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APPLE INC (AAPL)
Apple Computer, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of personal computers and related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions worldwide. It also offers a line of portable digital music players, accessories, and services. The company's products and services include Macintosh line of desktop and notebook computers; iPod digital music player; Xserve G5 server and Xserve RAID storage products; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; Mac OS X operating system; iTunes Music Store; and a portfolio of peripherals that support and enhance the Macintosh and iPod product lines. The company also sells various third-party products, including computer printers and printing supplies, storage devices, computer memory, digital camcorders and still cameras, personal digital assistants, iPod accessories, and various other computing products and supplies. In addition, it engages in the online distribution of music, audio books, music videos, short films, and television shows. Further, the company offers products and services for the educational industry, which include eMac, iMac, and iBook; video creation and editing solutions; wireless networking; student information systems; curriculum and professional development solutions; and one-to-one learning solutions. It sells its products primarily to education, creative, consumer, and business markets primarily through online, retail stores, wholesalers, resellers, and cataloguers. As of September 24, 2005, the company operated 116 stores in the United States; and 8 stores in Canada, Japan, and the U.K. Apple Computer was co-founded by Steven P. Jobs in 1976. The company is headquartered in Cupertino, California.
ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
Abbott Laboratories engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of a line of health care products principally in the United States and Canada. The company operates through three segments: Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, and Ross Products. The Pharmaceutical Products segment's products include a line of adult and pediatric pharmaceuticals, which are sold primarily on the prescription, or recommendation, of physicians. This segment sells its products directly to wholesalers, government agencies, health care facilities, and independent retailers in the United States through company-owned distribution centers and public warehouses. The Diagnostic Products segment's products consist of diagnostic systems and tests for blood banks, hospitals, commercial laboratories, alternate-care testing sites, plasma protein therapeutic companies, and consumers. These products are sold directly to hospitals, laboratories, clinics, and physicians' offices. The Ross Products segment's products include a line of pediatric and adult nutritionals. This segment sells its products directly to physicians, health care facilities, and government agencies through wholesalers. Abbott Laboratories has a strategic alliance with Myriad Genetics, Inc. in pharmacogenetics that would focus on identifying human genetic variation around drug targets in various stages of development. The company was founded by Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888. Abbott Laboratories is based in Abbott Park, Illinois.
ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION (ACTG)
Acacia Research Corporation - Acacia Technologies engages in the development, acquisition, and license of patented technologies in the United States. It owns and out-licenses a portfolio of U.S. and foreign patents covering digital audio and video transmission and receiving systems, commonly known as audio-on-demand, video-on-demand, and audio/video streaming. The Acacia Technologies group owns and out-licenses patented technology known as the V-chip to consumer electronics manufacturers. The company's patented proprietary digital media transmission technology enables the digitization, encryption, storage, transmission, receipt, and playback of digital content via various means. These include cable TV, which comprises digital ad insertion and video-on-demand programming; satellite TV programming; and the Internet, which includes distance learning and other Internet programming comprising digital audio/video content, wireless delivery of video content, fiber-optic delivery of video content, and hotel in-room digital delivery of programming. The company is headquartered in Mukilteo, Washington.
ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION (ADS)
Alliance Data Systems Corporation and its subsidiaries provide transaction services, credit services, and marketing services in North America. The company facilitates and manages transactions between its clients and their customers through multiple distribution channels, including instore, catalog, and the Internet. Its transaction services include card processing, billing and payment processing, and customer care for specialty and petroleum retailers; customer information system hosting, customer care, and billing and payment processing for regulated and deregulated utilities; and point-of-sale services and merchant bankcard services. The company's credit services include provision of private label receivables financing, including underwriting and risk management, merchant processing, and receivables funding. Its marketing services include loyalty programs, such as the coalition loyalty, one-to-one loyalty, and database marketing services. The company serves specialty retailers, petroleum retailers, utilities, supermarkets, and financial services companies. Alliance Data Systems was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORPORATION (AF)
Astoria Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association, which offers commercial banking services. It accepts passbook and statement savings, NOW, money market, and demand deposit accounts, as well as certificates of deposits. Its loan portfolio consists of mortgage loans, mortgage-backed securities, commercial real estate loans, construction loans, and consumer and other loans. The company through another subsidiary, AF Insurance Agency, Inc. provides life insurance, and property and casualty insurance. Its investment portfolio comprises of U.S. government, government agency, and government-sponsored enterprise securities. As of December 31, 2004, it operated 86 full-service banking offices in Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties in the New York metropolitan area. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Lake Success, New York.
ALASKA AIR GROUP INC (ALK)
Alaska Air Group, Inc., a holding company, engages in the airline business. The company's principal subsidiaries are Alaska Airlines, Inc. (Alaska) and Horizon Air Industries, Inc. (Horizon). These subsidiaries operate as airlines. Alaska principally serves 39 cities in 6 western states, which include Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Arizona, as well as in Canada and in 7 cities in Mexico. It also provides nonstop services between Seattle and five eastern cities, which include Washington, Boston, Miami, Orlando, and Newark; between Seattle and Denver; and between Anchorage and Chicago. As of December 31, 2004, Alaska's operating fleet comprised 108 jet aircrafts. Horizon principally serves 40 cities in 6 states, which include Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, California, and Arizona, as well as 6 cities in Canada. It also provides nonstop services between Seattle and Portland, Seattle and Spokane, Seattle and Vancouver, and Seattle and Calgary. As of December 31, 2004, Horizon's operating fleet comprised 18 jet and 47 turboprop aircrafts. Alaska Air group was founded in 1932 and is based in Seattle, Washington.
ALTERA CORPORATION (ALTR)
Altera Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of programmable logic devices; hardcopy devices; predefined design building blocks; and associated development tools. The company's communications applications/products include routers, switches, access systems, metropolitan area networks, optical networks, cellular base stations, and wireless local area networks. Its computer and storage applications/products include mainframes, servers, copiers, multifunction peripherals, printers, redundant array of inexpensive disks systems, and storage area networks. Its consumer applications/products include studio editing, satellite equipment, broadcasting equipment, audio/video systems, video display systems, and televisions. The company's industrial applications/products include car entertainment systems, navigation systems, manufacturing systems, medical diagnostic systems, test equipment, guidance and control, radar systems, secure communications, automatic teller machines, card readers, and energy management systems. The company also offers proprietary development tools, consisting primarily of the Quartus II software, which enables customers to complete all necessary programmable logic devices design steps. Its tools facilitate design entry, design compilation, design verification, and device programming during the initial design and subsequent design revisions. The company markets its products through a network of third-party distributors, independent sales representatives, and direct sales personnel worldwide. Altera was co-founded by Robert Hartmann, Michael Magranet, Paul Newhagen, and Jim Sansbury in 1983. Altera Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, California.
ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INC (ALXN)
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the discovery and development of biologic therapeutic products for the treatment of severe diseases. It develops therapeutic products for the treatment of hematologic and cardiovascular disorders, autoimmune diseases, and cancer; and additional antibody therapeutics for other medical needs. The company primarily develops two lead product candidates, eculizumab and pexelizumab, which address specific diseases that arise when the human immune system produces inflammation in the human body. Eculizumab is in phase III clinical development for treatment of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria, a chronic hematologic disease. Pexelizumab is in clinical development for the reduction of the incidence of death, myocardial infarction or heart attack, and other complications associated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery; and for acute myocardial infarction. Alexion Pharmaceuticals has a strategic alliance with Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals for the development of pexelizumab. The company was co-founded by Leonard Bell, Stephen P. Squinto, Scott A. Rollins, and Joseph A. Madri in 1992. Alexion Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Cheshire, Connecticut.
AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC (AMLN)
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of drug candidates for the treatment of diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. Its primary drug candidates include exenatide and SYMLIN, which have completed phase III clinical trials for the treatment of diabetes. The company is developing exenatide for the treatment of type II diabetes, as well as studying a sustained release formulation of exenatide. Amylin Pharmaceuticals is developing SYMLIN for the treatment of patients with type I diabetes and insulin-using patients with type II diabetes. SYMLIN injection received the United States Food and Drug Administration approval for use in conjunction with insulin to treat diabetes. The company also has two early stage development programs for the treatment of obesity, including a phase II program for AC137 and AC162352 that completed a Phase I study. In addition, it is studying AC2592, which is in a phase II program for the treatment of patients with severe congestive heart failure, as well as AC3056, which is in phase I program for the treatment of atherosclerosis-related cardiovascular disease. Amylin Pharmaceuticals has a collaboration agreement with Eli Lilly and Company for the development and commercialization of exenatide, including sustained release formulations of that compound. It also has a collaboration agreement with Alkermes, Inc. for the development, manufacture, and commercialization of an injectable sustained-release formulation of exenatide. The company was co-founded by Howard E. Greene, Jr in 1987. Amylin Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in San Diego, California.
AMR CORPORATION (AMR)
AMR Corporation (AMR), through its principal subsidiary, American Airlines, Inc., operates as a scheduled passenger airline. The company operates scheduled air freight carriers, as well as provides freight and mail services to shippers. AMR, through its AMR Eagle Holding Corporation subsidiary, also owns two regional airlines, which do business as the American Eagle carriers. It also contracts with three independently owned regional airlines that do business as the American Connection. The company provides connecting service primarily in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. AMR's another wholly owned subsidiary, AMR Investment Services, Inc., serves as the investment manager of the American AAdvantage Funds, a family of mutual funds with both institutional and retail shareholders, as well as provides customized fixed income portfolio management services. The company provided scheduled jet service to approximately 150 destinations throughout North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and the Pacific, as of December 31, 2004. It served approximately 250 cities in approximately 40 countries with approximately 3,800 daily flights with a combined network fleet of approximately 1,000 aircraft, as of March 1, 2005. AMR Corporation was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
AUTONATION INC (AN)
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.
AO SMITH CORPORATION (AOS)
A. O. Smith Corporation manufactures electric motors and water heating equipment for residential, commercial, and industrial end markets principally in the United States. It operates in two segments, Electrical Products and Water Systems. Electrical Products segment manufactures and markets a line of hermetic motors, fractional horsepower alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) motors, and integral horsepower motors. Water Systems segment manufactures and markets residential gas and electric water heaters, standard and specialty commercial water heating equipment, copper-tube boilers, and water systems tanks. A. O. Smith Corporation's motors are used in a range of targeted residential, commercial, and industrial applications, including hermetic motors that are sold worldwide to manufacturers of air conditioning and commercial refrigeration compressors; fractional horsepower fan motors used in furnaces, air conditioners, and blowers; fractional horsepower motors for pumps for home water systems, swimming pools, hot tubs, and spas; fractional horsepower motors used in other consumer products; and integral horsepower AC and DC motors for industrial and commercial applications. The company markets its products and services primarily in the United States, Mexico, and China. A. O. Smith Corporation was founded in 1874 by Charles Jeremiah Smith. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC (APD)
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. operates in the industrial gas and related industrial process equipment business worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Gases, Chemicals, and Equipment. The Gases segment recovers and distributes industrial gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, synthesis gas, and helium, as well as medical and specialty gases, which include fluorine products, rare gases, and other common gases. This segment also engages in the company's electronics business, global healthcare, power generation, and flue gas treatment businesses. The Chemicals segment produces and markets performance materials that comprise performance polymers, performance solutions, and performance products; and chemical intermediates that consist of amines and polyurethane intermediates. The Equipment segment manufactures equipment for cryogenic air separation, gas processing, natural gas liquefaction, and hydrogen purification equipment. It also designs and builds systems for recovering hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and low dew point gases using membrane technology, as well as cryogenic transportation containers for liquid helium and hydrogen. Further, this segment offers plant design, engineering, procurement, and construction management services. Air Products and Chemicals serves chemical processing, electronics, refining, food processing, medical gases, furniture cushioning, insulation, carpet underlay, bedding, and automobile seating industries. The company was founded in 1940 by Leonard P. Pool and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
AMPHENOL CORPORATION (APH)
Amphenol Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of interconnect products and systems, and cable products worldwide. It offers various interconnect products, including engineered cable assemblies, fiber-optic couplers and connectors, input/output connectors, sculptured flexible circuits, smart card acceptor devices, and radio-frequency connector products. In addition, the company provides cable products that comprise coaxial and flat-ribbon cable and related products, primarily for communications markets, including cable television. Amphenol offers its products primarily for voice, video, and data communication systems; commercial and military aerospace systems; automotive and mass transportation applications; natural resource exploration and automotive applications; and missile systems, and industrial and factory automation equipment markets. The company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, cable system operators, and telecommunication companies through direct sales force, manufacturers' representatives, and distributors in the United States, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia. Amphenol was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut.
ACME PACKET INC (APKT)
Acme Packet, Inc. provides session border controller (SBC) solutions for network service providers. Its SBCs enable interactive communications service providers to offer secure interactive communications across multiple Internet protocol (IP) networks, including the separate IP networks that comprise wireline, wireless, and cable networks. These SBCs are deployed at the borders of IP networks, such as between two service providers; between a service provider and its business, residential, or mobile customers; or between a carrier's network and its data center. The company's SBCs act as the source and destination for signaling messages and media streams entering and exiting the provider's network. Its principal product portfolio includes Net-Net family of products, which interconnect IP networks for voice, video, and multimedia services; the Acme Packet Net-Net OS, a software platform that offers border control functionality in terms of architectural flexibility, signaling protocol breadth, control feature depth, and carrier-class availability and manageability; and the Acme Packet Net-Net 4000, 4000 PAC, and 9000 hardware platforms that address a range of interactive communications service provider requirements for performance, capacity, and bandwidth. In addition, the company offers pre-installation services, such as planning and consulting, and network engineering and design, as well as installation and network integration; post-installation services, such as support and maintenance, informational services, and technical support; and training services. Acme Packet, Inc. sells its products and support services through various distribution partners, including networking and telecommunications equipment vendors; and direct sales force. The company was founded in 2000 under the name Primary Networks, Inc. and changed its name to Acme Packet, Inc. in 2001. Acme Packet, Inc. is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
APOLLO GROUP INC - CLASS A (APOL)
Apollo Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides higher education to working adults. The company offers associate degrees in business, criminal justice, general studies, health administration, and information technology. It provides program development services, which include degree program design, curriculum development, market research, student recruitment, accounting, and administrative services to regionally accredited private colleges and universities. Apollo Group also offers its educational programs worldwide through its computerized educational delivery system. In addition, it provides other services, which include recruiting and training faculty, monitoring academic quality, and providing support services. Further, the company offers professional education programs, such as continuing education for teachers; custom training; environmental training; and other programs leading to certification in the areas of business, technology, and nursing. As of August 31, 2005, Apollo Group offers its programs and services at 90 campuses and 154 learning centers in 39 states, Puerto Rico, Alberta, and British Columbia. The company was founded in 1973 by John G. Sperling and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP (ASBC)
Associated Banc-Corp. operates as a multibank holding company in the United States. It offers various banking and nonbanking services primarily in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois. The company operates through two segments, Banking and Wealth Management. The Banking segment offers home equity loans and lines of credit; residential mortgage loans and mortgage refinancing; education loans; personal and installment loans; checking, savings, money market deposit, and IRA accounts; certificates of deposit; and safe deposit boxes. It also provides business loans, lines of credit, commercial real estate financing, construction loans, letters of credit, revolving credit arrangements, credit cards, and equipment and machinery leases. The Banking segment also provides night depository services, cash management, and international banking, as well as check clearing, and safekeeping. The Wealth Management segment provides products and various fiduciary, investment management, and advisory and corporate agency services to assist customers in building, investing, or protecting their wealth. Its customers include individuals, corporations, small businesses, charitable trusts, endowments, foundations, and institutional investors. This segment also offers business insurance products and services, including life, property, casualty, credit and mortgage insurance, fixed annuities, and employee group benefits consulting and administration; full-service investment brokerage, variable annuities, and discount and online brokerage; trust/asset management; investment management; administration of pension, profit-sharing, and other employee benefit plans; and personal trusts and estate planning. As of December 31, 2004, the company's bank subsidiaries operated 307 offices. Associated Banc-Corp. was incorporated in 1964 and is headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
ATHENAHEALTH INC (ATHN)
athenahealth, Inc. provides Internet-based business services for medical group practices in the United States. Its service offerings are based on proprietary Web-native software, a payer knowledge-base, and integrated back-office service operations. The company's principal offering is athenaCollector, which is a revenue cycle management service that automates and manages billing-related functions for physician practices and includes a practice management platform. It also offers athenaClinicals, a clinical cycle management service, which automates and manages medical record-related functions for physician practices and includes an electronic medical record platform. athenahealth, Inc. was founded in 1997 as Athena Healthcare Incorporated and changed its name to athenahealth.com, Inc. in March 2000. Later, it changed its name to athenahealth, Inc. in November 2000. The company is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts.
