide. It provides various advisory services, such as strategic advice and execution to owners, investors, and occupiers of real estate; origination and servicing of commercial mortgage loans; and valuation services that include market value appraisals, litigation support, discounted cash flow analyses, and feasibility and fairness opinions. The company also provides outsourcing services, such as asset services that include property management, construction management, marketing, leasing, accounting, and financial services; and corporate services, such as portfolio management, transaction management, project management, strategic consulting, facilities management, and other corporate real estate services. In addition, CB Richard Ellis Group provides investment management services to client/partners that include pension plans, investment funds, and other organizations. It provides services primarily to occupiers, owners, lenders, and investors in office, retail, industrial, multifamily, and other commercial real estate assets worldwide. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC (AKAM)
Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides services for the delivery of content and business processes over the Internet for businesses, government agencies, and other enterprises. It offers services and solutions for content and application delivery, application performance services, on demand managed services, and business performance management services based on its technological platform, EdgePlatform. The company offers solutions for the delivery, load balancing, and storage of the applications and Web content. It also offers application performance services to enhance the performance of content common on corporate extranets and wide area networks. Akamai's on demand managed services, including Akamai EdgeComputing and net storage offerings, enable enterprises to handle Internet traffic. The company's business performance management services include its network data feeds and its Web analytics offering, which provide customers with data about the performance of their content and applications over the Internet and on the Edge Platform. In addition, it provides custom solutions, including replicating its technologies to facilitate content delivery behind the firewall, combinations of its technology with that of other providers to create solutions for specific customers, and support for applications that rely on the Internet and intranets. Akamai sells its services and software domestically and internationally through its direct sales and services organization, as well as through resellers. It has offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED (TEVA)
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, a pharmaceutical company, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of generic and human drugs worldwide. Its generic pharmaceutical products include tablets, capsules, ointments, creams, liquids, and injectables. The company's active pharmaceutical ingredients include peptide active pharmaceutical ingredients. It also develops technologies, such as fermentation processes. The company has strategic alliances with Biovail Corporation International, Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Impax Laboratories, Inc., and Andrx Corporation. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Petach Tikva, Israel.
COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC (CCE)
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. engages in the manufacture, distribution, sale, and marketing of nonalcoholic beverages primarily under agreements with The Coca-Cola Company. The company offers its products principally under Coca-Cola classic, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dasani, Fanta, Schweppes, and caffeine free Diet Coke brand names, as well as under Dr Pepper brand name. In addition, it purchases and distributes waters, juices, isotonics, and teas. The company sells its products through wholesalers and retailers primarily in North America, Great Britain, continental France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Monaco. Coca-Cola Enterprises was incorporated in 1944 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
BP p.l.c. engages in oil and natural gas exploration, and field development and production, as well as in the management of crude oil and natural gas pipelines, processing and export terminals, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing facilities worldwide. As of December 31, 2004, the company had interests in four LNG plants in Australia, Indonesia, and Trinidad, as well as operated the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, and the Forties Pipeline System and the Central Area Transmission System pipeline both in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea. As of the above date, its total hydrocarbon proved reserves comprised 14,626 million barrels of oil and natural gas equivalent. BP also engages in the processing, fractionation, and marketing of ethane, propane, butanes, and pentanes extracted from natural gas. The company supplies, trades, refines, markets, and transports crude oil and petroleum products to wholesale and retail customers. In addition, it develops, produces, and markets solar panels and wind farms, and involves in gas fired power generation projects. Further, BP offers chemicals and plastics to bulk, wholesale, and retail customers. The company produces aromatics and acetyls, and olefins and derivatives, which are used in the manufacture of various consumer goods, including plastic drinks bottles, computer housings, adhesives, inks, rigid packaging, pipes, food packaging, and automobile components, as well as textiles for clothes and carpets. BP has a joint venture with China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in London.
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, primarily engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and Georgia. The company's retail activities are carried out by Southern Power Company, Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, Gulf Power Company, Mississippi Power Company, and Savannah Electric and Power Company. Its other business activities include investments in synthetic fuels and leveraged lease projects, wireless telecommunication services, energy-related services, and natural gas marketing. The company serves approximately 4 million customers, as of April 26, 2005. Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mittal Steel Company N.V., through its subsidiaries, operates as a global steel company. It produces a range of finished and semifinished steel products that include hot-rolled sheets, cold-rolled sheets, electro-galvanized and coated steel, bars, wire-rods, wire-products, pipes, billets, blooms, and slabs. Hot-rolled sheet is used in the manufacture of various nonsurface critical applications, such as automobile suspension arms, frames, wheels, and other unexposed parts in auto and truck bodies, agricultural equipment, construction products, machinery, tubing, pipe, and guard rails. Cold-rolled steel is used in applications, such as exposed automobile and appliance panels. Coated sheet is used in automobile exteriors, household appliances, roofing and siding, heating and air conditioning equipment, air ducts, and switch boxes, as well as in certain packaging applications, such as food containers. Bar steel is used for making axles, crankshafts, transmission gears, bearings, and tubes. Wire rods are used in automotive, construction, welding, and engineering sectors. Wire products are used in springs, concrete wire, electrical conductors, and structural cables. Billets/Blooms are used for further processing by rolling to produce finished products, including wire rod, merchant bars, and other sections. Slab is used as a starting material in the production process of other flat products, such as hot rolled sheet. The company was founded in 1997 by Lakshmi N. Mittal under the name Ispat International N.V. and changed its name to Mittal Steel Company N.V. in 2004. Mittal Steel is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP INC (NYB)
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for New York Community Bank, which provides multifamily mortgage loans and thrift depository services in the New York metropolitan region. It offers checking and savings products; an array of third-party investment products, including life insurance, annuities, and mutual funds. The bank also provides a portfolio of commercial real estate loans that are primarily secured by mixed-use office buildings and shopping centers, as well as originates loans for the construction and development of one-to-four family homes and residential subdivisions, multifamily buildings, and commercial properties. In addition, the bank primarily consists of commercial lines of credit, home equity loans, and secured and unsecured personal loans. Further, the bank offers various deposit accounts, including NOW and money market accounts, and noninterest-bearing demand deposit accounts. As of June 23, 2005, the bank operated 141 banking offices, in New York City, Long Island, Westchester County, and New Jersey. The company was established in 1859 and is based in Westbury, New York.
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC (ADP)
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) provides computerized transaction processing, data communication, and information services worldwide. The company primarily offers: Employer Services, Brokerage Services, Dealer Services, and Claims Services. Its Employer Services include human resource information, payroll processing, human resources tax and compliance management, and benefit administration products and services. ADP's Brokerage Services include transaction processing services, desktop productivity applications, and investor communications solutions to the financial services industry worldwide. Its products and services include: global order entry, trade processing, and settlement systems; and regulatory mailings, tax reporting, and corporate actions/reorganization solutions. The company's Dealer Services provide integrated dealer management systems and business solutions to automotive, heavy truck, and powersports vehicle retailers and manufacturers throughout North America and Europe. It offers a service product that includes computer hardware, hardware maintenance services, licensed software, software support, data integration, system design, and network consulting services. Dealer Services also include Web-enabled business solutions, front-end dealership sales process and business development training services, consulting services, and customer relationship management solutions. ADP's Claims Services include business solutions for clients in the property insurance, auto collision repair, and auto recycling industries. Its Claims Services' products and services include claims management applications; body shop and auto recycler management systems and auto recycler alternative parts locating solutions; other applications, databases, and management information tools and services for the claims process; and insurance broker risk management and insurance distribution services. ADP was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey.
Exelixis, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of cancer, metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disease, and other serious diseases. Its clinical development pipeline includes various compounds in cancer and renal disease: XL119 (becatecarin), which is in a Phase III clinical trial in patients with inoperable bile duct tumors and which was exclusively licensed to Helsinn Healthcare SA with rights to reacquire commercial rights for North America; XL647, XL999, XL880, and XL820 that are in Phase I clinical trials in cancer; and XL844 and XL184, anticancer compounds for which it filed investigational new drug applications. The company's preclinical pipeline comprises six programs. The preclinical oncology programs consist of development candidates that focus on inhibiting the RAF (XL281), Akt/S6k (XL418), and IGF1R (XL228) kinases that are implicated in various cancers. In preclinical metabolic disease programs, which consist of Liver X Receptor, Farnesoid X Receptor, and Mineralocortiocoid Receptor programs, the company is developing small molecules that modulate nuclear hormone receptors implicated in various metabolic and cardiovascular disorders. Exelixis has alliances with major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and Genentech. The company was founded as Exelixis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 1994 and changed its name to Exelixis, Inc. in 2000. Exelixis is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
Teradyne, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of automatic test equipment and interconnection systems primarily in the United States. The company's automatic test equipment products include semiconductor test systems, assembly test systems, diagnostic solutions and broadband test systems. Its semiconductor test systems contain integrated analog, digital, and memory functions, which allow an entire system or subsystem to reside on a single device or chip. These chips are used in automotive, communications, consumer, computer, and electronic game applications. The company's connection systems offer backplane systems, printed circuit boards, and connectors. Its assembly test systems include in-circuit test systems, imaging inspection systems, and military/aerospace test and diagnostics. The company's diagnostic solutions provide electronic test and diagnostic systems to the automotive original equipment manufactures and subcontractors. Its broadband test systems provide test systems for voice and digital subscriber line, and telephone networks. The company's interconnection systems include high bandwidth backplane assemblies and high density connectors. It sells its products principally through its direct sales force in North America, Asia, and Europe. The company was founded by Alex d'Arbeloff and Nick DeWolfin in 1960, and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
PDL BioPharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the research, development, and commercialization of therapies for treatment of inflammation and autoimmune diseases, acute cardiac conditions, and cancer. It markets and distributes various biopharmaceutical products, including Cardene I.V. for the short-term treatment of hypertension; Retavase, a fibrinolytic agent for the management of acute myocardial infarction or heart attack in adults for the improvement of ventricular function; and IV Busulfex that is used as a conditioning agent in blood or marrow transplantation in chronic myelogenous leukemia. The company also develops various other products, such as Daclizumab for the treatment of asthma and multiple Sclerosis; Ularitide to treat decompensated congestive heart failure; Terlipressin for the treatment of Type 1 hepatorenal syndrome; HuZAF to treat crohn's disease; Nuvion for the treatment of severe steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis; and M200 to treat solid tumors. PDL BioPharma markets its biopharmaceutical products in the United States and Canada through its hospital sales force. The company was founded by Laurence Jay Korn in 1986. It was formerly known as Protein Design Labs, Inc. and changed its name to PDL BioPharma, Inc. in June 2005. PDL BioPharma is headquartered in Fremont, California.
Hess Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, production, purchase, transportation, and sale of crude oil and natural gas. The company also manufactures, purchases, transports, trades, and markets refined petroleum, natural gas, and electricity, as well as offers distributed-electricity generating equipment to industrial and commercial customers. In addition, it owns a refinery through a 50% joint venture with HOVENSA L.L.C., as well as terminals and retail gasoline stations. The company markets its refined petroleum products to motoring public, wholesale distributors, petroleum companies, governmental agencies, and public utilities; and natural gas and electricity to utilities and other industrial and commercial customers. As of December 31, 2006, Hess Corporation had approximately 832 millions of barrels of crude oil and natural gas liquids; and 2,466 millions of thousand cubic feet of natural gas, as well as 1,350 HESS gasoline stations. The company was founded in 1920. It was formerly known as Amerada Hess Corporation and changed its name to Hess Corporation in 2006. Hess Corporation is based in New York, New York.
INCYTE CORPORATION (INCY)
Incyte Corporation engages in the discovery and development of small molecule drugs to treat medical conditions, including the infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), inflammatory disorders, cancer, and diabetes. Its primary product candidate Reverset is a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor for use in combination with other antiviral drugs for patients with HIV infections, and is in phase IIb clinical trials. In addition, the company's drug discovery programs underway include CCR2 Receptor Antagonist Program and Sheddase Inhibitor Program. CCR2 Receptor Antagonist Program is focused on developing antagonists to a key chemokine receptor involved in inflammation called CCR2. CCR2 is a chemokine receptor found on monocytes that controls their migration into sites of inflammation. The primary products candidate form this program is in phase IIa clinical trial in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The Sheddase Inhibitor Program involves sheddase inhibitors that would have application in the treatment of breast cancer and other tumor types and is in phase I clinical trials. The company markets its products in the United States and in Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Incyte has collaborative agreement with Pharmasset, Inc.; Senomyx, Inc.; Genomic Health, Inc.; Pfizer, Inc.; and Medarex, Inc. Incyte was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
AMERICA FIRST MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS INC (MFA)
MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). The company primarily invests in mortgage-backed securities (MBS), which include hybrid and adjustable-rate MBS (ARM-MBS). The company's MBS portfolio primarily consist of ARM-MBS issued or guaranteed by an agency of the United States government, such as the Government National Mortgage Association, as well as by a federally chartered corporation, such as Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. It also invests in multifamily apartment properties located in Georgia, North Carolina, and Nebraska. The company has elected to be treated as REIT for tax purposes. As a REIT, the company is not subject to federal tax laws, provided that it distributes at least 90% of its annual taxable income to its stockholders. MFA Mortgage Investments was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in New York City.
Avon Products, Inc. engages in the manufacture and marketing of beauty and related products for women primarily in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Its products are classified into three product categories: Beauty, which consists of cosmetics, fragrances, skin care, and toiletries; Beauty Plus, which includes fashion jewelry, watches, apparel, and accessories; and Beyond Beauty, which comprises home products, gift and decorative products, candles, and toys. Avon product lines include various brand names, such as Avon Color, Anew, Skin-So-Soft, Advance Techniques Hair Care, Avon Naturals, Mark, and Avon Wellness. The company sells its products principally through direct selling channel, as well as through its consumer Web site, www.avon.com. Avon was founded by David H. McConnell in 1886 under the name California Perfume Company. It changed its name to Avon Products, Inc. in 1939. The company is based in New York City.
Coach, Inc. engages in the design, production, and marketing of fine accessories worldwide. Its products include handbags; women's accessories, such as wallets, wristlets, cosmetic cases, key fobs, and belts; and men's accessories, such as belts, wallets, and other small leather goods; and business cases, such as computer bags and messenger-style bags, as well as men's and women's totes; outerwear, gloves, hats, and scarves; and weekend and travel accessories, such as cabin bags, duffels, suitcases, garment bags, and a collection of travel accessories. The company also offers watches, footwear, eyewear and sun glasses, and office furniture under Coach brand name. Its products are sold through direct-to-consumer channels, including company-operated retail and factory stores, online store, and catalogs, as well as through indirect channels, including department store locations in the United States, international department stores, freestanding retail locations, and specialty retailers. As of October 1, 2005, the company operated 199 retail stores and 85 factory stores in North America; and 107 department store shop-in-shops, retail stores, and factory stores in Japan. Coach, Inc. was founded in 1941 and is based in New York City.
PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY INC (PTEN)
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries provide onshore contract drilling services to independent oil and natural gas exploration, and production companies in North America. The company provides pressure pumping services to oil and natural gas companies primarily in the Appalachian Basin. It also offers drilling fluids, completion fluids, and related services to oil and natural gas operators in west Texas, southeast New Mexico, south Texas, east Texas, Oklahoma, the Gulf coast regions of Texas and Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico. As of December 31, 2004, Patterson-UTI owned 361 land-based drilling rigs. The company also engages in the development, exploration, acquisition, and production of oil and natural gas in west Texas, southeast New Mexico, south Texas, and Mississippi. Patterson-UTI was formed in 1978 and is headquartered in Snyder, Texas.
Expedia, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. It owns and operates a portfolio of brands, including Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Worldwide Travel Exchange and Interactive Affiliate Network, Classic Vacations, Expedia Corporate Travel, eLong, and TripAdvisor. The company offers travel products and services, such as airline flights, hotel stays, car rentals, destination services, and cruises provided by various airlines, lodging properties, car rental companies, destination service providers, cruise lines, and other travel product and service companies on a stand-alone and package basis. The company also facilitates the booking of hotel rooms, airline seats, car rentals, and destination services from its travel suppliers; and acts as an agent in the transaction, passing reservations booked by its travelers to the relevant airline, hotel, car rental company, or cruise line. It provides various travel products and services to leisure and corporate travelers, offline retail travel agents, and travel service providers. Expedia has operations in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, and other international territories. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
AFLAC Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, sells supplemental health and life insurance in the United States and Japan. The company sells cancer plans and various types of health insurance, including accident and disability, fixed-benefit dental, personal sickness and hospital indemnity, hospital intensive care, long-term care, ordinary life, and short-term disability plans in the United States. It offers cancer plans, care plans, general medical expense plans, medical/sickness riders to its cancer plan, a living benefit life plan, ordinary life insurance plans, and annuities in Japan. AFLAC underwrites its policies individually and markets through independent agents, as well as through independent corporate agencies and individual agencies. The company was founded by brothers John, Paul, and Bill Amos in 1955. AFLAC is headquartered in Columbus, Georgia.
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY INC (IDTI)
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of semiconductor solutions. It operates in two segments, Communications and Timing Products, and SRAMs. The Communications and Timing Products segment includes network search engines, content inspection engines, integrated communications processors, first-in/first-out memories, multiports, flow control management devices, telecommunications products, clock management products, and digital logic. The SRAMs segment consists of high-speed SRAMs. The company markets its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers through a variety of channels, including direct sales force, distributors, contract electronic manufacturers, and independent sales representatives. It sells its products principally in Americas, Japan and other Asian countries, and Europe. IDT was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. IDT acquired Integrated Circuit Systems, Inc. (ICS) in September 2005. ICS designs, develops, and markets silicon timing devices for communications, networking, computing, and digital multimedia applications.
Vivendi Universal, S.A. operates as a media and telecommunications company. Its Media business includes Canal+ Group, Universal Music Group (UMG), and Vivendi Universal Games (VUG). Canal+ Group consists of two businesses, which include pay-TV channel production in France with Canal+ channel and theme channels, and pay-TV channel distribution terrestrially through satellite, cable, or ADSL; and production and distribution of films and television programs through StudioCanal, an European studio. UMG acquires, manufactures, markets and distributes recorded music, as well engages in the music publishing market in order to license for use in recordings and related uses, such as films, advertisements, or live performances. VUG develops, publishes, and distributes multiplatform interactive games. Its games portfolio of development studios and publishing labels includes Blizzard Entertainment, Radical Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment, and Massive Entertainment. The company's telecommunications business includes SFR Cegetel Group and Maroc Telecom. SFR Cegetel Group provides mobile and fixed-line telecommunication services in France. Maroc Telecom offers mobile telephony services for residential, professional, and corporate customers in France, as well as in the French overseas territories, Reunion and Mayotte. Vivendi Universal operates primarily in France, the United States, and other countries in Europe. The company was founded in 1853 and is based in Paris, France.
SUPERVALU, INC. operates as a grocery company in the United States. It offers various food and nonfood products, including groceries, meats, dairy products, frozen foods, deli, bakery, fresh fruits and vegetables, health and beauty aids, general merchandise, seasonal items, and tobacco products. The company conducts its retail operations under three retail food store formats: extreme value stores, price superstores, and supermarkets. As of January 11, 2006, SUPERVALU had 1,546 retail grocery locations. In addition, it provides food distribution and related logistics services, including warehouse management, transportation, procurement, contract manufacturing, and logistics engineering and management services for the retail grocery channel. The company's customers include single and multiple grocery store independent operators, regional and national chains, mass merchants, and the military. SUPERVALU was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
FPL Group, Inc., through its principal subsidiary, Florida Power & Light Company, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric energy principally in the state of Florida. The company produces electricity utilizing natural gas, wind, and nuclear resources. It also owns, develops, constructs, manages, and operates domestic electric-generating facilities in wholesale energy markets. FPL Group also provides fiber-optic and cable services to telecommunications companies and other customers throughout Florida. The company primarily serves residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. As of February 28, 2005, it served approximately 4.2 million customer accounts in Florida. FPL Group was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Juno Beach, Florida.
ST. PAUL COMPANIES INC (TRV)
The Travelers Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a range of commercial and personal property, and casualty insurance products and services to businesses, government units, associations, and individuals. The company operates in three segments: Business Insurance; Financial, Professional, and International Insurance; and Personal Insurance. The Business Insurance segment provides property and liability coverage, workers' compensation, commercial automobile, and general liability insurance. This segment distributes its products through approximately 7,100 independent agencies and brokers in the United States. The Financial, Professional, and International Insurance segment provides surety and financial liability coverage, which require primarily a credit-based underwriting process, as well as property and casualty products that are marketed on an international basis. This segment distributes its products in the United States through approximately 6,400 of the same independent agencies and brokers that distribute the Business Insurance segment's products, as well as through its subsidiaries in Mexico, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The Personal Insurance segment provides coverage in personal automobile and homeowners insurance for individuals. This segment distributes its products primarily through approximately 8,700 independent agents, sponsoring organizations, and joint marketing arrangements with other insurers in the United States. The Travelers Companies, formerly known as The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc., was founded in 1979 and changed its name to The Travelers Companies, Inc. in February 2007. The company is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.
CONSOL Energy Inc. engages in the production of multifuel energy and provision of energy services primarily to electric power generation industry in the United States. The company has two units, Coal and Gas. The company's Coal unit engages in the mining, preparation, and marketing of steam coal, sold primarily to power generators; and metallurgical coal, sold to metal and coke producers. This unit includes three segments: Northern Appalachian, Central Appalachian, and Metallurgical. Each of these segments includes several operating mines. The Northern Appalachian segment includes Shoemaker, Blacksville #2, Robinson Run, McElroy, Bailey, Loveridge, Enlow Fork, and Mine 84 mines. The Central Appalachian segment includes Jones Fork, Mill Creek, and Wiley-Mill Creek mines. The Metallurgical segment includes Buchanan, Amonate, Miles Branch, and V.P. #8 mines. CONSOL's Gas unit produces coalbed methane gas for sale primarily to gas wholesalers from its coal properties in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The company sells coal through agents, brokers, and unaffiliated trading companies. In addition, CONSOL provides energy services, including terminal services, industrial supply services, and coal waste disposal services. As of December 31, 2004, it had approximately 4.5 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves. CONSOL Energy, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
JONES APPAREL GROUP INC (JNY)
Jones Apparel Group, Inc. engages in designing, marketing, and wholesaling branded apparel, footwear, and accessories in the United States and Canada. The company sells a range of sportswear, suits, and dresses, and casual sportswear for women; jeanswear for men, women, and children; and women's footwear and accessories. It also provides accessories, which include handbags, and small leather goods and costume, as well as semi-precious, sterling silver, and marcasite jewelry. In addition, Jones Apparel Group licenses the use of its various brand names to manufacturers and distributors of women's and men's apparel and accessories worldwide. The company sells its products through an array of distribution channels, including better specialty and department stores, and mass merchandisers. As of December 31, 2004, it operated 402 specialty retail stores and 625 outlet stores. Jones Apparel Group was incorporated in 1975 and is headquartered in Bristol, Pennsylvania.
Unisys Corporation provides information technology (IT) services and solutions to businesses and governments worldwide. It operates in two segments, Services and Technology. The Services segment provides various services and solutions, including systems integration and consulting; outsourcing, including the management of a customer's internal information systems and management of specific business processes, such as check processing, insurance claims processing, health claims processing, mortgage administration, and cargo management; and infrastructure services involving the design and support of customers IT infrastructure, including desktops, servers, mobile and wireless systems, and networks. It also offers enterprise-wide security solutions to protect systems, networks, applications, and data, as well as provides core maintenance services. The Technology segment develops servers and related products that operate in various environments. It primarily offers enterprise-class servers based on the Unisys Cellular MultiProcessing architecture, such as the ClearPath Plus family of servers, which integrates proprietary and open platforms; the ES7000 family of servers, which provide enterprise-class attributes on Intel-based servers; operating system software and middleware; and other technologies, such as payment systems, chip testing, and third-party products. It offers its products and services to financial services, public sector, communications, transportation, commercial, and media markets, as well as to sports organizations through direct sales force and distributors. Unisys was founded in 1886 and is based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
Moody's Corporation provides credit ratings, and research and analysis covering debt instruments and securities in the capital markets worldwide, as well as credit assessment services, credit training services, and credit process software to banks and other financial institutions. It operates in two segments, Moody's Investors Service and Moody's KMV. Moody's Investors Service segment publishes rating opinions on various credit obligations issued in domestic and international markets, including various corporate and governmental obligations, structured finance securities, and commercial paper programs, as well as rating opinions on issuers of credit obligations. It also publishes investor-oriented credit research, including research on issuers, industry studies, special comments, and credit opinion handbooks. The company also provides research services, data, and analytic tools to institutional investors, and other credit and capital markets professionals. Moody's KMV segment develops and distributes credit assessment products and services for banks and investors in credit-sensitive assets, credit training services, and credit process software. The company maintains offices in 19 countries. Its customers include various corporate and governmental issuers of securities, as well as institutional investors, depositors, creditors, investment banks, commercial banks, and other financial intermediaries. Moody's Corporation was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in New York City.
OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION (OSK)
Oshkosh Truck Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of various specialty commercial, fire and emergency, and military trucks; truck bodies; mobile and stationary compactors, and transfer stations; and portable and stationary concrete batch plants worldwide. The company's Fire and Emergency segment offers various fire apparatus and emergency vehicles, including pumpers, aerial and ladder trucks, tankers, wildland rough terrain response vehicles, mobile command and control centers, bomb squad vehicles, hazardous materials control vehicles, wreckers, carriers, aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles, ambulances, and snow removal vehicles, and other emergency response vehicles, as well as light-, medium-, and heavy-duty rescue vehicles to fire departments, airports, other governmental units, and towing companies. Its Defense segment produces heavy-payload tactical trucks, such as the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck, the Heavy Equipment Transporter, the Palletized Load System, the Common Bridge Transporter, and the Logistic Vehicle System to various militaries. The Commercial segment provides concrete mixer systems, refuse truck bodies, mobile and stationary compactors and waste transfer units, portable and stationary concrete batch plants, and truck components to ready-mix companies, and commercial and municipal waste haulers. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
SILVER WHEATON CORP (SLW)
Silver Wheaton Corp., a mining company, engages in the silver production. It purchases silver from Luismin mines in Mexico and the Zinkgruvan mine in Sweden, as well as purchases silver from the Yauliyacu Mine in Peru. The company was incorporated in 1994. It was formerly known as Chap Mercantile, Inc. and changed its name to Silver Wheaton Corp. in 2004. Silver Wheaton is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
DOMINION RESOURCES INC (D)
Dominion Resources, Inc. operates as an integrated gas and electric holding company. It operates through four segments: Dominion Delivery (DD), Dominion Energy (DE), Dominion Exploration and Production (DEP), and Dominion Generation (DG). Dominion Delivery segment manages the company's electric and gas distribution systems and customer service operations, as well as retail energy marketing operations. Dominion Energy segment operates gas transmission pipeline and storage system; electric transmission system; LNG import and storage facility; and energy trading, marketing, hedging, and arbitrage activities. Dominion Exploration and Production segment manages the company's gas and oil exploration, development, and production operations. Dominion Generation segment manages the generation operations of Dominion's electric utility and merchant fleet, and its power purchase agreements. Its generation facilities are located in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. As of December 31, 2004, DD's electric distribution network included approximately 54,000 miles of distribution lines; DE had approximately 6,000 miles of electric transmission lines located in the states of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; DEP owned 5.9 trillion cubic feet of proved equivalent natural gas reserves; and DG had proved gas and oil reserves of 5,003 billion cubic feet and 148,598 barrels. The company serves governmental agencies and wholesale customers, such as rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, power marketers, and other utilities in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, as well as residential, commercial, and industrial gas sales and transportation customer accounts in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Dominion Resources was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
Aon Corporation provides risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and management consulting, and specialty insurance underwriting solutions worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Risk and Insurance Brokerage Services, Consulting, and Insurance Underwriting. The Risk and Insurance Brokerage Services segment offers retail and wholesale brokerage services, affinity products, managing general underwriting, placement and captive management services, and finance services for small, mid-sized, and large companies; advisory services in program design and claim recoveries. It also offers risk identification and assessment, safety engineering, claims and loss cost management, and program administration services. The Consulting segment provides advice and services to clients for employee benefits, compensation, management consulting, communications, human resource outsourcing, and strategic human resource consulting. The Insurance Underwriting segment provides specialty insurance products, including supplemental and credit accident, health, and life insurance; extended warranty products, and select property and casualty insurance products and services. Aon Corporation was founded in 1919 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
TIME WARNER CABLE INC (TWC)
Time Warner Cable Inc. owns and manages cable television operations, as well as develops and provides video, data, and voice services to residential and commercial customers in the United States. The company offers high-speed data services; IP-based telephony services; and a range of analog and digital video services, such as video-on-demand, high definition television, and set-top boxes equipped with digital video recorders. As of March 31, 2007, it served approximately 26 million U.S. homes, and approximately 14.6 million customers primarily located in New York, the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California, and Texas. The company is based in New York, New York. Time Warner Cable Inc. is a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc.