ATMI INC (ATMI)
ATMI, Inc. supplies materials, materials delivery systems, and materials packaging products to the semiconductor industry worldwide. It primarily offers gas delivery systems, liquid materials and delivery systems, and packaging and delivery systems. The company also provides applications and analytical support services relating to each of these product lines. ATMI markets and sells its materials products to end-use customers, chemical suppliers, and equipment suppliers through its direct sales force in North America, Europe, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, China, Singapore, and Asia, as well as offers its materials delivery systems to semiconductor equipment original equipment manufacturers. It has a strategic alliance with Matheson Gas Products, Inc.; and Enthone, Inc. The company, formerly known as Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., was founded by Ward Stevens, Gene Banucci, Duncan Brown, Glenn Tom, and Karl Olander in 1986. ATMI is headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY (AXP)
American Express Company (AEC) provides travel-related services, payment services, financial advisory services, and international banking services worldwide. Its travel-related services include global card network services; charge card and credit cards for consumers and businesses; consumer and small business lending products; travelers checks; business expense management products and services; business travel and travel management services; consumer travel services; transaction processing; tax, accounting, and business consulting services; and magazine publishing. The company also offers investment products and services to retail and institutional clients, including mutual funds, annuities, face-amount certificates, collective funds, real estate investment trusts, collateralized debt obligations, and hedge funds; and investment services, including wrap programs, financial planning services, and separately managed accounts. In addition, AEC offers individual retirement accounts, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and Section 529 college savings plans; personal trust services; and retail securities brokerage. It also provides life, disability income, long term care, and property and casualty insurance products. Further, the company offers banking and financial services to wealthy individuals, financial institutions, and retail customers. It provides interest-bearing deposits, unsecured lines of credit, installment loans, money market funds, mortgage loans, auto loans, and mutual funds, as well as offers investment management, and trust and estate planning. Its correspondent banking products include international payments processing; trade-related payments and financing; cash management; and investment products. It also provides treasury and capital market products and services, including foreign exchange, foreign exchange options and other derivatives, and interest rate risk management products. AEC was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York City.
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (BAC)
Bank of America Corporation, a holding company, provides a range of financial products and services in the United States and internationally. Its Global Consumer and Small Business Banking segment provides a range of products and services to individuals and small businesses through various delivery channels. It offers deposit products, such as checking accounts, money market savings accounts, time deposits, and IRAs; and debit and credit card products. This segment also engages in the origination, fulfillment, and servicing of residential mortgage loans, including home equity loan products, as well as in the provision of direct banking via the Internet, deposit services, and student lending and certain insurance services. The company's Global Business and Financial Services segment provides treasury management, trade finance, foreign exchange, short-term credit facilities, and short-term investing services; commercial lending, treasury management products, and investment banking services; and project financing, leasing solutions, and asset-based lending financing solutions. Its Global Capital Markets and Investment Banking segment provides underwriting and marketing services for equity and equity-linked securities, debt securities, commercial paper, and mortgage and asset-backed securities. It also provides debt and equity securities research, loan syndications, mergers and acquisitions advisory, and private placements services. The company's Global Wealth and Investment Management segment offers investment services, estate management, financial planning services, fiduciary management, credit and banking expertise, and diversified asset management products to institutional clients and high-net-worth individuals. As of January 5, 2006, the company operated 5,800 retail banking centers and approximately 16,700 ATMs, as well as telephone and Internet channels. Bank of America was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
BASIC ENERGY SERVICES INC (BAS)
Basic Energy Services, Inc. provides well site services to oil and gas drilling and producing companies in the United States. It operates in four segments: Well Servicing, Fluid Services, Drilling and Completion Services, and Well Site Construction Services. The Well Servicing segment provides maintenance services involving removal, repair, and replacement of down-hole equipment and returning the well to production; workover; new well completion; and plugging and abandonment services. As of December 31, 2006, this segment operated a fleet of 365 well service rigs and 90 facilities in Texas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, North Dakota, New Mexico, Louisiana, Colorado, and Montana. The Fluid Services segment provides oilfield fluid supply, transportation, and storage services. Its services include fluid services, salt water disposal well services, fresh and brine water stations, and rental of portable frac tanks and test tanks used to store fluids on well sites. The Drilling and Completion Services segment provides pressure pumping services, such as cementing, acidizing, fracturing, coiled tubing, and pressure testing; cased-hole wireline services; underbalanced drilling in low pressure and fluid sensitive reservoirs; and rental and fishing tools. This segment offers these services through a fleet of 69 pressure pumping units, 43 air compressor packages, and 11 cased-hole wireline units as of the above date. The Well Site Construction Services segment provides services for the construction and maintenance of oil and gas production infrastructure, such as preparing and maintaining access roads and well locations; installing small diameter gathering lines and pipelines; building of drilling locations; and maintenance of production facilities. The company serves independent oil and gas companies located in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and the Rocky Mountain States. Basic Energy Services, Inc. is based in Midland, Texas.
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC (BAX)
Baxter International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, assists healthcare professionals and their patients with the treatment of complex medical conditions, including cancer, hemophilia, immune disorders, kidney disease, and trauma worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Medication Delivery, BioScience, and Renal. The Medication Delivery segment provides various intravenous solutions and specialty products that are used in combination for fluid replenishment, general anesthesia, nutrition therapy, pain management, antibiotic therapy, and chemotherapy. The BioScience segment develops biopharmaceuticals, biosurgery products, vaccines and blood collection, and processing and storage products and technologies for transfusion therapies. The Renal segment develops products and provides services to treat end-stage kidney disease. The company's products are used by hospitals, clinical and medical research laboratories, blood and plasma collection centers, kidney dialysis centers, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, doctors' offices, and by patients at home under physician supervision. It distributes its products through independent distributors, drug wholesalers acting as sales agents, and specialty pharmacy or homecare companies. Baxter International has collaborative agreements with Nektar Therapeutics to develop PEGylated therapeutic forms of blood clotting proteins for patients with hemophilia, in order to reduce the frequency of injections required to treat blood clotting disorders, such as hemophilia; and with Lipoxen Technologies, Ltd. to develop longer acting therapeutic forms of blood clotting proteins. The company was founded in 1931 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois.
BIGBAND NETWORKS INC (BBND)
BigBand Networks, Inc. develops, markets, and sells network-based platforms that enable cable operators and telephone companies to offer video, voice, and data services across coaxial, fiber, and copper networks. Its product applications enable service providers to deliver high-quality video, voice, and data services, as well as offer video advertising. The company's product applications include Digital Simulcast, which enables service providers to create a digital version of analog inputs and deliver analog and digital video streams to subscribers; TelcoTV, used to provide high-quality viewing experience; Switched Broadcast, which enables service providers to transmit video channels to subscribers; and High-Speed Data and Voice-over-IP, which enables cable operators to offer real-time services, such as VoIP and streaming video content over the Internet. Its primary hardware and management software platforms include Broadband Multimedia-Service Router, used for real-time processing and switching of video; Broadband Multimedia-Service Edge, used to communicate directly with subscriber set-top boxes and cable modems; and BigBand FastFlow Broadband Provisioning Manager, a network-based software suite for providing high-speed data and voice services to cable modems. It has customers in cable, telecommunications, satellite, and terrestrial broadcasting worldwide. The company offers its products and services in the United States through its direct sales force, as well as through a combination of direct sales, distributors, and independent resellers internationally. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in Westborough, Massachusetts; Tel Aviv, Israel; Slough, England; Dusseldorf and Rosenheim, Germany; Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing, the People's Republic of China; Seoul, South Korea; Tokyo, Japan; and Merignac, France.
BB&T CORPORATION (BBT)
BB&T Corporation, a financial holding company, provides various banking and financial services to individuals, corporations, institutions, foundations, and government entities. It generates various deposit instruments, including checking accounts, savings accounts, money rate savings, investor deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company's lending activities include small business lending, commercial middle market lending, real estate lending, retail lending, home equity lending, sales finance, mortgage lending, commercial mortgage, leasing, and asset-based lending. It also offers other services, including asset management, agency insurance, wholesale insurance brokerage, institutional trust services, wealth management, investment brokerage services, capital markets services, factoring, international banking services, cash management, electronic payment services, credit and debit card services, and consumer finance, as well as payroll processing and payments services. In addition, the company offers nondeposit investment alternatives, including discount brokerage services, fixed-rate and variable-rate annuities, mutual funds, and government and municipal bonds. As of December, 31, 2004, its subsidiaries operated approximately 1,400 banking offices in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Florida, Indiana, and Washington. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION (BGG)
Briggs & Stratton Corporation produces air cooled gasoline engines and engine powered outdoor equipment worldwide. It operates in two segments, Engines and Power Products. The Engines segment produces engines used primarily in the lawn and garden equipment industry, as well as in the industrial, construction, agricultural, and other consumer applications. This segment also manufactures replacement engines and service parts and sells them to sales and service distributors. It sells its products through its worldwide sales force through direct calls on customers. The Power Products segment offers generators, pressure washers, snow throwers, and lawn and garden powered equipment. It sells its products through multiple channels of retail distribution, including consumer home centers, warehouse clubs, mass merchants, and independent dealers. The company has strategic relationship with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Briggs & Stratton was founded in 1908 and is based in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
BJS RESTAURANTS INC (BJRI)
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. engages in the ownership and operation of restaurants in the United States. Its restaurants principally offer signature deep-dish pizza and its own handcrafted beers, as well as a selection of appetizers, entrees, pastas, sandwiches, specialty salads, and desserts. The company's restaurants are located in California, Texas, Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada. As of August 2, 2005, the company owned and operated 41 casual dining restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant and Brewery, BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse, and BJ's Pizza & Grill brand names, as well as licensed 1 restaurant in Lahaina, Maui. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Huntington Beach, California.
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION (BK)
The Bank of New York Company, Inc., through its principal subsidiary, The Bank of New York, provides various financial products and services to financial institutions, corporations, government entities, endowments, and foundations worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Servicing and Fiduciary, Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, and Financial Markets. The Servicing and Fiduciary segment includes securities servicing, global payment services, private client services, and asset management. The Corporate Banking segment provides lending and credit-related services to public and private financial institutions and corporations, as well as to public and private mid-size businesses in the New York metropolitan area. The Retail Banking segment includes retail deposit services, branch banking, and consumer and residential mortgage lending. The company operated 341 branches and 375 automated teller machines in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, as of March 31, 2005. The Financial Markets segment includes trading of foreign exchange and interest rate risk management products, investing and leasing activities, and treasury services to other segments. The company is headquartered in New York City.
BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC (BLDR)
Builders FirstSource, Inc. engages in the supply and manufacture of structural and related building products to professional homebuilders and contractors in the United States. The company offers its building products and services in five categories: Prefabricated Components, Windows and Doors, Lumber and Lumber Sheet Goods, Millwork, and Other Building Products and Services. The Prefabricated Components category consists of factory-built floor and roof trusses, wall panels, and stairs, as well as engineered wood. The Windows and Doors category comprises the manufacture, assembly, and distribution of windows; and the assembly and distribution of interior and exterior door units. The Lumber and Lumber Sheet Goods category consists of dimensional lumber, plywood, and oriented strand board products used in onsite house framing. The Millwork category includes interior and exterior trim, columns, and posts, as well as custom exterior features that the company manufactures under the Synboard brand name. The Other Building Products and Services category comprises products, including cabinets, gypsum, roofing, and insulation; and services, such as turn-key framing and shell construction, design assistance, and the installation of products. As of July 28, 2005, the company operated in 11 states, principally in the southern and eastern United States, and had 62 distribution centers. The company was formed as BSL Holdings, Inc. in 1998 and changed its name to Builders FirstSource, Inc. in 1999. Builders FirstSource is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
BLACKROCK INC (BLK)
BlackRock, Inc. operates as an investment management company in the United States. Its products include fixed income, cash management, equity, and alternative investment separate accounts and mutual funds, including its BlackRock Funds and BlackRock Liquidity Funds. The company also offers risk management, investment analytics, and investment system services to institutional investors through its BlackRock Solutions product line. It has offices in New York City; San Francisco, California; Boston, Massachusetts; Wilmington, Delaware; Hong Kong; Singapore; Tokyo, Japan; and Edinburgh, Scotland. The company was formed in 1998 and is headquartered in New York City. BlackRock, Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., as of March 1, 2005.