BROOKFIELD PROPERTIES CORPORATION (BPO)
Brookfield Properties Corporation engages in the ownership, development, and management of premier commercial properties. Its commercial property portfolio is focused in seven North American cities, including New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Toronto, Calgary, Denver, and Minneapolis. As of June 30, 2004, the company's portfolio consisted of 46 properties and development sites, predominantly office buildings, comprising 46 million square feet of rentable area and development capacity. It also provides ancillary real estate service businesses, such as tenant service and amenities. In addition the company operates a development business that includes various low-cost commercial development sites in Toronto and Manhattan. Additionally, it owns a land development and housing operation. The company was incorporated in 1923. It was formerly known as Carena-Bancorp Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Le Holding Carena-Bancorp Inc. in 1978. The company further changed its name to Carena-Bancorp, Inc. in 1985; to Carena Developments Limited in 1989; and to Brookfield Properties Corporation in 1996. Brookfield is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION (AMT)
American Tower Corporation and its subsidiaries engage in the ownership, operation, and development of wireless and broadcast communications sites in the United States, Mexico, and Brazil. The company operates in two segments: Rental and Management, and Network Development Services. The Rental and Management segment leases antenna space on multi tenant communications towers to wireless service providers, and radio and television broadcast companies. It primarily serves personal communications services, cellular, enhanced specialized mobile radio, paging, and fixed microwave industries. The Network Development Services segment provides nonconstruction services, including site acquisition, zoning, permitting, and structural analysis. American Tower was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
WELLPOINT HEALTH NETWORKS INC (WLP)
WellPoint, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a commercial health benefits company in the United States. It offers a spectrum of network-based managed care plans to the large and small employer, individual, Medicaid, and senior markets. The company's managed care plans include preferred provider organizations, health maintenance organizations, point-of-service plans, other hybrid plans, and traditional indemnity plans. In addition, WellPoint provides an array of managed care services, including claims processing, underwriting, stop loss insurance, actuarial services, provider network access, medical cost management, and other administrative services to self-funded customers. It also offers an array of specialty and other products and services, including pharmacy benefit management; group life and disability insurance benefits; dental, vision, and behavioral health benefits; workers compensation; and long term care insurance. The company operates as an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association; and serves its members as the Blue Cross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin; and through HealthLink and UniCare. WellPoint is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC (HTZ)
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the car and truck rental and leasing business primarily in the United States and Europe. It operates in two segments, Car Rental and Equipment Rental. The Car Rental segment engages in the ownership and lease of cars. This segment operates car rental locations at airports, central business districts, and suburban areas of cities in North America, Europe, and the Pacific. In addition, it operates retail used car sales locations in the United States and France. The Equipment Rental segment rents earthmoving equipment, material handling equipment, aerial and electrical equipment, air compressors, generators, pumps, small tools, compaction equipment, and construction-related trucks in North America and Europe. In addition, this segment sells equipment and consumables. The company also offers claim administration services, such as investigating, evaluating, negotiating, and disposing of various claims, including third-party, first-party, bodily injury, property damage, general liability, and product liability. Hertz Global serves various industries, such as construction, petrochemical, automobile manufacturing, railroad, power generation, and shipbuilding. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Park Ridge, New Jersey.
NYSE Euronext, the holding company for NYSE Group, Inc. and Euronext N.V., operates an exchange group and offers a diverse array of financial products and services. It brings together six cash equities exchanges in five countries and six derivatives exchanges offering listings, trading in cash equities, equity and interest rate derivatives, bonds, and distribution of market data. NYSE Group operates two securities exchanges, the New York Stock Exchange LLC (NYSE) and NYSE Arca, Inc. It provides securities listing, trading, and market data products and services. The NYSE is an equities exchange and provides an orderly, liquid marketplace where investors buy and sell listed companies' common stock and other securities. NYSE Arca, an all-electronic stock exchange in the United States, engages in trading exchange-traded funds and exchange-listed securities, as well as equity options. Euronext N.V. is a cross-border exchange providing international services for regulated cash markets and derivative markets in Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Portugal. The company was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION (GD)
General Dynamics Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and support of technology products and services for information systems and technologies, land and expeditionary combat systems, shipbuilding and marine systems, and business aviation. It operates in four segments: Information Systems and Technology, Combat Systems, Marine Systems, and Aerospace. The Information Systems and Technology segment provides tactical and strategic mission systems, which include command, control, communication, and computing systems and products; information assurance; intelligence mission systems that include information warfare systems, battle space information management systems, signal and information collection and processing systems, and special purpose computing; and network infrastructure and information technology services that include enterprise-wide software and hardware integration, networking, and information technology support services. The Combat Systems segment offers tracked and wheeled armored combat vehicles, tracked main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, guns and ammunition-handling systems, ammunition and ordnance, reactive armor, mobile bridge systems, radomes and other composite parts for aerospace systems, and chemical and biohazard detection products. The Marine Systems segment provides the U.S. Navy with attack submarine, surface warfare ships, auxiliary and combat-logistics ships, engineering design support, and overhaul and repair services. The Aerospace segment offers a fleet of business-jet aircraft and aircraft for both executive transport and special-mission platforms to governments and government agencies. The company also provides construction aggregates, and operates coal mines. Its primary customers include the U.S. military, other government organizations, the armed forces of allied nations, and various corporate and industrial buyers. General Dynamics Corporation is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.
MEDCOHEALTH SOLUTIONS INC (MHS)
Medco Health Solutions, Inc., a pharmacy benefit manager, provides programs and services for its clients and the members of their prescription benefit plans, as well as for the physicians and pharmacies for the members use. It offers various programs and services, including plan design, clinical management, pharmacy management, health management, physician services, and Web-based services. The company's clients include Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans; managed care organizations; insurance carriers; third-party benefit plan administrators; employers; federal, state, and local government agencies; and union-sponsored benefit plans. It has operations in the United States and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The company is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.
RealNetworks, Inc. provides network-delivered digital media content and services worldwide. It also develops and markets software products and services that enable the creation, distribution, and consumption of digital media. The company primarily offers its products under two categories, Consumer Products and Services (CPS), and Business Products and Services (BPS). The CPS category offers digital music products and services, including Rhapsody, an ondemand digital music subscription service; RadioPass, an Internet radio subscription service; and the RealPlayer Music Store, which enables consumers to purchase and download individual digital music tracks. RealNetworks also owns and operates a digital games service that includes downloadable games products and subscription services. Its products and services include: RealArcade, an Internet game download service and manager; GamePass, an Internet games subscription service; and GameHouse, a game development studio. The BPS category develops and provides software products, which enable media content creators, Web site owners, and wireline and wireless network operators to create, secure, and distribute digital media content to personal computers (PC) and nonPC devices. These software products include: Helix Server, a server software that enables broadcasters and content providers to broadcast live and ondemand audio, video, and other multimedia programming to a numbers of simultaneous users; RealProducer, a multimedia creation and publishing tool that content owners use to convert audio and video content into the company's RealAudio and RealVideo formats; and Helix DRM, a set of products for the licensing, delivery, and rights management of digital media. The company offers its services and software for finding, playing, purchasing, and managing free and premium digital content, including music, video, and games. RealNetworks was founded by Robert Glaser in 1994. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (EK)
Eastman Kodak Company engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of traditional and digital imaging products, services, and solutions for the entertainment industry, professionals, healthcare providers, and other customers worldwide. It operates in four segments: Digital and Film Imaging Systems, Health, Commercial Imaging, and Graphic Communications. The Digital and Film Imaging Systems segment offers films, photographic papers, processing services, photofinishing equipment, photographic chemicals, and cameras. It also offers kiosks, printer docks, consumer digital services, and inkjet media. In addition, this segment offers prints; private online image storage, sharing, and editing; and creative tools, frames, cards, photo calendars, and other merchandise. The Health segment offers products and services that enable healthcare customers to capture, process, integrate, archive, and display images and information. Its products include analog medical films, chemicals, and processing equipment. It also offers digital medical imaging and information products, which include laser imagers, digital print films, computed and digital radiography systems, and healthcare information systems. In addition, the Health segment provides molecular imaging for the biotechnology research market. The Commercial Imaging segment provides production document scanners; micrographic peripherals; aerial, industrial, and micrographic films; and optics and optical systems. The Graphic Communications segment offers continuous inkjet printing systems, digital on-demand color and monochrome printing equipment, wide-format inkjet printers, inks, media, and services. Kodak also provides complimentary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor devices and organic light emitting diode displays; nonrechargeable, rechargeable, and photoelectronic batteries; and software used to organize, print, and share digital pictures. The company was formed in 1880 and is based in Rochester, New York.
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD (TYC)
Tyco International, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified manufacturing and service company. It has four segments: Fire and Security, Electronics, Healthcare, and Engineered Products and Services. The Fire and Security segment designs, manufactures, installs, monitors, and services electronic security systems, fire detection systems and suppression systems, and fire extinguishers and related products, as well as integrated systems for surveillance and control of public transportation systems, bridges, tunnels, and other public works. The Electronics segment manufactures electrical and electronic connector systems, fiber optic components, and wireless devices, including private radio systems and radar sensors. It also provides heat shrink products, circuit protection devices, magnetic devices, wire and cables, relays, sensors, touch screens, identification and labeling products, power systems and components, printed circuit boards and assemblies, electronic modules, application tooling, switches, and battery assemblies. The Healthcare segment provides medical devices and supplies, imaging agents, pharmaceuticals, and adult incontinence and infant care products to hospitals, surgical centers, alternate care facilities, and homes. The Engineered Products and Services segment offers industrial valves and controls, as well as steel tubular goods. It also provides environmental and other industrial consulting services. The company serves financial institutions; industrial and commercial businesses; federal, state, and local governments; defense installations; and health care and educational facilities, as well as original equipment manufacturers and subcontractors, utilities, value-added resellers, and others through direct sales and distributors worldwide. Tyco International was founded in 1960 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda.
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (LIFE)
Lifeline Systems, Inc. provides personal response services and emergency call systems in the United States and Canada. It primarily offers personal emergency response services (PERS) that include emergency response assistance for seniors and disabled persons. The company's products and services consist principally of a home communicator connected to the telephone and a wireless personal help button which, when activated, initiates an automated digital telephone signal to one of its centralized monitoring facilities. It also offers a Lifeline emergency call system, which utilizes call button pendants; two-way voice or nonvoice communicators; and software for senior living customers. As of March 31, 2005, the company monitored approximately 433,000 PERS subscribers from its response centers in Massachusetts, Ontario, and Quebec. In addition, Lifeline Systems supplies emergency response equipment and services to owners and developers of independent living, assisted living, and continuing care retirement communities in North America. Its customers primarily include community hospitals, health care providers, and other national organizations, as well as direct subscribers. The company was founded by Andrew Dibner and Susan Dibner in 1974 and is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Antigenics, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the research and development of technology and products to treat cancers, infectious diseases, and autoimmune disorders. The company's principal product candidate, Oncophage, a personalized cancer vaccine, is in phase III clinical trials for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma and for metastatic melanoma, as well as in phase I/II trial for lung cancer. Its product portfolio also includes AG-858, a personalized cancer vaccine in a phase II clinical trial for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia; AG-702/AG-707, a therapeutic vaccine program in phase I clinical development for the treatment of genital herpes; and Aroplatin, a liposomal chemotherapeutic for colorectal cancer and other solid tumors. The company was founded as Antigenics L.L.C. in 1994 and changed its name to Antigenics, Inc. in 2000. Antigenics is headquartered in New York City.
NORFOLK SOUTHER CORPORATION (NSC)
Norfolk Southern Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages principally in the rail transportation business. The company's railroads carry raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods primarily in the United States and parts of Canada. Its railroads also transport overseas freight through various Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. Its general merchandise traffic consists of five groups: Automotive; Chemicals; Metals and Construction; Agriculture, Consumer Products, and Government; and Paper, Clay, and Forest Products. The Automotive group includes finished vehicles and auto parts. The Chemicals group consists of sulfur and related chemicals, petroleum products, chlorine and bleaching compounds, plastics, rubber, industrial chemicals, chemical wastes, and municipal wastes. The Metals and Construction group comprises steel, aluminum products, machinery, scrap metals, cement, aggregates, bricks and minerals. The Agriculture, Consumer Products, and Government group includes soybeans, wheat, corn, fertilizer, animal and poultry feed, food oils, flour, beverages, canned goods, sweeteners, consumer products, ethanol, and items for the military. The Paper, Clay, and Forest Products group consists of lumber and wood products, pulp board and paper products, wood fibers, wood pulp, scrap paper, and clay. Norfolk Southern's coal traffic includes coal, coke, and iron ore. In addition, the company's intermodal traffic consists of shipments moving in trailers, domestic and international containers, and roadrailer equipment. These shipments are handled on behalf of intermodal marketing companies, international steamship lines, truckers, and other shippers. As of March 17, 2005, it operated approximately 21,300 rail route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Ontario, Canada. Norfolk Southern was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia.
HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC (HLX)
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. operates as an offshore energy company. It provides development solutions and various other services to the open energy market, as well as to its oil and gas operations market. The company offers a range of contracting services in the shallow water and deepwater primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, and Asia Pacific. Its services include exploration services, such as pre-installation surveys, rig positioning and installation assistance, drilling inspection, subsea equipment maintenance, reservoir engineering, geological and geophysical, modeling, well design, and engineering; and development services comprising installation of production platforms and subsea production systems, pipelay and burial, installation and tie in of riser and manifold assembly, integrated production modeling, and cable and umbilical lay and connection, as well as commissioning, testing, and inspection services. The company also provides various production services, including inspection, maintenance, and repair of production structures, risers, pipelines, and subsea equipment; well intervention; life of field support; reservoir management; production technology; and intervention engineering. Further, it offers decommissioning and remediation services; plugging and abandonment services; platform salvage and removal; pipeline abandonment; and site inspections. Helix Energy Solutions offers its products and services to independent oil and gas producers and suppliers, pipeline transmission companies, and offshore engineering and construction firms. As of December 31, 2006, it had 536 billions of cubic feet equivalent of proved reserves in the Gulf of Mexico. The company was incorporated in 1979. It was formerly known as Cal Dive International, Inc. and changed its name to Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. in March 2006. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Covidien, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and distribution of medical devices and supplies, diagnostic imaging agents, pharmaceuticals, and other healthcare products for use in clinical and home settings. It has five segments: Medical Devices, Imaging Solutions, Pharmaceutical Products, Medical Supplies, and Retail Products. The Medical Devices segment offers surgical instruments and devices, respiratory and monitoring solutions, and other medical devices. It offers its products to physicians, nurses, materials managers, group purchasing organizations, and governmental healthcare authorities. The Imaging Solutions segment provides contrast agents, contrast delivery systems, and radiopharmaceuticals to physicians, technologists, and purchasing administrators at hospitals, imaging centers, cardiology clinics, and radiopharmacies. The Pharmaceutical Products segment supplies active ingredients used in pharmaceuticals, dosage pharmaceuticals, and specialty chemicals. It sells active pharmaceutical ingredients to branded and generic pharmaceutical manufacturers; and dosage products to wholesalers and drug store chains. The Medical Supplies segment offers traditional wound care products, absorbent hygiene products, and operating room kits and accessories, as well as operates as an original equipment manufacturer of various medical supplies for various medical device companies. Its products are used in hospitals, surgi-centers, and alternate care facilities and are marketed to materials managers and group purchasing organizations. The Retail Products segment provides private label absorbent hygiene products, including private label adult incontinence, feminine hygiene, and infant care products to mass merchandisers, food stores, and drug stores. The company, formerly known as Tyco Healthcare, Ltd., was founded in 1960. It changed its name to Covidien, Ltd. in February 2007. The company is based in Pembroke, Bermuda.
PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (PMTC)
Parametric Technology Corporation engages in the development, marketing, and support of product lifecycle management (PLM) and enterprise content management (ECM) software solutions and related services worldwide. The PLM consists of the mechanical computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering, and the collaboration and data management solutions, as well as product data management, component and supplier management, visualization and digital mockup, enterprise application integration, program and project management, after market service and portfolio management, requirements management, customer needs management, manufacturing planning, and technical and marketing publications. The ECM offers technologies for business process management, compliance management, document management, dynamic publishing, document archival and retrieval, knowledge management, records management, and Web content management. It also offers maintenance services, and consulting and training services. The company serves life sciences, publishing, government, and financial services markets. It products are sold through direct sales force, third-party distributors, and Internet, as well as through indirect distribution channel, such as through alliances with resellers. Parametric Technology Corp. has a partnership with HIS, Inc. to deliver electronic components content to users of PTC Windchill. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts.
Textron, Inc. provides solutions principally to the aircraft industry. It operates through five segments: Bell, Cessna, Fastening Systems, Industrial, and Finance. Bell segment supplies military helicopters and support, including spare parts, support equipment, technical data, trainers, pilot and maintenance training, component repairs, aircraft modifications, contractor maintenance, and field and product support engineering services to the U.S. government and to military customers outside the U.S. It also manufactures weapons, airborne and ground-based surveillance systems, aircraft landing systems, hovercraft, search and rescue vessels, armored vehicles and turrets, reciprocating piston aircraft engines, aircraft and missile control actuators, and valves. Cessna segment provides business jets, single engine turboprop caravans, single engine piston aircraft, and after-market services. Fastening Systems segment offers fasteners, engineered assemblies, and automation equipment. Industrial Segment offers golf cars and off-road utility vehicles powered by electric and internal combustion engines; turf maintenance equipment, lawn care machinery, and industrial vehicles; and blow-molded parts and fuel systems for automobile original equipment manufacturers and other industrial customers. It also manufactures powered equipment, electrical test and measurement instruments, hand and hydraulic powered tools, and electrical and fiber optic connectors, which are used in the electrical construction and maintenance, telecommunications, and plumbing industries. This segment also offers hydrocarbon processing products, polymer systems, and industrial gears and gear sets. Finance segment provides aircraft finance, asset-based lending, distribution finance, golf finance, resort finance, structured capital services, and equipment appraisal and disposition. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Providence, the Rhode Island.
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC (BMRN)
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of biopharmaceuticals and therapeutics for serious diseases and medical conditions. Its product portfolio comprises three approved products and various investigational product candidates. The company offers Aldurazyme, an enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis I, a progressive and debilitating life-threatening genetic disease that frequently results in death during childhood or early adulthood; Naglazyme, an enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis VI, an inherited, life-threatening lysosomal storage disorder; and Orapred, a drug primarily used to treat asthma exacerbations in children and other inflammatory conditions. BioMarin is also developing additional proprietary formulations of Orapred, including Orapred ODT (orally disintegrating tablets), which is under U.S. FDA review. In addition, the company is developing various other product candidates, including Phenoptin, a proprietary synthetic oral form of tetrahydrobiopterin for the treatment of moderate to mild forms of phenylketonuria (PKU); Phenylase, a preclinical-stage enzyme substitution therapy for the treatment of the more severe form of PKU; and 6R-BH4 for vascular dysfunction. BioMarin has a joint venture, BioMarin/Genzyme LLC, with Genzyme Corporation for the development and commercialization of Aldurazyme, as well as a strategic business partnership with Daiichi Suntory Pharma Co., Ltd. and Serono for Phenoptin, Phenylase and 6R-BH4 for cardiovascular indications. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Novato, California.
TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES INC (TSS)
Total System Services, Inc. (TSYS), through its subsidiaries, provides electronic payment processing and related services to financial and nonfinancial institutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Honduras, Puerto Rico, and Europe. Its services include processing retail, commercial, government services, stored value, and debit cards, as well as student loans. TSYS also offers merchant services in Japan; other products and services, including risk management tools and techniques, such as credit evaluation, fraud detection and prevention, and behavior analysis tools; and revenue development tools and customer retention programs, such as loyalty programs and bonus rewards. The company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Vital Processing Services, provides technology-based commerce-enabling services, which include authorizing and capturing electronic payments at the point-of-sale, and clearing and settling merchant transactions; merchant terminal management; and information services to acquirers and their merchants for processing credit, debit, and other card transactions. Through online accounting and electronic payment processing systems, TSYS provides electronic payment processing and other related services to card issuing institutions. The company is headquartered in Columbus, Georgia. Total System Services, Inc. operates as a majority owned subsidiary of Synovus Financial Corp., as of December 31, 2004.
Eldorado Gold Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, extraction, processing, and reclamation of gold properties principally in Brazil, Turkey, and the People's Republic of China. Its primary properties consist of the Sao Bento gold mine, which consists of 1 mining concession covering an area of approximately 800 hectares, located near Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; The Kisladag project that consists of 1 pre operating license, having an area of approximately 15,717 hectares, located in Usak Province in western Turkey; and owns a 100% interest in the Efemcukuru project, consisting of 2 pre operation licenses covering approximately 3,072 hectares, located near the coast of western Turkey. The company also owns interests in Tanjianshan project in Qinghai Province, the People's Republic of China. As of December 31, 2004, it had proved or provable reserves of 6,153,000 ounces of gold. The company was incorporated in 1992 under the name Eldorado Corporation, Ltd. and changed its name to Eldorado Gold Corporation in 1996. Eldorado Gold Corporation is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY (SWN)
Southwestern Energy Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company primarily focused on the exploration for and production of natural gas, principally in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Louisiana. The company operates in three segments: Exploration and Production, Natural Gas Distribution, and Marketing. In the Exploration and Production segment, the company explores, develops, and produces natural gas and crude oil. Its portfolio includes development drilling in the Arkoma Basin and East Texas, exploration and exploitation properties in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico, and in Louisiana and East Texas. As of December 31, 2004, the company's estimated proved natural gas and oil reserves were 64505billion cubic feet equivalent of gas. In the Natural Gas Distribution segment, the company's Arkansas Western Gas Company, distributes and transmits natural gas to approximately 145,000 retail customers. In the Marketing segment, the company undertakes marketing of gas production and third party natural gas that is primarily sold to industrial customers. Southwestern Energy Company was organized in 1929 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION (LRCX)
Lam Research Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and service of semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. Its products include etch systems, including dielectric etch products, conductor etch products, and resist strip products, as well as synergy cleaning products. The company markets its products and services primarily to companies involved in the production of semiconductors in the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific, Korea, and Japan. Lam Research Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC (ESRX)
Express Scripts, Inc. operates as a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company in North America, providing health care management and administration services. The company's integrated PBM services include network claims processing, mail pharmacy services, specialty prescription fulfillment, benefit design consultation, drug utilization review, formulary management, disease management, and drug data analysis services. Express Scripts also provides nonPBM services, including pharmaceuticals distribution services through its Express Scripts Specialty Distribution Services subsidiary; and drug sample fulfillment and sample accountability services through its subsidiary Phoenix Marketing Group, Inc. The company's clients include health maintenance organizations, health insurers, third-party administrators, employers, union-sponsored benefit plans, and government health programs. Express Scripts was established in 1986 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION (AMB)
AMB Property Corporation, through its subsidiary, AMB Property, L.P., engages in the acquisition, development, and operation of industrial properties in North America, Europe, and Asia. As of September 30, 2005, the company owned, managed, and had renovation and development projects totaling 118.0 million square feet and 1,109 buildings in 40 markets within 10 countries. The company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes and would not be subject to income tax, if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. AMB Property was co-founded by Douglas D. Abbey, Hamid R. Moghadam, and T. Robert Burke in 1983. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
YRC Worldwide, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides transportation services for the shipment of industrial, commercial, and retail goods in the United States and internationally. It offers transportation services for various categories of goods, including apparel, appliances, automotive parts, chemicals, food, furniture, glass, machinery, metal, metal products, nonbulk petroleum products, rubber, textiles, wood, and other manufactured products or components. YRC also offers logistics management solutions, such as domestic and international freight forwarding, warehousing and cross-dock services, multi-modal brokerage, and transportation management services. The company was founded in 1924. It was formerly known as Yellow Roadway Corporation and changed its name to YRC Worldwide, Inc. in 2006. YRC is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION (HOLDING CO) (ABC)
AmerisourceBergen Corporation provides pharmaceutical services to pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare providers in the United States and Puerto Rico, and Canada. It distributes brand name and generic pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter healthcare products, and home healthcare supplies and equipment to various healthcare providers, including acute care hospitals and health systems, independent and chain retail pharmacies, mail order facilities, physicians, clinics, and other alternate site facilities, as well as skilled nursing and assisted living centers. The company also provides pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services to long-term care, workers' compensation, and specialty drug patients. In addition, it offers related services, such as pharmacy automation, supply management software, pharmaceutical packaging, inventory management, reimbursement and pharmaceutical consulting services, logistics services, and physician education. The company serves customers through a network of distribution and service centers. AmerisourceBergen was founded in 1985 and is headquartered Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania.
MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES INC (MHP)
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. provides information services and products to the education, financial services, and business information markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: McGraw-Hill Education, Financial Services, and Information and Media Services. McGraw-Hill Education segment provides online learning and multimedia tools. Its School Education Group provides educational and professional development materials in various formats to prekindergarten to 12th grade market, as well as assessment and reporting services in the United States. This segment's Higher Education, Professional, and International Group provides e-books, online tutoring, customized course Web sites, subscription services, and materials to the higher education market, as well as focuses on professional, reference, and trade publishing for medical, business, engineering, and other professions. The Financial Services segment provides credit ratings, securities information and evaluations, and risk management and assessment tools; investment services, including equity analysis and investing tools, portfolio and index services, and fund services; and corporate value consulting. The Information and Media Services segment provides business intelligence, analysis, and solutions. Its business-to-business information and media services include Business Week, a business magazine; Platts, a source for energy-industry information and services; McGraw-Hill Construction, which connects people, projects, and products in the design and construction industry; Aviation Week, which provides multimedia information to the aviation and aerospace industry; Healthcare Information that provides clinical and business intelligence, and marketing services to the healthcare industry; and J.D. Power and Associates, a provider of marketing information services for the global automotive industry. The McGraw-Hill Companies was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in New York City.