BADGER METER INC (BMI)
Badger Meter, Inc. engages in the manufacture and marketing of products using flow measurement and control technologies developed both internally and with other technology companies. Its products are used to measure and control the flow of liquids in various applications. The company's residential and commercial water meters product lines, with various meter reading technology systems, are generally sold to water utilities. It also offers automotive fluid meters and systems, small precision valves, electromagnetic meters, impeller flow meters, and industrial process meters. The company serves various industrial markets, such as petroleum, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, process waters, and concrete, as well as utility markets, including public and private water. Its products are sold worldwide through various distribution channels, including direct sales representatives, distributors, and independent sales representatives. Badger Meter was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
POPULAR INC (BPOP)
Popular, Inc., a financial holding company, provides various financial services primarily in Puerto Rico and the United States. The company, through its principal subsidiary, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, offers a range of individual and commercial banking services in Puerto Rico. It also provides investment banking, auto and lease financing, mortgage and consumer lending, insurance, and information processing through its other subsidiaries. As of July 15, 2005, Popular, Inc. operated 280 branches and offices in Puerto Rico. The company also operates the Hispanic-owned financial services franchise, Banco Popular North America, which provides various financial solutions in the United States. It operated approximately 135 branches in California, Texas, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, and Florida, as well as 112 financial services stores under the name of Popular Cash Express, as of July 15, 2005. In addition, the company, through its finance subsidiary, Popular Financial Holdings, operated approximately 200 retail lending locations offering mortgage and personal loans in the United States, as of the above date. It also maintains a wholesale broker network, a warehouse lending division, loan servicing, and an assets acquisition unit. Popular, Inc. also operates in the Caribbean and Latin America. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
BROOKLINE BANCORP INC (BRKL)
Brookline Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Brookline Bank that offers a range of banking services in Brookline, Newton, West Roxbury, and surrounding communities in Massachusetts. The bank offers various deposit accounts comprising noninterest-bearing checking accounts and interest-bearing NOW accounts, savings accounts, money market savings accounts, certificate of deposit accounts, individual retirement accounts, and other qualified plan accounts. Its loan portfolio consists primarily of first mortgage loans secured by multifamily, commercial, and one-to-four family residential real estate properties; and indirect automobile loans. The bank also provides financing for construction and development projects, commercial lines of credit primarily to condominium associations, home equity and second mortgage loans, and other consumer loans. In addition, it purchases participations in commercial loans to national companies and organizations originated and serviced primarily by money center banks. The bank invests in the U.S. Government-sponsored enterprises securities, municipal obligations, corporate obligations, collateralized mortgage obligations issued by the U.S. government-sponsored enterprises, mortgage-backed securities, and other marketable equity securities. As of December 31, 2004, Brookline Bank operated eight banking offices. In addition, the bank also buys, sells, and holds investment securities. Brookline Bancorp was founded in 1871 and is based in Brookline, Massachusetts.
BROWN & BROWN INC (BRO)
Brown & Brown, Inc. operates as a general insurance agency in the United States. The company offers a range of insurance and reinsurance products and services; and risk management, employee benefit administration, and managed health care programs. It operates in four segments: Retail, National Programs, Brokerage, and Services. The Retail segment provides various insurance products and services to commercial, public entity, professional, and individual customers. It provides property insurance against physical damage to property and resultant interruption of business or extra expense caused by fire, windstorm, or other perils; and casualty insurance relating to legal liabilities, workers' compensation, commercial and private passenger automobile coverages, and fidelity and surety insurance. This segment also sells and services group and individual life, accident, disability, health, hospitalization, medical, and dental insurance. The National Programs segment provides professional liability and related package products for certain professionals; and markets targeted products and services designated for specific industries, trade groups, public entities, and market niches. The Brokerage segment markets and sells excess and surplus commercial insurance and reinsurance through independent agents and brokers. The Services segment provides insurance-related services, including third-party administration, consulting for the workers' compensation, and managed healthcare services. The company serves businesses, public entities, individuals, and trade and association clients. Brown & Brown is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida.
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION (BSX)
Boston Scientific Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices that are used in interventional medical specialties. The company's products are offered by two groups, Cardiovascular and Endosurgery. The Cardiovascular organization provides products and technologies for use in interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, vascular surgery, electrophysiology, and neurovascular procedures. The Endosurgery organization provides products and technologies for use in oncology, endoscopy, urology, and gynecology procedures. In addition, the company operates in the neuromodulation market. It provides products for the treatment of auditory disorders and chronic pain. The company's less-invasive medical products are used for enlarging narrowed blood vessels to prevent heart attack and stroke; clearing passages blocked by plaque to restore blood flow; opening obstructions and bringing relief to patients suffering from various forms of cancer; performing biopsies and intravascular ultrasounds; mapping electrical problems in the heart; placing filters to prevent blood clots from reaching the lungs, heart, or brain; treating urological, renal, pulmonary, neurovascular, and gastrointestinal diseases; and modulating nerve activity to treat deafness and chronic pain. The company markets its products through direct sales force, and a network of distributors and dealers. Boston Scientific Corp. has a collaboration agreement with Affinergy, Inc. to investigate new coatings for cardiovascular stents. The company was founded by John E. Abele and Peter M. Nicholas in 1979. Boston Scientific Corp. is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.
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.
THE BLACKSTONE GROUP LP COMMON UNITS REPRESENTING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS (BX)
The Blackstone Group L.P., through its subsidiaries, provides alternative asset management and financial advisory services worldwide. It operates in four segments: Corporate Private Equity, Real Estate, Marketable Alternative Asset Management, and Financial Advisory. The Corporate Private Equity segment engages in private equity investing through five general private equity funds and one specialized fund focusing on media and communications-related investments. Its corporate private equity funds pursue various transactions, including leveraged buyout acquisitions of seasoned companies, transactions involving start-up businesses in established industries, turnarounds, minority investments, corporate partnerships, and industry consolidations. The Real Estate segment manages six general real estate opportunity funds and two internationally focused real estate opportunity funds. Its real estate opportunity funds invest in lodging, urban office buildings, residential properties, distribution, and warehousing centers, as well as various real estate operating companies. The Marketable Alternative Asset Management segment engages in the management of funds of hedge funds, mezzanine funds and senior debt vehicles, proprietary hedge funds, and publicly-traded closed-end mutual funds. The Financial Advisory segment provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services, restructuring and reorganization advisory services, and fund placement services for alternative investment funds. Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. operates as the general partner of the company. The Blackstone Group L.P. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Paris, Mumbai, and Hong Kong.
CITIGROUP INC (C)
Citigroup, Inc., a holding company, provides a range of financial services to consumer and corporate customers worldwide. It operates through four segments: Global Consumer, Corporate and Investment Banking, Global Wealth Management, Alternative Investment. Global Consumer segment provides a range of banking, lending, insurance, and investment services through a network of local branches; offices; and electronic delivery systems, including automated teller machines, automated lending machines, and Internet. As of September 30, 2005, this segment maintained 2,705 offices in North America, and 1,759 sales points in Japan. Corporate and Investment Banking segment provides a range of investment and commercial banking services and products, including debt and equity trading, institutional brokerage, advisory services, foreign exchange, structured products, derivatives, and lending. This segment also offers cash management and trade finance for corporations and financial institutions; custody and fund services to investors; clearing services to intermediaries, such as broker and dealers; and depository and agency/trust services to multinational corporations and governments. Global Wealth Management segment provides wealth management services to high-net-worth and affluent clients; investment advice, financial planning, and brokerage services to small and mid-size companies and others; and asset management services. This segment also provides investment management services, which include investment funds management and capital markets solutions, as well as provides trust, fiduciary, and custody services; investment finance services, such as credit services, including real estate financing, commitments, and letters of credit. Alternative Investment segment manages a range of products across five asset classes, including private equity, hedge funds, real estate, structured products, and managed futures. Citigroup was founded in 1812 and is based in New York City.
THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED (CAKE)
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (TCFI) operates upscale, full-service, and casual dining restaurants in the United States. The company operates its restaurants under The Cheesecake Factory and Grand Lux Cafe trademarks. The Cheesecake Factory restaurants offer approximately 200 menu items, including appetizers, pizza, seafood, steaks, chicken, burgers, pasta, specialty items, salads, sandwiches, and omelets, as well as desserts, such as cheesecakes and other baked desserts. Grand Lux Cafe offers American and international cuisine selections. Its menu features appetizers, pasta, seafood, steaks, chicken, burgers, salads, specialty items, and made-to-order desserts. Its restaurants also provide liquor service. TCFI also operates a bakery production facility that produces baked desserts and other products for its restaurants, as well as for other foodservice operators, retailers, and distributors. As of December 14, 2005, the company operated 103 casual dining restaurants under The Cheesecake Factory name; 7 casual dining restaurants under the Grand Lux Cafe name; 1 self-service, limited menu foodservice operation under The Cheesecake Factory Express trademark inside the DisneyQuest family entertainment center in Orlando, Florida; and licensed 2 bakery cafes under The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Cafe mark to another foodservice operator. TCFI was founded in 1972 by Oscar and Evelyn Overton. The company is based in Calabasas Hills, California.
CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP (CATY)
Cathay General Bancorp operates as the holding company for Cathay Bank that offers a range of financial services for individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses primarily in the United States. The bank accepts various deposit products, including passbook accounts, checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, college certificates of deposit, and public funds deposits. Its lending activities comprise residential mortgage loans, commercial mortgage loans, construction loans, home equity lines of credit, commercial loans, trade financing loans, and small business administration loans, as well as installment loans to individuals for automobile, household, and other consumer expenditures. The bank's services also include letters of credit, wire transfers, forward currency spot and forward contracts, traveler's checks, safe deposit, night deposit, social security payment deposit, collection, bank-by-mail, drive-up and walk-up windows, automatic teller machines, Internet banking services, and other customary bank services. It invests in the U.S. treasury securities, U.S. government agency securities, state and municipal securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, corporate bonds, and venture capital investments. As of September 30, 2005, Cathay Bank operated 29 branches in; 1 branch in Washington State; 4 branches in New York State; 1 branch in Massachusetts; 1 branch in Houston, Texas; and representative offices in Taipei, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Cathay General Bancorp is based in Los Angeles, California.
CHUBB CORPORATION (CB)
The Chubb Corporation, a holding company, provides property and casualty, and specialty insurance to individuals and businesses worldwide. The company operates in three divisions: Commercial Insurance, Specialty Insurance, and Personal Insurance. Commercial Insurance division offers a range of commercial customer insurance products, including coverage for multiple peril, casualty, workers' compensation, and property and marine. Specialty Insurance division offers various specialized executive protection and professional liability products for privately and publicly owned companies, financial institutions, professional firms, and healthcare organizations. It also provides surety and accident products and services. Personal Insurance division offers products for individuals with fine homes and possessions. It primarily provides automobile, homeowners, and other personal coverages. In addition, Chubb provides an array of services designed to enable customers manage and minimize risk. The company provides its products and services through independent insurance agents and brokers principally in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and parts of Latin America and Asia. Chubb was formed in 1967 and is headquartered in Warren, New Jersey.
COOPER INDUSTRIES PLC (IRELAND) (CBE)
Cooper Industries, Ltd. engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of electrical products, and tools and hardware worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Electrical Products, and Tools and Hardware. The Electrical Products segment manufactures, markets, and sells electrical and circuit protection products, including fittings, support systems, enclosures, wiring devices, plugs, receptacles, lighting fixtures, fuses, emergency lighting, fire detection systems, and security products for use in residential, commercial and industrial construction, maintenance, and repair applications. It also markets and sells products, including distribution switchgear, transformers, transformer terminations and accessories, capacitors, voltage regulators, surge arresters, and other related power systems components for use by utilities and in industry for electrical power transmission and distribution. This segment's product lines are marketed directly to original equipment manufacturers and utilities, as well as to various end users through major distributor chains, retail home centers, hardware outlets, and independent distributors. The Tools and Hardware segment manufactures, markets, and sells hand tools for industrial, construction, and consumer markets; automated assembly systems for industrial markets; and electric and pneumatic industrial power tools for general industry, primarily automotive, and aerospace manufacturers. Cooper Industries was founded in 1833 and is based in Houston, Texas.
CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC (CBST)
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the research, development, and commercialization of products for anti-infective and acute care needs market. Its principal product, Cubicin, is approved in the United States for the treatment of skin and skin structure infections caused by certain gram-positive bacteria. The company's pipeline includes HepeX-B, a monoclonal antibody biologic that is in second of two Phase 2 trials, for the prevention of infection by Hepatitis B virus in liver transplant patients, as well as research efforts focused on members of the lipopeptide class of molecules. Cubist has a licensing agreement with XTL Biopharmaceuticals, Ltd., for the development and commercialization of HepeX-B. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts.
CROWN HOLDINGS INC (CCK)
Crown Holdings, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of packaging products for consumer goods. The company's primary products include steel and aluminum cans for food, beverage, household, and other consumer products; and a range of metal and plastic caps, closures, and dispensing systems. It also supplies aerosol cans, specialty packaging, metal closures and caps, high density polyethylene containers, health and beauty care packaging, and can making equipment. The company markets and sells its products through its sales organization to the soft drink, food, citrus, brewing, household products, personal care, and various other industries. It operates in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The company was founded by William Painter. Crown Holdings is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CARDINAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION (CFNL)
Cardinal Financial Corporation, a holding company, provides banking and financial products and services to retail and business customers in northern Virginia and the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The company operates through three segments: Commercial Banking, Investment Services, and Mortgage Banking. The Commercial Banking segment provides commercial loans, real estate loans, and other business financing and consumer loans. It also offers deposit products, including demand deposit accounts, savings accounts, and certificate of deposit. The Investment Services segment provides advisory services to businesses and individuals, including estate planning, qualified retirement plans, mutual funds, annuities, life insurance, fixed income, and equity securities and equity research. The Mortgage Banking segment engages primarily in the origination and acquisition of residential mortgages for sale into the secondary market. The company was formed in 1997 and is based in McLean, Virginia. Cardinal Financial Corporation acquired Wilson/Bennett Capital Management, Inc., an asset management firm, in June 2005.
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD - ORDINARY SHARES (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.
SEACOR HOLDINGS INC (CKH)
SEACOR Holdings, Inc. engages in the ownership, operation, investigation, marketing, and remarketing of equipment, primarily in the offshore oil and gas and marine transportation industries. It operates through four segments: Offshore Marine Services (OMS), Environmental Services (EVS), Inland River Services (IRS), and Helicopter Services (HES). The OMS segment operates offshore support vessels to deliver cargo and personnel to offshore installations, handle anchors for drilling rigs and marine equipment, support offshore construction and maintenance work, and provide safety support and oil spill response services. It also provides services supporting projects, such as well stimulation, seismic data gathering, and freight hauling, as well as offers logistics services, including shorebase and marine transport. The EVS segment provides oil spill response, handles environmental remediation projects, and offers related consulting services to those who store, transport, produce, or handle petroleum products and environmentally hazardous materials. The IRS segment operates a fleet of dry cargo barges primarily on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and their tributaries; and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterways. These cargo barges transport dry-bulk commodities, such as grain, coal, aggregate, ore, steel, scrap, and fertilizers. It also owns chemical and product tank barges, which are operated by a third party. The HES segment services the offshore energy markets with operations in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska, as well as offers agricultural and forestry support, and flight-seeing tour services. This segment also leases aircraft to third parties for operation by those parties. As of December 31, 2004, the company operated a fleet of 212 vessels, 127 helicopters, and 1,000 dry cargo and 20 chemical tank barges. SEACOR was incorporated in 1989. It was formerly known as SEACOR SMIT, Inc. and changed its name to SEACOR Holdings, Inc. in 2004. The company is based in Houston, Texas.