IAC/INTERACTIVECORP (IACI)
IAC/InterActiveCorp operates a portfolio of brands in the travel, retailing, ticketing, personals, media, financial services, real estate, and teleservices industries worldwide. Its Travel segment makes travel products and services available from various commercial and charter airlines, lodging properties, car rental companies, and cruise lines and in-destination service providers. The company's Electronic Retailing segment sells consumer products primarily through the HSN and America's Store television networks, and HSN.com, as well as through consumer catalog services and infomercials. IAC/InterActiveCorp's Ticketing segment provides online and offline ticketing services through Ticketmaster-owned Web sites. It also offers operator-staffed call centers and independent retail outlets serving various venues, entertainment facilities, promoters, and professional sports franchises. Its Personals segment provides single adults with an environment for meeting other singles through their respective Web sites, as well as through Match.com's affiliated networks. The company's Local and Media Services segment offers local content for major cities in the United States and abroad, as well as practical transactional tools; markets coupon books, discounts, merchant promotions, and sally foster gift wrap; and offers free online invitation services, and online travel search engine and directory. Its Financial Services and Real Estate segment provides online exchanges that connect consumers and service providers in the lending and real estate industries. IAC/InterActiveCorp's Teleservices segment provides outsourced customer lifecycle management solutions. The company was incorporated as Silver King Broadcasting Company, Inc. in 1986 and changed its name to HSN, Inc. in 1996. It further changed its name to USA Networks, Inc. in 1998; to USA Interactive in 2002; to InterActiveCorp in 2003; and to IAC/InterActiveCorp in 2004. The company is based in New York City.
Apache Corporation engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. In North America, its exploration and production interests are focused in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast, the Permian Basin, the Anadarko Basin, and the western sedimentary basin of Canada. The company also has exploration and production interests offshore and onshore Egypt, offshore Western Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea, offshore the People's Republic of China, and onshore Argentina. As of December 31, 2004, the company had total estimated proved reserves of 932 millions barrels of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids; and 6.0 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Apache Corporation was formed in 1954 and is based in Houston, Texas.
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY (CL)
Colgate-Palmolive Company engages in the manufacture and marketing of consumer products. It operates through two segments, Oral, Personal, and Home Care; and Pet Nutrition. Oral, Personal, and Home Care segment provides toothpaste, oral rinses and toothbrushes, bar and liquid hand soaps, and shower gels. It also offers shampoos, conditioners, deodorants and antiperspirants, shave products, laundry and dishwashing detergents, fabric conditioners, cleansers and cleaners, bleaches, and other similar items. These products are sold primarily to wholesale and retail distributors worldwide. Pet Nutrition segment manufactures and markets pet food products for veterinarians and specialty pet retailers. The company has operations in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia/Africa. Colgate-Palmolive was founded in 1806 and is headquartered in New York City.
DUKE REALTY CORPORATION (DRE)
Duke Realty Corporation operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). It engages in ownership, construction, development, leasing, and management of office, industrial, retail, and healthcare properties in the Midwest and Southeast United States. It also provides real estate services, such as property and asset management, development, leasing, and construction services to third party owners, in addition to its own properties. As of June 30, 2005, it owned and jointly controlled 891 rental properties, including properties under development, as well as 4400 acres of land. The company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust. As a result, it would not be subject to corporate income tax on that portion of its net income that is distributed to shareholders. Duke Realty Corporation was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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.
BorgWarner, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of engineered systems and components primarily for powertrain applications worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Drivetrain and Engine. The Drivetrain segment's products include transmission components and systems for torque management applications. They comprise friction plates, one-way clutches, transmission bands, and torque converter lock-up clutches for automatic transmissions. The Engine segment develops strategies and products to manage engines for fuel efficiency and reduced emissions. Its products comprise turbochargers, chains, emissions and thermal systems, and ignition systems. This segment provides turbochargers for light vehicle and commercial vehicle, and industrial applications for diesel and gasoline engine manufacturers. Chain and chain systems include timing chain and timing chain systems, crankshaft and camshaft sprockets, chain tensioners, and snubbers. It offers components and systems used for automated transmissions, fluid pumps, engine air intake modules, engine emission controls, and actuation systems. This segment also offers diesel cold-start technology and supplies ignition technology for gasoline vehicles. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers of commercial trucks, buses, and agricultural and off-highway vehicles primarily in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The company's products are sold worldwide primarily to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of light vehicles, such as passenger cars, sport-utility vehicles, vans, and light trucks. They are also sold to OEMs of commercial trucks, buses, and agricultural and off-highway vehicles. BorgWarner operates manufacturing facilities serving customers in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, as well as serves as an original equipment supplier to major automotive OEMs in the world. BorgWarner was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED (PEG)
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated operates as the utility holding company for Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), PSEG Power LLC (PSEG Power), and PSEG Energy Holdings LLC (Energy Holdings). PSE&G engages in the transmission, distribution, and sale of electric energy and gas service to commercial, residential, and industrial customers in New Jersey. It also offers appliance services and repairs to its customers. As of December 31, 2004, PSE&G provided services to approximately 2.1 million electric customers and approximately 1.7 million gas customers. PSEG Power operates as a multiregional, independent wholesale energy supply company primarily in the northeast United States. It integrates its generating asset operations with its wholesale energy, fuel supply, energy trading, and marketing and risk management functions. PSEG Power's generation portfolio comprised approximately 14,607 MW of installed capacity, as of the above date. Energy Holdings, through its subsidiaries, operates as a power producer and distributor that owns and operates electric generation and distribution facilities primarily in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. It also invests in energy-related financial transactions and manages a portfolio of assets, including leveraged leases, operating leases, leveraged buyout funds, limited partnerships, and marketable securities. Public Service Enterprise Group was formed in 1985 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.
GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD (GTI)
GrafTech International, Ltd. provides synthetic and natural graphite and carbon based products; and technical, and research and development services. Its synthetic graphite products include graphite electrodes, cathodes, and advanced synthetic graphite products. The company's natural graphite products consists of advanced flexible graphite solutions, such as highly engineered thermal interface products, heat spreaders, and heat sinks for electronic device applications, as well as comprises flexible graphite products, including gasket and sealing material for high temperature and corrosive environments in automotive, petrochemical, and other applications. Its carbon materials include carbon electrodes and refractories. The company offers its products primarily to various industries, such as metal production, electronics, chemicals, aerospace, and transportation, and others. GrafTech International sells its products through independent agents and distributors, as well as through direct sales force primarily in the United States, Europe, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Canada, and Asia-Pacific. The company has strategic alliance with ConocoPhillips and Ballard Power Systems, Inc. GrafTech International is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
SONUS NETWORKS INC (SONS)
Sonus Networks, Inc. supplies packet voice infrastructure solutions for wireline and wireless service providers. The company's products include switching equipment and software that enable voice services to be delivered over packet-based networks. It offers a suite of voice infrastructure solutions that include the GSX9000 open services switch, which enables voice traffic to be transported over packet networks; and the Insignus Softswitch, which offers network intelligence in next-generation networks, including call control, signaling, core network routing, and a management foundation. The company also provides the Sonus Insight Management System, which includes the Element Management System, the DataStream Integrator, the Subscriber Management System, the Network Traffic Manager, and the Sonus Insight Developer's Kit, that together offer configuration, provisioning, security, alarm reporting, performance data, and billing mediation capabilities. It serves various communications service providers, including long distance carriers, local exchange carriers, Internet service providers, wireless operators, cable operators, international telephone companies, and carriers that provide services to other carriers. Sonus Networks was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
INTERNATIONAL COAL GROUP INC (ICO)
International Coal Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, processing, and sale of steam and metallurgical coal. It offers coal products from 11 regional mining complexes, which, as of December 31, 2006, were supported by 12 active underground mines, 13 active surface mines, and 8 preparation plants located throughout West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, and Illinois. The company owned or controlled approximately 317 million tons of metallurgical quality coal reserves and approximately 746 million tons of steam coal reserves, as of the above date. International Coal Group, Inc. primarily serves utilities and industrial customers in the eastern region of the United States. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Scott Depot, West Virginia.
ROCKWELL COLLINS INC (COL)
Rockwell Collins, Inc. engages in the design, production, and support of communications and aviation electronics for military and commercial customers worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Government Systems and Commercial Systems. The Government Systems segment supplies defense communications systems and products, as well as defense electronics systems and products to the U.S. Department of Defense, other government agencies, civil agencies, defense contractors, and foreign ministries of defense. These products comprise communications systems and products, military data link systems and products, navigation systems and products, subsystems for the flight deck that combine flight operations with navigation and guidance functions, cockpit display systems, integrated computer systems for future combat systems, and simulation and training systems. The Commercial Systems segment supplies air transport aviation electronics systems and products, as well as business and regional aviation electronics systems and products to the manufacturers of commercial air transport, regional and business aircraft, commercial airlines, regional airlines, fractional jet operators, and business jet operators. These systems and products consist of flight deck electronic systems and products, such as communications, navigation, surveillance, displays and automatic flight control, and flight management systems, as well as in-flight entertainment, cabin electronics, and information management systems. The company also provides equipment repair and overhaul, service parts, field service engineering, training, technical information services, and aftermarket used equipment. Rockwell Collins was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED (MA)
MasterCard Incorporated, along with its subsidiaries, operates as a payment solutions company. The company develops and markets payment solutions, processes payment transactions, and provides consulting services to customers and merchants. It provides transaction processing and other payment-related services, as well as facilitates the authorization, clearing, and settlement process of the transactions. The company also provides various programs, such as consumer credit and debit programs, commercial payment solutions, stored value programs, and prepaid programs, as well as offers commercial payment solutions, contactless payment solutions, and consulting and research services. It manages and licenses payment card brands, including MasterCard, MasterCard Electronic, Maestro, and Cirrus. As of December 31, 2006, MasterCard Incorporated served approximately 25,000 financial institutions worldwide. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.
ACE limited, a holding company, provides insurance and reinsurance products worldwide. It operates through four segments: Insurance North American, Insurance Overseas General, Global Reinsurance, and Financial Services. The North American segment primarily provides insurance and reinsurance products to commercial and noncommercial enterprises and consumers. Its products include excess liability, excess property, workers' compensation, general liability, automobile liability, professional lines, aerospace, accident and health coverages, and claim and risk management products. The Insurance Overseas General segment writes various insurance products, including property, casualty, professional lines, marine, energy, aviation, political risk, and consumer-oriented products. The Global Reinsurance segment principally provides property catastrophe reinsurance to insurers of commercial and personal property, marine, general aviation, and medical malpractice worldwide. It also offers treaty and life reinsurance. The Financial Services segment offers structured products, loss portfolio transfers (LPTs), and principal finance products. ACE limited also provides claim management and loss-cost reduction services, including medical managed care, integrated disability services, and preloss control and risk management services, as well as sells salvage and subrogation, and health care recovery services. The company primarily distributes its insurance products through retail and wholesale brokers, as well as through general agents, independent agents, managing general agents, managing general underwriters, direct marketing operations, and Internet distribution channels. ACE Limited was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC (FNF)
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., a title insurance company, provides products, services, and solutions to the real estate and financial services industry in the United States. The company operates in five segments: Title Insurance, Specialty Insurance, Financial Institution Software and Services, Lender Outsourcing Solutions, and Information Services. The Title Insurance segment provides title insurance; and escrow and other title related services, including collection and trust activities, trustee's sales guarantees, recordings, and reconveyances. The Specialty Insurance segment issues flood, home warranty, homeowners, automobile, and certain niche personal lines insurance policies. The Financial Institution Software and Services segment offers core processing applications, retail delivery applications, integration applications, syndicated loan applications, automotive finance applications, item processing and imaging services, and ebanking and electronic payments services. It offers these services to various financial institutions, including banks, credit unions, savings banks, and auto finance companies; as well as provides mortgage loan servicing system. The Lender Outsourcing Solutions segment offers loan facilitation services, including title agency and closing services to first mortgage, refinance, home equity, and subprime lenders; and default management services, such as foreclosure posting and publishing services, loan portfolio services, field services, and property management. The Information Services segment offers real estate related information services, such as property appraisal and valuation services; property records information; real estate tax services; borrower credit and flood zone information and certification; and multiple listing software and services. Fidelity National Financial is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
TECO Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the regulated utilities and other unregulated businesses. The company provides retail electric service to approximately 625,000 customers in west central Florida. It purchases and distributes natural gas for residential, commercial, industrial, and electric power generation customers in Florida. The company has interests in mineral rights. It owns or operates surface and underground mines, synthetic fuel production facilities, and coal processing and loading facilities in eastern Kentucky, Tennessee, and southwestern Virginia. The company also has interests in independent power projects in Virginia, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Arizona. In addition, TECO Energy provides waterborne transportation, storage, and transfer services of coal, and other dry-bulk commodities. TECO Energy was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
LEE ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED (LEE)
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated publishes daily newspapers, weekly, classified, and specialty publications. It publishes 58 daily newspapers in 23 states; and 300 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. The company also provides online services, including Web sites supporting its daily newspapers and certain of its other publications. In addition, it owns 82.5% of an Internet service company, which provides online infrastructure for 1000 daily and weekly newspapers, and shoppers; and has minority investments in two Internet service companies, which provide integrated online classified solutions for the newspaper industry, integrate online editorial content, and provides transactional and promotional opportunities. Further, the company offers commercial printing services to its customers. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by A.W. Lee and is based in Davenport, Iowa.
Xcel Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an electrical and natural gas company in the United States. Its activities include generation, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. The company also purchases, transports, and distributes natural gas to retail customers; and transports customer-owned natural gas. Xcel Energy serves customers in portions of Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. As of December 31, 2004, it provided electricity services to approximately 3.3 million customers; and natural gas services to approximately 1.8 million customers in the United States. Xcel Energy was incorporated in 1909 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Noble Energy, Inc. engages in the exploration, production, and marketing of crude oil and natural gas worldwide. Its domestic oil and gas assets are located primarily offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore in the Gulf Coast region. Noble Energy also has projects in Argentina, China, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Israel, and North Sea. The company's wholly owned subsidiary, Noble Energy Marketing, Inc., markets a majority of its domestic natural gas and crude oil, as well as certain third-party natural gas and crude oil. As of January 1, 2005, Noble Energy had proved developed oil reserves of 1,370,461 million cubic feet and gas reserves of 168,496 thousand barrels. The company was formerly known as Noble Affiliates, Inc. and changed its name to Noble Energy, Inc. in 2002. Noble Energy is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC (VSH)
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. engages in the manufacture and marketing of passive and active electronic components. It operates through two segments, Passive components and Active components. Passive components segment offers resistors, capacitors, inductors, strain gages, load cells, force measurement sensors, displacement sensors, and photoelastic sensors. The Active components segment provides diodes, transistors, rectifiers, power integrated circuits, infrared (IR) transceivers, IR sensors, and optocouplers. The company offers its products to computer, telecommunications, military/aerospace, instrument, automotive, medical, and consumer electronics industries. Vishay Intertechnology was founded by Felix Zandman in 1962 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
REPUBLIC SERVICES INC (RSG)
Republic Services, Inc. operates in the domestic nonhazardous solid waste industry in the United States. It provides environmental services, including solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services. The company provides its services to commercial, industrial, municipal, and residential customers through 140 collection companies in 22 states. As of December 31, 2004, it owned or operated 96 transfer stations, 58 solid waste landfills, and 35 recycling facilities. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
MONSTER WORLDWIDE INC (MWW)
Monster Worldwide, Inc., the parent company of Monster, provides online employment solutions primarily in North America, Europe, and Asia. It engages in careers, and Internet advertising and fees businesses. The Careers business includes the provision of online recruiting services and solutions, which consist of searchable job postings, a resume database, and other career related content, as well as include premium career services at a fee to job seekers, such as resume writing and priority resume listing. The company also allows employers and human resources professionals to post jobs, search resume database, and utilize career site hosting and other ancillary services. The Internet advertising and fees business comprises the provision of various services to consumers, which include content and related services, and services to help them manage the development and direction of their current and future careers, while providing employers, educators, and marketers with media-driven solutions. The company also provides lead generation, display advertising, and products sold to consumers for a fee. Monster Worldwide's customers comprise individuals, small and medium-sized organizations, and enterprise organizations, as well as federal, state, and local government agencies and educational institutions. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in New York, New York.
Cummins, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, distribution, and servicing of diesel and natural gas engines, electric power generation systems, and engine-related products. It operates in four segments: Engine, Power Generation, Filtration and Other, and International Distribution. The Engine segment manufactures and markets a range of diesel and natural gas-powered engines for the heavy and medium duty truck, bus, recreational vehicle, light-duty automotive, agricultural, construction, mining, marine, oil and gas, rail, and governmental equipment markets. It offers a variety of engine products with displacement from 1.4 to 91 liters and horsepower ranging from 31 to 3,500. The Power Generation segment provides electric generators; power systems; and related accessories, components, and services. These products include diesel and gas generators used in recreational vehicles, commercial vehicles, and pleasure boats, as well as diesel and gas generator sets, transfer switches, and switchgear used in commercial facilities for emergency back-up and prime power. In addition, it provides an alternative source of generating capacity, which is purchased by utilities, independent power producers, and large power customers for use as prime or peaking power. The Filtration and Other segment produces filters, silencers, and intake and exhaust systems; and supplies turbochargers for commercial applications. The International Distribution segment provides parts and services to its customers, as well as full service solutions, including maintenance contracts, engineering services, and integrated products. The company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and other customers worldwide. Cummins was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Columbus, Indiana.
Cott Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, package, and distribution of retailer brand, and branded bottled and canned soft drinks in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Mexico, and other countries. In addition to carbonated soft drinks, its product lines include flavored beverages, juices and juice-based products, bottled water, energy drinks, and iced teas. It supplies soft drinks to regional and national grocery, mass-merchandise, drugstore, and wholesale and convenience store chains through third party distributors or directly through retail locations. Cott Corporation was incorporated in 1955 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY N.V (CBI)
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. operates as an engineering, procurement, and construction company. It offers conceptual design, engineering, procurement, fabrication, field erection, mechanical installation, and commissioning services. The company's projects include hydrocarbon processing plants, liquefied natural gas terminals and peak shaving plants, offshore structures, pipelines, bulk liquid terminals, water storage and treatment facilities, and other steel structures and associated systems. Chicago Bridge & Iron Company also provides repair and maintenance services, including turnarounds for petroleum refining and petrochemical plants. It serves customers in various industries, including oil and gas, petrochemical and chemical, power, water and wastewater, and metals and mining. The company was founded in 1889 by Horace E. Horton and is based in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.
Sohu.com, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a range of online products and services to individuals and businesses in China. It offers content, brand advertising, sponsored search, wireless services, e-subscription, e-commerce, and online game services through its Internet portals. The company's Internet portals include www.sohu.com for mass portal and online media destination; www.sogou.com for sponsored search; www.chinaren.com, the online alumni club; www.17173.com, the games portal; www.focus.cn, a real estate website; www.goodfeel.com.cn for provision of wireless services; and www.go2map.com, a mapping service website. Sohu.com was founded by Charles Zhang. The company was incorporated in 1996 as Internet Technologies China Incorporated and changed its name to Sohu.com, Inc. in 1999. Sohu.com is headquartered in Beijing, China.
SL GREEN REALTY CORPORATION (SLG)
SL Green Realty Corp., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the ownership, management, acquisition, leasing, and repositioning of commercial office properties in Manhattan. As of June 30, 2005, its wholly owned properties consisted of 21 commercial properties encompassing approximately 9.3 million rentable square feet located primarily in midtown Manhattan. The company's portfolio also includes ownership interests in unconsolidated joint ventures, which own eight commercial properties in Manhattan, encompassing approximately 9.1 million rentable square feet. In addition, SL Green Realty manages three office properties owned by third-parties and affiliated companies encompassing approximately 1.0 million rentable square feet. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code and would not be subject to federal income tax, provided it distributes approximately 90% of its taxable income its stockholders. SL Green Realty was formed in 1997 and is based in New York City.
ITT Industries, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of engineered products, as well as in the provision of related services. It operates in four segments: Fluid Technology, Defense Electronics and Services, Motion and Flow Control, and Electronic Components. The Fluid Technology segment offers fluid systems and solutions for the water, wastewater, treatment, building trades, industrial and process, and biopharm markets. It offers various pumps, mixers, heat exchangers, valves, controls, and treatment systems for municipal, industrial, residential, agricultural, and commercial applications. The Defense Electronics and Services segment provides systems integration, communications, engineering, and technical support solutions; and research, technologies, and engineering support services to government, industrial, and commercial customers. It also provides defense electronics, such as wireless networking systems for tactical communications; night vision equipment; electronic warfare technologies for military aircraft; and military and civilian air traffic control systems, and air defense radars. The Motion and Flow Control segment offers engineered tubing systems for use in braking systems, fuel supply, and other fluid transfer applications; friction pads and backplates for braking applications on vehicles; pumps and related products for the leisure marine markets; and valves, actuators, and switches for the commercial, military, and general aviation markets. The Electronic Components segment provides connectors, interconnects, cable assemblies, keypads, switches, panel switch assemblies, I/O card kits, and smart card systems for communications, industrial, transportation, military/aerospace, commercial aircraft, computer, and consumer uses. The company offers its products and services in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and the Asia Pacific. ITT Industries was incorporated in 1920 and is headquartered in White Plains, New York.
VIROPHARMA INCORPORATED (VPHM)
ViroPharma Incorporated, a pharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of products that address serious diseases treated by physician specialists and in hospital settings. It markets and sells Vancocin Pulvules HCl, the oral capsule formulation, in the United States and its territories. Oral Vancocin is a potent antibiotic to treat antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous and enterocolitis. The company focuses on product development activities on viral diseases, including those caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. Its products under core development program include CMV with an initial focus on CMV infections in recipients of hematopoietic stem cell/bone marrow transplants, and HCV. Noncore development programs target picornaviruses with intranasal pleconaril. The company has strategic relationships with Glaxo SmithKline, Wyeth, Schering-Plough, and Sanofi-Aventis. ViroPharma was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Exton, Pennsylvania.
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP INC (CEG)
Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a holding company, supplies electricity to commercial and industrial customers in North America. The company operates through three segments: Merchant Energy, Regulated Electric, and Regulated Gas. The Merchant Energy segment engages in the ownership, operation, and maintenance of fossil, nuclear, and hydroelectric generating facilities. It also provides risk management services for various customers, including hedging of output from generating facilities and fuel costs; coal sourcing services for the North American and international power generators; and operations and maintenance consulting services. In addition, the Merchant Segment provides customized energy related products and services to government, commercial, and industrial customers, which include utility infrastructure outsourcing, mechanical/electrical upgrades, utility data mining, and performance contracting. The Regulated Electric segment purchases, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity in Maryland. The Regulated Gas business purchases, transports, and sells natural gas in Maryland. Constellation Energy also designs, constructs, and operates heating, cooling, and cogeneration facilities for commercial, industrial, and governmental customers throughout North America. In addition, it sells home improvements, and sells and services heating, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, and indoor air quality systems. Constellation Energy Group was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
Ecolab, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of products and services for the hospitality, foodservice, institutional, and industrial markets in the United States. The company sells specialized cleaners and sanitizers, pool and spa treatment programs, and various chemical dispensing device systems, as well as markets a program comprised of dishwashing machines, detergents, rinse additives, and sanitizers. It also offers cleaning and sanitation at the start of the food chain to facilitate the production of products for human consumption; provides detergents, cleaners, sanitizers, lubricants, and animal health products, as well as cleaning systems, electronic dispensers, and chemical injectors for the application of chemical products; designs, engineers, and installs ‘clean-in-place' process control systems and facility cleaning systems. In addition, Ecolab provides chemical laundry products and proprietary dispensing systems, as well as related services; and a range of janitorial offerings to the janitorial market and building service contractors. Additionally, it offers infection prevention and healthcare offerings; vehicle appearance products, which include soaps, polishes, wheel and tire treatments, and air fresheners; water and wastewater treatment products, services, and systems; pest elimination services; and commercial equipment repair services and kitchen parts. The company offers its products and services primarily to hotels and restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, quick-service units, grocery stores, commercial and institutional laundries, light industry, dairy plants and farms, food and beverage processors, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics facilities, as well as the vehicle wash industry. The company was founded by Merritt J. Osborn in 1923 under the name Economics Laboratory, Inc. It changed its name to Ecolab, Inc. in 1986. Ecolab is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.
SEALED AIR CORPORATION (SEE)
Sealed Air Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of food and protective packaging products. It operates through two segments, food packaging and protective packaging. The company's food packaging products segment produces flexible materials and associated packaging equipment systems, and rigid containers and absorbent pads to package various perishable foods, such as fresh meat and poultry, smoked and processed meat, cheese, produce, seafood, baked goods, and processed and prepared foods, such as soups, condiments, and sauces. Its food packaging equipment include rotary chamber vacuum systems, vertical form-fill-seal systems, dispensing equipment, manual and automated loading units, shrink tunnels, bagging systems, and auxiliary equipment. The company's protective packaging products segment provides cushioning, surface protection, and void fill. The company also manufactures and sells various other products, such as specialty adhesive tapes, solar collectors and covers for swimming pools, and products related to the elimination and neutralization of static electricity. In addition, the company manufactures recycled kraft paper and loose-fill polystyrene packaging. The company markets its products through distributors, fabricators and converters, as well as directly to end users, such as food processors, food service businesses, and manufacturers. The company is based in Saddle Brook, New Jersey.
NV Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy in southern Nevada. It operates in three segments: NPC Electric, SPPC Electric, and SPPC Natural Gas. The NPC Electric segment consists of approximately 29 gas/oil, hydro, and coal generating units with a combined capacity of 3,276 megawatts. As of December 31, 2007, it served approximately 826,000 residential, commercial, industrial, and wholesale customers in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson, Searchlight, and Laughlin, as well as in adjoining areas, including Nellis Air Force Base and the Department of Energy's Nevada Test Site in Nye County. The SPPC Electric segment owned approximately 27 gas, oil, and coal generating units with a combined capacity of 1,551 megawatts. The SPPC Natural Gas segment provided natural gas services to approximately 149,000 customers in Reno/Sparks area, Nevada, as well as owned and operated approximately 2,005 miles of three-inch equivalent distribution pipelines. NV Energy's customers include gaming/recreation, mining, warehousing/manufacturing, offices, health care, education, military bases, and other governmental entities. The company, formerly known as Sierra Pacific Resources, was founded in 1906 and is based in Reno, Nevada.
Kellogg Company and its subsidiaries engage in the manufacture and marketing of ready-to-eat cereal and convenience foods. Its products include cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, frozen waffles, and meat alternatives. Kellogg Company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan.
BRANDYWINE REALTY TRUST (BDN)
Brandywine Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the acquisition, development, redevelopment, management, and leasing of office and industrial properties in the United States. The company owns properties in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey; and in Richmond, Virginia. As of March 31, 2005, its portfolio included 223 office properties, 23 industrial facilities, and one mixed-use property with an aggregate of approximately 19.2 million net rentable square feet. The company also holds interests in nine unconsolidated real estate ventures with approximately 1.6 million net rentable square feet. In addition, it owns interests in two consolidated real estate ventures that own two office properties containing approximately 0.2 million net rentable square feet. Brandywine Realty has elected to be treated as a REIT and would not be subject to federal income tax, if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.
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.
Hanesbrands, Inc., a consumer goods company, engages in the design, manufacture, source, and sale of apparels for men, women, and children's. Its product portfolio includes t-shirts, bras, panties, men's underwear, kids' underwear, socks, hosiery, casualwear, thermals, sleepwear, fleece, and activewear. The company offers products under the Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali, Just My Size, barely there, and Wonderbra brand names. Hanesbrands also license its Champion brand name for collegiate apparel and footwear. The company sells its products through multiple distribution channels, including mass merchants, department stores, embellishers, specialty retailers, warehouse clubs, and sporting goods stores. Hanesbrands operates in the United States, Central America, Japan, Canada, and internationally. The company is headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY (AIV)
Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIMCO), a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the acquisition, ownership, management, and redevelopment of apartment properties. The company rents and leases its apartment units to a diverse base of residents. It also provides management services to third-party owners. As of June 23, 2005, AMICO owned or managed a real estate portfolio of 1,475 apartment properties containing approximately 260,000 apartment units located in 47 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal income tax, if it distributes atleast 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. AMICO was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Sanofi-Aventis engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of pharmaceutical products for sale principally in the prescription market worldwide. The company offers prescription pharmaceuticals in six therapeutic areas: cardiovascular, thrombosis, metabolic disorders, oncology, central nervous system, and internal medicine. Its product portfolio includes Aprovel and Tritace, two hypertension treatment products for cardiovascular diseases; metabolic disorders products, which includes Lantus, a long acting analogue insulin and Amaryl, a once-daily sulfonylurea; oncology drugs that include Taxotere, a taxane derivative representing a cornerstone therapy in various cancer types, and Eloxatine, an platinum agent for metastatic colorectal cancer; central nervous system medicines, which include Stilnox for insomnia, Copaxone for multiple sclerosis, and Depakine for epilepsy treatments; and internal medicine products that include Allegra for respiratory/allergy, Nasacort for allergic rhinitis, Xatral for prostatic hypertrophy, and Actonel for osteoporosis. The company also offers various human vaccines, which include pediatric combination vaccines, influenza vaccines, polio vaccines, adult and adolescent booster vaccines, meningitis vaccines, and travel vaccines. As of December 31, 2004, Sanofi-Aventis had a total of 128 compounds in development in seven therapeutic areas, including 20 for vaccines, 48 of which were in phase II or phase III clinical trials. In addition, the company manufactures and markets various over the counter and generic products. It offers its products approximately in 100 countries. The company has alliances with Bristol-Myers Squibb, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Genfit, Millennium, Cerep, GeneLogic, Astex, Amphora, Immunogen, Coley, Mitsubishi Pharmaceutical Corp, Cephalon, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Immuno-Design Molecule, ALTANA AG, YM BioSciences, Inc., and Pfizer, Inc. Sanofi-Aventis is headquartered in Paris, France.
ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC (ENDP)
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. operates as a specialty pharmaceutical company in the United States. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., it engages in the research, development, marketing, and sale of branded and generic pharmaceutical products primarily used to treat and manage pain. The company's branded products include Lidoderm, Percocet, Percodan, Frova, DepoDur, and Zydone. Lidoderm is a topical patch product containing lidocaine for the relief of the pain from post-herpetic neuralgia. Percocet and Percodan are used for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pain. Frova used for prevention of menstrually related migraine. DepoDur used for the treatment of pain following major surgery. Zydone tablets are also used for the relief of moderate-to-severe pain and contain hydrocodone/acetaminophen. The company's generic products comprise morphine sulfate, generic oxycodone hydrochloride, and acetaminophen product, which focus on pain management. Endo Pharmaceuticals also offers carbidopa/levodopa, the generic version of Sinemet for the treatment of the symptoms of idiopathic Parkinson's disease. In addition, the company is developing products for the acute, chronic, and neuropathic pain conditions, as well as in complementary therapeutic areas. It sells its products to pharmacy chains and wholesale drug distributors who supply to pharmacies, hospitals, governmental agencies, and physicians. The company has a strategic alliance with SkyePharma, Inc. Endo was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
Cerus Corporation develops products for cancer, infectious disease, and blood safety. It develops cancer immunotherapies based on its Listeria vaccine platform combined with disease antigens. The company is also developing the INTERCEPT Blood System, which is based on the company's Helinx technology for controlling biological replication. The INTERCEPT Blood System is designed to enhance the safety of donated blood components by inactivating viruses, bacteria, other pathogens, and white blood cells. This system targets and inactivates blood-borne pathogens, such as HIV and hepatitis B and C, as well as harmful white blood cells, while leaving the therapeutic properties of the blood components intact. Cerus is also developing a proprietary vaccine platform to stimulate the immune system to target and attack cancer cells and infectious diseases. The company has collaboration agreements with Baxter Healthcare Corporation and BioOne Corporation for the joint development of the INTERCEPT Blood System for platelets and plasma; and with MedImmune, Inc. to co-develop a therapeutic vaccine designed to treat cancers of the breast, prostate, and colon, as well as metastatic melanomas. Cerus was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Concord, California.
FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES INC (FIS)
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various processing services to financial institutions in the United States. It operates in two segments, Transaction Processing Services and Lender Processing Services. The Transaction Processing Services segment engages in the development, implementation, management, support, and maintenance of core processing software and systems used by financial institutions to maintain the primary records of their customer accounts. It also provides a range of credit card processing and cardholder support services to its financial institution customers. This segment's processing solutions include core processing, branch automation, back office support systems, compliance, credit and debit card issuing, image item processing, print and mail, automated teller machine/electronic funds transfer, retail Internet banking, bill payment services, commercial cash management, voice response services, and check risk management solutions that are offered to commercial banks, savings institutions, credit unions, card issuers, and retailers, as well as automotive financing companies and commercial lenders. The Lender Processing Services segment offers a range of products and services related to the mortgage life cycle. It provides various mortgage life cycle products and services, including origination, title agency, data gathering, risk management, servicing, default management, and property disposition services to lenders and other real estate professionals. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD (CHKP)
Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. engages in the development, marketing, and support of Internet security and virtual private networking solutions for enterprise and networks, service providers, small and medium businesses, and consumers. The company offers solutions that enable secure communications over Internet protocol networks, including the Internet, Intranets, and extranets. Check Point's Internet security solutions include various technologies that enable its customers to define their network and application security policies, enforce these policies across their networks, collect and correlate information, monitor the security and traffic flow, and analyze and update configurations to reflect changes in the Internet security policies. It also provides related software subscriptions, support, training, and consulting services. In addition the company offers endpoint security solutions that protect personal computers from hackers, spyware, and data theft. It sells its software products worldwide through multiple distribution channels, including distributors, resellers, system integrators, original equipment manufacturers, and managed security service providers. Check Point has a strategic partnership with D-Link to develop unified threat management solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Ramat-Gan, Israel.
CommScope, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of cable and connectivity solutions for communications networks worldwide. The company provides structured cabling systems for business enterprise applications under the SYSTIMAX Solutions and Uniprise Solutions brand names. A structured cabling system consists of various components, including transmission media (cable), circuit administration hardware, connectors, jacks, plugs, adapters, transmission electronics, electrical protection devices, wireless access devices, and support hardware. It manufacture and markets broadband coaxial cables, and other electronic and fiber optic cable products for cable television, telephony, Internet access, wireless communications, and other broadband services. In addition, CommScope also manufacture other broadband coaxial cables, fiber optic cables, and twisted pair cables that are used for various wireless applications, including Third Generation Wireless, Personal Communications Systems, Global System for Mobile Communications, Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems, Cellular, Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service, Local Multipoint Distribution System, land mobile radio, paging, automotive, and in-building wireless applications. The company distributes its products directly and through distributors to end users and original equipment manufacturers. CommScope was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Hickory, North Carolina.
KBR, Inc. operates as an engineering, construction, and services company supporting energy, petrochemicals, government services, and civil infrastructure sectors worldwide. It operates in three segments: Energy and Chemicals (E&C), Government and Infrastructure (G&I), and Ventures. The E&C segment engages in the design and construction of energy and petrochemical projects, including onshore and offshore oil and gas production facilities, such as platforms, floating production, and subsea facilities; pipelines; LNG and gas-to-liquids gas monetization facilities; refineries; petrochemical plants; and synthesis gas. This segment provides engineering, procurement, construction, facility commissioning, and start-up services, as well as program and project management, consulting, and technology services. The G&I segment delivers on-demand support services from contingency logistics and field support to operations and maintenance on military bases; and operates in transportation, waste and water treatment, and facilities maintenance sectors. It provides program and project management, contingency logistics, operations and maintenance, construction management, and engineering to military and civilian branches of governments and private customers. This segment also holds ownership interest in Devonport Management Limited, which owns and operates Devonport Royal Dockyard. Its shipyard operations business primarily engages in refueling nuclear submarines and performing maintenance on surface vessels for the U.K. Ministry of Defense, as well as limited commercial projects. The Ventures segment develops, provides assistance in arranging financing for, makes equity and debt investments in, and participates in managing entities owning assets generally from projects in which one of its other business segments has a direct role in the engineering, construction, and/or operations and maintenance. The company was founded in 1901 and is based in Houston, Texas.
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY (WY)
Weyerhaeuser Company principally engages in the growing and harvesting of timber, as well as in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of forest products principally in the United States and Canada. The company manages 6.4 million acres of company-owned and 0.8 million acres of leased commercial forestland in North America and in the southern Hemisphere. It produces and sells softwood lumber, plywood, veneer, composite panels, oriented strand board, hardwood lumber, and engineered lumber products. Weyerhaeuser also manufactures papergrade, absorbent, dissolving, and specialty pulp grades; and a range of coated and uncoated papers, and business forms; as well as offers liquid packaging board used primarily in the production of containers designed to hold liquid products. In addition, it manufactures linerboard, corrugating medium, and kraft paper primarily used to produce corrugated boxes, and paper bags and sacks; industrial and agricultural packaging; and inks, printing plates, graphics packaging, single-face and preprint products, and retail packaging displays; as well as engages in the recycling that include a wastepaper collection system and its sale to company mills and worldwide customers. Further, the company develops single-family housing and residential lots for sale, including development of master-planned communities primarily in metropolitan areas in southern California, Nevada, Washington, Texas, Maryland, and Virginia. Weyerhaeuser was founded in 1900 and is based in Federal Way, Washington.
PRIDE INTERNATIONAL INC (PDE)
Pride International, Inc. provides onshore and offshore contract drilling and related services to oil and gas companies, as well as to independent oil and gas producers. It provides rigs and drilling crews, as well as cementing, stimulation, carbon dioxide, coiled tubing, and production services. The company also manages integrated services projects in Argentina and other South American countries. Further, Pride International offers various rig management services comprising technical drilling assistance, personnel, repair and maintenance services, and drilling operation management services. As of March 1, 2005, the company operated a fleet of 290 rigs that comprised 2 ultra-deepwater drillships; 12 semisubmersible rigs; 29 jackup rigs; 20 tender-assisted, barge, and platform rigs; and 227 land-based drilling and workover rigs. Its operations are conducted in the oil and gas basins worldwide, including South America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, West Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Russia, and Kazakhstan. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY INC (AMKR)
Amkor Technology, Inc. operates as a subcontractor of semiconductor packaging and test services worldwide. It offers traditional packaging, which includes traditional leadframe products; and advanced packaging, which includes advanced leadframes and laminate products. Amkor's test solutions include wafer probe, final test, strip test, marking, bake, drypack, and tape and reel. The company tests various devices, including digital, linear, mixed signal, memory, radio frequency, and integrated combinations of these technologies. Amkor also provides engineering services, including test program development, test hardware development, test program conversion, device characterization, and qualification testing. The company offers its services to communications, computing, consumer, industrial, and automotive applications. Amkor Technology was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
AGNICO-EAGLE MINES LIMITED (AEM)
Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited engages in the mining, exploration, and development of gold properties in northwestern Quebec, Canada; the western United States; and Northern Mexico. It has three divisions: LaRonde, Regional Development, and Exploration. The LaRonde division consists of the LaRonde Mine and the adjacent El Coco and Terrex properties, each of which is 100% owned and operated by the company. The LaRonde Mine is situated approximately 35 miles west of the City of Val d'Or in northwestern Quebec in the municipalities of Preissac and Cadillac. As of December 31, 2004, this division had proven and probable mineral reserves of approximately 5.1 million ounces of contained gold. The Regional Development division focuses on the development and management of the company's advanced projects in the Abitibi region. It is responsible for operations in the LaRonde II, Lapa, and Goldex projects. The Exploration division focuses its activities primarily on the identification of new mineral reserve, mineral resource, and development opportunities in the proven producing regions of Canada, with a particular emphasis on northwestern Quebec. It manages exploration on 56 properties in central and eastern Canada, and the western United States, including properties acquired from Contact Diamond Corporation. In addition, Agnico-Eagle Mines, has interest in the Suurikuusikko gold deposit in Finland; and Pinos Altos project, located on a 27,000 acre property in the Sierra Madre gold belt, 170 miles west of the city of Chihuahua in northern Mexico. The company was founded in 1953 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
NETWORKS ASSOCIATES INC (MFE)
McAfee, Inc. supplies computer security solutions to prevent intrusions on networks and protect computer systems from various threats and attacks worldwide. Its products include McAfee System Protection Solutions and McAfee Network Protection Solutions. McAfee System Protection Solutions delivers anti-virus, anti-spyware, managed services, application firewalls, and security products and services to protect systems, such as desktops and servers. McAfee Network Protection Solutions offers IntruShield for network intrusion detection and prevention; and Foundstone for intrusion detection and prevention, and vulnerability management. The company offers its solutions to large enterprises, governments, small and medium-sized businesses, and consumer users. The company sells its products through partners, including corporate resellers, retailers, and distributors. It has strategic alliances with America Online Cox Communications, Dell, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Telefonica, Comcast, Telecom Italia, and Wanadoo. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION (PH)
Parker-Hannifin Corporation manufactures fluid power systems, electromechanical controls, and related components. It operates through four segments: Industrial, Aerospace, Climate and Industrial Controls, and Others. The Industrial segment manufactures various connectors; hydraulic components and systems; pneumatic and electromechanical components and systems. This segment also electromechanical products, industrial PCs, single and bus-based controllers, rotary and linear servo motors, rotary and linear stepper motors, analog and digital stepper and servo drives, and gantry robots. In addition, it manufactures sealing devices, gaskets and packings, rubber and plastic boots and bellows, electromagnetic interference shielding, and thermal management products; filters, systems, and instruments to monitor and to remove contaminants from fuel, air, oil, water, and other fluids and gases; process, chemical, and microfiltration filters; compressed air and gas purification filters; lube oil and fuel filters; fuel conditioning filters; fuel filters/water separators; cabin air filters; intake air filters; and nitrogen and hydrogen generators, and condition monitoring devices; and flow components for process instrumentation and purity applications. The Aerospace segment offers hydraulic and primary flight control systems that include hydraulic, electrohydraulic, and electromechanical components used for control of aircraft rudders, elevators, ailerons, and other aerodynamic control surfaces and utility hydraulic components. The Climate and Industrial Controls segment offers refrigeration and air conditioning systems and components, and fluid control process systems and components for use primarily in the mobile and stationary refrigeration and air conditioning industry. The Others segment designs and manufactures custom-engineered buildings. The company was founded in 1918 and is based in Cleveland, Ohio.
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC (ROK)
Rockwell Automation, Inc. provides industrial automation power, control, and information products and services. The company's Control Systems segment consists of two groups, the Components and Packaged Applications Group (CPAG) and the Automation Control and Information Group (ACIG). CPAG offers motor starters, contactors, push buttons, signaling devices, termination and protection devices, relays and timers, adjustable speed drives, motor control centers, and drive systems, and condition sensors. ACIG provides controllers, control platforms, input/output devices, rotary and linear motion control systems, electronic operator interface devices, sensors, industrial computers, and machine safety components. In addition, this segment offers multivendor customer support, training, automation systems integration, asset management, and manufacturing information solutions for batch process industries. The Control Systems segment serves consumer products, transportation, oil and gas, mining, metals, and forest products markets. The Power Systems segment provides mechanical products, including mounted bearings, gear reducers, mechanical drives, conveyor pulleys, couplings, bushings, clutches, and motor brakes, as well as electrical products, such as industrial and engineered motors, adjustable speed drives, repair services, motor and mechanical maintenance solutions, training, and consulting services to original equipment manufacturers, end-users, and distributors. This segment serves mining, cement, aggregates, environmental, forest products, food/beverage, oil and gas, metals, and material handling markets. Rockwell Automation has operations primarily in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The company was founded in 1928 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY INC (PCL)
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust that owns and manages timber lands in the United States. The company engages in the sale and management of timberlands, and the sale of nonstrategic timberlands. It also produces a line of softwood lumber products, including common and select boards, studs, edge-glued boards, and finger-jointed studs. These products are targeted to domestic lumber retailers, such as retail home centers, for use in repair and remodeling projects. These products are also sold to stocking distributors for use in home construction. In addition, the company engages in the natural resource businesses that focus on opportunities relating to mineral extraction, natural gas production, and communication and transportation rights of way. As of December 31, 2004, the company owned and managed approximately 7.8 million acres of timberlands in the northwest, southern, and northeast United States, as well as owned and operated 10 wood product conversion facilities in the northwest United States. Plum Creek was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
CERNER CORPORATION (CERN)
Cerner Corporation supplies healthcare information technology solutions worldwide. The company designs, develops, markets, installs, hosts, and supports software information technology and content solutions for healthcare organizations and consumers. It offers software solutions and hardware that gives healthcare providers secure access to clinical, administrative, and financial data in real time. The company provides access to an individual's electronic medical record at the point of care, and organizes information for the specific needs of the physician, nurse, laboratory technician, pharmacist, and other care providers, as well as for front and back office professionals. In addition, it offers installation services, which include project-scoping services, conducting pre-installation audits, and creating initial environments. Cerner's implementation and consulting services include database consulting, system configuration, project management, testing assistance, network consulting, post conversion review, and application management services. The company markets its products and services to integrated delivery networks, physician groups and networks, and their managed service organizations; managed care organizations; hospitals; medical centers; free-standing reference laboratories; home health agencies; blood banks; imaging centers; pharmacies; pharmaceutical manufacturers; employer coalitions; and public health organizations. Cerner was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in North Kansas City, Missouri.
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN (KSU)
Kansas City Southern, through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of rail network in North America. It operates north/south rail route among Kansas City, Missouri, and various key ports along the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas encompassing a 10-state region in the Midwest and southern parts of the United States. The company also operates direct rail passageway between Mexico City and Laredo in Texas, serving various Mexico's industrial cities and 3 of its shipping ports; and 157-mile rail line extending from Laredo to the port city of Corpus Christi, Texas. In addition, it holds a concession to operate a 47-mile coast-to-coast railroad located adjacent to the Panama Canal, as well as operates commuter and tourist railway services. Its customers include companies conducting business in various industries, including electric-generating utilities, chemical and petroleum products, forest products and metals, agriculture and mineral products, automotive products, and intermodal traffic. As of December 2, 2005, its rail network comprised approximately 6,000 miles of main and branch lines extending from the Midwest and Southeastern portions of the United States south into Mexico. The company was founded as Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. in 1962 and changed its name to Kansas City Southern in 2002. Kansas City Southern is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.
PerkinElmer, Inc. provides scientific instruments, consumables, and services to the pharmaceutical, biomedical, environmental testing, chemical, and general industrial markets worldwide. It designs, manufactures, markets, and services products and systems in three segments: Life and Analytical Sciences, Optoelectronics, and Fluid Sciences. The Life and Analytical Sciences segment provides drug discovery, genetic screening, and environmental and chemical analysis tools, including instruments, reagents, consumables, and services for daily applications in scientific research and clinical applications. Its products are offered under various brand names, including Wallac, Packard, NEN, AAnalyst, Clarus, OneSource, LABWORKS, Pyris, Spectrum, Optima, DELFIA, ImageTrak, UltraView, prOTOF, Victor, LANCE, ELAN, and ViewLux. The Optoelectronics segment provides digital imaging, sensor, and specialty lighting components used in the biomedical, consumer products, and other specialty end markets under the brand names Cermax, Heimann, ColdBlue, MultiBlue, Power Systems, Amorphous Silicon, and Reticon. The Fluid Sciences segment provides fluid control and containment systems for environments, such as turbine engines and semiconductor fabrication facilities under the brand names Belfab, Callisto, Centurion, U-Plex Seals, E-Seals, Rigid E-Seal Joints, and PressureScience. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts. PerkinElmer, Inc. acquired Elcos AG in February 2005, which designs and manufactures custom light emitting diode and solutions for biomedical and industrial applications.
The Ryland Group, Inc. engages in homebuilding and mortgage-financing businesses primarily in the United States. The company's operations span various aspects of the home buying process, including design, construction, and sale to mortgage origination, title insurance, settlement, escrow, and homeowners insurance brokerage services. Its Homebuilding segment markets detached and attached single-family homes, which are targeted to entry-level and move-up buyers, as well as to active adults seeking retirement housing. As of December 31, 2004, the company operated in 339 communities in 27 markets in the United States. The company's Financial Services segment provides mortgage-related products and services, and insurance brokerage services primarily to the company's homebuilding customers. It arranges various types of mortgage financing, including conventional, federal housing administration, and veterans administration mortgages, with various fixed and adjustable-rate features. The Ryland Group was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Calabasas, California.
Ventas, Inc. operates as a healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. The company finances, owns, and leases healthcare related and senior housing facilities. Its nursing facilities provide nursing care services to the elderly, as well as rehabilitation and restoration services, such as physical, occupational and speech therapies, and other medical treatment for patients and residents. Its hospitals serve medically complex and chronically ill patients, and patients who suffer from multiple systemic failures or conditions, such as neurological disorders, head injuries, brain stem and spinal cord trauma, cerebral vascular accidents, chemical brain injuries, central nervous system disorders, developmental anomalies, and cardiopulmonary disorders. Ventas also provides intensity physical, respiratory, neurological, orthopedic, and other treatment protocols for patients during recovery. Its senior housing facilities offer residential units on a month-to-month basis primarily to elderly individuals. The company also provides meals in a central dining area, as well as personal supervision and daily assistance with eating, bathing, grooming, and administering medication to assisted living residents. Its other facilities consist medical office buildings, which offer office space to physicians and other healthcare-related businesses, as well as to personal care facilities that provides care services, including supported living, neurorehabilitation, neurobehavioral management, and vocational programs for persons with acquired or traumatic brain injury. As of December 31, 2004, Ventas owned 30 senior housing facilities, 40 hospitals, 201 nursing facilities, and 16 other healthcare and senior housing facilities. It also leased 225 facilities as of the above date. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal income tax on the net income that it distributes to its stockholders. Ventas was founded in 1983 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.
Allergan, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products for the ophthalmic, neurological, dermatological, and other markets. It engages in pharmaceutical research related to disease areas, such as glaucoma, retinal disease, dry eye, psoriasis, acne, and movement disorders. The company also offers aesthetic-related pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter products. Allergan offers prescription and nonprescription products to treat diseases and disorders of the eye, including glaucoma, dry eye, inflammation, infection, and allergy. Its glaucoma treatment products include Alphagan and Alphagan P, a brimonidine tartrate ophthalmic solution; Lumigan, a bimatoprost ophthalmic solution; and Restasis, a cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion. Its ophthalmic anti-inflammatory products include Acular and Acular LS, as well as Pred Forte, a topical steroid. The company's ophthalmic infection treatment products include Ocuflox, Oflox, Zymar, and Exocin. It offers Alocril and Elestat ophthalmic solutions for the treatment of itch associated with allergic conjunctivitis. The company's neuromodulator product, Botox, is used therapeutically in the treatment of neuromuscular disorders. Allergan's skin care products include Tazorac gel for the treatment of plaque psoriasis; Azelex cream used in the topical treatment of mild to moderate inflammatory acne; Avage, a tazarotene cream indicated for the treatment of facial fine wrinkling, mottled hypo and hyperpigmentation, and benign facial lentigines; Prevagetm, an antioxidant cream, that reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, as well as provides protection against sun damage, air pollution, and cigarette smoke; and glycolic acid-based products. Allegran, Inc. has a strategic research collaboration agreement with ExonHit Therapeutics to identify new molecular targets based on ExonHits' gene profiling DATAS technology. Allegran was incorporated in 1948 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V (STM)
STMicroelectronics N.V. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of various semiconductor products used in microelectronic applications, including automotive products, computer peripherals, telecommunications systems, consumer products, and industrial automation and control systems. The company operates in two segments, Semiconductors and Subsystems. The Semiconductors segment offers discrete, memories, and standard commodity components, as well as application specific integrated circuits (ICs) and application specific standard products for analog, digital, and mixed-signal applications. Its products include digital signal processor, microcontroller cores, microcontrollers, and semiconductor memory and smart card products, including chips and cards. It also manufactures discrete power devices, such as power transistors, as well as standard linear and logic ICs, and radio frequency products. The Subsystems segment manufactures and markets subsystems and modules for the telecom, automotive, and industrial markets, including mobile phone accessories, battery chargers, ISDN power supplies, and in-vehicle equipment for electronic toll payment. The company offers its products worldwide. STMicroelectronics was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ingram Micro, Inc., an information technology (IT) wholesale distributor, provides sales, marketing, and logistics services to the IT industry worldwide. The company distributes various IT products from computer hardware suppliers, networking equipment suppliers, and software publishers. It has four primary product categories: networking, software, systems, and peripherals. Networking category includes networking hardware, communication products, and network security products. Networking hardware includes switches, hubs, routers, wireless local and wide area networks, network interface cards, and storage area networks. Communication products incorporate voice over Internet protocol communications, modems, phone systems, and video/audio conferencing. Network security hardware includes firewalls, virtual private networks, and intrusion detection and authentication devices. Software products include business application software; operating system software; entertainment software; middleware, developer software tools; security software, such as firewalls and encryption software; and storage software. Systems category offers servers, desktops, portable personal computers, and personal digital assistants. Peripherals category offers printers, scanners, displays, projectors, monitors, panels, mass storage, and tape. It also includes other products, such as processors, motherboards, hard drives, and memory; ink and toner supplies, paper, carrying cases, and antiglare screens; consumer electronics products; and various services, such as installation services, professional services, service provider and carrier services, warranties and support, configuration and assembly, packaged services, and mobile communication services. The company sells its products to the resellers in various sectors. Ingram Micro is headquartered in Santa Ana, California.
The Timken Company manufactures engineered bearings, alloy and specialty steel, and related components. Its product lines include anti-friction bearings and steel products. The company offers tapered roller bearings, precision cylindrical and ball bearings, spherical and cylindrical bearings, needle bearings. Its bearings are used in horse-drawn wagons, passenger cars, light and heavy trucks, trains, very small gear drives, wind energy machines, large gear drives, rolling mills, and other process industry and infrastructure development applications. The company also provides bearing reconditioning services for industrial and railroad customers. Its steel products include steels of low and intermediate alloy, vacuum-processed alloys, tool steel, and some carbon grades, which are available in various solid and tubular sections. Its steel products are used in various applications, including bearings, automotive transmissions, engine crankshafts, oil drilling, aerospace, and other similarly demanding applications. Timken also produces custom-made steel products. The company sells its products to anti-friction bearing companies, original equipment manufacturers, and industrial distributors, as well as serves the aircraft, automotive and truck, construction, forging, oil and gas drilling, and tooling industries worldwide. The Timken was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Canton, Ohio.
OREILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC (ORLY)
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. operates as a retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories in the United States. Its stores offer new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, such as alternators, starters, fuel pumps, water pumps, brake shoes and pads, chassis parts, and engine parts; maintenance items, such as oil, antifreeze, fluids, engine additives, and appearance products; accessories, such as floor mats and seat covers; and autobody paint and related materials, automotive tools, and professional service equipment. The company sells its products to both do-it-yourself customers and professional installers. As of December 31, 2004, O'Reilly Automotive operated 1,249 stores within the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. The company was co-founded in 1957 by Charles F. O'Reilly and Charles H. O'Reilly, Sr. O'Reilly Automotive is based in Springfield, Missouri.
EQUITABLE RESOURCES INC (EQT)
Equitable Resources, Inc. engages in the production, gathering, distribution, and transmission of natural gas in the United States. It also provides energy management solutions. The company and its subsidiaries offer energy products and services to wholesale and retail customers through three segments: Equitable Utilities, Equitable Supply, and NORESCO. Equitable Utilities segment engages in the sale, distribution, and marketing of energy related products and services; and interstate pipeline operations. These services are primarily provided in southwestern Pennsylvania, municipalities in northern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and in West Virginia. Its distribution operations provided natural gas services to approximately 276,300 customers, comprising 257,400 residential customers and 18,900 commercial and industrial customers, as of December 31, 2004. Equitable Supply segment engages in the development, production, and sale of natural gas, and crude oil and its associated by-products. It had an estimated total proved reserves of approximately 2,109 billion cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe), including proved undeveloped reserves of 477 Bcfe in the Appalachian Basin, as of December 31, 2004. NORESCO segment provides energy-related products and services primarily to governmental, military, institutional, commercial, and industrial customers. Its products and services principally comprise performance contracting, energy management programs, and combined heat and power, as well as central boiler/chiller plant development, design, construction, ownership, and operation. Equitable Resources was formed in 1925 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
MCKESSON CORPORATION (MCK)
McKesson Corporation supplies information and care management products and services for the healthcare industry. The company operates in three segments: Pharmaceutical Solutions, Medical-Surgical Solutions, and Provider Technologies. The Pharmaceutical Solutions segment distributes ethical and proprietary drugs, and health and beauty care products throughout North America. It also manufactures and sells automated pharmaceutical dispensing systems for retail pharmacies; provides medical management and specialty pharmaceutical solutions for biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturers; patient and other services for payors; and software, and consulting and outsourcing services to pharmacies. The MedicalSurgical Solutions segment distributes medicalsurgical supplies, and firstaid products and equipment; and provides logistics in the United States and Canada. The Provider Technologies segment delivers enterprise-wide patient care, clinical, financial, supply chain, managed care, and strategic management software solutions; automated pharmaceutical dispensing systems for hospitals; and outsourcing and other services to healthcare organizations throughout North America, the United Kingdom, and other European countries. It markets its products and services to integrated delivery networks, hospitals, physician group practices, home health providers, and managed care providers in the U.S. and internationally. McKesson Corp. was founded in 1833 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Central Pacific Financial Corp., through its primary subsidiary, Central Pacific Bank (bank), offers various commercial banking services to small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals in Hawaii. The bank accepts personal and business checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and time certificates of deposit, as well as originates commercial and consumer loan products, including commercial real estate and construction loans, residential mortgage loans, commercial loans and lines of credit, and consumer loans and lines of credit. It also offers debit cards, Internet banking, cash management, traveler's checks, safe deposit boxes, international banking, night depository facilities, and wire transfer services; wealth management products and services, including nondeposit investment products, annuities, insurance, investment management, asset custody, and general consultation and planning services; and item processing services to banks, thrifts, credit unions, and other financial institutions in Hawaii and California. The bank invests in U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government agencies, mortgage-backed securities, and federal home loan bank of Seattle securities. As of December 31, 2004, it operated 45 banking offices, including 4 supermarket branches and 95 ATMs located throughout the state of Hawaii. Central Pacific Financial Corp. is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Olin Corporation produces copper alloys, ammunition, and chlorine and caustic soda in North America. It operates in three segments: Chlor Alkali Products (CAP), Metals, and Winchester. The CAP segment offers chlorine and caustic soda; sodium hydrosulfite for paper, textile, and clay bleaching; hydrochloric acid used in household cleaners, laundry bleaching, swimming pool sanitizers, semiconductors, water treatment, textiles, pulp and paper, and food processing; hydrogen acid used for steel, oil and gas, plastics, organic chemical synthesis, brine treatment, artificial sweeteners, pharmaceuticals, food processing, and ore and mineral processing; bleach products; and potassium hydroxide used in the manufacture of fertilizers, soaps, detergents, cleaners, battery, and in food processing chemicals and deicers. The Metals segment produces copper and copper alloy sheet and strip used in electronic connectors, lead frames, electrical components, coinage, and ammunition; copper alloy welded tubes used in utility condensers, industrial heat exchangers, refrigeration and air conditioning, and builders' hardware; rolled copper foil, copperbond foil, and stainless steel strip used in printed circuit boards, electrical and electronic products, and automotive components; fabricated parts used in builders' hardware, plumbing, automotive, and ammunition components; and stainless steel and aluminum strip. Winchester segment offers sporting ammunition used by hunters and recreational shooters and law enforcement agencies; canister powder; reloading components; small caliber military ammunition used in infantry and mounted weapons; industrial cartridges used in power and concrete industries; and powder-actuated tools used in construction industry. The company markets its products and services to the U.S. government and its prime contractors, as well as to wholesalers and other distributors. Olin Corp. was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Clayton, Missouri.
Owens-Illinois, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures packaging products worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Glass Containers and Plastics Packaging. The Glass Containers segment produces glass containers for malt beverages, including beer and ready to drink low alcohol refreshers, liquor, wine, food, tea, juice, soft drinks, and pharmaceuticals. Its customers include brewers, wine vintners, distillers, soft drink bottlers, and food producers. The Plastic Packaging segment manufactures injection-molded plastic containers, such as ovals, vials, closures, ointment jars, dropper bottles, and prescription containers for prescriptions and over-the-counter products; injection-molded containers for deodorant and toothpaste; and compression-molding plastic closures for carbonated soft drink and other beverage closures. The company sells its products to drug wholesalers, drug chains, and mail order pharmacies. Owens-Illinois was founded by Michael J. Owens as Owens Bottle Machine Company in 1903. It changed its name to Owens-Illinois Glass Company in 1929 and to Owens-Illinois, Inc. in 1965. Owens-Illinois is headquartered in Toledo, Ohio.
Solutia, Inc. engages in the manufacture and marketing of high-performance chemical and engineered materials used in a range of consumer and industrial applications. It operates in two segments, Performance Products and Integrated Nylon. The Performance Products segment offers rubber chemicals; window films, and films for use in tapes, automotive badging, optical and colored filters, shades, packaging, computer touch screens, electroluminescent displays, and cathode ray tube and flat-panel monitors; polyvinyl butyral (PVB) sheet, specialty intermediate PVB resin products, and optical grade PVB resin and plasticizers; and specialty products, including heat transfer fluids, aviation hydraulic fluids and solvents, and entrance matting and automotive spray suppression flaps. The Integrated Nylon segment consists of nylon plastics, fiber, and intermediate chemical products used in construction, automotive, consumer, and industrial applications. Solutia sells its products through its sales force and distributors. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
Eni SpA engages in the oil and gas, electricity generation, petrochemicals, oilfield services, and engineering industries. Eni engages in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons in Italy, North Africa, West Africa, the North Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, South America, the Caspian Sea, the Middle and Far East, and Australia. As of December 31, 2004, the company's proved reserves of hydrocarbons were 7,218 million barrel of oil equivalent. It supplies, transports, distributes, and sells natural gas in Italy and in the rest of Europe. As of December 31, 2004, the company owned 30,545 kilometers natural gas transmission system in Italy. Eni also owned power stations in Brindisi, Ferrera Erbognone, Livorno, Mantova, Ravenna, Ferrara, and Taranto with an installed capacity of approximately 3.3 gigawatts. Eni refines and sells refined products principally in Italy. It provides petrochemical products that include olefins and aromatics, basic intermediate products, chlorine derivatives, polystyrene, elastomers, and polyethylene. The company markets its refined petroleum products through direct sales network, franchises, and other distribution systems. It also engages in the laying of underwater pipelines; and installation of offshore platforms and floating production storage and offloading systems in onshore construction; and onshore and offshore drilling. In addition, Eni engages in engineering and contracting in the area of plants for hydrocarbon production, treatment, and transmission; the liquefaction and treatment of natural gas; natural gas upgrading; the conversion of heavy residues from conventional and nonconventional crudes; the chemical industry; power generation; infrastructure; and environmental protection. The company was established as Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi, a public law agency, in 1953. It was transformed into a joint stock company and changed its name to Eni SpA in 1992. Eni is headquartered in Rome, Italy.
LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST (LRY)
Liberty Property Trust operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). It provides leasing, property management, development, acquisition, and other tenant-related services for a portfolio of industrial and office properties. The trust's industrial properties consist of various warehouse, distribution, service, assembly, light manufacturing, and research and development facilities. As of June 30, 2005, Liberty Property Trust has an ownership interest in and operated 444 industrial and 287 office properties located primarily in the Mid-Atlantic, and southeastern and midwestern United States totaling 63.1 million square feet. In addition, at the above date, it had 25 properties under development, and owned 1,607 acres of land. Liberty Property Trust has elected to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it would not be taxed on the portion of its income, which is distributed to shareholders, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income. Liberty Property Trust has a partnership with Doughty Hanson & Co. Real Estate. The trust was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED (IRM)
Iron Mountain, Inc. provides information storage and protection, and related services in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Latin America. It offers records management services, which include records management program development and implementation to help customers comply with specific regulatory requirements; implementation of policy-based programs that feature storage for media, including paper, flexible retrieval access, and retention management; digital archiving services for archiving of electronic records; shredding services that ensure privacy and a chain of record custody; and specialized services for records, film and sound, and regulated industries, such as healthcare, energy, and financial services. The company's data protection services include disaster preparedness planning support; data backup and data recovery in the event of a disaster, human error or virus; electronic vaulting to provide managed, online data backup and recovery services for personal computers and server data; and escrow services to protect and manage source code and other proprietary information, and domain name management services. In addition, Iron Mountain sells storage materials, including cardboard boxes and magnetic media, as well as provides consulting, facilities management, fulfillment, and other outsourcing services. The company serves commercial, legal, banking, healthcare, accounting, insurance, entertainment, and government organizations. Iron Mountain was founded by Herman Knaust in 1951 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
OFFICEMAX INCORPORATED (OMX)
OfficeMax Incorporated provides office supplies, technology products and solutions, and furniture to businesses and consumers in the United States. The company distributes a line of office products, which include office supplies, and paper, print, and document services; technology products and solutions; and office furniture to corporate, government, and small and medium sized offices. It markets and sells products through field salespeople, outbound telesales, catalogs, Internet, and office products stores. As of December 31, 2004, OfficeMax operated 68 distribution centers, 100 stores, and 935 superstores in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico. The company was organized as Boise Payette Lumber Company in 1931 and changed its name to Boise Cascade Corporation in 1957. Further, Boise Cascade changed its name to OfficeMax, Inc. in 2003. OfficeMax is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois.
ARROW ELECTRONICS INC (ARW)
Arrow Electronics, Inc. distributes electronic components, computer products, and related equipment. The company offers semiconductor products and related services in the United States and internationally. Its industrial and commercial computer products and related services include servers, workstations, storage products, microcomputer boards and systems, design systems, desktop computer systems, software, monitors, printers, flat panel displays, system chassis and enclosures, controllers, and communication control equipment. The company also offers electronic components, including capacitors, resistors, potentiometers, power supplies, relays, switches, and connectors. Its services and solutions include materials planning, programming and assembly services, inventory management, a suite of online supply chain tools, and design services. The company's customers include suppliers, original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and commercial customers. Arrow Electronics was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.
Fiserv, Inc. provides integrated data processing and information management systems to financial services providers in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Financial Institution Outsourcing, Systems, and Services; Health Plan Management Services; and Investment Support Services. The Financial Institution Outsourcing, Systems, and Services segment provides account and transaction processing systems and services to financial institutions and other financial intermediaries, including banks, credit unions, financial planners and investment advisers, insurance companies and agents, self-insured employers, leasing companies, lenders, and savings institutions. The Health Plan Management Services segment provides services primarily to employers who self-insure their health plan, including services, such as handling payments to healthcare providers. The Investment Support Services segment provides various administrative, custodial, and processing services to individual investors, third-party retirement plan and pension administrators, investment advisors and financial planners, and financial intermediaries. Its products include self-directed retirement plan administration services and mutual fund custody trading services. The company operates support centers for full-service financial data processing, software system development, item processing and check imaging, technology support, and related product businesses in the United States, as well as in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Poland, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. In addition, it provides plastic card issuance, design, personalization and mailing services, and document management products. Fiserv was formed in 1984 and is headquartered in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P (EPD)
Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a North American midstream energy company, provides various services to producers and consumers of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL). The company operates in four segments: Offshore Pipelines and Services, Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines and Services, NGL Pipelines and Services, and Petrochemical Services. The Offshore Pipelines and Services owns and operates approximately 1,150 miles of offshore natural gas pipelines, approximately 800 miles of Gulf of Mexico offshore crude oil pipeline systems and 7 multipurpose offshore hub platforms located in the Gulf of Mexico, as of December 31, 2004. The Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines and Services segment owns or has interests in approximately 17,200 miles of onshore natural gas pipeline systems that provide for the gathering and transmission of natural gas in Alabama, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Texas. In addition, it owns two salt dome natural gas storage facilities located in Mississippi. The NGL Pipelines and Services segment includes the natural gas processing business and related NGL marketing activities; NGL pipelines aggregating approximately 12,775 miles and related storage facilities; and NGL fractionation facilities located in Texas and Louisiana. The Petrochemical Services segment includes four propylene fractionation facilities, an isomerization complex, and an octane additive production facility. This segment also includes various petrochemical pipeline systems. Enterprise Products Partners was formed in 1968 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC (TRN)
Trinity Industries, Inc. provides various products and services for the transportation, industrial, construction, and energy sectors in the United States and Europe. It operates in five groups: Rail, Railcar Leasing and Management Services, Construction Products, Inland Barge, and Industrial Products. The Rail Group manufactures and sells railcars and component parts, such as tank cars, auto carrier cars, hopper cars, box cars, intermodal cars, gondola cars, and specialty cars. The Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group provides fleet management, maintenance, and leasing services. The Construction Products Group offers highway guardrail and safety products, concrete and aggregates, and girders and beams used in the construction of highway and railway bridges; and weld pipe fittings, such as caps, elbows, return bends, tees, concentric and eccentric reducers, and full and reducing outlet tees used in pressure piping systems. The Inland Barge Group manufactures and sells various dry cargo barges, such as deck barges, and open or covered hopper barges that transport various commodities, including grain, coal, and aggregates. It also produces tank barges used for transporting liquid products. The Industrial Products Group produces tank heads, and pressure and nonpressure containers for the storage and transportation of liquefied gases, and other liquid and dry products. The company's customers include railroads; leasing companies; utilities; grain shippers; construction and industrial companies; and pipeline, petrochemical, and nonpetrochemical process companies. Trinity Industries was incorporated in 1933 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LTD (AU)
AngloGold Ashanti Limited operates as a gold producer. Its operations comprise open-pit and underground mines, and surface reclamation plants located in South Africa, the United States, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. As of December 31, 2004, the company had approximately 79 million ounces of proven and probable gold ore reserves. In addition, it sells silver, uranium oxide, and sulphuric acid. AngloGold Ashanti has an exploration alliance with Westmag, Ltd. to undertake regional gold prospectivity assessments and project opportunity reviews from eastern Europe to Iran, incorporating the Pontides and Caucasus belts, using matching funding. The company was incorporated in 1944 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC (MHK)
Mohawk Industries, Inc. produces floor covering products for residential and commercial applications in the United States. It operates in two segments, Mohawk and Dal-Tile. The Mohawk segment engages in the design, manufacture, distribution, and marketing of floor covering product lines, which include carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, hardwood, resilient, and laminate, in a range of colors, textures, and patterns for residential and commercial applications. This segment markets its products to approximately 36,000 customers, which include independent floor covering retailers, home centers, mass merchandisers, department stores, commercial dealers, and commercial end users. The Dal-Tile segment designs, manufactures, sources, and markets a line of ceramic tile, porcelain tile, and natural stone products used in the residential and commercial markets for both new construction and remodeling. Its ceramic tile products are sold through independent distributors, home center retailers, tile and flooring retailers, and contractors. Mohawk Industries is headquartered in Calhoun, Georgia.
Sempra Energy, an energy services holding company, provides electric, natural gas, broadband, and related products and services in the United States. It operates through four segments: Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Sempra Commodities, and Sempra Generation. SoCalGas segment provides natural gas storage services for use by the core, noncore, and off-system customers in California. SDG&E segment provides electric service to San Diego and southern Orange counties, and natural gas service to San Diego County. Sempra Commodities segment is a trading company that markets and trades physical and financial commodity products. Its trading portfolios consist of physical and financial commodity contracts, including contracts for natural gas, electricity, petroleum products, base metals, and other commodities. Sempra Generation segment primarily acquires, develops, and operates power plants. It also provides energy services and facilities management, and owns mineral rights in properties that produce petroleum and natural gas. As of December 31, 2004, this segment operated power plants in California, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, and Mexico with a capacity of 3,670 Megawatts. As of March 8, 2005, the company served approximately 19.2 million natural gas customers and 3.3 million electricity customers. Its customers include core customers, such as residential, and small commercial and industrial customers; noncore customers, such as electric generation, wholesale, industrial, and oil recovery customers. Sempra Energy was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES COMPANY LTD (SPIL)
Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. provides semiconductor packaging and testing services. It offers standard and customized packaging and testing solutions, including lead frame packages and substrate packages, such as flip-chip ball grid array and module packages, as well as testing for logic, mixed signal, and embedded memory devices. The company also offers turnkey solutions, including packaging, testing, and shipment of semiconductor devices to end users. Siliconware Precision Industries was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Taichung, Taiwan.
Itron, Inc. provides solutions for collecting, analyzing, and applying electric, gas, and water usage data worldwide. It provides solutions for electricity metering, meter data collection, energy and water information management, demand side management and response, load forecasting, analysis and consulting services, distribution system design and optimization, Web-based workforce automation, commercial and industrial customer care, and residential energy and water management. The company operates through three segments: Hardware Solutions—Electricity Metering, Hardware Solutions—Meter Data Collection, and Software Solutions. The Hardware Solutions—Meter Data Collection segment offers residential and commercial AMR and original equipment manufacturer modules, mobile and network AMR data collection technologies, SmartSynch meter systems, handheld computers for meter data collection or mobile workforce applications, and related installation and implementation services. The Hardware Solutions—Electricity Metering segment offers residential solid-state and electromechanical electricity meters; AMR enabled meters; commercial and industrial electricity meters; and generation, transmission, and distribution meters. The Software Solutions segment provides software applications for commercial, industrial, and residential meter data collection; and management distribution system design and optimization, energy and water management, asset optimization, mobile workforce solutions, forecasting and related implementation, and forecasting and consulting services. The company sells electric and water meter modules through original equipment manufacturer. Itron was founded in 1977 and has its headquarters in Spokane, Washington.
Praxair, Inc. operates as an industrial gas company in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Its primary products are atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene. The company also designs, engineers, and builds equipment that produces industrial gases for internal use and external sale. Praxair also manufactures precious metal and ceramic sputtering targets used primarily in the production of semiconductors. Its surface technologies supply wear-resistant and high-temperature corrosion-resistant metallic and ceramic coatings, and powders to the aircraft, printing, textile, plastics, primary metals, petrochemical, and other industries. It also provides aircraft engine and airframe component overhaul services; and manufactures a line of electric arc, plasma, and high velocity oxygen fuel spray equipment, as well as arc and flame wire equipment used for the application of wear resistant coatings. The company serves various industries, such as healthcare and petroleum refining; computer-chip manufacturing and beverage carbonation; fiber-optics and steel making; and aerospace, chemicals, and water treatment. Praxair was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut.
QUESTAR CORPORATION (STR)
Questar Corporation and its subsidiaries operate as a natural gas-focused energy company. It operates through its three subsidiaries: Questar Market Resources, Inc.; Questar Pipeline Company; and Questar Gas Company. The Questar Market Resources engages in gas and oil exploration, development, and production; gas gathering and processing; wholesale gas and oil marketing; and gas storage. The Questar Pipeline provides interstate natural gas transmission, storage, and gas-processing and treating services. As of December 31, 2005, it owned and operated approximately 488-mile line that extended from the Blanco hub in the San Juan Basin to the California state line serving approximately 794,117 sales and transportation customers. The Questar Gas distributes natural gas as a public utility in Utah, southwestern Wyoming, and a small portion of southeastern Idaho. As of above date, the company had 1,434 billion cubic feet of proved natural gas reserves. It primarily operates in Rocky Mountain region of Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado; and the Midcontinent region of Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Lorillard, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes in the United States. The company offers 44 different product offerings under the Newport, Kent, True, Maverick, Old Gold, and Max brands. It sells its products primarily to wholesale distributors, who in turn service the retail outlets, chain store organizations, and government agencies, including the U.S. Armed Forces. The company was founded in 1760 and is based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Lorillard, Inc. is a subsidiary of Loews Corporation. Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE:LO) operates independently of Loews Corp. as of June 10, 2008.
POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES INC (PWAV)
Powerwave Technologies, Inc. supplies wireless solutions for wireless communications networks worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Wireless Communications and Contract Manufacturing. The Wireless Communications segment sells wireless communications network products and coverage solutions, including antennas, boosters, combiners, filters, radio frequency power amplifiers, repeaters, tower-mounted amplifiers, and advanced coverage solutions for use in cellular, PCS, and 3G wireless communications networks. The Contract Manufacturing segment manufactures and sells advanced industrial components, primarily for the automotive and food industries, under contract manufacturing. The company sells its products to wireless original equipment manufacturers and operators of wireless networks. It operates primarily in North America, Asia, Europe, and other international countries. Powerwave Technologies was incorporated in 1985 under the name Milcom International, Inc. and changed its name to Powerwave Technologies, Inc. in 1996. The company is headquartered in Santa Ana, California.
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INVERNESS MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INC (IMA)
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (IMI) and its subsidiaries engage in the development, manufacture, and marketing of vitro diagnostic products for the over-the-counter pregnancy and fertility/ovulation test market, as well as the professional rapid diagnostic test market worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Consumer Diagnostic Products (CDP), Vitamins and Nutritional Supplements (VNS), and Professional Diagnostic Products (PDP). The CDP segment offers over-the-counter pregnancy and fertility/ovulation tests. It also provides clearblue easy digital pregnancy and fertility/ovulation prediction tests. The VNS segment markets various vitamins and nutritional supplements primarily in the United States. The PDP segment products comprise rapid membrane test products for pregnancy, drugs of abuse, mononucleosis, strep throat, Lyme disease, chlamydia, fecal occult blood, Influenza A/B, and rubella; ELISA products, which include immunosorbent assays (ELISA) tests for various infectious and sexually transmitted diseases, as well as automated instrumentation for processing ELISA assays; AtheNA Multi-Lyte Test System that performs anti-nuclear antibody, and screen and reflex testing for nine specific auto-antibodies; and IFA/Serology products, which comprise indirect fluorescent antibody. The company sells its products primarily in North America, Europe, and Japan. IMI was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Harmonic, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of digital video systems and fiber optic systems to cable television and direct broadcast satellite operators and telephone companies worldwide. The company operates in two groups, Convergent Systems and Broadband Access Networks. The Convergent Systems group offers encoders, which provide compression of video, audio, and data channels; server gateway, which interfaces with the output from a video server and integrates routing, multiplexing, and modulation into a single package for the delivery of VOD services to subscribers over cable networks; MPEG-2 networking, switching, and multiplexing platform; and broadcast network gateway, which provides digital turnaround and remote modulation capability. It also offers digital turnaround system, a modular platform for aggregating, multiplexing, and scrambling digital signals prior to transmission over broadband networks, and control and automation products. The Broadband Access Networks group offers MAXLink transmitters and optical amplifiers, PWRLink transmitters and dense wave division multiplexing, and coarse wave division multiplexing systems for optical transmission requirements. It also offers optical nodes, and return path transmitters and receivers to provide two-way transmission capability, and NETWatch management system, which consists of transponders and network management software. Its systems enable network operators to provide various interactive digital services that include digital video, video-on-demand, high definition television, high-speed Internet access, and telephony. Harmonic was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
FLOWSERVE CORPORATION (FLS)
Flowserve Corporation engages in the development and manufacture of precision-engineered flow control equipment, which includes pumps, valves, and mechanical seals. Its Flowserve Pump Division engages in the design, manufacture, distribution, and service of engineered and industrial pumps and pump systems, replacement parts, and related equipment. The Flow Solutions Division manufactures various pump models ranging from simple fractional horsepower industrial pumps to high horsepower engineered pumps. The company's Flow Control Division provides equipment maintenance services for flow management control systems, including repair, advanced diagnostics, installation, commissioning, re-rate and retrofit programs, machining, and full service solution offerings. The company sells its products through its sales force, distributors, and sales agents primarily to the petroleum, chemical processing, power generating, water treatment, and general industrial markets. Flowserve Corporation was incorporated in 1912 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
W.R. BERKLEY CORPORATION (WRB)
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WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION (WLL)
Whiting Petroleum Corporation, through its subsidiary, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, engages in the exploitation, acquisition, exploration, and production of oil and natural gas properties primarily in the Gulf Coast/Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Michigan, and mid-continent and California regions of the United States. The company sells oil and natural gas to the end users, marketers, and other purchasers that have access to nearby pipeline facilities. As of January 1, 2005, the company's estimated proved reserves totaled 865.4 billion cubic feet equivalent. The company was founded in 1983. It was formerly known as Whiting Petroleum Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Whiting Petroleum Corporation in 2003. Whiting Petroleum is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
TOTAL S.A. operates as an energy company in approximately 130 countries worldwide. It has three segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Chemicals. Upstream segment includes exploration, development, and production activities, as well as natural gas transportation, storage and trading, power generation, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and coal operations. Downstream segment covers trading and shipping, refining and marketing of the company's and Elf brand petroleum products, automotive and other fuels, and specialties, such as LPG, aviation fuel, and lubricants, through both the retail network and other outlets worldwide. Chemicals segment comprises an array of operations, including petrochemicals; fertilizers; specialties; elastomer processing; and a unit combining vinyl products, industrial chemicals, and performance products. It serves various industries, including automobiles and transportation, packaging, construction, sports and leisure, health and beauty care, water treatment, paper, electronics, and agriculture. As of December 31, 2004, the company's combined proved reserves of crude oil and natural gas were 11,148 Mboe, of which 51% were proved developed reserves and 49% were proved undeveloped reserves. As of the above date, it held interests in 28 refineries. TOTAL S.A. was incorporated in 1924 and is based in Courbevoie, France.
HELMERICH & PAYNE INC (HP)
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. engages in the contract drilling of oil and gas wells for others in North and South America. The company provides drilling rigs, equipment, personnel, and camps on a contract basis to enable its customers to explore for and develop oil and gas from onshore areas, as well as from fixed platforms, tension-leg platforms, and spars in offshore areas. It also engages in the ownership, development, and operation of commercial real estate in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The company owns and leases a shopping center and multitenant warehouse space to third parties. Helmerich & Payne was founded in 1920 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS (WRI)
Weingarten Realty Investors operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). The company engages in the management, acquisition, and development of real estate. It operates in two segments, Shopping Center and Industrial. The Shopping Center segment engages in the acquisition, development, and management of real estate, primarily anchored neighborhood and community shopping centers located in Texas, California, Louisiana, Arizona, Nevada, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Illinois, Florida, North Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Utah, Kentucky, and Maine. Its customer base includes supermarkets, discount retailers, drugstores, and other retailers. The Industrial segment engages in the acquisition, development, and management of bulk warehouses and office/service centers. Its properties are located in Texas, Nevada, Georgia, Florida, California, and Tennessee. As of June 30, 2005, Weingarten Realty Investors owned or operated under long-term leases, directly or through its interest in joint ventures or partnerships, a total of 350 developed properties and 3 properties that are in various stages of development. Its properties include 294 shopping centers and 59 industrial properties. Weingarten Realty Investors qualifies as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it would not be taxed on the portion of its income, which is distributed to shareholders, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income. The company was founded in 1948 and is based in Houston, Texas.
CELANESE CORPORATION (CE)
Celanese Corporation engages in the production and sale of industrial chemicals. The company operates through four segments: Chemical Products, Technical Polymers Ticona, Acetate Products, and Performance Products. The Chemical Products segment produces and supplies acetyl products, including acetic acid, acetate esters, vinyl acetate monomer, polyvinyl alcohol, and emulsions. Its products also include acetic anhydride, acetate esters, carboxylic acids, and methanol. The Technical Polymers Ticona segment develops, produces, and supplies a portfolio of technical polymers, which include polyacetal, UHMW-PE, liquid crystal polymers, and polyphenylene sulfide fortron for use in automotive and electronics products, as well as in other consumer and industrial applications, often replacing metal or glass. The Acetate Products segment primarily produces and supplies acetate tow used in the production of filter products, and acetate filament, which is used in the apparel and home furnishing industries. The Performance Products segment, operating under the trade name of Nutrinova, produces and sells sweetener and food protection ingredients, such as sorbates, for the food, beverage, and pharmaceuticals industries. The company primarily operates in North America, Europe, and Asia. Celanese Corporation is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED (SYNA)
Synaptics Incorporated engages in the development and supply of user interface solutions, which are used to interact with a variety of mobile computing, communications, entertainment, and other electronic devices. The company provides an array of technologies, including ASICs, firmware, software, and pattern recognition and touch sensing technologies. Its products include PC and PC Peripheral products, such as touch pad, round pad, lux pad, speaker pad, fingerprint touch pad, cpad, pointing sticks, and dual pointing; Mobile Products, including mobile touch; and Portable Entertainment Solutions, such as light touch, navpoint, and scrolling solutions. The company sells worldwide through its sales representatives to original equipment manufacturer. It has strategic relationships with NXT, Zytronics Display Limited, and Symbian. Synaptics was founded in 1986 by Federico Faggin and Carver Mead and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
COVENTRY HEALTH CARE INC (CVH)
Coventry Health Care, Inc. operates as a managed health care company. It offers a range of commercial risk products, such as health maintenance organization products, preferred provider organizations, and point of service products, workers' compensation, and network rental to a cross section of employer and government-funded groups, government agencies, and other insurance carriers and administrators. The company also provides management services, such as network management, claims processing, utilization review, and quality assurance; and access to its provider networks to employers that self-insure their employee health benefits. In addition, it offers risk products, such as Medicare and managed Medicaid programs in selected markets; as well as rents network of providers, including claims repricing and utilization review to other managed care plans or nonrisk employers assuming no underwriting risk. The company markets its products and services through its own sales staff and a network of independent brokers and agents in approximately 15 markets. It operates in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and southeast United States. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (SBAC)
SBA Communications Corporation engages in the ownership and operation of wireless communications towers in the Eastern third of the United States. The company operates in three segments: Site Development Consulting, Site Development Construction, and Site Leasing. The Site Development Consulting segment offers services, including network predesign; site audits; identification of potential locations for towers and antennas; support in buying or leasing of the location; and assistance in obtaining zoning approvals and permits. The Site Development Construction segment provides services, such as tower and related site construction, antenna installation, and radio equipment installation, commissioning, and maintenance. The Site Leasing segment leases antenna space on its multitenant towers to various wireless service providers. SBA Communications was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.
ROPER INDUSTRIES INC (ROP)
Roper Industries, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of energy systems and controls, scientific and industrial imaging products and software, industrial technology products, and instrumentation products and services. It operates in five segments: Instrumentation, Industrial Technology, Energy Systems and Controls, Scientific and Industrial Imaging, and RF Technology. The Instrumentation segment manufactures and sells materials analysis, fluid properties testing, and industrial leak testing equipment. The Industrial Technology segment produces industrial pumps, flow measurement and metering equipment, industrial valves and controls, and water meter and automatic meter reading products and systems. The Energy Systems and Controls segment manufactures control systems, machinery vibration, and nondestructive inspection and measurement products and solutions. The Scientific and Industrial Imaging segment offers digital imaging products and software, and handheld computers and software. The RF Technology segment provides radio frequency identification and satellite-based communication technologies that are used in toll and traffic systems, security and access control, freight movement services, and mobile asset tracking. Roper markets its products and services to radio frequency applications, water and wastewater, oil and gas, research, power generation, general industry, and other niche markets. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is based in Duluth, Georgia.
ARRIS Group, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and supply of telephony, data, video, construction, rebuild, and maintenance equipment for the broadband communications industry. It also provides hybrid fiber-coax networks and systems. The company provides its products and equipment principally to the cable television market and to multiple cable systems operators. Its cable telephony offer local and long distance residential telephone services. The company provides its products and equipment primarily to the cable television market and to operators of multiple cable systems in North America, Europe, Latin America, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. ARRIS Group headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia.
PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC (PAG)
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company sells new and used motor vehicles, as well as provides various repair, maintenance, and collision services. It also facilitates the sale of third-party finance and insurance products, third-party extended service contracts, and replacement and aftermarket automotive products. As of June 29, 2007, Penske Automotive Group operated 311 retail automotive franchises, including 164 franchises in 19 states and Puerto Rico, and 147 franchises primarily in the United Kingdom, as well as 26 collision repair centers. The company was founded in 1990. It was formerly known as EMCO Motor Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to United Auto Group, Inc. and then to Penske Automotive Group, Inc. in July 2007. Penske Automotive Group, Inc. is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
THQ, Inc. engages in the development and publishing of interactive entertainment software for the hardware platforms in the video game market. It offers a portfolio of titles playable on the platforms, such as home video game consoles, handheld platforms, and personal computers. The company's titles span entertainment software genres, including action, adventure, children's, driving, fighting, puzzle, role-playing, simulation, sports, and strategy. THQ produces products internally based on original and licensed content, as well as contracts with third-party developers to develop products. In addition, THQ provides games, ringtones, wallpapers, and other content for wireless devices. It distributes games directly to mass merchandisers, consumer electronic stores, discount warehouses, and retail chain stores in North America, as well as through its sales network to retail shelves in approximately 75 countries worldwide. The company was incorporated in 1989 under the name Trinity Acquisition Corporation and changed its name to THQ, Inc. in 1990. THQ is based in Calabasas Hills, California.
CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (CCI)
Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI) engages in the ownership, operation, and lease of towers for wireless communications. The company leases antenna space on its towers that accommodates multiple tenants, as well as provides certain network services, such as antenna installations, network design and site selection, site acquisition, site development, and other services to its customers. As of December 31, 2004, CCI owned, leased, or managed 12,000 towers, including 10,612 towers in the United States and Puerto Rico, and 1,388 towers in Australia. It offers its services primarily to various wireless communications companies that provide cellular, personal communications services, specialized mobile radio, 3G, broadband data services, and paging services in the United States and Australia. CCI was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY (ELY)
Callaway Golf Company and its subsidiaries engage in the design, manufacture, and sale of golf clubs and golf balls in the United States and internationally. Its products include drivers, fairway woods, irons, wedges, and putters. The company also sells golf accessories, such as golf bags, golf gloves, golf headwear, travel covers and bags, golf towels, and golf umbrellas. In addition, it sells footwear, through its subsidiaries. Callaway Golf sells its products to golf retailers, sporting goods retailers and mass merchants, and third party distributors. The company's international sales are made through its wholly owned subsidiaries located in Europe, Japan, Canada, Korea, and Australia; and through distributors in approximately 65 foreign countries, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, the Philippines, India, South Africa, and various countries in South America. Callaway Golf was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.
SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES INC (SPN)
Superior Energy Services, Inc. provides oilfield services and equipment focusing on serving the production-related needs of oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico and the drilling-related needs of oil and gas companies worldwide. The company operates through five segments: Well Intervention, Rental Tools, Marine, Other Oilfield Services, and Oil and Gas. The Well Intervention segment provides plug and abandonment services, coiled tubing services, well pumping and stimulation services, data acquisition services, gas lift services, electric wireline services, hydraulic drilling and workover services, well control services, engineering support, technical analysis, and mechanical wireline services that perform various maintenance and repairs to producing wells, as well as modifications to wells. The Rental Tools segment rents and sells equipment for use with onshore and offshore oil and gas well drilling, completion, production, and workover activities. The Marine segment operates liftboats for production service activities, as well as oil and gas production facility maintenance, construction operations, and platform removals. It operated a fleet of 50 liftboats, as of December 31, 2004. The Other Oilfield Services segment provides contract operations and maintenance services; transportation and logistics services; offshore oil and gas cleaning services; oilfield waste treatment services; dockside cleaning of items, including supply boats, cutting boxes, and process equipment; and manufactures and sells drilling instrumentation and oil spill containment equipment. The Oil and Gas segment acquires mature oil and gas properties and produces and sells remaining economic oil and gas reserves prior to decommissioning. Superior Energy Services is headquartered in Harvey, Louisiana.
AMERICAN CAMPUS COMMUNITIES INC (ACC)
American Campus Communities, Inc. (ACC), a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the acquisition, design, finance, development, lease, and management of student housing properties in the United States. As of July 12, 2005, the company owned and managed 25 student housing properties, containing approximately 16,300 beds, as well as managed 44 student housing properties, representing 27,600 beds. ACC also provides construction management and development services for student housing properties owned by colleges and universities, charitable foundations, and others. In addition, it also provides third party property management and leasing services. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under sections 856 to 860 of the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax purposes, provided it distributes at least 90% of taxable income to its shareholders. ACC was founded in 1993 and is based in Austin, Texas.
AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC (AVB)
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). It engages in the development, redevelopment, acquisition, ownership, and operation of apartment communities in high barrier-to-entry markets of the United States. As of March 31, 2005, the company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 137 operating apartment communities containing 40,133 apartment homes in 10 states and the District of Columbia, of which 4 communities containing 1,430 apartment homes were under reconstruction. In addition, AvalonBay owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 11 communities under construction. 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. Its operates in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and Northern and Southern California regions of the United States. AvalonBay was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC (MTU)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide various financial services to retail and corporate customers in Japan and internationally. It offers various asset management and asset administration services, including savings instruments, such as current accounts, ordinary deposits, time deposits, deposits at notice, foreign currency deposit accounts, non-interest-bearing deposit accounts, and other deposit facilities. The company also provides trust products, such as loan trusts and money trusts; and other investment products, such as investment trusts, performance-based money trusts, and foreign currency deposits. It sells individual annuity insurance products comprising investment-type individual annuities, foreign currency denominated insurance annuities, and yen denominated fixed-amount annuity insurance products. In addition, the company provides various security products, such as public offerings, foreign and domestic investment trusts, Japanese government bonds, and foreign bonds; and housing loans, card loans, and other loans to individuals. It also offers its products and services through automated teller machine network; and telephone, mobile, and Internet banking. Further, the company provides advisory services to customers in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, inheritance-related business transfers, and stock listings; advices on financing methods to meet various financing needs, including loans with derivatives, corporate bonds, commercial paper, asset-backed securities, securitization programs, and syndicated loans; and arrangement services relating to private placements for medium-sized enterprise issuers and institutional investors. It also provides a range of services to corporate and other pension funds, including stable and secure pension fund management and administration, advice on pension schemes, and payment of benefits to scheme members. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC (BEN)
Franklin Resources, Inc., doing business as Franklin Templeton Investments, operates as an asset management company. It operates in two segments, Investment Management and Related Services, and Banking/Finance. The Investment Management and Related Services segment provides investment management and fund administration services, and other related services, including shareholder services, transfer agency, underwriting, distribution, custodial, trustee, and other fiduciary services to open-end and closed-end investment companies, including retail mutual funds; institutional accounts; and families, individuals, and separate accounts in the United States and internationally. The Banking/Finance segment provides retail-banking and consumer lending services, including automotive lending related to the purchase, securitization, and servicing of retail installment sales contracts; consumer credit and debit cards; real estate equity lines; and home equity/mortgage lending. It offers its services to individuals, foundations, and institutions in the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and Australia. Franklin Resources was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY (BDX)
Becton, Dickinson and Company engages in the manufacture and sale of medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment, and diagnostic products worldwide. The company has three segments: Medical, Diagnostics, and Biosciences. The Medical segment offers needles, syringes, and intravenous catheters, including safety-engineered devices for medication delivery; insulin injection devices and blood glucose monitors for the treatment of diabetes; prefillable drug delivery devices to pharmaceutical companies and end-users as drug/device combinations; surgical blades and regional anesthesia needles; critical care monitoring devices; ophthalmic surgery devices; sharps disposal containers; and home healthcare products. The Diagnostics segment provides integrated systems for evacuated blood collection, a line of safety-engineered specimen collection products and systems, plated media, automated blood culturing, molecular testing systems for sexually transmitted diseases, microorganism identification and drug susceptibility systems, and manual testing products. The Biosciences segment includes fluorescence activated cell sorters and analyzers, cell imaging systems, monoclonal antibodies and kits, reagent systems for life sciences research, tools to aid in drug discovery and growth of tissue and cells, and diagnostic assays. It serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry, and the general public, primarily through independent sales representatives and independent distribution channels. The company was founded in 1897 and is based in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH)
Community Health Systems, Inc. engages in the ownership, lease, and operation of acute care hospitals in the United States. Its hospitals offer a range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services, including orthopedics, cardiology, occupational medicine, diagnostic services, emergency services, rehabilitation treatment, home health, and skilled nursing. As of December 31, 2004, it owned, leased, or operated 71 hospitals in 22 states, with an aggregate of 7,888 licensed beds. The company was organized in 1985 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.
FMC Corporation operates as a chemical company, serving the agricultural, industrial, and consumer markets worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Agricultural Products, Specialty Chemicals, and Industrial Chemicals. Agricultural Products segment manufactures and sells proprietary insecticides and herbicides used for the protection of cotton, corn, rice, cereals, vegetables, and other crops. Specialty Chemicals segment comprises of BioPolymer and lithium businesses. BioPolymer manufactures and sells microcrystalline cellulose, carrageenan, and alginates, products that add texture, structure, and physical stability to beverage, dairy, meat, and bakery products and/or that act as binders and disintegrants for tablets and capsules. Lithium business includes sale of mined lithium, which is used in specialty products, including pharmaceuticals, specialty polymers, and energy storage devices. Its Industrial Chemicals segment manufactures inorganic materials, including soda ash, hydrogen peroxide, specialty peroxygens, and phosphorus chemicals. FMC Corporation was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION (MWV)
MeadWestvaco Corporation delivers packaging solutions and products to companies in the food and beverage, media and entertainment, personal care, cosmetic, and healthcare industries worldwide. It operates in three segments: Packaging, Consumer and Office Products, and Specialty Chemicals. The Packaging segment produces bleached paperboard, coated natural kraft paperboard, linerboard and saturating kraft, and packaging for consumer products. It also designs and produces multipack cartons and packaging systems primarily for the beverage take-home market. This segment's products are sold primarily in North America, Europe, Brazil, and Asia. The Consumer and Office Products segment manufactures, markets, and distributes school, office, envelope, and time-management products to retailers and commercial distributors. The Specialty Chemicals segment markets and distributes activated carbon products; printing ink resins and lignin-based surfactants; and tall oil fatty acid, rosin, and derivative products. In addition, the company engages in the specialty paper business. MeadWestvaco distributes its products through own sales force and distributors. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC (JEC)
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. provides technical, professional, and construction services to industrial, government, and commercial clients worldwide. The company offers project services, including engineering, design, architectural, and similar services to process plants, buildings, infrastructure projects, technology and manufacturing facilities, pulp and paper plants, and other facilities; engineering, planning, scheduling, procurement, estimating, project accounting, and quality and safety services; and construction management services. Its construction services include traditional field construction services and environmental remedial construction services to private and public sector clients. The company's operations and maintenance services comprise engineering and technical support services, and program management services; and management and technical support services in aerospace and defense areas. These services also include facilities management and maintenance services, utilities operations and maintenance services, property management and disposition service, and construction support services; and plant maintenance services. The company's process, scientific, and systems consulting services include performing pricing studies, market analyses, and financial projections; gasoline reformulation modeling; analyzing and evaluating layout and mechanical designs for processing plants; analyzing automation and control systems; analyzing, designing, and executing biocontainment strategies; developing and performing process protocols; providing consultation on railway and airport expansion projects; and performing geological and metallurgical studies. It serves oil and gas and refining, federal programs, chemicals and polymers, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, infrastructure, buildings, technology and manufacturing, and pulp and paper industries. The company was founded in 1957 and is based in Pasadena, California.
SAP AG engages in the development, marketing, sale, and support of enterprise application software products for corporations, governmental agencies, and educational institutions worldwide. Its mySAP Business Suite enables companies to manage value chain across business networks. mySAP Business Suite solutions also manage company's information technology infrastructure and can be deployed on various computer hardware types and software operating systems. The company's mySAP Customer Relationship Management solution provides support for sales, marketing, channel management, interaction center, and service management. Its mySAP enterprise resource planning solution enables organizations to run their business functions, including analytics, human resources, financials, operations, corporate services, and planning. The company's mySAP Product Lifecycle Management offers product, project, and portfolio management; research and development; life-cycle data management; and corporate services. Its mySAP Supply Chain Management solution provides supply chain planning, execution, collaboration, and coordination enabling organizations and their partners to view inventory levels, orders, supplier and customer allocations, forecasts, production plans, and key performance indicators. In addition, SAP provides consulting, custom development, education, hosting, and support services. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany.
RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED (GOLD)
Randgold Resources Limited engages in the mining, exploration, and development of mineral properties, primarily gold principally in West and East Africa. Its properties primarily include Loulo mine, located in Mali; and Tongon project located in Cote d'Ivoire. As of December 31, 2004, the company had proven and probable reserves of approximately 2.51 million ounces of gold. Randgold was incorporated in 1995 and is based in St. Helier, Channel Islands.
MDRNA, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company developing RNA-based technologies, including therapeutics based on RNA interference (RNAi) and microRNA. The company's primary focus is on the delivery of siRNAs in the treatment of a range of human diseases, including inflammation, viral infections, cancer, and metabolic disorders. MDRNA is pursuing pre-clinical RNAi programs in influenza and rheumatoid arthritis, from which it would identify appropriate target candidates for partnering and clinical development. The company has been building patent estates in the RNAi field, with approximately 260 filed patents addressing 144 gene sequences, including disease-validated targets. It seeks to monetize its nasal drug delivery business through licensing, partnering, or acquisition of its Phase II intranasal programs. MDRNA, Inc. was formerly known as Nastech Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. and changed its name to MDRNA, Inc. in June 2008. The company was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Bothell, Washington.
VISTAPRINT LIMITED (VPRT)
VistaPrint Limited provides graphic design services and customized printed products to small businesses and consumers online worldwide. It offers various products, including business cards, announcements, brochures, calendars, data sheets, folded cards, envelopes, holiday cards, flyers, invitations, letterheads, magnets, logo creation, note cards, mailing labels, note pads, newsletters, sticky notes, presentation folders, return address labels, standard and oversized postcards, and rubber stamps. The company's customers can use graphic design software to create and order printed products in its Web sites. Its customers also have access to graphic designs, content suggestions, logo design services, design templates, and approximately 70,000 photographs and illustrations. As of June 30, 2007, the company served approximately 10,000,000 customers in approximately 120 countries. VistaPrint Limited was founded in 1995 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
STONE ENERGY CORPORATION (SGY)
Stone Energy Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, operation, and production of oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), various basins of the Rocky Mountains, and Williston basin oil of North Dakota and Montana. It also owns properties in Howard Ranch Field in the northern Wind River Basin of Wyoming and approximately 47,000 net acres of deep rights below the Monument Butte Field in the Uinta Basin of Utah. The company's property base consists of 79 active properties, 58 in the Gulf Coast Basin and 21 in the Rocky Mountains, and 58 primary term leases in GOM. As of December 31, 2004, it had estimated proved reserves of approximately 825 billion cubic feet of gas equivalent. The company is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.
HONDA MOTOR COMPANY LTD (HMC)
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. engages in the development, production, and manufacture of motor products, ranging from small general-purpose engines to specialty sports cars. It manufactures motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, and personal watercraft. The company produces motorcycles, ranging from the 50 cubic capacity (cc) class to the 1800cc class in cylinder displacement. Honda's motorcycle line consists of sports, business, and commuter models. Honda's principal automobile products include passenger cars under Legend, Accord, Civic, City, Fit Saloon, Acura RL, Acura TL, and Acura TSX brands; multiwagons, minivans, sport utility vehicle, and sports coupe under Elysion, Odyssey, Step Wagon, Edix, FR-V, Stream, Fit, Jazz, Pilot, Element, CR-V, Acura MDX, and Acura RSX brands; and minivehicles under Life, That's, Vamos, and Acty brands. The company also offers various financial services to its customers and dealers. In addition, Honda manufactures various power products, including power tillers, portable generators, general purpose engines, grass cutters, outboard engines, water pumps, snow throwers, power carriers, power sprayers, lawn mowers, and lawn tractors. The company sells its products worldwide through wholesalers and independent retail dealers. Honda Motor Co. was established by Soichiro Honda in 1946 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS INC (GMCR)
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. engages in the roasting and sale of specialty coffee products primarily in the eastern United States. It offers arabica coffees and coffee selections, including single-origins, estates, certified organics, proprietary blends, and flavored coffees in various packages, including whole bean, fractional packages, one-cup coffee pods, and single-cup portions. The company sells its coffee products to retailers, including supermarkets, convenience stores, specialty food stores; food service enterprises, such as restaurants, hotels, universities, and business offices; and individual consumers. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Waterbury, Vermont.
PACIFIC CAPITAL BANCORP (PCBC)
Pacific Capital Bancorp operates as the holding company for Pacific Capital Bank, N.A, which provides retail and commercial banking services in the United States. The bank accepts NOW and money market deposit accounts, savings and time deposits, and certificates of deposits. It also offers real estate, commercial, home equity, consumer, and agricultural loans. In addition, the bank also provides electronic fund transfers and safe deposit boxes to individuals and businesses; lockbox payment servicing, foreign currency exchange, letters of credit, and cash management services to business customers; trust and investment services to individuals and businesses; as well as investment management and advisory services. The company, through its other subsidiaries, provides automobile and loan securitization services. The company's investment portfolio comprises of U.S. treasury obligations, U.S. agency obligations, collateralized mortgage obligations, mortgage backed securities, asset backed securities, and state and municipal securities. As of December 31, 2004, the bank operated 45 banking offices. The company was founded in 1960 and is based in Santa Barbara, California.
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.
SILICON LABORATORIES INC (SLAB)
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. engages in the design and development of analog-intensive mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for a range of applications worldwide. The company offers ICs that can be incorporated into communications devices, such as wireless phones and modems, as well as cable and satellite set-top boxes, residential communication gateways for cable or digital subscriber line (DSL), satellite radios, and networking equipment. It also offers a family of 8-bit microcontrollers for use in an array of applications, such as industrial automation and control, automotive sensors and controls, medical instrumentation, and electronic test and measurement equipment. The company's product portfolio includes mixed-signal microcontrollers, Aero GSM/GPRS/EDGE transceivers, GSM/GPRS power amplifiers, satellite radio tuners, radio frequency synthesizers, silicon direct access arrangements, ISOmodem embedded modems, ProSLIC subscriber line interface circuits, DSL analog front-end ICs, voice codecs, SiPHY optical networking transceivers, clock and data recovery ICs, and precision clock ICs. It markets its products to original equipment manufacturers and other providers of applications in various markets through its direct sales staff, as well as through a network of independent sales representatives and electronics distributors. The company has design, engineering, marketing, sales, and applications offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Silicon Laboratories was founded by Nav Sooch, Dave Welland, and Jeff Scottin in 1996. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Assurant, Inc., a holding company, provides specialized insurance products and related services worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Assurant Solutions, Assurant Health, Assurant Employee Benefits, and Assurant PreNeed. The Assurant Solutions segment develops, underwrites, and markets specialty insurance products and services through financial institutions, mortgage lenders and servicers, retailers, manufactured housing and automobile dealers, utilities, and other entities in North America, the Caribbean, South America, and Europe. The Assurant Health segment writes of individual and short-term major medical health insurance. It also provides small employer group health insurance to employer groups primarily of two to fifty employees in size, and health insurance plans to full-time college students. This segment offers individual health insurance products and small employer health insurance products. The Assurant Employee Benefits segment offers group dental benefit plans sponsored by employers and funded through payroll deductions based on the number of master contracts in force. It also provides disability and term life insurance products and related services to small and medium-sized employers based on number of master contracts in force. This segment offers group dental, group disability insurance, and group term life insurance. The Assurant PreNeed segment offers prefunded funeral insurance products to consumers over the age of 65 and with an average issue age of 72. Its products provide benefits to cover the costs incurred in connection with prearranged funeral contracts. The segment distributes its products primarily through funeral homes. The company serves financial institutions, mortgage lenders and servicers, retailers, manufactured housing and automobile dealers, utilities, and other entities, as well as funeral homes and selected third-party general agencies. Assurant is headquartered in New York City.
Hexcel Corporation engages in the development and manufacture of structural materials worldwide. The company offers reinforcement products, composite materials, and composite structures for use in the commercial aerospace, industrial, space and defense, and electronics markets. Its reinforcement products include industrial fabrics and other specialty reinforcement products. The company offers various composites, including carbon fibers, prepregs, structural adhesives, honeycomb, specially machined honeycomb parts and composite panels, fiber reinforced thermoplastics, moulding compounds, polyurethane systems, gel coats, and laminates. Its composite structure products include aerodynamic fairings, wing panels, and other aircraft components. The company's products are used in various end products, such as commercial and military aircraft, space launch vehicles and satellites, soft body armor, wind turbine blades, printed wiring boards, high-speed trains and ferries, cars and trucks, window blinds, bikes, skis, and various other recreational equipment. It markets its products through independent distributors and manufacturer representatives. The company operates in the United States, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. Hexcel Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION (AVY)
Avery Dennison Corporation produces pressure-sensitive materials; office products; and various tickets, tags, labels, and other converted products. It operates through three segments: Pressure-sensitive Materials, Office and Consumer Products, and Retail Information Services. The Pressure-sensitive Materials segment manufactures and sells pressure-sensitive roll label materials, films for graphic applications, reflective highway safety products, performance polymers, and extruded films. The Office and Consumer Products segment manufactures and sells various office and consumer products, including labels, binders, dividers, sheet protectors, and writing instruments. The Retail Information Services segment designs, manufactures, and sells various price marking and brand identification products, including tickets, graphic and barcode tags and labels, and related supplies and equipment. The company also manufactures and sells, through its other specialty converting businesses, specialty tapes, engineered films, pressure-sensitive postage stamps, and other converted products. Avery Dennison Corporation was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.
REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP (RGC)
Regal Entertainment Group, through its subsidiary, operates a theatre circuit in the United States. As of December 30, 2004, it operated a theatre circuit with 6,273 screens in 558 theatres in 40 states. It develops, acquires, and operates multiscreen theatres primarily in mid-sized metropolitan markets and suburban growth areas of larger metropolitan markets in the United States. Its business focus areas include in-theatre advertising, business meetings, and nonfeature film content distribution. Regal Entertainment was organized in 2002 and is based in Centennial, Colorado.
FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION (FAF)
The First American Corporation (FAC), through its subsidiaries, provides business information, and related products and services in the United States and internationally. Its Title Insurance and Services segment issues residential and commercial title insurance policies; accommodates tax-deferred exchanges; and provides escrow, equity loan, investment advisory, trust, thrift, and other related products and services. The company's Specialty Insurance segment issues property and casualty insurance policies, as well as sells home warranty products. Its Mortgage Information segment offers tax monitoring, flood zone certification, default management services, document preparation, and other real estate related services. FAC's Property Information segment sells data relating to real property, database management services, and appraisal services. Its Credit Information segment provides specialty credit reports to the mortgage lending and automotive lending industries. This segment also includes a credit reporting agency that offers credit reports on subprime borrowers. The company's Screening Information segment provides employment background screening, drug-free workplace programs and other occupational health services, employee assistance programs, corporate tax and incentive services, resident screening, motor vehicle records, transportation business credit services, investigative services, computer forensics and electronic discovery services, supply chain security, and consumer location services. As of April 4, 2005, FAC operated approximately 1,800 offices. The company is headquartered in Santa Ana, California.
TORCHMARK CORPORATION (TMK)
Torchmark Corporation operates as an insurance holding company. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides various protection oriented life and supplemental health insurance to middle income Americans through its premier niche distribution organizations. It offers three product lines: life insurance, health insurance, and annuities. The Life Insurance products include traditional and interest sensitive whole life insurance, as well as term life insurance products. The Health Insurance products include medicare supplement, cancer, and other supplemental health policies. The company also provides single premium deferred, flexible premium deferred, and variable annuities. The company was founded in 1900. It was formerly known as Liberty National Insurance Holding Company and changed its name to Torchmark Corporation in 1982. Torchmark is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST (OFC)
Corporate Office Properties Trust, operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). It engages in the ownership, management, leasing, acquisition, and development of suburban office properties. As of June 30, 2005, the company's portfolio consisted of 147 office properties in operations, including two properties owned through joint ventures in the United States. Corporate Office Properties Trust qualifies as a real estate investment trust (REIT) for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it would not be taxed on the portion of its income, which is distributed to shareholders, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income. Corporate Office Properties Trust has a joint venture with Opportunity Invest LLC to acquire warehouse properties primarily within Greater Washington DC submarkets that would be redeveloped into Class A office space. The company is based in Columbia, Maryland.
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC (DLR)
Digital Realty Trust, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership, acquisition, reposition, and management of technology-related real estate business in the United States.As of March 31, 2005, the trust owned 26 properties, which include telecommunications infrastructure properties, information technology infrastructure properties, and technology manufacturing properties. Its properties are located in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley metropolitan areas, in the United States; and in London, the United Kingdom. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes and would not be subject to income tax to the extent it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. Digital Realty was formed in March 2004 under the name Digital Properties Trust and changed its name to Digital Realty Trust, Inc. in July 2004. Digital Realty Trust is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC (FTI)
FMC Technologies, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and servicing of machinery and systems for the energy, food processing, and air transportation industries. It operates in four segments: Energy Production Systems (EPD), Energy Processing Systems (EPS), FoodTech, and Airport Systems. The EPD segment offers systems and services used by companies involved in land and offshore exploration and production of crude oil and gas. It offers subsea production systems, surface production equipment, floating production systems, and separation systems that control the flow of oil and gas from producing wells. The EPS segment supplies high pressure valves and fittings for oilfield service customers. It offers fluid control, measurement solutions, loading systems, material handling and blending, and material transfer systems, as well as liquid and gas measurement and transportation equipment and systems to customers involved in the production, transportation, and processing of crude oil, natural gas, and petroleum-based refined products. The FoodTech segment offers food handling and processing systems used for fruit juice, frozen food, shelf-stable food, and convenience food preparation. It offers citrus juice extractors and related citrus processing equipment; aseptic juice and pulp systems; coating and cooking systems; portioners; continuous batter-breading, frying, and oven-cooking equipment; and processing lines for the production of french fries and potato chips. The FoodTech segment also supplies tomato processing equipment, as well as commercial sterilization systems, such as fillers, closers, sterilizers, and control systems used for the production of shelf-stable and pasteurized packaged foods. The Airport Systems segment provides passenger boarding bridges, cargo loaders, and other ground support products and services to commercial airlines, air freight companies, and airports. FMC Technologies was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Pitney Bowes, Inc. provides integrated mail and document management solutions for various organizations in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Global Mailstream Solutions, Global Enterprise Solutions, and Capital Services. The Global Mailstream Solutions segment's products include postage meters, mailing machines, production mail systems sold outside the U.S., address hygiene software, manifest systems, letter and parcel scales, mail openers, mailroom furniture, folders, table-top inserters, paper handling equipment, shipping equipment, software-based shipping and logistics systems, and postal payment solutions. Global Enterprise Solutions segment's products consist of production mail systems, sorting equipment, incoming mail systems, electronic statement, billing and payment solutions, and mailing software. The Capital Services segment provides financing for non Pitney Bowes equipment. The company markets its products and services through a network of offices in the U.S., as well as through subsidiaries, independent distributors, and dealers worldwide. The company was founded by Arthur Pitney and Walter Bowes in 1920. Pitney Bowes is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION (BC)
Brunswick Corporation primarily engages in the manufacture and marketing of pleasure boats, marine engines, commercial fitness equipment, and bowling and billiards products in the United States and internationally. It operates in four segments: Marine Engine, Boat, Fitness, and Bowling and Billiards. The Marine Engine segment consists of the Mercury Marine Group and Brunswick New Technologies operations. The Mercury Marine Group offers outboard engines, stern drive engines, and inboard engines, as well as water-jet propulsion systems and parts and accessories. Brunswick New Technologies engages in the manufacture and marketing of engine electronics and controls, as well as other marine technologies, including navigation systems, chart plotters, telematics, and global positioning systems. The Boat segment designs, manufactures, and markets fiberglass pleasure boats; high-performance boats; offshore fishing boats; and aluminum fishing, deck, and pontoon boats. The segment also owns and operates marine parts and accessories distribution and manufacturing businesses. The Fitness segment designs, manufactures, and markets fitness equipment, including treadmills, total-body cross trainers, stationary bikes, and strength-training equipment. These products are sold primarily to health clubs, military, government, corporate, and university facilities, and to consumers through specialty retail shops. The Bowling and Billiards segment designs, manufactures, and markets bowling capital equipment, and associated parts and supplies, including lanes, pinsetters, automatic scorers; bowling balls and other accessories; and billiards, air hockey, and foosball tables and accessories. It also operates bowling centers. The company sells its products primarily through distributors, dealers, and retailers worldwide. Brunswick Corporation was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.
CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS INC (CF)
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer products in North America. The company operates in two segments, Nitrogen Fertilizer and Phosphate Fertilizer. The Nitrogen Fertilizer segment offers ammonia, urea, urea ammonium nitrate solutions, and various nitrogen fertilizers. The Phosphate Fertilizer segment offers diammonium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate used in agricultural fertilizer applications. The company's customers include cooperatives and independent fertilizer distributors located in the grain-producing states of the Midwestern United States. CF Industries Holdings was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.
COMPASS MINERALS INTL INC (CMP)
Compass Minerals International, Inc. engages in the production and distribution of inorganic mineral products in North America and the United Kingdom. Its principal products are salt and sulfate of potash (SOP). The company mines, produces, processes, and distributes salt, including rock, evaporated, and solar salt. Its salt products are used in various applications, including as a deicer for both highway and consumer use; an ingredient in the production of chemicals for paper bleaching and water treatment; as a flavor enhancer and preservative in food; as a nutrient and trace mineral delivery vehicle in animal feeds; and as a component in both industrial and residential water softeners. SOP is primarily used as a specialty fertilizer, providing potassium to chloride-sensitive crops, such as vegetables, fruits, tea, tobacco, and turf grass. The company distributes general trade salt products through retail channels, such as grocery stores, building supply, hardware and automotive stores, and feed suppliers. The company was formerly known as Salt Holdings Corporation and changed its name to Compass Minerals International, Inc. in December 2003. Compass Minerals is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC (VAR)
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, sale, and service of equipment and software products to treat cancer with radiation. The company operates in two segments, Oncology Systems and X-ray Products. The Oncology Systems segment designs, manufactures, sells, and services hardware and software products for treating cancer with radiation, including linear accelerators, treatment simulation and verification products, information management and treatment planning software, and other accessory products and services. This segment's customers include comprehensive cancer treatment clinics, university research and community hospitals, private and governmental institutions, healthcare agencies, doctors' offices, and cancer care clinics worldwide. The X-ray Products segment manufactures and sells X-ray imaging components and subsystems, such as X-ray tubes for use in computed tomography, scanning, radioscopic/fluoroscopic imaging, mammography, special procedures, and industrial applications; and flat panel imaging products for digital X-ray image capture. This segment's products are sold to original equipment manufacturers and end-users. The company markets its products through independent distributors in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Latin America. Varian Medical Systems was incorporated as Varian Associates, Inc. in 1948 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
BRF-BRASIL FOODS S.A (PDA)
Perdigao S.A. and its subsidiaries engage in the production and distribution of meat and poultry products in Brazil and internationally. Its poultry line products include frozen and seasoned whole and cut poultry, and other processed products, such as specialty and frozen meats. The poultry products also include chickens, turkeys, quail, and Chester. The company's pork line products include processed meats, such as hams, salamis, sausages, and bolognas; and unprocessed products, such as cuts, ribs, whole carcasses, and other cuts. It also supplies feed, as well as necessary medication, technical assistance, and genetic material for poultry and pork raising farms. In addition, the company processes and sells frozen pasta, frozen vegetables, and soybean derivatives. Perdigao was founded in 1900 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited engages in the ocean transportation of drybulk cargoes worldwide through the ownership and operation of drybulk carrier vessels. It transports iron ore, coal, grain, steel products, and other drybulk cargoes. The company principally charters its vessels to trading houses, including commodities traders; producers; and government-owned entities. As of December 31, 2006, it owned a fleet of 19 drybulk carriers consisting of 7 Panamax, 7 Handymax, and 5 Handysize vessels, with a carrying capacity of approximately 988,000 deadweight tons. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in New York, New York.
CAVIUM NETWORKS INC (CAVM)
Cavium Networks, Inc. designs, develops, and markets semiconductor processors for intelligent and secure networks. Its products allow customers to develop application-aware and content-aware networking equipment that securely processes voice, video, and data traffic at high speeds. The company's products also include a suite of embedded security protocols that enable unified threat management (UTM), secure connectivity, and network perimeter protection. Its products are systems on a chip, which incorporate single or multiple processor cores, an integrated architecture and customizable software that is based on a range of standard operating systems. The company's products provide processors that integrate single or multiple cores, hardware accelerators, and input/output interfaces into a single chip and are available across a range of price and performance points. Its company's products are used in various networking equipment, including routers, switches, content-aware switches, UTM and other security appliances, application-aware gateways, voice/video/data or triple-play, gateways, wireless local area network, and 3G access and aggregation devices, storage networking equipment, servers, and intelligent network interface cards. The company primarily sells its products to original equipment manufacturers either directly or through their contract manufacturers. Cavium Networks, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Mountain View, California.
Belo Corp., a media company, engages in television broadcasting, newspaper publishing, cable news, and interactive media operations in the United States. The company primarily operates in three segments: Television Broadcasting, Newspaper Publishing, and Interactive Media. The Television Broadcasting segment sells air time for advertising and broadcasts news, entertainment, and other programmes. It owned 19 television stations and managed 1 television station through a local marketing agreement, as of December 31, 2004. The Newspaper Publishing segment engages in the sale of advertising space in published issues and newspapers to distributors and individual subscribers, as well as in commercial printing. The company's major newspaper publishing units are The Dallas Morning News, located in Dallas, Texas; The Providence Journal, located in Providence, Rhode Island; and The Press-Enterprise, located in Riverside, California. It also has newspaper operations in Denton, Texas. The Interactive Media segment sells advertising on Belo operating unit Web sites, as well as provides Internet and data retrieval services. Belo operates approximately 30 Web sites, various interactive alliances, and Internet-based products. It also engages in regional cable news operations, including Texas Cable News, NorthWest Cable News, and 24/7 NewsChannel in Boise, Idaho. The company also operates four cable news channels in partnership with Cox Communications and others in New Orleans, Louisiana. Belo Corp. was founded in 1842. The company was formerly known as A.H. Belo Corporation and changed its name to Belo Corp. in 2001. Belo is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
REALTY INCOME CORPORATION (O)
Realty Income Corporation, a real estate investment trust (REIT), invests in a portfolio of retail properties leased to regional and national retail chains in the United States. As of June 30, 2005, its portfolio of freestanding, single-tenant, retail properties consisted of 1,582 properties located in 48 states containing approximately 12.47 million square feet of leasable space. The company has elected to be treated as REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, Realty Income would not be subject to federal income taxes to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of REIT taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Escondido, California.
Hospira, Inc., a pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of specialty injectable pharmaceuticals and medication delivery systems that deliver drugs and intravenous (I.V.) fluids. Its specialty injectable pharmaceuticals produces approximately 130 injectable generic drugs in more than 600 dosages and formulations for various therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular, anasthesia, anti-infectives, analgesics, and emergency. The company's medication delivery systems include electronic pumps and sets for I.V. drug delivery, and patient-controlled analgesia for pain management, premixed drug solutions and nutritionals for I.V. infusion, and I.V. solutions and supplies. Hospira also provides contract manufacturing services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for formulation development, filling, and finishing of injectable pharmaceuticals. The company offers its products to hospitals and alternate site providers, such as clinics, home healthcare providers, and long-term care facilities. Hospira, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.
FIRST COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL CORPORATION (FCF)
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for First Commonwealth Bank (FCB), which offers various financial services and retail banking services in western and central Pennsylvania. It attracts checking, NOW, savings, money market deposit, and certificate of deposit accounts; as well as offers mortgage, consumer, installment, and commercial loans. As of December 31, 2004, FCB operated through 103 banking facilities and a network of 105 automated teller machines. The company, through its other subsidiaries, offers personal and corporate trust services, including administration of estates and trusts; individual and corporate investment management and custody services, and employee benefit trust services. It also offers insurance and annuity products; reinsurance for credit life, credit accident, and health insurance; financial planning, asset management, and consulting services; and professional services to affiliated organizations. First Commonwealth Financial Corporation was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Sony Corporation and its subsidiaries engage in the development, design, manufacture, and sale of electronic equipment, instruments, and devices for consumer and industrial markets worldwide. The company operates in six segments: Electronics, Game, Music, Pictures, Financial Services, and Other. The Electronics segment designs, develops, and manufactures audio, video, televisions, information and communications, semiconductors, components, and other products. The Game segment designs and sells PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable game consoles, and related software, as well as licenses to third party software developers. The Music segment engages in the development, production, manufacture, and distribution of recorded music in various commercial formats and musical genres. It also offers CDs, MDs, DVDs, Super Audio CDs, and prerecorded audio and video cassettes, as well as produces and manufactures CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs. The Pictures segment engages in the production, acquisition, and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, and home entertainment; television broadcasting; digital production and online distribution; and operation of studio facilities. The Financial Services segment comprises individual life insurance and nonlife insurance, leasing and credit financing, and Internet-based banking businesses. The Other segment primarily includes Internet-related service business, an animation production and marketing, imported general merchandise retail business, integrated circuit card business, and an advertising agency business. In addition, the company provides repair and servicing functions through its service centers, factories, authorized independent service centers, authorized servicing dealers, and its subsidiaries. The company was established in 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha and changed its name to Sony Corporation in 1958. Sony is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC (DRC)
Dresser-Rand Group, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of rotating equipment solutions to the oil, gas, petrochemical, and process industries worldwide. It offers various turbo products, such as compressors, gas and power turbines, hot gas expanders, and control systems used in various applications, including gas lift and injection, gas gathering, storage and transmission, synthetic fuels, ethylene, fertilizer, refineries, and chemical production; reciprocating compressors used in lower volume/higher compression ratio applications; and steam turbines used primarily to drive pumps, fans, blowers, and compressors for various industries, including oil and gas, refining, petrochemical, chemical, pulp and paper, electrical power production and utilities, sugar, and palm oil. The company offers its products under the brand names Dresser-Rand, Dresser-Clark, Ingersoll Rand, Worthington, Turbodyne, Terry, Coppus, Murray, and Nadrowski. It also provides a range of aftermarket parts and services. The company markets its services and products through its independent sales representatives. Dresser-Rand Group was founded in 1840 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Under Armour, Inc. engages in the design, development, marketing, and distribution of a range of apparel and accessories utilizing various synthetic microfiber fabrications in the United States and internationally. It offers products for men, women, and youth extending across the sporting goods, outdoor, and active lifestyle markets. The company provides its products in three fit types: compression (tight fitting), fitted (athletic cut), and loose (relaxed) for use by professional football, baseball, hockey, and soccer players, as well as athletes primarily under HeatGear, ColdGear, and Under Armour, LooseGear, and AllSeasonGear brand names. It offers T-shirts, sweats, socks, performance bags, baseball batting gloves, football gloves and cleats, and other related products; and products for use in outdoor activities, such as hunting, fishing, and mountain sports. In addition, the company provides accessories, such as baseball caps, knit caps, visors, headwear, and wrist bands. Under Armour, Inc. offers its products through retail stores; national and regional chains of retailers; smaller, independent, and specialty retailers; and Web site and catalogs. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
MACK-CALI REALTY CORPORATION (CLI)
Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the leasing, management, acquisition, development, and construction of real estate properties in the United States. As of July 21, 2005, the company owned or had interests in 271 properties, primarily office and office/flex buildings, totaling approximately 30.2 million square feet. Its properties also include industrial/warehouse buildings, retail properties, a hotel, and parcels of land leased. Mack-Cali Realty has properties in seven states, primarily in the northeastern United States, as well as in the District of Columbia. The company has elected to be treated as a REIT and would not be subject to federal income tax, if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Mack-Cali Realty was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Cranford, New Jersey.
Adaptec, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and storage products and software that enable organizations to move, manage, and protect data and digital content. Its software and hardware solutions range from application specific integrated circuit and redundant array of independent disk components to external storage arrays; and span small computer system interface (SCSI), serial attached SCSI, serial advanced technology attachment, fibre channel, and Internet protocol SCSI technologies. The company operates through three segments: Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Channel, and Desktop Storage Group (DSG). The OEM and Channel segments provide Snap EDR, a product for business-critical data management, protection, and movement requirements of large distributed enterprises; Host Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology that allows customers to leverage the input/output (I/O) components incorporated on their servers to connect them with RAID; Server-to-Server Synchronization software; a storage-virtualization software; Adaptec Storage Manager, which is a single RAID storage management system; the host I/O interfaces; iSCSI/Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Offload Engine designed to enable storage area networks to be deployed using existing Ethernet infrastructure and protocols. The DSG segment offers I/O connectivity products, digital media products, and desktop storage solutions for personal computing platforms. Adaptec sells its products to enterprises, Internet service providers, small and midsize businesses, government agencies, value-added resellers, and retail consumers through OEMs and distribution channel customers worldwide. It has strategic alliances with Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation and ServerEngines LLP. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
METHANEX CORPORATION (MEOH)
Methanex Corporation engages in the production and marketing of methanol primarily in Chile, Trinidad, New Zealand, and Canada. Methanol is used principally in the production of formaldehyde, acetic acid, and various other chemicals that form the basis of various chemical derivatives. These derivatives are used in the manufacture of a range of products, including building materials, foams, resins, and plastics. In addition, Methanol is used on a small scale as a direct fuel for motor vehicles. The company also sources methanol produced by others. Methanex Corporation sells methanol primarily in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
SALLY BEAUTY HOLDINGS INC (SBH)
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. retails and distributes professional beauty supplies worldwide. It operates in two segments, Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group. Sally Beauty Supply segment offers various branded and private label beauty products, including hair care, hair color, skin and nail care, electrical appliances, ethnic products, brushes, cutlery, and accessories. It offers a selection of professional products from Clairol, L'Oreal, Wella, Conair, and Revlon brands. This segment serves retail consumers and salon professionals. Beauty Systems Group segment offers Matrix, Redken, Paul Mitchell, Wella, Sebastian, Graham Webb, Rusk, and TIGI brand products through a network of stores and a direct sales force that serve salons and salon professionals. As of November 29, 2006, the company operated approximately 3,100, including approximately 170 franchised stores in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Japan, Ireland, and Germany. Sally Beauty Holdings was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Denton, Texas.
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS INC (PSYS)
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide inpatient behavioral health care services in the United States. The company primarily operates through two divisions, Inpatient and the Management Contract. The Inpatient division operated 34 owned or leased inpatient behavioral health care facilities with approximately 4,000 beds in 19 states, as of December 31, 2004. These facilities offer various inpatient behavioral health care services for children, adolescents, and adults through a combination of acute inpatient behavioral facilities and residential treatment centers. Its acute inpatient behavioral facilities provide nursing observation and care, daily interventions and oversight by a psychiatrist, and coordinated treatment by a physician-led team of mental health professionals. Its residential treatment centers offer longer term treatment programs primarily for children and adolescents with long-standing acute behavioral health problems. The Management Contract segment managed 41 inpatient behavioral health care units for third parties and 8 inpatient behavioral health care facilities for government agencies, as of the above date. It develops, organizes, and manages behavioral health care programs within medical/surgical hospitals and the management of inpatient behavioral health care facilities for government agencies. This division provides its customers with various management options, including clinical and management infrastructure, personnel recruitment, staff orientation and supervision, corporate consultation, and performance improvement plans. Psychiatric Solutions was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.
LUBRIZOL CORPORATION (LZ)
The Lubrizol Corporation provides specialty chemicals and materials for various markets and end-use applications. The company produces and supplies technologies that improve the performance of its customers' products in the transportation, industrial, and consumer markets worldwide. These technologies include lubricant additives for engine oils, other transportation-related fluids, and industrial lubricants, as well as fuel additives for gasoline and diesel fuel. It also makes ingredients and additives for personal care products and pharmaceuticals; specialty materials, including plastics technology; performance coatings in the form of specialty resins and additives; and additives for the food and beverage industry. The company's specialty material products are also used in various industries, including the construction, sporting goods, medical products, and automotive industries. It sells its products worldwide through its direct sales force, as well as through sales agents and distributors. The Lubrizol Corporation was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Wickliffe, Ohio.
VALASSIS COMMUNICATIONS INC (VCI)
Valassis Communications, Inc. provides marketing products and services to manufacturers, direct marketers, retailers, franchisees, and other advertisers. The company operates in five segments: Free-standing Inserts, Run of Press, Cluster Targeted, 1 to 1 Products, and International and Services. The Free-standing Inserts segment offers four-color promotional booklets containing the coupons of multiple advertisers that are distributed to households through Sunday newspapers. The Run of Press segment engages in brokering of advertising that can be printed directly on pages of newspapers. The Cluster Targeted segment offers print promotion programs in various formats for single advertisers; customer product samples inserted into newspapers or placed in a polybag with the newspapers; full-color advertising message on a newspaper polybag without a sample; and product samples and advertisements hung on consumers' doors. The 1 to 1 Products segment offers database-driven direct-mail programs that may include customer product samples. The International and Services offers coupon clearing, promotion information management products, and marketing services with operations in the United States, Mexico, and Europe. It also provides promotion security and consulting services. The company was incorporated in 1970 as George F. Valassis & Co. and changed its name to Valassis Communications, Inc. in 1992. Valassis Communications is based in Livonia, Michigan.
DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC (XRAY)
DENTSPLY International, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of a range of professional dental products worldwide. The company's principal dental products include dental consumables, including dental anesthetics, prophylaxis paste, dental sealants, impression materials, restorative materials, tooth whiteners, and topical fluoride; dental laboratory products which include dental prosthetics, such as artificial teeth, precious metal dental alloys, dental ceramics, and crown and bridge materials; and dental specialty products, including endodontic instruments and materials, implants, and orthodontic appliances and accessories. DENTSPLY International distributes its products through domestic and foreign distributors, dealers, and importers, as well as directly to the dental laboratory or dental professionals. DENTSPLY International is headquartered in York, Pennsylvania.
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (CDNS)
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. develops electronic design automation software and hardware for electronics companies worldwide. Its products and services are used to design and develop integrated circuits (ICs), and personal and commercial electronics systems. The company's Incisive Functional Verification Platform enables its customers to employ enterprise-level verification process automation, including verification planning, management, and process. Its Encounter Digital IC Design Platform enables its customers to implement various aspects of their digital nanometer-scale designs. This platform is used to accurately convert logical specification of a digital IC into a detailed physical blueprint and then detailed design information. Cadence Design Systems' Virtuoso Custom Design Platform enables design predictability and is used for ICs designed at the transistor level, including analog, radio frequency, memories, digital blocks, and standard cell libraries. Its Allegro System Interconnect Design Platform enables to design interconnect across the domains of IC, package, and printed circuit board (PCB); and the OrCAD product line that focuses on PCB design products. The company's Design for Manufacturing products are used to analyze and verify that the physical blueprint of the IC has been constructed correctly and can be manufactured. It also offers verification and application specific programming services, which include consulting services, project services, and/or turnkey services for verification acceleration and system emulation. In addition, the company provides technical support, as well as education and engineering services related to IC design and methodology. Cadence Design Systems was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. engages in the development and delivery of products and technologies for the entertainment industry worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Products and Production Services, and Technology Licensing. The Products and Production Services segment designs, manufactures, and sells audio products for the motion picture, broadcast, music, and video game industries, as well as offers various production services that support the motion picture, broadcast, recording and video game industries. The Technology Licensing segment licenses the company's technologies to the manufacturers of DVD players, DVD recorders, audio/video receivers, television sets, set-top boxes, video game consoles, personal audio and video players, personal computers, in-car entertainment systems, and other consumer electronics products, as well as to developers of software for personal computer software DVD players. The company's technologies are used in sound recording, distribution, and playback to enable digital audio and surround sound in movie soundtracks, DVDs, television, satellite and cable broadcasts, video games, and personal computers. It delivers its products, services, and technologies to filmmakers, television producers, music producers, video game designers, movie distributors, cinema operators, DVD producers, television broadcasters, software developers, and manufacturers of consumer electronic products. Dolby Laboratories was founded in 1965 by Ray Dolby and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
OIL STATES INTERNATIONAL INC (OIS)
Oil States International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides specialty products and services to oil and gas drilling and production companies worldwide. It operates in three segments: Offshore Products, Tubular Services, and Well Site Services. Offshore Products segment engages in the design, manufacture, fabrication, inspection, assembly, repair, testing, and marketing of subsea equipment and offshore vessel and rig equipment. Its products and services include flexible bearings and connector products; subsea pipeline products; marine winches, mooring and lifting systems, and rig equipment; and blowout preventor stack assembly, integration, testing, and repair services. This segment also provides forged steel Y-shaped connectors for joining two pipelines; pressure-balanced safety joints for protecting pipelines from anchor snags or a shifting sea-bottom; electrical isolation joints; and hot tap clamps that enable new pipelines to be joined into existing lines without interrupting the flow of petroleum product. In addition, Offshore Products segment provides pipeline repair hardware, which primarily includes repair clamps used to seal leaks; mechanical connectors used in repairing subsea pipelines; and flanges used to correct misalignment and swivel ring flanges. Tubular Services segment primarily offers a range of casing and tubing, threading, remediation, logistical, and inventory services; and e-commerce pricing, ordering, tracking, and financial reporting capabilities. Well Site Services segment offers workover and drilling rigs, rental equipment and work force accommodations, catering, and logistics services. The company's customers primarily include direct end-users, engineering and design companies, and prime contractors. Oil States International was incorporated in 1995 as CE Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to CONEMSCO, Inc. in 1996. Further, it changed its name to Oil States International, Inc. in 2000. The company is based in Houston, Texas.
Omnicare, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provide pharmaceutical care for the elder people primarily in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two segments, Pharmacy Services and Contract Research Organization Services. The Pharmacy Services purchases, repackages, and dispenses prescription and nonprescription pharmaceuticals. It also provides consultant pharmacist services, including evaluating residents' drug therapy, monitoring the drug distribution system within the nursing facility, and assisting in compliance with state and federal regulations, as well as proprietary clinical and health management programs. In addition, Pharmacy Services segment offers ancillary services, such as administering medications and nutrition intravenously, and furnishing dialysis and respiratory services, medical supplies and clinical care planning, and financial software information systems. Further, it provides pharmaceutical case management services for retirees, employees, and dependents that have drug benefits under corporate-sponsored healthcare programs. The Research Organization Services segment provides product development and research services to client companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostics industries worldwide. As of December 31, 2004, the company served residents in long-term care facilities comprising approximately 1,086,000 beds in 47 states in the United States and in Canada. Omnicare is headquartered in Covington, Kentucky.
Akeena Solar, Inc. engages in the design, integration, installation, marketing, and sale of solar power systems for residential and small commercial customers in the United States. It principally focuses on the design and integration of grid-tied solar power systems, which are electrically connected to the utility grid so that excess energy produced during the day flows backwards through the utility's electric meter. The company also works on solar thermal or solar pool systems. It serves commercial customers, including schools, and housing and owner occupied businesses consisting of wineries and small commercial offices, as well as residential customers, including high-income professionals. Akeena Solar sells its products through print, Web, and radio advertisements, as well as through participation in industry trade shows, individual consultations with prospective customers, and sales force. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.
AstraZeneca PLC, a pharmaceutical company, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals, as well as the supply of healthcare services worldwide. It provides medicines designed to fight disease in areas of medical need, such as cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, and respiratory. The company's product portfolio includes Casodex, Arimidex, and Faslodex for treating cancer; disease Nexium for gastrointestinal problems; Symbicort for asthma; Atacand for treating hypertension; Crestor for treating high cholesterol; Zomig for treating migraine; and Seroquel for treating schizophrenia. AstraZeneca has strategic alliance with Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT) for discovering and developing human antibody therapeutics in inflammatory disorders. In addition, it also engages in research and development, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices and implants for use in healthcare. AstraZeneca has a collaboration agreement with Caprion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. focused on the discovery of targets for the treatment of prostate cancer; with Avanir Pharmaceuticals to evaluate the human safety of AZD2479, a compound under development as reverse cholesterol transport enhancer; with University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for integrated preclinical and clinical research on new treatments for cancer, focusing initially on aerodigestive diseases; and with Targacept, Inc. to develop and commercialize Targacept's phase II compound TC-1734 to treat Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. The company was incorporated in 1992 and was formerly known as Zeneca Group PLC and changed its name to AstraZeneca PLC in 1999. AstraZeneca PLC is headquartered in London.
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION (AMCC)
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) engages in the design, development, and marketing semiconductors, embedded processors, and storage components for the communications and storage equipment markets. The company provides various semiconductor products, including physical layer products, such as transceivers; overhead processing products, such as framers and mappers; and higher layer products, such as network processors, traffic managers, and switch fabrics. Its semiconductor products are used in various communications equipment, including routers, optical and digital cross connects, voice and media gateways, add-drop multiplexers, multiservice provisionary platforms, multiservice switches, digital subscriber line access multiplexers, and wireless base stations and access points. AMCC's storage products include serial and parallel ATA RAID controllers and embedded storage processors. It delivers storage solutions for storage applications, such as disk-to-disk backup, near-line storage, network-attached storage, and video. In addition, the company sells fiber channel HBA products; and automated test equipment products, such as application-specific integrated circuits. AMCC sells its products through its sales force, and independent manufacturers' representatives and distributors principally in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC (KLIC)
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of capital equipment, packaging materials, and test interconnect products and service; and maintain, repair, and upgrade equipment to assemble and/or test semiconductor devices. The company operates in three segments: Equipment, Packaging Materials, and Test Interconnect Solutions. The Equipment segment designs, manufactures, and markets a line of wire bonders, which are used to connect very fine wires made of gold, aluminum, or copper between the bond pads of a semiconductor die and the leads on the integrated circuit package; and specialty wire bonders for wire bonding hybrid, chip on board, and other large area applications. This segment also services, maintains, repairs, and upgrades assembly equipment. The Packaging Materials segment designs, manufactures, and markets semiconductor packaging materials and expendable tools, including capillaries, wedges, die collets, saw blades, gold, aluminum, and copper wire that are used in packaging and assembly processes. The Test Interconnect segment designs and markets a range of products used to test semiconductors during wafer fabrication and after assembly and package. The company was founded in 1951 and is based in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC (TEN)
Tenneco, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of automotive emission control and ride control products to original equipment and aftermarket customers worldwide. Its emission control systems include mufflers and resonators, which provide noise elimination and acoustic tuning; catalytic converters, which convert harmful gaseous emission, such as carbon monoxide; exhaust manifolds components that collect gases from individual cylinders of a vehicle's engine and direct them into a single exhaust pipe; pipes, to connect various parts of both the hot and cold ends of an exhaust system; hangers and isolators, for system installation and noise elimination; and diesel particulate filters, which eliminate particulate matter emitted from diesel engines. Tenneco's ride control systems include shock absorbers, struts, vibration control components, kinetic roll controls, and advanced suspension systems. The company also offers other ride control products, such as load assist products, springs, steering stabilizers, adjustable suspension systems, suspension kits, and modular assemblies. Its aftermarket customers include full-line and specialty warehouse distributors, retailers, jobbers, installer chains, and car dealers. The company was founded in 1987. It was formerly known as Tenneco Automotive, Inc. and changed its name to Tenneco, Inc. in October 2005. Tenneco is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.
AVANIR PHARMACEUTICALS INC (AVNR)
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company, focuses on developing, acquiring, and commercializing therapeutic products for the treatment of chronic diseases. Its products and product candidates address therapeutic markets, including the central nervous system, inflammation, and infectious diseases. The company's lead product candidate Zenvia is being developed for the treatment of pseudobulbar affect (PBA), also known as involuntary emotional expression disorder. Zenvia also completed Phase III clinical trial in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathic (DPN) pain. Avanir's infectious disease drug candidate, AVP-21D9 is a human monoclonal antibody that is in pre-clinical development for the treatment of anthrax. The company has also licensed a compound to Novartis International Pharmaceutical, Ltd. for the treatment of inflammatory disease. In addition, the company's commercialized product, Abreva is an over-the-counter product for the treatment of cold sores and is marketed in North America by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare. Further, it is using its Xenerex technology to develop human monoclonal antibodies for use as prophylactic and therapeutic drugs to prevent and treat anthrax and other infectious diseases. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California.
RPM International, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of specialty paints, protective coatings and roofing systems, and sealants and adhesives for industrial and consumer markets worldwide. Its Industrial segment provides sealants and institutional roofing systems; polymer flooring systems, and molded and pultruded fiberglass reinforced plastic gratings; heavy-duty corrosion control coatings, structural and architectural fireproofing products, and primary and secondary containment linings; exterior insulating finishing systems, including textured finish coats, sealers, and variegated aggregate finishes; powder coatings, fluorescent colorants and pigments, concrete and masonry additives and related construction chemicals, commercial carpet and floor cleaning solutions, industrial and commercial floor systems, specialty adhesives and sealants, fuel additives, wood and lumber treatments, and pleasure marine coatings. This segment sells its products directly to contractors, distributors, and end-users. The company's Consumer segment provides coating products; caulks and sealants, patch and repair products, and adhesives; specialty products for surface preparation, primers and sealers, mold and mildew prevention and maintenance, wallpaper removal and application, and waterproofing; and hobby paints and cements, wood furniture finishes and touch-up products, deck and fence restoration products, wallcoverings and fabrics, metallic and faux finish coatings, shellac-based specialty coatings, and edible glazes and food coatings. This segment sells its products to mass merchandisers, home improvement centers, hardware stores, paint stores, automotive supply stores, and craft shops through distributors. As of May 31, 2005, RPM marketed its products in approximately 149 countries and territories. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Medina, Ohio.
BIOMED REALTY TRUST (BMR)
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust. It engages in acquiring, developing, owning, leasing, and managing laboratory and office space for the life science industry. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It serves biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, scientific research institutions, government agencies, and other entities involved in the life science industry. The trust generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. As of December 31, 2004, BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. had interests in 17 properties located in San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. The company also owns undeveloped land. BioMed was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
EarthLink, Inc. provides Internet access and related services to individual and business customers in the United States. It offers narrowband Internet access, including dial-up access over traditional telephone lines and wireless access through various handheld and laptop devices; broadband access via digital subscriber line, cable modem, satellite, and dedicated circuits; Web hosting; and advertising and related services. The company also sells equipment and devices used by subscribers to access its services. In addition, EarthLink provides technical support via telephone for technical matters. The company has strategic alliances with Sprint Corporation, which provides that EarthLink would be the preferred high-speed Internet service provider for Sprint's local residential and small business customers. It also has marketing relationship with Dell, Inc. In addition, EarthLink has an agreement with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks to offer its broadband Internet services over their systems. The company also offers Internet access software and tools to prevent advertising windows from appearing above or under a customer's main browser window; block spams; protect against spyware and phisher site scams; and block virus. EarthLink was founded by Sky Dayton in 1994. The company is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
CENTENE CORPORATION (CNC)
Centene Corporation provides multiline managed care programs and related services in the United States. It offers Medicaid and Medicaid-related programs to organizations and individuals through government subsidized programs, including Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. These programs provide primary and specialty physician care, after hours nurse advice line, inpatient and outpatient hospital care, transportation assistance, emergency and urgent care, health status calls to coordinate care, prenatal care, and vision care services. It also offers laboratory and x-ray services, dental care, home health and durable medical equipment, immunizations, behavioral health and substance abuse services, and prescriptions and limited over-the-counter drugs. The company also provides specialty services, including nurse triage and treatment compliance to healthcare organizations. In addition, it offers education and outreach programs to inform and assist members in accessing healthcare services. The company provides health plans and specialty services in Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin; and free-standing programs in Arizona, California, and Colorado. Centene was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES (HOS)
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. provides offshore supply vessels for the offshore oil and gas industry primarily in the United States Gulf of Mexico and internationally. It operates in OSV, and Tug and Tank Barge segments. The OSV segment operates offshore supply vessels in the United States Gulf of Mexico, as well as supports exploration and production projects by transporting cargo to offshore drilling rigs and production facilities. It also provides support for specialty services. The Tug and Tank Barge segment primarily operates ocean-going tugs and tank barges in the northeastern United States and Puerto Rico. These ocean-going tugs and tank barges provide coastwise transportation of refined and bunker grade petroleum products from one port to another. As of March 31, 2005, Hornbeck Offshore owned and operated 18 vessels in the United States Gulf of Mexico, 5 vessels in offshore Trinidad and Tobago, 1 vessel in offshore Mexico, and 1 vessel undergoing recertification and discretionary vessel improvement. The company also owned and operated 14 ocean-going tugs and 18 ocean-going tank barges in the northeastern United States and in Puerto Rico, as of the above date. Hornbeck Offshore offers offshore supply vessels services to independent oil and gas exploration, development, and production companies, as well as oil service companies; and provides tug and tank barge services primarily to the refining, marketing, and trading companies. The company was incorporated in 1997. It was formerly known as HV Marine Services, Inc. Hornbeck Offshore is headquartered in Covington, Louisiana.
Zoran Corporation engages in the development and marketing of integrated circuits (IC), IC cores, and embedded software used by original equipment manufacturers in digital video and audio products for commercial and consumer markets, digital television applications, as well as digital imaging products. It operates in four segments: Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), Imaging, Mobile, and Digital Television (DTV). The DVD segment provides products for use in DVD players and recordable DVD players. The Imaging segment provides products used in digital copiers, laser and inkjet printers, and multifunction peripherals, as well as imaging software. The Mobile segment focuses on solutions for multimedia mobile phone products and digital camera products. The DTV segment provides products for standard and high definition digital television products, including televisions, set top boxes, and personal video recorders. The company markets its products through direct sales force, and a worldwide network of independent sales representatives and resellers. It has operations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. Zoran Corporation has a strategic cooperation agreement with Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronic Co., Ltd. to establish a joint lab for flat-panel televisions. The company was co-founded by Levy Gerzberg in 1981. Zoran Corporation is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Rayonier, Inc. engages in the sale of timber and real estate, and in the production and sale of cellulose fibers primarily in the United States and New Zealand. The company operates through four segments: Timber and Real Estate, Performance Fibers, Wood Products, and Other. The Timber and Real Estate segment buys and manages timberlands; sells standing timber at auction to third parties, delivered logs, and land for real estate development and large tract conservation. The Performance Fibers segment produces specialty cellulose products, which are used in dissolving chemical applications. These products also include specialty paper applications used for decorative laminates for counter tops, automotive air and oil filters, shoe innersoles, battery separators, circuit boards, and filter media for the food industry. It also supplies performance fibers for absorbent hygiene products, which are used as an absorbent medium in products, such as disposable baby diapers, feminine hygiene products, incontinence pads, convalescent bed pads, industrial towels and wipes, and nonwoven fabrics; and an ultra-thin engineered absorbent core material that goes into super-absorbent feminine hygiene and diaper products, and other applications. The Wood Products segment sells dimension and specialty lumber and medium-density fiberboard products. The Other segment operates domestic and export log trading businesses in the Northwest United States, New Zealand, and Chile, including exporting logs from New Zealand and Chile. It also purchases lumber and wood panel products for sale in both domestic and export markets. The company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust. As a result, it would not be subject to corporate income tax on that portion of its net income that is distributed to shareholders. The company, formerly known as Rainier Pulp & Paper Company, was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY (SMG)
The Scotts Company and its subsidiaries engage in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of consumer branded products for lawn and garden care, and professional horticulture in the United States and Europe. It sells a line of granular lawn fertilizer and combination products, which include fertilizer and crabgrass control, weed control or pest control; plant foods; plant disease control products; growing media products, including potting mix, garden soils, topsoil, manures, sphagnum peat, and decorative barks and mulches for indoor and outdoor uses; herbicide products; and lawn spreaders, hose-end applicators for water-soluble plant foods and certain insect control products, pottery products, and consumer grass seed products in North America. The company also sells consumer lawn and garden products in approximately 25 countries outside of North America; and a line of professional products in Europe, the Far East, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. In addition, its Scotts LawnService segment provides residential lawn care, lawn aeration, tree and shrub care, and external pest control services. These services consist primarily of fertilizer, weed control, pest control and disease control applications. As of September 30, 2004, this segment had 68 company-operated locations, serving 49 metropolitan markets and 74 independent franchises primarily operating in secondary markets. The company's customers include home improvement centers; mass merchandisers; warehouse clubs; large hardware chains; independent hardware stores; nurseries; garden centers; food and drug stores; and distributors, who serve commercial nurseries and greenhouses, specialty crop growers, and small retail accounts. The Scotts Company was founded by O.M. Scott in 1868 and is headquartered in Marysville, Ohio.
BUFFALO WILD WINGS INC (BWLD)
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. engages in the ownership, operation, and franchising of restaurants in the United States. Its restaurants feature chicken wings, boneless wings, chicken tenders, popcorn shrimp, hamburgers and sandwiches, wraps, Buffalito soft tacos, finger foods, and salads. The company also provides a 12 and Under Menu for children. Buffalo Wild Wings' restaurants feature a bar that offers domestic and imported beers on tap, as well as bottled beers, wine, and liquor. As of October 25, 2005, Buffalo Wild Wings operated approximately 350 restaurants in 34 states. The company was co-founded in 1982 by Jim Disbrow and Scott Lowery. Buffalo Wild Wings is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED (TRMB)
Trimble Navigation Limited provides advanced positioning products, services, and solutions to commercial and government users in various markets, including surveying, construction, agriculture, urban and resource management, military, transportation, and telecommunications. The company's positioning portfolio includes global positioning system (GPS), laser, optical, and inertial technologies. Its products include earthmoving equipment guidance systems, surveying instruments, fleet management systems, components for in vehicle navigation and telematics systems, farm equipment guidance systems, field data collection handhelds, and timing modules used in the synchronization of wireless networks. Trimble also supplies modules, boards, custom integrated circuits and software, or single application Internet protocol licenses to the customer in the telecommunications and automotive industries. In addition, the company provides a GPS component that is embedded into in-vehicle navigation (IVN), fleet management, vehicle security, asset management, and telematics applications, and a location engine for IVN in the automotive and embedded market. Its joint venture in Japan, Nikon-Trimble Co., Ltd., focuses on the design and manufacture of surveying instruments, including mechanical total stations and related products. The company's products are sold through dealers, representatives, partners, and other channels worldwide. Trimble was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
MERITAGE CORPORATION (MTH)
Meritage Homes Corporation engages in designing and building single-family homes in Texas, Arizona, California, Nevada, Colorado, and Florida. It provides a broad range of first-time, move-up, luxury, and Active Adult homes. The company was formerly known as Meritage Corporation and changed its name to Meritage Homes Corporation in September 2004. Meritage Homes Corporation is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
BE Aerospace, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries engages in the design, manufacture, sale, and service of commercial aircraft and business jet cabin interior products. The company operates in three segments: Commercial Aircraft, Distribution, and Business Jet. The Commercial Aircraft segment manufactures aircraft seats, including the seat frame, cushions, armrests, tray table, and various optional features, such as adjustable lumbar supports, footrests, reading lights, head/neck supports, oxygen masks, and telephones. It also manufactures interior systems for both narrow and wide-body aircrafts, offering coffee and beverage makers, water boilers, ovens, liquid containers, refrigeration equipment, oxygen delivery systems, and various other interior components. The Distribution segment offers fasteners and inventory management services worldwide. Its services include inventory management and replenishment, electronic data interchange, special packaging and bar-coding, quality assurance testing, and purchasing assistance. The Business Jet segment manufactures furnishings for business jets, including business jet seating and sofa products, direct and indirect lighting, air valves, and oxygen delivery systems, as well as sidewalls, bulkheads, credenzas, closets, galley structures, lavatories, and tables. The company's principal customers include commercial and business jet aircraft operators, and aircraft manufacturers. The company was co-founded by Amin J. Khoury and Robert J. Khoury in 1987. BE Aerospace is based in Wellington, Florida.
UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC (UHS)
Universal Health Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of acute care hospitals, behavioral health centers, and ambulatory surgery and radiation oncology centers. Its hospitals provide general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care, pediatric services, and behavioral health services. As of March 1, 2005, it operated 44 acute care hospitals and 49 behavioral health centers located in the United States, Puerto Rico, and France. The company was founded by Alan B. Miller in 1978. Universal Health Services is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
HAWAIIAN HOLDINGS INC (HA)
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., engages in the scheduled transportation of passengers, cargo, and mail. As of December 31, 2003, it operated approximately 135 flights daily on transpacific routes between Hawaii and Los Angeles; Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington, as well as weekly service on south pacific routes, including Hawaii to Pago Pago, American Samoa, Papeete, and Tahiti in South Pacific; and Sydney, Australia. In addition, the company provides charter service from Honolulu, Hawaii to Anchorage, Alaska; and daily service among the four major islands of the State of Hawaii. It operated 12 B717 aircraft to service the inter-island routes, and 14 B767 aircraft to service Hawaiian's transpacific, south pacific and overseas charter routes. Hawaiian Holdings is based in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in March 2003.
Covance, Inc. operates as a drug development services company. It offers a range of early stage and late stage product development services primarily to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries worldwide. The company also offers laboratory testing services to the chemical, agrochemical, and food industries. Covance offers a range of early development services, including preclinical and Phase I clinical service offerings that involve toxicology services, pharmaceutical chemistry, and bioanalytical and related services. Its late-stage development services include central laboratory services, clinical development services, periapproval services, central electrocardiogram diagnostic services, and healthcare economic and reimbursement services. Covance was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.
PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC (PENN)
Penn National Gaming, Inc. operates as a diversified and multijurisdictional owner and operator of gaming properties, as well as horse racetracks and associated off-track wagering (OTW) facilities primarily in the United States. As of March 8, 2005, it operated 11 facilities in 9 jurisdictions, including West Virginia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Colorado, Maine, and Ontario. The company facilities feature approximately 13,000 slot machines, 260 table games, 1,286 hotel rooms, and 417,000 square feet of gaming floor space. In addition, it owns and operates Penn National Race Course and six OTWs in Pennsylvania, Bangor Raceway in Maine, and Freehold Raceway in New Jersey. The company was incorporated as PNRC Corp. in 1982 and changed its name to Penn National Gaming, Inc. in 1994. Penn National Gaming is headquartered in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.
SK TELECOM CORPORATION LTD (SKM)
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. provides wireless telecommunications services in Korea. The company offers cellular services using a network of code division multiple access technology. SK Telecom also develops and commercializes wireless Internet services. It also offers Internet content and services, as well as provides Internet access to its subscribers. Through its subsidiary, SK Teletech Co., Ltd., the company designs, markets, and sells digital handsets under the brand name ‘Sky'. SK Telecom, through another subsidiary, SK Telink Co., Ltd., offers international telecommunications services, including direct-dial, as well as prepaid and postpaid card calling services, bundled services for corporate customers, voice services using Internet protocol, Web-to-phone services, and data services. As of June 30, 2005, the company had approximately 19.2 million subscribers. SK Telecom also provides telematic services that provide drivers with real-time location and traffic information. The company was established in 1984 under the name Korea Mobile Telecommunications Co., Ltd. and changed its name to SK Telecom Co., Ltd. in 1997. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING INC (ASX)
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc., through its subsidiary, provides semiconductor packaging and testing services. It offers a range of package types include leadframe-based package types, such as quad flat package, thin quad flat package, bump chip carrier, and quad flat no-lead package; and package types based on substrates, such as flip-chip BGA and other BGA types, as well as wafer-bumping products. The company's testing services include front-end engineering testing, wafer probing, final testing of logic/mixed-signal and memory semiconductors, and other test-related services. Its packaged semiconductors are used in a range of end-use applications, including communications, personal computers, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, and other applications. The company markets its products and services to semiconductor companies in North America, Taiwan, and Europe. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering was founded in 1984 and is based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
ASIAINFO HOLDINGS INC (ASIA)
AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide software and network solutions that enable telecommunications carriers to build, maintain, operate, and manage their communications infrastructure. The company primarily provides business and operation support systems, service application solutions, and network infrastructure solutions. The business and operation support systems include customer relationship management systems, billing solutions, and decision support systems. Its service application solutions include AsiaInfo Mail Center, an online messaging software; AsiaInfo Spam Patrol, an anti-spam software; AsiaInfo Anti Virus; AsiaInfo Net Disk, a network hard disk product that facilitates Internet-based file transfer, sharing, and management; AsiaInfo Unified Messaging System, an information-exchanging platform for wire, wireless, and Internet networks; and AsiaInfo Internet Short Messaging Gateway, a business support platform for value-added short messaging services. The company's network infrastructure solutions include technical training, professional maintenance, and support services for network access and backbone infrastructure planning, design, and implementation for telecommunications and Internet service providers. AsiaInfo Holdings also offer a range of enterprise solutions and information technology (IT) services, including information security solutions, IT consulting, software customization, business intelligence, and business process outsourcing services to small, medium, and large enterprises across various industries in China. Asiainfo Holdings is headquartered in Beijing, China.
ART TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC (ARTG)
Art Technology Group, Inc. (ATG) offers an integrated suite of e-business solutions spanning the customer lifecycle, including commerce, marketing, and customer service/support. ATG delivers software solutions to help consumer-facing organizations create an interactive experience for their customers and partners across the Web, e-mail, call center, and mobile channels. Its ATG Wisdom solution enables enterprises to deliver a seamless, consistent, and compelling experience to every customer and segment, across channels, and throughout the customer lifecycle. The company's software helps its clients market, sell, and provide self-service opportunities to their customers and partners. ATG also offers related services, including support and maintenance, education, professional services, and application hosting services. ATG was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts with additional locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
Cepheid engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of systems that perform genetic analysis for the clinical genetic assessment, life sciences, and biothreat markets. Its systems, which are based on microfluidic and microelectronic technologies, integrate automated sample preparation, amplification, and detection, as well as analyze biological samples in proprietary test cartridges. The company offers principally SmartCycler and GeneXpert product platform systems. The SmartCycler integrates deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) amplification and detection to enable genetic analysis of a sample. The GeneXpert integrates automated sample preparation with SmartCycler amplification and detection technology. The company's life science products include OmniMix, which provides researchers with PCR enzyme reagent optimized for its products, and Disposable SmartCycler Reaction Tubes, which are optimized for research and diagnostic applications. Its biothreat products include GeneXpert Module for sample preparation, amplification, and detection from raw biological samples, and GeneXpert Anthrax Cartridge for the detection of anthrax. Cepheid also offers clinical genetic assessment products known as analyte specific reagents. These products comprise Bordetella pertussis to detect a 103 bp region of the IS481 gene; HSV Non-Typing to detect a 92bp region of the HSV Type 1 and Type 2 polymerase gene; HSV Typing to detect the glycoprotein G gene of HSV Type 2; and Enterovirus to detect a 115 bp region of the 5' UTR. The company sells its products worldwide through direct sales force and third-party distributors. It has strategic relationship with bioMerieux, Inc. for bioMerieux to develop DNA testing products using nucleic acid sequence-based amplification technology to be run on systems employing Smart Cycler and GeneXpert platforms. Cepheid was founded by Thomas L. Gutshall and Kurt Petersen in 1996. The company is based in Sunnyvale, California.
DESARROLLADORA HOMEX (HXM)
Dearrolladora Homex, S.A. de C.V. operates as a vertically-integrated home development company focusing on entry-level, middle income, and residential housing in Mexico. As of December 31, 2004, the company had 85 developments under construction in 28 cities located in 17 Mexican states. It had total land reserves under title of approximately 13 million square meters, as of the above date. Dearrolladora Homex operates in various markets in Mexico, from Tijuana in the north to Tapachula in the south, which represent 17 states. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Culiacan, Mexico.
CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (CRS)
Carpenter Technology Corporation engages in the manufacture, fabrication, and distribution of specialty metals and engineered products. Its Specialty Metals segment offers stainless steels; titanium; high temperature alloys; electronic alloys; tool steels; and other alloys in billet, bar, wire, rod, strip, and powder forms. The Engineered Products segment engages in the manufacture and sale of structural ceramic products and ceramic cores for the investment casting industry and custom shaped bar. The company also produces metal powders and fabricated metal products. Its products are used in aircraft, medical devices, sporting equipment, and chemical and petroleum processing. Carpenter Technology distributes its products through its service centers and distribution centers located worldwide. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania.
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION (AMSC)
American Superconductor Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of products using two core technologies, high temperature superconductor (HTS) wires and power electronic converters for electric power application. The company also assembles superconductor wires and power electronic converters into integrated products, such as HTS ship propulsion motors and dynamic reactive compensation systems. The company operates in three segments: AMSC Wires, SuperMachines, and Power Electronic Systems. The AMSC Wires segment develops, manufactures, and sells HTS wire for power transmission cables, motors, generators, synchronous condensers, and specialty e |