CORE LABORATORIES NV (CLB)
Core Laboratories N.V. provides proprietary and patented reservoir description, production development, and reservoir management products and services to the oil and gas industry worldwide. The company provides analytical and field services to characterize properties of crude oil and petroleum products to the oil and gas industry. It also offers products and services relating to reservoir well completions, perforations, stimulations, and production. In addition, the company provides integrated services to evaluate well completions and to develop solutions for the oil recovery projects. Further, Core Laboratories combines and integrates information from reservoir description and production development services. As of March 31, 2005, it operated approximately 70 offices in 50 countries. The company was established in 1936 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
COMERICA INCORPORATED (CMA)
Comerica Incorporated and its subsidiaries operate as a financial services company in the United States, Canada, and Hong Kong. The company operates in three segments: the Business Bank, Small Business and Personal Financial Services, and Wealth and Institutional Management. The Business Bank segment comprises middle market, commercial real estate, national dealer services, global finance, corporate, leasing, financial services group, and technology and life sciences. It offers commercial loans and lines of credit, deposits, cash management, capital market products, international trade finance, letters of credit, foreign exchange management services, and loan syndication services. This segment serves medium-size businesses, multinational corporations, and governmental entities. The Small Business and Personal Financial Services segment offers small business banking; and personal financial services, such as consumer lending, consumer deposit gathering, and mortgage loan origination. It also provides deposit accounts, installment loans, credit cards, student loans, home equity lines of credit, and residential mortgage loans. The Wealth and Institutional Management segment provides products and services consisting of personal trust, private lending, institutional trust, retirement services, investment management and advisory services, investment banking, and discount securities brokerage services. It also sells mutual fund and annuity products, as well as life, disability, and long-term care insurance products. As of December 31, 2004, Comerica, through its banking affiliates, operated a total of 435 banking branches, trust services locations, and loan production or other financial services offices, primarily in the States of Michigan, California, Texas and Florida. The company was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.
CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC (CMG)
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. engages in the development and operation of fast-casual, Mexican food restaurants in the United States. As of December 31, 2006, it operated 581 restaurants, including 8 franchise restaurants. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. was formerly a subsidiary of McDonald's Corp. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Denver, Colorado.
COHN & STEERS INC (CNS)
Cohen & Steers, Inc., together with its wholly owned subsidiaries, operates as a manager of equity portfolios primarily in the United States. It specializes in the United States real estate investment trusts, global real estate securities, preferred securities, utilities, and other common stocks. The company serves individual and institutional investors through a range of open-end mutual funds, closed-end mutual funds, and institutional separate accounts. As of January 31, 2005, Cohen & Steers provided advisory and administrative services to eight closed-end mutual funds and five open-end mutual funds. The company also offers various services for unit investment trusts. In addition, it maintains a proprietary index, Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index, for the iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund. Further, Cohen provides a range of services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and capital raising to companies in real estate and real estate intensive businesses. The company offers these services and products through brokerage firms, registered investment advisors, and institutional investors. Cohen & Steers also operates in Hong Kong. The company is headquartered in New York City.
COBIZ FINANCIAL INC (COBZ)
CoBiz, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers financial service products to small and medium-sized businesses, and high-net-worth individuals. It offers commercial banking services, such as treasury management, private banking, Internet banking, lockbox, and courier services, as well as deposit products, such as certificates of deposit, savings accounts, money market accounts, checking and negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, and individual retirement accounts. The company provides commercial loans, commercial and residential real estate construction loans, commercial and residential real estate mortgage loans, consumer loans, revolving lines of credit, and equipment lease financing. CoBiz also offers investment management services, such as merger and acquisition advisory services, institutional private placements of debt and equity, and strategic financial services to institutions and individuals; and wealth transfer, employee and executive benefits consulting, commercial and personal property insurance brokerage, casualty insurance brokerage, and related administrative support to employers. In addition, it provides trust and advisory services, such as asset management, fiduciary, and estate planning and administration services. The company invests in U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government agency-backed securities; mortgage-backed securities; trust preferred securities; state, municipal, and government bonds; and Federal Reserve and FHLB stock. It offers banking services from eight locations in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area; two in Boulder, Colorado; one in Edwards, Colorado; and seven in the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area. CoBiz was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (COF)
Capital One Financial Corporation operates as a holding company, which provides various consumer financial products and services, primarily in the United States. The company, through its subsidiary, Capital One Bank, offers credit card products and accepts retail deposits, including certificates of deposit, money market accounts, and individual retirement accounts. Its other subsidiary, Capital One, F.S.B. offers consumer and commercial lending, and consumer deposit products. The company, through Capital One Auto Finance, Inc., offers automobile and other motor vehicle financing, including financing for the purchase of new and used vehicles, as well as refinancing of existing motor vehicle loans. Capital One Financial also manages installment lending, healthcare financing, and small business lending activities. In addition, the company invests in the U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government agency obligations, collateralized mortgage obligations, and mortgage backed securities. Capital One Financial also operates in the United Kingdom and Canada. The company is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
COHU INC (COHU)
Cohu, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, sale, and service of test handling equipment for the semiconductor industry worldwide. It operates in four segments: Semiconductor Equipment, Television Cameras, Metal Detection, and Microwave Communications. Semiconductor Equipment segment designs, manufactures, sells, and services test handlers used for handling integrated circuit (IC) packages. Its test handlers are electromechanical systems used to automate the IC final test process. Television Cameras segment develops, manufactures, and sells closed circuit television cameras and systems primarily to machine vision, traffic control and management, scientific imaging, and security/surveillance markets. Metal Detection segment designs, manufactures, and sells metal detectors and related underground detection instruments for consumer and industrial markets. It products include pipe and cable locators, water leak detectors, property marker locators, and instruments for locating reinforcing bars in concrete. Consumer metal detectors include models for prospectors, relic hunters, sports divers, and treasure hunters. Microwave Communications segment designs, manufactures, and sells microwave communications equipment, antenna systems, and associated equipment, which are used in the transmission of telemetry, data, video, and audio signals. It sells its products primarily to military applications, government test ranges, law enforcement agencies, unmanned air vehicle programs, television broadcasters, and other commercial venues. The company sells its products through direct sales force and independent sales representatives worldwide. Cohu, Inc. was incorporated in 1947 as Kalbfell Lab, Inc. and changed its name to Kay Lab in 1954. Further, it changed its name to Cohu Electronics, Inc. in 1957 and to Cohu, Inc. in 1972. The company is headquartered in Poway, California.
CEPHEID (CPHD)
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.
COMPUWARE CORPORATION (CPWR)
Compuware Corporation engages in the development, marketing, and support of an integrated set of systems software products. It offers software products that enhance various steps in the application life cycle, from application development and testing to performance management and information technology (IT) governance, for mainframe, distributed, and Web-based platforms. In addition, the company offers a range of IT services for distributed systems and mainframe environments, including technical staffing, application development, quality assurance, project management, and application maintenance, as well as professional services solutions that utilize its products. Compuware' products and professional services are used by the IT departments of various commercial and government organizations worldwide. The company markets its software products primarily in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Asia-Pacific, Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa through a direct sales force and independent distributors. It offers its professional services primarily through account managers located in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Brazil. Compuware was founded in 1973 by Peter Karmanos, Jr., Thomas Thewes, and Allen Cutting. The company is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.
COMPLETE PRODUCTION SERVICES INC COMPLETE PRODUCTION SERVICES INC (CPX)
Complete Production Services, Inc. provides specialized services and products to develop hydrocarbon reserves for oil and gas companies primarily in North America and Southeast Asia. The company operates in three segments: Completion and Production Services, Drilling Services, and Product Sales. The Completion and Production Services segment establishes and maintains the flow of oil and gas throughout the life of a well. It offers intervention services, such as completion, workover, and maintenance services; down hole and well site services, which include electric-line, slickline, production optimization, production testing, rental, and fishing services; and fluid handling services, such as fluid transportation, heating, pumping, and disposal services that helps to move, store, and dispose of fluids involved in the development and production of reservoirs. The Drilling Services segment provides land drilling, specialized rig logistics, and site preparation for oil and gas production companies in the Barnett Shale region of north Texas. The Product Sales segment sells oil and gas field equipment, including completion, flow control, and artificial lift equipment, as well as tubular goods. The company sells these products through its supply stores and agents. Its customers include multinational and independent oil and gas producers, as well as independent producers and land-based drilling contractors. The company was founded in 2001. It was formerly known as Integrated Production Services, Inc. and changed its name to Complete Production Services, Inc. in 2005. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
CREE INC (CREE)
Cree, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of semiconductor materials and devices based on silicon carbide, gallium nitride, silicon, and related compounds. The company's products include blue, green, and ultraviolet (UV) light emitting diodes (LEDs); near UV lasers; radio frequency and microwave devices; and power switching devices. Its product applications include solid state illumination, optical storage, wireless infrastructure, and power switching. Cree, Inc. also produces laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor devices made from silicon substrates. The company markets its blue, green, and near UV LED chip products principally to customers who incorporate them into packaged lamps for resale to original equipment manufacturers. It also sells silicon carbide and gallium nitride materials products primarily to corporate, government, and university research laboratories. The company markets its products in North America, Europe, and Asia. Cree, Inc. was established in 1987 and is based in Durham, North Carolina.
CIRRUS LOGIC INC (CRUS)
Cirrus Logic, Inc. engages in the development and supply of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for a range of consumer and industrial markets worldwide. Its products include analog and mixed-signal audio ICs for consumer, professional, and automotive entertainment applications, as well as high-precision analog and mixed-signal ICs for industrial applications, such as industrial measurement, analytical instruments, consumer utility, digital power meters, and seismic systems. Cirrus Logic also develops embedded processor ICs, such as audio-optimized digital signal processors for consumer and professional audio applications, and ARM-based embedded processors for consumer and industrial applications. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
CASH AMERICA INTERNATIONAL INC (CSH)
Cash America International, Inc. provides specialty financial services to individuals in the United States. It offers secured nonrecourse loans, referred to as pawn loans, to individuals through its pawn lending operations. As of December 31, 2004, the company's pawn lending operations consisted of 452 pawnshops, including 441 owned units and 11 franchised units in 21 states. In addition, Cash America International engages in cash advance operations in 253 locations, as well as provides check cashing and other money services through its cash advance locations, and franchised and company owned check cashing centers. The company offered check cashing services through 128 franchised and 6 company owned check cashing centers in 20 states, as of the above date. Cash America International was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.
CSX CORPORATION (CSX)
CSX Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of rail networks in the United States, as well as in the provision of integrated rail and truck transportation services across the United States, and primary markets in Canada and Mexico. It provides rail freight transportation over a network of approximately 22,000 route miles in 23 states, the District of Columbia, and 2 Canadian provinces. The company also provides transcontinental intermodal transportation services across North America through approximately 500 trains among its 44 terminals weekly. In addition, CSX also owns and operates the Greenbrier, a AAA Five-Diamond resort, located in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. CSX Corporation is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION (CVA)
Covanta Holding Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides waste and energy services in the United States. It develops, owns, and operates infrastructure for the conversion of energy-from-waste, waste disposal, and renewable energy production. The company also engages in independent power production business. As of December 31, 2006, it owned and operated approximately 51 energy generation facilities, which uses municipal solid waste, water, natural gas, coal, wood waste, landfill gas, and heavy fuel-oil. In addition, Covanta Holding Corporation owns and operates a waste procurement business, landfills, and waste transfer stations, as well as a water treatment facility. Further, the company has investments in insurance operations primarily in property and casualty insurance, as well as writes nonstandard private automobile insurance policies. It also operates in the Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Costa Rica, Italy, and the People's Republic of China. The company, formerly known as Danielson Holding Corporation, was founded in 1960. Covanta Holding Corporation is headquartered in Fairfield, New Jersey.
CVB FINANCIAL CORPORATION (CVBF)
CVB Financial Corp., through its principal subsidiary, Citizens Business Bank (bank), offers retail banking and financial services to small to mid-sized businesses and individuals in the United States. The bank offers checking, savings, money market, and time certificates of deposit. It also provides commercial products, including lines of credit and other working capital financing, accounts receivable lending, and letters of credit; agribusiness loans to wholesale dairy farm operations, cattle feeders, livestock raisers, and farmers; consumer financial products, including automobile leasing and financing, lines of credit, and home improvement and home equity lines of credit; and real estate loans, including mortgage and construction loans. The bank also offers lease financing for municipal governments. In addition, it provides cash management systems for monitoring cash flow, a credit card program for merchants, courier pick-up and delivery, payroll services, electronic funds transfers by way of domestic and international wires and automated clearinghouse, and online account access; and serves as a federal tax depository for its business customers. Further, the bank offers financial and trust services, including fiduciary services, mutual funds, annuities, 401K plans, and individual investment accounts. The company, through its other subsidiary, Community Trust Deed Services, offers services, such as preparing and filing notices of default, reconveyances and related documents, and acting as a trustee under deeds of trust. The company invests in U.S. Treasury Securities, mortgage-backed securities, CMO/REMIC's, government agency and government-sponsored enterprises, and municipal bonds. As of February 25, 2005, the bank operated 39 business financial centers in the Inland Empire, San Gabriel Valley, Orange County, Los Angeles County, Fresno County, Tulare County, and Kern County areas of California. CVB Financial is based in Ontario, California.
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION (CY)
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits for networking, wireless infrastructure and handsets, computation, consumer, automotive, and industrial markets. It operates through three segments: Memory, Non-Memory, and SunPower. The Memory segment designs and produces static random access memories (SRAMs). It offers various SRAM products, including fast asynchronous SRAMs, double data rate SRAMs, More Battery Life and micropower SRAMs, No Bus Latency and synchronous burst SRAMs, and Quad Data Rate SRAMs, as well as offers image sensors. The Non-Memory segment offers dual-port memories; first-in, first-out memories; framers; Grating Light Valve; high-speed optical transceiver link physical layer devices; network search engines; physical layer devices; QuadPort datapath switching elements; programmable clocks; programmable logic devices; Programmable System-on-Chip reconfigurable mixed-signal arrays; registered buffers; RoboClock clock buffers; USB controllers; and WirelessUSB controllers. The SunPower segment designs and manufactures silicon solar cells based on an interdigitated backside contact design. The company sells its products through a direct sales force, manufacturing representative firms, distributors, and international trading companies, and representative firms in North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific, as well as in Japan. Cypress was co-founded by T.J. Rodgers. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
CYMER INC (CYMI)
Cymer, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the development, manufacture, and marketing of excimer light sources for manufacturers of photolithography tools in the semiconductor equipment industry. The company's products include photolithography light source systems, replacement parts, and service. Its light sources are used to pattern the integrated circuits. The company provides discharge chamber, certain optical components, and other spare and replacement parts for its photolithography light sources. It also offers billable service or service contracts to the semiconductor lithography tool manufacturers, as well as maintenance and servicing of its light sources, including replacement of consumable parts and nonconsumable parts. In addition, the company provides CymerOnLine, an online diagnostic and performance software product, which delivers laser diagnostics and performance information to authorized users. Cymer operates in the United States, Japan, Asia, and Europe. The company was co-founded by Robert P. Akins and Richard L. Sandstrom in 1986. Cymer is headquartered in San Diego, California.
CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION (CYN)
City National Corporation primarily operates as the bank holding company for City National Bank that provides banking, investment, and trust services in California and New York City. The bank offers various deposit products, including interest checking accounts, money market accounts, savings deposits, and time deposits. It also provides commercial loans, residential mortgages, commercial real estate mortgages, and real estate construction loans, as well as equity lines of credit. In addition, the bank offers mutual funds and investment advisory services. The bank primarily offers its products and services to small-to mid-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, professionals, and affluent individuals. Further, City National Corporation offers investment management and advisory services, and brokerage services, including portfolio management, securities trading, and asset management; personal and business trust and investment services, such as employee benefit trust services; and estate and financial planning, and custodial services. As of August 1, 2005, the bank operated 54 offices, including 12 regional centers in southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, and New York City. City National Corporation is based in Beverly Hills, California.
CYPRESS SHARPRIDGE INVESTMENTS INC (CYS)
CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC (CYT)
Cytec Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of chemical products. It operates in four segments: Water and Industrial Process Chemicals (WIPC), Performance Products, Specialty Materials, and Building Block Chemicals (BBC). WIPC segment produces water treating and mining chemicals, and phosphine and phosphorous specialties (PPS). Water treatment chemicals include flocculants, coagulants, filter aids, drilling fluids and production chemicals, and scale inhibitors. Mining chemicals consist of promoters, collectors, solvent extractants, flocculants, and frothers used in mineral separation processing. PPS include solvent extractants, flame retardants, catalyst ligands, high purity phosphine gas, and biocides that are used for mineral processing, and pharmaceutical, chemical, and electronic manufacturing. Performance Products segment produces coatings chemicals, performance chemicals, and polymer additives. Coatings chemicals consist of amino resins, additives, urethanes, and carbamates that are primarily used in industrial coatings and paints for appliances and automobiles. Performance chemicals include adhesion promoters, surfactants, specialty, monomers, urethanes, carbamates, acrylic, and stabilizers that are used in adhesives and sealants, inks, electrical and electronic products, textiles, and tires. Polymer additives comprise ultraviolet light stabilizers and absorbers, and antioxidants and antistatic agents that are primarily used in plastics, coatings, and fibers. Specialty Materials segment offers aerospace materials that are used in commercial and military aviation, satellite and launch vehicles, and aircraft brakes, as well as in formula-1 racing cars and sports cars. The BBC segment offers acrylonitrile, hydrocyanic acid, acrylamide, sulfuric acid, and melamine. The company sells its products in North America, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. Cytec was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in West Paterson, New Jersey.
DANAHER CORPORATION (DHR)
Danaher Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of industrial and consumer products. It operates in three segments: Professional Instrumentation, Industrial Technologies, and Tools and Components. The Professional Instrumentation segment produces and sells electronic test tools and calibration equipment; water quality instrumentation and consumables, and ultraviolet disinfection systems; retail/commercial petroleum products and services, including underground storage tank leak detection systems; critical care diagnostic instruments; and a range of products used by dental professionals. The Industrial Technologies segment offers products and subsystems that are used by original equipment manufacturers into various end-products and systems, as well as by customers and systems integrators into production and packaging lines. It offers product identification equipment and consumables; motion, position, speed, temperature, and level instruments, as well as sensing devices; power switches and controls; power protection products; liquid flow and quality measuring devices; safety devices; and electronic and mechanical counting and controlling devices. The Tools and Components segment produces and distributes general purpose and specialty mechanics' hand tools. Its products include toolboxes and storage devices; diesel engine retarders; wheel service equipment; drill chucks; custom-designed headed tools and components; and precision socket screws, fasteners, and miniature precision parts. The company was organized in 1969. It was formerly known as DMG, Inc. and changed its name to Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc. in 1978. Further, the company changed its name to Danaher Corporation in 1984. Danaher is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING INC (DO)
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, engages in contract drilling of offshore oil and gas wells worldwide. It also engages in deep water drilling services. As of August 10, 2005, its fleet consisted of 44 offshore drilling rigs, including 29 semisubmersibles, 14 jack-ups, and 1 drillship. The company serves the deep water, harsh environment, conventional semisubmersible, and jack-up markets. Its customers include independent oil and gas companies, and government-owned oil companies. The company has operations in United States, Europe, South America, Africa, Mexico, Australia, and Southeast Asia. The company was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. is a subsidiary of Loews Corporation.
DOVER CORPORATION (DOV)
Dover Corporation manufactures industrial products and manufacturing equipment in the U.S. and Europe. It operates in six segments: Diversified, Industries, Resources, Technologies, Specialty Electronic Components (SEC), and Marking and Imaging. Diversified segment provides refrigeration systems, display cases, electrical distribution products, engineering services, fluid control assemblies and structural components, and operator cabs and rollover structures. Industries segment offers equipments and components for use in waste handling, bulk transport, automotive and food service, packaging, and construction equipment industries. Its products include refuse collection bodies, vehicle service and storage lifts, tank trailers, commercial foodservice cooking equipment, and vehicle collision measuring and repair systems. Resources segment produces components and equipment for the oil and gas production, petroleum retailing, refining and transportation, automotive, and recreational industries. Its products comprise modular automation and workholding components, pumps and compressors for the transfer of liquid and gas products, valves, electronic controls, loading arms, swivels, and couplings. Technologies segment manufactures precision machinery used to assemble components onto printed circuit boards that include thru-hole component assembly machines, surface mount placement equipment, and odd component assembly cells. It also offers precision screen printers, and related tools and consumables to apply solder paste and epoxy glue to substrates. SEC segment provides frequency control components, microwave electro-mechanical switches, and multilayer ceramic capacitors and planar arrays. Marking and Imaging segment supplies industrial marking and coding systems. Its primary product, Continuous Ink Jet printer, is used for marking variable information, such as date codes or serial numbers on consumer products. Dover was incorporated in 1947 and is based in New York City.
DOMINOS PIZZA INC (DPZ)
Domino's Pizza, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in sale and delivery of pizzas under the brand name Domino's Pizza, principally in the United States. The company also provides sale of food, equipment, and supplies to company-owned and franchised Domino's Pizza stores through company-owned distribution centers. As of April 1, 2005, the company operated a network of 7,757 franchised and company-owned stores in the United States and internationally. As of the above date, it operated 18 regional dough manufacturing and distribution centers in the contiguous United States and 8 dough manufacturing and distribution centers outside the contiguous United States. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY (DRH)
Diamondrock Hospitality Company operates as a real estate investment company. It owns, acquires, and invests in upper upscale and upscale hotel properties located in North America. The company primarily focuses on the acquisition of full-service, urban select service, and urban extended-stay lodging properties in the United States. DiamondRock Hospitality was formed in 2004 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
DATALINK CORPORATION (DTLK)
Datalink Corporation serves as an architect of enterprise-class information storage infrastructures of data intensive industries in the United States. It analyzes, designs, implements, and supports information storage infrastructures that store, protect, and provide continuous access to information. Datalink offers solutions for storage area networks, network-attached storage, direct-attached storage, and IP-based storage. The company's solutions include hardware products, such as disk arrays, tape systems, and interconnection components, as well as storage management software products. It also offers assistance in the installation of solutions and support services subsequent to the installation, as well as provides consulting services. The company has partnerships with ADIC, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Crossroads Systems, Inc., Diligent Technologies Corporation, EMC Corporation, Hitachi Data Systems, LEGATO Systems, Inc., Managed Storage International, Inc., McData Corporation, Network Appliance, Inc., Quantum Corporation, Spectra Logic Corporation, Storage Technology Corporation, and VERITAS Software Corporation. Datalink was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
EBAY INC (EBAY)
eBay, Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops an Internet-based marketplace for the sale of goods and services by individuals and small businesses. The company offers an online platform through which buyers and sellers browse, buy, and sell various items, including trading cards, antiques, dolls, and housewares, as well as used cars, clothing, books and compact disks, and electronics. The eBay online service permits sellers to list items for sale, buyers to bid on items of interest, and all eBay users to browse through listed items in an automated, topically-arranged service that is available online. It also offers online payment services. The company has Web sites directed toward the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Belgium, India, Australia, New Zealand, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, and South Korea. eBay was founded by Pierre M. Omidyar in 1995. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.
ENCANA CORPORATION (ECA)
EnCana Corporation engages in the exploration, production, and marketing of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids (NGL) in Canada, the U.S., Ecuador, and the United Kingdom. The company operates in two divisions, Upstream, and Midstream and Marketing. The Upstream division manages the company's exploration, development, and production of natural gas, NGL and crude oil, and other related activities. The Midstream and Marketing division engages in natural gas storage, NGL processing, and power generation operations, as well as the sale and delivery of produced product, and the purchase of third party product. EnCana had net proved reserves of approximately 10.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 501 million barrels of crude oil and NGLs, as of December 31, 2004. EnCana Corporation was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC SPONSORED ADR REPRESENTING 4 ORDINARY SHARES (CAYMAN I (EDU)
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. provides private educational services based on the number of program offerings, total student enrollments, and geographic presence in China. It offers a range of educational programs, services, and products consisting primarily of English and other foreign language training; test preparation courses for admissions and assessment tests in the United States, the People's Republic of China, and Commonwealth countries; primary and secondary school education; development and distribution of educational content; software and other technology; and online education. The company also provides professional certification preparation programs for PRC bar, Certified Public Accountant, and civil service exams. It provides educational services under New Oriental' brand. The company also distributes and sells books and other educational materials through its own distribution channels, which consist of bookstores and websites, as well as through third-party distributors. In addition, it provides consulting services to students regarding overseas studies and related processes, such as visa applications. New Oriental Education & Technology Group was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING INC (EFII)
Electronics for Imaging, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design and marketing of digital imaging and print management solutions. Its technologies offer document management tools production workflow, print management information software solutions, output management solutions, print servers and controllers, and enterprise and mobile printing solutions. The company's products include stand-alone servers, which are connected to digital copiers and other peripheral devices; and controllers and chip designs, which are embedded in digital copiers, desktop color laser printers, and multifunction devices. It offers design-licensed solutions to printer and copier manufacturers and software to the printing industry. The company's software products and services help customers to automate their print processes and streamline workflow. Its products support a range of printers, copiers, and multifunctional devices. The company sells its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers, major distribution partners, and directly to print shops in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Japan. Electronics for Imaging was founded by Efi Arazi in 1988 and is headquartered in Foster City, California.
8X8 INC (EGHT)
8x8, Inc. engages in the development, marketing, and sale of telecommunication services and technology for Internet protocol (IP) telephony and video applications. It offers voice over IP (VoIP) and video communications service (Packet8 VoIP), Packet8 virtual office service, and videophone equipment and services. Packet8 VoIP is an Internet-based communication service that works over Internet connection in the world, and allows calls to or from phones. It also uses Web-based technologies to enable account setup, account management, billing, and customer support. As part of the Packet8 VoIP service, the company resells private-branded telephone IP terminal adapters and IP videophones. Packet8 virtual office enables users to be part of a virtual PBX that includes automated attendants to assist callers, conference bridges, extension-to-extension dialing, ring groups, and a host of other business class PBX features. 8x8's wholesale voice and video services include a suite of VoIP platforms with a session initiation protocol switching infrastructure at its core together with voice, video, and wireless endpoint devices to form an end-to-end solution. In addition, the company offers a line of telephone handset-to-Ethernet adapter, an IP videophone, and the Packet8-enabled 5.8GHz digital corded/cordless phone. 8x8 sells its Packet8 and Packet8 Virtual Office services to end users through direct sales force, Web site, retail channels, online channels, network marketing firms, and third-party resellers; and the wholesale voice and video service offering to Internet service providers, cable television companies, and digital subscriber line providers worldwide. The company was founded in 1987 as Integrated Information Technology and subsequently changed its name to 8x8, Inc. Further, it changed its name to Netergy Networks, Inc. in 2000 and back to 8x8, Inc. in 2001. 8x8 is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES INC (EGP)
EastGroup Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the development, acquisition, and operation of industrial properties in the United States. As of December 31, 2004, EastGroup owned 171 industrial properties and 1 office building located primarily in the Sunbelt states of Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT and would not be subject to federal income taxes, provided it distributes approximately 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. EastGroup Properties was organized in 1969 and is headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi.
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC (ELS)
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT) owns and operates resort and retirement oriented properties. Its properties provide various amenities and common facilities, such as a clubhouse, a swimming pool, laundry facilities, and cable television service, as well as offers additional amenities. As of May 16, 2005, the company owned or had an ownership interest in a portfolio of 278 properties located in the United States and British Columbia containing 101,779 residential sites. Equity Lifestyle Properties qualifies as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code and would not be subject to federal income tax to the extent it distributes at least 90% of the taxable income to its stockholders. The company was incorporated as Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. in 1992 and changed its name to Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. in 2004. Equity Lifestyle Properties is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
EMC CORPORATION (EMC)
EMC Corporation offers systems, softwares, and services for information lifecycle management worldwide. It operates in four segments: Information Storage Products, Software Group Products and Services, Information Storage and Management Services, and VMware Software Products and Services. The Information Storage Products segment offers networked information storage systems used in a storage area network, networked attached storage, content addressed storage, or direct attached storage environment, as well as platform-based software that controls and enables functions that take place within the networked storage system. The Software Group Products and Services segment develops storage management software that automates, protects, and manages multivendor storage infrastructures; and content management software that enable users to create, manage, deliver, and archive unstructured content, including documents, Web pages, and media. The Information Storage and Management Services segment offers technology solutions, and customer service and education to enable its customers build and manage information technology infrastructures. It also provides consulting, assessments, implementations, integration, operations management, support, and maintenance. The VMware Software Products and Services segment offers software that provides a layer of abstraction between the computing, storage, and networking hardware, as well as the software that runs on it. The company's products and services are used in various computing platforms, storage systems, and software applications, including transaction processing, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, data warehousing, e-commerce, content management, business intelligence, email, and Web hosting. EMC was founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino. The company is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
LM ERICSSON TELEPHONE COMPANY - ADS EACH REPRESENTING 1 UNDERLYING CLASS B SHARE (ERIC)
LM Ericsson Telephone Company and its subsidiaries provide communications networks, related services, and handset technology platforms for mobile and fixed network operators worldwide. It operates through three segments, Mobile Networks, Fixed Networks, and Professional Services. The Mobile Networks segment provides mobile systems solutions to network operators, including radio base stations, base station and radio network controllers, mobile switching centers, and application nodes. It offers mobile telecommunications systems that incorporate 2G (GSM, TDMA, and CDMA), 2.5G (GPR S), and 3G (EDGE, WCDMA, HSPA, CDMA 2000, and TDSCDMA) mobile technology standards. The Fixed Networks segment supplies broadband communications equipment and services to fixed network operators in Latin America and Europe. The fixed network operators are moving from single-service networks toward broadband packet-switched multi-service networks that handle multiple services, such as voice, data, and images. The Professional Services segment provides consulting, education, systems integration, and managed services, as well as customer support services to the telecommunication industry. Further, the company, through its joint venture with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, offers mobile phones, accessories, and PCcards. It operates in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Kista, Sweden.
ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC (ESI)
ITT Educational Services, Inc. provides technology-oriented postsecondary degree programs in the United States. It offers associate, bachelor and master degree programs, and non-degree diploma programs. As of December 31, 2004, the company had 77 institutes located in 30 states that served approximately 44,000 students. As of the above date, it offered 17 degree programs and diploma programs in various fields of study, including information technology, electronics technology, drafting and design, business, and criminal justice. ITT Educational Services was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.
E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (ETFC)
E*TRADE Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, offers financial solutions to retail and institutional customers worldwide. It provides retail investments and trading, which include automated order placement, and execution of market and limit equity, futures, options, exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, and bond orders, as well as offers quick transfer, wireless account access, extended hours trading, quotes, and research and advanced planning tools. The company also offers interest-earning checking, money market, savings, sweep deposit, and certificates of deposit products, as well as provides access to deposit account balances and transactions. In addition, it offers mortgage, home equity, and margin and credit card products; real estate loans; and various consumer loans, including recreational vehicle, marine, commercial, automobile, and credit card loans. The company provides advisory and asset management services to retail clients. E*TRADE Financial primarily provides services through its Web site at www.etrade.com. The company also offers services through its network of customer service representatives, relationship managers, and investment advisors. It provides branded retail Web sites in the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. E*TRADE Financial was founded in 1982 and is based in New York, New York.
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION (EW)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation provides products and technologies designed to treat advanced cardiovascular disease. It provides products and technologies to address heart valve disease, peripheral vascular disease, and critical care technologies. The company's products and technologies are categorized into five areas: heart valve therapy, critical care, cardiac surgery systems, vascular, and other distributed products. Its heart valve therapy portfolio comprises tissue heart valves and heart valve repair products that are used to replace or repair a patient's diseased or defective heart valve. In the critical care area, the company provides hemodynamic monitoring systems used to measure a patient's heart function, as well as disposable pressure transducers and central venous access products for fluid and drug delivery. The company's cardiac surgery systems portfolio consists of a diverse line of products, including oxygenators, blood containers, filters, and other disposable products used during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures, cannulae, and transmyocardial revascularization technology. Edwards Lifesciences' vascular portfolio includes a line of balloon catheter-based products, surgical clips and inserts, angioscopy equipment, artificial implantable grafts, and stents used in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease. In addition, the company's other distributed products include intra-aortic balloon pumps, pacemakers, and other products. It distributes its products through direct sales force and independent distributors primarily in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Edwards Lifesciences was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
EAST WEST BANCORP INC (EWBC)
East West Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for East West Bank, which provides retail and commercial banking services to individuals and businesses in California. The bank offers various deposit products to consumer and commercial customers. Its deposit products include checking accounts, savings accounts, individual retirement accounts, and time deposits, including retail fixed-rate certificates of deposits. Its lending portfolio comprises residential and commercial real estate, residential mortgage, multifamily residential real estate, construction, commercial, trade finance, account receivables, small business administration, inventory, and working capital loans. The bank also offers travelers' checks, safe deposit boxes, and Master Card and Visa merchant deposit services, as well as short-term trade finance facilities to U.S. importers and manufacturers doing business in the Asia Pacific region. It also invests in U.S. treasury securities, U.S. government agency securities, mortgage-backed securities, and corporate securities. As of June 30, 2005, the bank operated 45 offices in Los Angeles, Orange, San Francisco, Alameda, Santa Clara, and San Mateo counties, as well as a representative office in Beijing, China. The company, through its other subsidiary, East West Insurance Services, Inc., provides business and consumer insurance services. East West Bancorp was founded in 1998 and is based in San Marino, California.
FIRST CASH FINANCIAL SERVICES INC (FCFS)
First Cash Financial Services, Inc. provides specialty consumer finance products through pawn stores. The company's pawn stores advance money against pledged tangible personal property, such as jewelry, electronic equipment, tools, sporting goods, and musical equipment; retail previously owned merchandise acquired through collateral forfeitures and over-the-counter purchases from customers; and offer short-term and unsecured advances. It also operates short-term or payday advance stores that provide a range of consumer financial services products, including payday or short-term advances, check cashing, money order sales, money transfers, and bill payment services. As of December 31, 2004, the company owned and operated 197 pawn stores and 87 payday advance stores in 292 locations in 11 states in the United States and 5 states in Mexico. In addition, First Cash has a 50% partnership in Cash & Go, Ltd., which owns and operates 40 kiosks located inside convenience stores. The company was formed in 1988 and is based in Arlington, Texas.
FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC (FCX)
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, mining, and production of copper, gold, and silver. It also smelts and refines copper concentrates in Spain, as well as markets the refined copper products. The company primarily operates the Grasberg open pit and the Deep Ore Zone mines in Indonesia. In addition, Freeport-McMoRan has interests in various undeveloped ore bodies, such as underground Grasberg, Kucing Liar, Mill Level Zone, Deep Mill Level Zone, Ertsberg Stockwork Zone, Big Gossan, and the Dom. As of December 31, 2004, it had 2,769,102 metric tons of proven and probable recoverable ore reserves. The company markets its copper, gold, and silver products worldwide. Freeport-McMoRan is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
FIRST FINANCIAL BANKSHARES INC (FFIN)
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. operates as a holding company for First Financial Bankshares of Delaware, Inc. (bank), which offers various commercial banking services in Texas. The bank accepts checking, savings and money market, and time deposits, as well as originates commercial, financial, agricultural, real estate construction and mortgage, and consumer loans. It offers drive-in and night deposit services, automated teller machines, and safe deposit facilities, as well as transmits funds, and performs other customary commercial banking services. The bank also administers pension plans, profit sharing plans, and other employee benefit plans; estates, testamentary trusts, various types of living trusts, and agency accounts; and provides securities brokerage services, through arrangements with an unrelated third party. In addition, it offers information technology services. As of December 31, 2004, the company had 33 financial centers across Texas, with 8 locations in Abilene, 2 locations in Cleburne, 3 locations in Stephenville, 2 locations in San Angelo, 3 locations in Weatherford, and 1 location each in Mineral Wells, Hereford, Sweetwater, Eastland, Southlake, Aledo, Willow Park, Alvarado, Burleson, Keller, Trophy Club, Roby, Trent, Granbury, and Glen Rose; and 4 banking centers. First Financial Bankshares is based in Abilene, Texas.
FIRST HORIZON NATIONAL CORPORATION (FHN)
First Horizon National Corporation (FHN) operates as the holding company for First Horizon, First Tennessee Bank, and FTN Financial in the United States. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides various financial services to consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments. First Horizon offers deposit products and home loans, as well as provides consumer lending, construction lending, small business lending, financial planning, and brokerage services. First Tennessee Bank offers deposit products, loans, investments, insurance, financial planning, trusts, asset management, and cash management services in Tennessee. FTN Financial provides financial services for the capital market and investment banking communities, which include equity research, correspondent services, and strategic alliances. In addition, FHN offers credit card merchant processing, bill payment processing, check clearing, and other products and services. It operates in approximately 48 states. The company was formerly known as First Tennessee National Corp. and changed its name to First Horizon National Corporation in April 2004. First Horizon National is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.
FIFTH THIRD BANCORP (FITB)
Fifth Third Bancorp, a bank holding company, engages in commercial and retail banking, electronic payment processing services, and investment advisory services in the United States. The bank provides a range of financial products and services to the retail, commercial, financial, governmental, educational, and medical sectors. It offers various deposit products, including checking, savings, and money market accounts; and credit products, such as credit cards, installment loans, mortgage loans, and leasing. The bank also provides electronic fund transfers, automated teller machine (ATM) processing, electronic personal banking, merchant transaction processing, electronic bill payment, and electronic benefit transfer services to regional banks, bank holding companies, service retailers, and other financial institutions. It invests primarily in U.S Treasury and Government agencies, and mortgage-backed securities. As of September 26, 2005, the bank had 1,106 banking centers and operated 2,012 ATM's in the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Fifth Third Bancorp was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD - ORDINARY SHARES (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.
FLIR SYSTEMS INC (FLIR)
FLIR Systems, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of thermal imaging systems and infrared camera systems worldwide. It operates in two divisions, Thermography and Imaging. Thermography division produces systems that provide temperature measurement and thermal pattern, and other diagnostic capabilities used for various commercial, industrial, and governmental applications. Its cameras incorporate temperature measurement capability, enabling the user to perform various diagnostic and analytic activities. Applications for these cameras include electrical and mechanical preventative maintenance, process control, test and measurement, and scientific analysis. Imaging division offers various products, which enable the user to see in darkness and through various types of obscurants, such as smoke, haze, and fog. It offers hand-held imaging systems, as well as fixed mounted products for ground, airborne, and marine applications. Imaging products primarily include hand-held systems used for reconnaissance, surveillance, and law enforcement; stabilized gimbal mounted systems for fixed and rotary wing aircraft applications; fixed mounted ground systems for security and surveillance applications; and maritime systems designed for saltwater environment. These products incorporate additional sensors, including visible light cameras, laser rangefinders, laser illuminators, laser designators, and image analysis software. The company's customers include military, paramilitary, and police forces; original equipment manufacturers; commercial manufacturers; research and development facilities; universities; industrial companies; utilities; and news gathering agencies. It markets its products through direct sales, independent representatives, and distributors. FLIR Systems has a strategic alliance with Pelco, Inc. to offer thermal and visible light security surveillance systems. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
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.
FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GROUP INC (FNFG)
First Niagara Financial Group, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, First Niagara Bank (bank), offers various banking and financial services to individuals and businesses in the Upstate New York. It offers consumer and commercial deposit accounts, including savings, negotiable order of withdrawal, business savings and checking, and money market accounts; and certificates of deposits. The bank originates residential and commercial real estate loans; commercial business loans and leases; home equity loans and lines of credit; and consumer loans, including indirect new and used automobile loans, mobile home loans, education loans, and personal secured and unsecured loans. It also offers risk management services, including life, auto, home, long-term care, disability, key person life, and property insurance; and general liability business insurance, including product professional and umbrella policies. The bank provides claims investigation and adjusting services, third party administration of self insured workers' compensation plans, and alternative risk management and self-insurance consulting services. It also offers wealth management services, including sale of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities, and other investment products, including individual retirement accounts, education savings plans, and retirement plans, as well as offers investment advisory, trust, pension, custody, and cash management services. In addition, the bank through its subsidiaries, invests in real estate limited partnerships, as well as owns a multitenant retail shopping plaza. It invests in U.S. Government and agency securities, municipal bonds, corporate debt obligations, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, and corporate equity securities. As of December 31, 2004, the bank operated through 115 branches, 3 loan production offices, and 155 automated teller machines in 24 counties. The company was organized in 1870 and is based in Lockport, New York.
FIRST REPUBLIC BANK (FRC)
First Republic Bank operates as a commercial bank and wealth management firm. It offers wealth management and private banking services, including deposit accounts, trust, brokerage, and investment advisory services; and originates loans secured by single family residences, multifamily, and commercial properties. The bank offers various deposits, including checking, money market checking, money market savings, savings, and certificates of deposit. It provides residential loans, commercial loans, personal lending loans, business lines of credit, and term loans. In addition, the bank offers online cash management, lock box, merchant card, custody and business escrow, and attorney trust services. Further, it provides investment advisory services for individual and institutional customers. As of March 31, the bank provided its services online; and through branch offices in seven metropolitan areas, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Las Vegas, and New York City.
FOREST LABORATORIES INC CLASS A (FRX)
Forest Laboratories, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of both branded and generic forms of ethical drug products, as well as nonprescription pharmaceutical products sold over-the-counter. The company's products include Lexapro, Celexa, Namenda, Tiazac, Benicar, Benicar HCT, Milnacipran, CCR1, Lercanidipine, Campral, and Combunox. The Lexapro and Celexa are used for the initial and maintenance treatment of depressive disorders, and for generalized anxiety disorders. The Namenda, an N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor antagonist, is used for the treatment of moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease. The Tiazac, Benicar, Benicar HCT, and Lercanidipine are used for hypertension. The Milnacipran is in Phase III development for the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome. The CCR1 is a chemokine receptor involved in the inflammation process. Campral is used for the maintenance of abstinence from alcohol in patients with alcohol dependence. Combunox, an opioid and NSAID combination, is used for the short-term management of pain. It also has various products under development, which include RGH-188 in Phase I clinical trials, an atypical antipsychotic for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar mania, and other psychiatric conditions; phase I completed GRC 3886, a novel, orally available Phosphodiesterase-IV inhibitor in development for chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder and asthma; and Desmoteplase, a novel plasminogen activator, or blood clot-dissolving agent. The company markets its products directly and though independent distributors worldwide to physicians, pharmacies, hospitals, managed care, and other healthcare organizations. The company has strategic alliances with H. Lundbeck A/S; Merz Pharma GmbH; Sankyo Pharma; Merck Sante s.a.s.; Gedeon Richter Ltd.; Glenmark Pharmaceuticals; PAION GmbH; ChemoCentryx, Inc.; Cypress Bioscience, Inc.; and Recordati, S.p.A. Forest Laboratories was organized in 1956 and is based in New York City.
FSI INTERNATIONAL INC (FSII)
FSI International, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and support of equipment used in the fabrication of microelectronics, such as semiconductor devices. The company provides Surface Conditioning (SC) technology solutions and POLARIS system support (PSS) services to worldwide manufacturers of integrated circuits. Its SC business includes manufacture, marketing, and support of equipment that uses wet, vapor, cryogenic, and other chemistry techniques to clean, strip, or etch the surfaces of silicon wafers. The company's PSS products are microlithography products used to deposit photoresist, which is light-sensitive, etch-resistant material used to transfer an image to the surface of a silicon wafer and develop the photosensitive material. Its PSS products include robot refurbishment, system level and standard upgrades, systems operations and maintenance training, and spare parts. The company also offers system upgrade packages, spare part kits, software maintenance licenses, individual spare part components, and support services that provide product and process enhancements. In addition, it sells process, service, and maintenance programs. The company was founded in 1973 as Fluoroware Systems Corporation, and changed its name to FSI Corporation in 1977. Further, it changed to its name to FSI International Inc. in 1987. FSI international is based in Chaska, Minnesota.
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR HOLDINGS I LTD COMMON SHARES (FSL)
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking, and wireless markets worldwide. It operates through three primary segments: Transportation and Standard Products Group (TSPG), Networking and Computing Systems Group (NCSG), and Wireless and Mobile Solutions Group (WMSG). TSPG segment provides embedded systems components, including processors, such as microcontrollers, embedded microprocessors, and digital signal processors; sensors; and analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. NCSG segment offers embedded processors and related connectivity products for the wired and wireless networking and computing markets, which include communications processors, host processors, digital signal processors, radio frequency devices, timing and interconnect devices, network processing devices, and networked multimedia devices. It also offers semiconductors that enable the transmission, switching, and processing of data and voice signals within communications systems. WMSG segment provides semiconductors for wireless mobile devices, such as cellular phones, smart phones, personal data assistants, two-way messaging devices, global positioning systems, mobile gaming devices, and wireless consumer electronics. The company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and to contract manufacturers through own sales force, agents, and distributors. The company was founded in 1953 and is based in Austin, Texas.
FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION (FULT)
Fulton Financial Corporation operates as a holding company, which offers various retail and commercial banking and financial services to businesses and consumers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, and Virginia. The banks offer checking and savings products, certificates of deposits, and individual retirement accounts; as well as offers secured loan products, including home equity loans and lines of credit; fixed and variable-rate products, including construction loans and jumbo loans; Residential mortgages; and consumer loan products, including automobile loans, automobile and equipment leases, credit cards, personal lines of credit, and checking account overdraft protection. Through its financial services subsidiaries, the corporation offers credit life and accident reinsurance, health insurance, investment management, trust, brokerage, and investment advisory services. Fulton Financial Corporation invests in U.S. Government and agency, state and municipal, equity, corporate debt, and mortgage-backed securities. As of July 26, 2005, the company operated 232 banking offices. The Fulton Financial Corporation was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
FORWARD AIR CORPORATION (FWRD)
Forward Air Corporation provides surface transportation and related logistics services to the North American deferred air freight market. Its shipment consists of a pallet load of freight consisting of electronics, telecommunications equipment, machine parts, trade show exhibit materials, or medical equipment. The company also offers an array of logistics services, including exclusive-use vehicles, dedicated fleets, warehousing, customs brokerage, and shipment consolidation and handling. Forward Air operates through a network of 80 terminals located on or near airports in the United States and Canada, including a central sorting facility in Columbus, Ohio, and 8 regional hubs. It also operates regional hubs in Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Newburgh, Orlando, and San Francisco. The company serves air freight forwarders, integrated air cargo carriers, and passenger and cargo airlines. Forward Air was founded by Scott M. Niswonger in 1981 and is headquartered in Greeneville, Tennessee.
GANNETT CO INC (GCI)
Gannett Co., Inc. operates as a news and information company primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company engages in the publication of newspapers and operation of broadcasting stations and Web sites. It also markets and offers commercial printing, a newswire service, data services, and news programming services. As of February 22, 2005, the company published 101 daily newspapers, including USA TODAY, and owned approximately 750 nondaily publications, as well as operated 21 television stations in the United States. It also published approximately 300 titles, including 17 daily newspapers in the United Kingdom, as of the above date. Gannett was founded by Frank E. Gannett in 1906. The company is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
GARDNER DENVER INC (GDI)
Gardner Denver, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of compressor and vacuum products, as well as fluid transfer products. Its Compressor and Vacuum Products segment offers rotary screw, reciprocating, sliding vane, and centrifugal air compressors; positive displacement, centrifugal, and side channel blowers; and liquid ring pumps and engineered systems for industrial and commercial applications. This segment also provides ancillary products, such as access platforms, axles and gear boxes, power take-offs, and valves. Gardner Denver sells these products to durable and nondurable goods manufacturers; petroleum, primary metals, pharmaceutical, food, and paper industries; original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); manufacturers of carpet cleaning equipment, pneumatic conveying equipment, and dry and liquid bulk transports; wastewater treatment facilities; and automotive service centers. The company's Fluid Transfer Products segment offers pumps, water jetting systems, and related aftermarket parts used in oil and natural gas well drilling, servicing, and production, as well as in industrial cleaning and maintenance. This segment also provides other fluid transfer components and equipment, including loading arms, swivel joints, couplers, and valves used to load and unload ships, tank trucks, and rail cars. Gardner Denver sells its products through independent distributors and sales representatives, as well as directly to OEMs, engineering firms, and end-users. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Quincy, Illinois.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (GE)
General Electric Company engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of various products for the generation, transmission, distribution, control, and utilization of electricity. The company operates through 11 segments: Advanced Materials, Commercial Finance, Consumer Finance, Consumer and Industrial, Energy, Equipment and Other Services, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Insurance, NBC Universal, and Transportation. Through these segments, it delivers network television services; operates television stations; and provides cable, Internet, and multimedia programming services. In addition, the company offers various financial and other services, including consumer financing, commercial and industrial financing, real estate financing, asset management and leasing, mortgage services, consumer savings and insurance services, and specialty insurance and reinsurance. GE's products include major appliances; lighting products; industrial automation products; medical diagnostic imaging equipment; motors; electrical distribution and control equipment; locomotives; power generation and delivery products; nuclear power support services and fuel assemblies; commercial and military aircraft jet engines; chemicals for treatment of water and process systems; and engineered materials, such as plastics, silicones, and superabrasive industrial diamonds. The company provides various services, such as product services; electrical product supply houses; electrical apparatus installation, engineering, repair, and rebuilding services; and computer-related information services. GE has a strategic alliance with Harrison Western Process Technologies, Inc. to provide process recovery, water reuse, and wastewater solutions to serve the mining market. GE operates in approximately 100 countries worldwide. General Electric Company was created pursuant to the merger of Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Company in 1892. The company is based in Fairfield, Connecticut.
GREENHILL (GHL)
Greenhill & Co., Inc., an independent investment banking company, provides financial advice on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and corporate finance matters worldwide. It also manages merchant banking funds and commits capital to those funds. The company's merchant banking fund management activities include management of Greenhill's merchant banking funds and investments by Greenhill in those funds. The company was founded by Robert F. Greenhill in 1996. Greenhill is headquartered in New York City.
GULFMARK OFFSHORE INC NEW (GLF)
GulfMark Offshore, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide offshore marine services to companies involved in offshore exploration and production of oil and natural gas. Its fleet of vessels provides various services that support the construction, positioning, and ongoing operation of offshore oil and natural gas drilling rigs and platforms. The company's offshore support vessels are used to transport materials, supplies, and personnel, as well as to move and position drilling structures. It also provides management services to other vessel owners. Its fleet consists of various types of vessels that include platform supply vessels; anchor handling vessels, towing, and supply vessels; construction support vessels; standby rescue vessels; crewboats; specialty vessels; and utility vessels. As of December 31, 2006, the company operated a fleet of 59 offshore supply vessels in the North Sea, offshore Southeast Asia, Brazil, the Mediterranean Sea, India, Mexico, and Africa. It offers its services to integrated oil and natural gas companies, independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies working in international markets, and foreign government-owned or controlled oil and natural gas companies. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Houston, Texas.
GATX CORPORATION (GMT)
GATX Corporation, a finance and leasing company, provides business solutions to customers and partners worldwide. It operates in three segments: GATX Rail (Rail), GATX Air (Air), and GATX Specialty Finance (Specialty). Rail segment engages in leasing rail equipment, including tank cars, freight cars, and locomotives to railroads, chemical, petroleum, agricultural, and food processing companies. This segment also provides full-service leases, including maintenance of the railcars and payment of ad valorem taxes. As of December 31, 2004, it owned approximately 128,500 railcars, as well as had an ownership interest in approximately 26,700 railcars. In addition, it owned 531 locomotives, as well as managed approximately 12,700 railcars for third party owners, as of the above date. Air segment engages in leasing narrowbody aircraft that are used by commercial airlines. This segment also offers aircraft management services to third-party owners. These services include marketing the aircraft, and monitoring aircraft maintenance and condition, as well as administering the portfolio, including billing and collecting rents, accounting and tax compliance, reporting and regulatory filings, purchasing insurance, and lessee credit evaluation. It owned 163 aircraft and managed 66 aircraft for third parties, as of above date. Specialty segment engages in asset-based financial operations, including asset/portfolio acquisitions, management, and remarketing. This segment also provides asset management services for third-party owners. It pursues investments in marine assets and select industrial equipment assets. GATX Corporation was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
GENTEX CORPORATION (GNTX)
Gentex Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of electro-optic products, including automatic-dimming (AD) rearview mirrors for the automotive industry, as well as fire protection products primarily for the commercial building industry worldwide. Its AD mirrors include the AD headlamp control mirror, the AD lighted mirror with light emitting diode map lamps, the AD compass mirror, the AD mirror with remote keyless entry, the AD compass/temperature mirror, the AD dual display compass/temperature mirror, AD telematics mirrors, and the AD HomeLink mirror for the automotive vehicles. The company manufactures approximately 60 models of smoke alarms and smoke detectors, combined with approximately 160 models of signaling appliances. These fire protection products are generally used in fire detection systems common to office buildings, hotels, motels, military bases, college dormitories, and other commercial establishments. Gentex also offers single-station alarms for both commercial and residential applications. The fire protection products are sold directly to fire protection and security product distributors under the company's brand name, electrical wholesale houses, and to original equipment manufacturers of fire protection systems under both the company's brand name and private labels. Gentex was founded by Fred Bauer in 1974. The company is based in Zeeland, Michigan.
GENUINE PARTS COMPANY (GPC)
Genuine Parts Company distributes automotive replacement parts in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It operates in four divisions: Automotive Parts, Industrial Parts, Office Products, and Electrical/Electronic Materials (EEM). The Automotive Parts division distributes automotive replacement parts and accessory items, as well as offers inventory, cataloging, marketing, training, and other programs. The Industrial Parts division supplies industrial bearings and power transmission equipment replacement parts, including hydraulic and pneumatic products, material handling components; and repair services primarily to industrial concerns. The Office Products division sells computer supplies, including storage media, printer supplies, and computer accessories; office furniture that include desks, credenzas, chairs, chair mats, partitions, files, and computer furniture; office machines, which include telephones, answering machines, calculators, fax machines, multifunction copiers, printers, digital cameras, laminators, and shredders; and desk accessories, business forms, accounting supplies, binders, writing instruments, envelopes, note pads, copy paper, mailroom supplies, and audiovisual supplies. This division also provides school supplies, including bulletin boards, teaching aids, and art supplies; and janitorial supplies, including cleaning supplies, paper towels, and trash can liners, as well as breakroom supplies, such as napkins, utensils, snacks, and beverages primarily to resellers. The EEM division distributes various products, such as magnet wire, copper clad laminate, conductive materials, insulating and shielding materials, assembly tools, test equipment, adhesives and chemicals, pressure sensitive tapes, solder, antistatic products, and thermal management products to original equipment manufacturers, repair shops, the electronic assembly market, and printed circuit board manufacturers. Genuine was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (GS)
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide investment banking, securities, and investment management services worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Investment Banking, Trading and Principal Investments, and Asset Management and Securities Services. Investment Banking segment provides financial advisory services, which include advisory assignments with respect to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, and spin-offs; and underwriting services that include public offerings and private placements of equity, equity-related, and debt instruments. Trading and Principal Investments segment markets and trades interest rate and credit products, trade equities and equity-related products, mortgage-backed securities and loans, currencies and commodities, and derivatives, as well as executes and clears customer transactions on stocks, options, and futures exchanges. This segment also involves in the merchant banking investments. Asset Management and Securities Services segment offers a range of investment advice services, as well as provides brokerage, financing services, and securities lending services to mutual funds, pension funds, hedge funds, foundations, and high-net-worth individuals. The company serves institutions, such as pension funds, governmental organizations, corporations, insurance companies, and foundations and endowments, as well as high-net worth and retail investors. Goldman Sachs Group was founded in 1869 and is based in New York City.
WW GRAINGER INC (GWW)
W.W. Grainger, Inc. supplies facilities maintenance and other related products in North America. The company operates in two segments, Branch-based Distribution and Lab Safety. The Branch-based Distribution businesses include Grainger Industrial Supply division; Grainger Export division; Grainger Global Sourcing division; Grainger S.A. de C.V. (Mexico); Acklands-Grainger, Inc. (Canada); Grainger Caribe, Inc. (Puerto Rico); and China Distribution. It distributes various supplies and equipment, such as material handling, safety and security, cleaning and maintenance, pumps and plumbing, electrical, lighting, ventilation, tools, metal working, fluid power, heating and air-conditioning repair, motors, and power transmissions. The Lab Safety segment markets safety and other industrial products to the U.S. and Canadian organizations. The company serves customers through a network of approximately 600 branches, 18 distribution centers, and several Web sites. W.W. Grainger, Inc. was incorporated in 1928 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.
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.
HALLIBURTON COMPANY (HAL)
Halliburton Company provides engineering, construction, and maintenance services to energy, industrial, and government customers worldwide. It operates in six segments: Production Optimization, Fluid Systems, Drilling and Formation Evaluation, Digital and Consulting Solutions, Government and Infrastructure, and Energy and Chemicals. The Production Optimization segment primarily tests, measures, and provides means to manage well production in the energy sector. It also consists of production enhancement services, and completion tools and services. The Fluid Systems segment provides services and technologies to assist in the drilling and construction of oil and gas wells. The Drilling and Formation Evaluation segment primarily engages in drilling and evaluating the formations related to bore-hole construction and initial oil and gas formation evaluation. The Digital and Consulting Solutions segment provides integrated exploration and production software information systems, consulting services, real-time operations, subsea operations, value-added oilfield project management, and other integrated solutions. It also offers Landmark Graphics, which supplies integrated exploration and production software information systems, as well as professional and data management services. The Government and Infrastructure segment operates as government logistics and services contractors with civil infrastructure capabilities. It represents construction, maintenance, and logistics services for government operations, facilities, and installations. Further, this segment includes civil engineering; consulting; project management services for state and local governments and private industries; integrated security solutions; dockyard operation; and maintenance. The Energy and Chemicals segment provides engineering, procurement, construction, technology, and services for the energy and chemicals industries. Halliburton was founded in 1919 and is based in Houston, Texas.
HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED (HAR)
Harman International Industries, Incorporated engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of audio products and electronic systems worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Automotive, Consumer, and Professional. Automotive segment designs, manufactures, and markets audio, electronic, and infotainment systems for vehicle applications primarily to be installed as original equipment by automotive manufacturers. Its infotainment systems include voice activated telephone and climate control, navigation, rear seat entertainment, Internet access, hard disk recording, MP3 playback, windows media audio playback, and a high-end branded audio system. Consumer segment designs, manufactures, and markets audio, video, and electronic systems for home, computer, and multimedia applications. Professional segment designs, manufactures, and markets loudspeakers and electronics used by audio professionals in concert halls, stadiums, airports, and other buildings, as well as used for recording, broadcasting, cinema, and music reproduction applications. The company sells its products primarily through audio/video specialty and retail chain stores. Harman International Industries was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
HASBRO INC (HAS)
Hasbro, Inc. provides children's and family leisure time entertainment products and services worldwide. The company engages in designing, manufacturing, and marketing games and toys. It offers various games, including traditional board and card games, hand-held electronic games, trading card games, and roleplaying games, as well as electronic learning aids and puzzles. Its toy products include boys' action figures, vehicles and playsets, girls' toys, electronic toys and plush products, preschool toys and infant products, children's consumer electronics, electronic interactive products, and creative play and toy related specialty products. Hasbro also licenses certain of its trademarks, characters, and other property rights for use in connection with consumer promotions and the sale of noncompeting toys and nontoy products. It offers its products under the Playskool, Tonka, Super Soaker, Milton Bradley, Parker Brothers, Tiger, Wizards of the Coast, and other brand names. Hasbro sells its products to various customers, including wholesalers, distributors, chain stores, discount stores, mail order houses, catalog stores, department stores, and other retailers, as well as Internet-based e-tailers. The company was founded in 1923 by Henry Hassenfeld and Helal Hassenfeld under the name Hassenfeld Brothers. It changed its name to Hasbro Industries in 1968 and then to Hasbro, Inc. in 1985. Hasbro is headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED (HBAN)
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated operates as the holding company primarily for The Huntington National Bank (bank) that provides commercial and consumer banking services in the United States. The bank engages in generating deposits and originating loans. Its deposit products include demand, savings, and time deposits, as well as retail certificates of deposit. The bank's loan portfolio comprises commercial construction, industrial, and real estate loans; and consumer automobile, home equity, and residential mortgage loans. It primarily invests in the U.S. Treasury and Federal agencies, and mortgage-backed securities. In addition, the company provides mortgage banking services, automobile financing, equipment leasing, investment management, trust services, and discount brokerage services. Further, Huntington Bancshares engages in reinsuring credit life and disability insurance; selling insurance and financial products and services; and providing Internet and telebanking services. As of June 30, 2005, the company operated 336 branches and 800 automated teller machine facilities in Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Indiana, and Kentucky. Huntington Bancshares is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
HITTITE MICROWAVE CORPORATION (HITT)
Hittite Microwave Corporation engages in the design and development of integrated circuits, modules, and subsystems for technically demanding radio frequency, microwave, and millimeterwave applications. The company's product portfolio includes amplifiers, attenuators, frequency dividers and detectors, frequency multipliers, mixers and converters, modulators, oscillators, phase shifters, sensors, synthesizers, and switches. In addition, it supplies custom semiconductor components to its customers. The company's products are used in a range of wired and wireless communications applications, such as cellular telephone base stations, microwave and millimeter wave radio systems, broadband wireless access systems, and direct broadcast satellite systems. Its products are also used in detection, measurement, and imaging applications, including military communication, targeting, guidance, and electronic countermeasure systems; commercial, scientific, and military spacecraft; automotive collision avoidance systems; medical imaging systems; and industrial test equipment. Hittite Microwave sells its products to original equipment manufacturers through direct sales force, independent sales representatives, and distributors. It has operations in the United States, China, Germany, Korea, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
HNI CORP (HNI)
HNI Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of office furniture and hearth products. The company provides office furniture in four categories: storage, including vertical files, lateral files, pedestals, and high density filing; seating, which includes task chairs, executive desk chairs, conference/training chairs, and side chairs; office systems, such as modular and moveable workspaces with integrated work surfaces, space dividers, and lighting; and desks and related products, including tables, bookcases, and credenzas. It sells these products principally through dealers, wholesalers, and retail superstores primarily to end-users, and federal and state governments. HNI's hearth products include electric, wood-, pellet-, and gas-burning factory-built fireplaces; fireplace inserts; stoves; gas logs; and accessories. These products are sold through a national system of dealers, wholesalers, large regional contractors, and company-owned distribution and retail outlets. The company operates in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. HNI Corporation was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON INC (HOG)
Harley-Davidson, Inc., through its subsidiaries, produces heavyweight motorcycles, and various motorcycle parts and related accessories in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Motorcycles & Related Products, and Financial Services. The Motorcycles & Related Products segment engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of primarily heavyweight touring, custom, and performance motorcycles, as well as a line of motorcycle parts, accessories, clothing, and collectibles. It offers its products under the Harley-Davidson and Buell brand names. The Financial Services segment provides wholesale and retail financing and insurance programs. It engages in financing and servicing wholesale inventory receivables and consumer retail loans primarily for the purchase of motorcycles. This segment's wholesale financial services include floorplan and open account financing of motorcycles, and motorcycle parts and accessories to Harley-Davidson dealers in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Its retail financial services include installment lending for its new and used motorcycles. The Financial Services segment also provides property/casualty insurance, as well as sells extended service contracts, gap coverage, and debt protection products to motorcycle owners. Harley-Davidson sells its products through independent dealers and distributors. The company was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
HOME BANCSHARES INC (HOMB)
Home Bancshares, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides commercial and retail banking, and related financial services to businesses, real estate developers and investors, individuals, and municipalities in central and north central Arkansas, the Florida Keys, and southwestern Florida. Its deposit services include checking, savings, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. The company offers loan products, such as commercial and residential real estate, residential construction, consumer, commercial and industrial, and agricultural loans. It also offers a range of products and services, including Internet banking and voice response information, cash management, overdraft protection, direct deposit, traveler's checks, safe deposit boxes, United States savings bonds, and automatic account transfers. In addition, the company provides trust services, focusing primarily on personal trusts, corporate trusts, and employee benefit trusts. As of December 31, 2006, it operated 40 branches in Arkansas, 7 branches in the Florida Keys, and 3 branches in southwestern Florida. Home Bancshares is headquartered in Conway, Arkansas.
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.
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC (HTLD)
Heartland Express, Inc. operates as a short-to-medium-haul, truckload carrier of general commodities in the United States. The company provides nationwide transportation service to shippers, using late-model equipment and a combined fleet of company-owned and owner-operator tractors. Its primary traffic lanes are between customer locations east of the Rocky Mountains, with selected service to the west. The company also operates seven regional distribution operations in Atlanta, Georgia; Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Columbus, Ohio; Jacksonville, Florida; Kingsport, Tennessee; Chester, Virginia; and Olive Branch, Mississippi. Its primary customers include retailers and manufacturers. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Coralville, Iowa.
HUBBELL INC A (HUB.B)
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INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP INC (IBKR)
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an automated global electronic market maker and broker. It specializes in routing orders, as well as in executing and processing trades in securities, futures, and foreign exchange instruments as a member of approximately 60 electronic exchanges and trading venues worldwide. The company provides direct access trade execution and clearing services to institutional and professional traders for various electronically traded products, including options, futures, stocks, ETFs, forex, and bonds. It offers continuous bid and offer quotations on approximately 324,000 securities and futures products listed on electronic exchanges. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM)
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) operates as an information technology (IT) company worldwide. Its Global Services segment provides consulting services for application and systems integration, client relationship management, financial management, human capital, business strategy and change, supply chain management, and transformation of business processes. The company's Systems and Technology Group segment provides system and component design services, outsourcing of clients' design teams, and technology and manufacturing consulting services. It also offers data storage products, including disk, tape, and storage area networks. In addition, this segment provides semiconductor technology and products, packaging solutions, and engineering technology services to original equipment manufacturer clients. IBM's Personal Systems Group segment offers desktop and notebook computers, production print solutions, on demand print-related solutions, enterprise workgroup print technologies, and print management software and services. Its Software segment provides middleware and operating systems software. Middleware software enables clients to integrate systems, processes, and applications across their enterprises. It also offers collaboration and messaging software to engage in asynchronous communication and knowledge management. The company's Global Financing segment provides lease and loan financing to end users and internal customers. IBM's Enterprise Investments segment develops and provides industry-specific IT solutions supporting the hardware, software, and global services segments of the company. Its product lines include product life cycle management software and document processing technologies. The company was founded in 1910. It was formerly known as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. and changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation in 1924. IBM is based in Armonk, New York.
ICU MEDICAL INC (ICUI)
ICU Medical, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of disposable medical connection systems for use in intravenous (I.V.) therapy applications. Its products include CLAVE, a one-piece, needleless I.V. connection device; custom I.V. systems; Punctur-Guard line of blood collection needles; CLC2000, one piece, swabable connector used to connect I.V. lines to catheters; 1o2 Valve, a one-way or two-way drug delivery system; and Lopez Enteral Valve, a small T' valve designed to be connected into nasogastric, gastric, or jejunostomy tube systems. The company's devices are designed to protect healthcare workers and their patients from exposure to infectious diseases, such as Hepatitis B and C and Human Immunodeficiency Virus, through accidental needlesticks. In addition, the company develops a family of single-use needleless connectors for use in piggyback and nonpiggyback applications. ICU Medical sells its products to I.V. product manufacturers and independent distributors. It distributes its products in the United States, Canada, western Europe, the Pacific Rim, Latin America, and South Africa. ICU Medical was founded by George A. Lopez and is based in San Clemente, California.
IDEXX LABORATORIES INC (IDXX)
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and distribution of veterinary, food, and water testing products and related services worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Companion Animal Group (CAG), Water Quality Products (Water), and the Food Diagnostics Group (FDG). The CAG segment offers single-use, hand-held test kits that allow test results for various companion animal diseases and health conditions. It also provides instrument systems, including blood and urine chemistry analyzer, and hematology analyzers, as well as offers commercial veterinary laboratory and consulting services. The Water segment develops, designs, manufactures, and distributes products to detect contaminants in water. Its Colilert, Colilert-18, and Colisure tests detect coli-forms and E. coli in water. These water tests are used by government laboratories, water utilities, and private certified laboratories. This segment's products also comprise Enterolert, which detects enterococci in drinking and recreational waters; and Quanti-Tray, which provide users measurements of microbial contamination. FDG manufactures and distributes products to detect disease and contaminants in production animals and food. It sells diagnostic tests and related instrumentation and software that are used to detect a range of diseases and to monitor health status in production animals. The production animal products are purchased primarily by government laboratories, and poultry and swine producers. In addition, this segment sells SNAP beta-lactam, which is used in testing antibiotic residue in milk, to milk producers and processors. The company markets, sells, and services its products through its sales force, as well as through independent distributors and resellers. IDEXX was incorporated in 1983 and is based in Westbrook, Maine.
IDEX CORPORATION (IEX)
IDEX Corporation manufactures an array of engineered industrial products in the United States. It operates in three segments: Pump Products, Dispensing Equipment, and Other Engineered Products. Pump Products segment produces various pumps, compressors, flow meters, injectors and valves, and related controls for the movement of liquids and gases. The devices and equipment produced by this segment are used by chemical processing, machinery, water treatment, medical equipment, liquid petroleum distribution, oil and refining, food and beverage, biotech, life sciences, and drug processing industries. Its complementary lines of specialized positive displacement pumps and related products include rotary gear, vane, circumferential piston, and lobe pumps; air-operated diaphragm pumps and miniature gear pumps; peristaltic metering pumps and vacuum pumps; air motors and compressors; and flow meters. Dispensing Equipment segment produces engineered equipment for dispensing, metering and mixing colorants, paints, inks, and dyes; refinishing equipment; and centralized lubrication systems. These equipments are used in various retail and commercial industries around the world. This segment provides equipment, systems, and services for applications, such as tinting paints and coatings, industrial and automotive refinishing, and the precise lubrication of machinery and transportation equipment. Other Engineered Products segment produces firefighting pumps, rescue tools, lifting bags, and other components and systems for the fire and rescue industry, and engineered stainless steel banding and clamping devices used in industrial and commercial applications. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Northbrook, Illinois.
INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC (IIIN)
Insteel Industries, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Insteel Wire Products Company, engages in the manufacture and marketing of concrete reinforcing products and industrial wire products for construction and industrial applications primarily in the United States. It offers concrete reinforcing products, which include welded wire reinforcement (WWR) and prestressed concrete strand (PC strand). WWR is produced as an engineered reinforcing product for use in nonresidential, infrastructure, and residential construction. PC strand is a seven-wire strand that is used to impart compression forces into precast concrete elements and structures, as well as provide reinforcement for bridges, parking decks, buildings, and other concrete structures. The company also produces a range of WWR products comprising concrete pipe reinforcement, standard welded wire reinforcement, and engineered structural mesh. Its industrial wire products include tire bead wire, which is a bronze-plated steel wire for use by tire manufacturers. In addition, the company provides specialty small diameter wire to manufacturers for a range of industrial and commercial applications. Insteel distributes its products directly to users, as well as through wholesalers and distributors in Canada, Mexico, and Central and South America. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
INFORMATICA CORPORATION (INFA)
Informatica Corporation provides enterprise data integration software that handles a range of enterprise-wide integration initiatives, including data warehousing, data migration, data consolidation, master data management, and data synchronization. Its products enable its customers to simplify their information technology infrastructure by providing a single platform for enterprise data integration initiatives. The company's products include PowerCenter, an enterprise data integration product for accessing, integrating, and delivering data to systems, people, or processes; PowerExchange, which provides access to critical enterprise data systems, including mainframe, midrange relational databases, and file-based systems as a standalone solution or as a tightly integrated product; SuperGlue, a software that provides the ability to catalog, view, and analyze metadata assets; PowerAnalyzer, a software for data integration and data delivery processes. It also offers a set of professional services, including product-related customer support, consulting services, and education services. Informatica Corporation has approximately 2,100 customers from various industries, including technology, financial services, manufacturing, educational, and telecommunications. It markets and sells its software and services through its direct sales force in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Informatica Corporation also has relationships with distributors in various regions, including Europe, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Japan and Latin America, who sublicense its products and provide service and support within their territories. Informatica Corporation was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
INFINERA CORPORATION (INFN)
Infinera Corporation offers DTN System, a digital optical communications system in the United States. Its DTN System utilizes the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology to enable digital processing and management of data with the capability to generate WDM wavelengths and to add, drop, switch, manage, protect, and restore network traffic digitally. The company's PIC technology transmits and receives 100 Gigabits per second of optical capacity and incorporates the functionality of approximately 60 discrete optical components into a pair of indium phosphide chips. The DTN System is used to enable optical to electrical to optical conversion of communications signals. The company's DTN System is also used to serve as the key element for long-haul and metro optical transport networks of the U.S. and international communications service providers. In addition, it offers built-in software intelligence to route services across optical communications networks and to simplify the customers' network planning, engineering, and operations. The company offers its products to telecommunications carriers, cable operators, and other service providers. Further, it offers a range of support offerings, including product training, installation and deployment services, extended warranties, and multi-level technical support. Infinera Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
INTEL CORPORATION (INTC)
Intel Corporation operates as a semiconductor chip maker that supplies technology solutions for the computing and communications industries. The company's products include microprocessors; chipsets; motherboards; flash memory; communications infrastructure components, including network and embedded processors; wired and wireless connectivity products; products for networked storage; application processors; and cellular baseband chipsets. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers who manufacture computer systems, cellular handsets and handheld computing devices, and telecommunications and networking communications equipment. Intel's customers also include personal computer and network communications products users, including individuals, large and small businesses, and service providers, as well as manufacturers of a range of industrial and communications equipment. It markets its products primarily in Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Japan. The company has a strategic alliance with Alcatel to develop mobile WiMAX solutions. Intel Corporation was founded in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California.
INGERSOLL-RAND PLC (IRELAND) (IR)
Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited provides climate control, industrial solutions, infrastructure development, and security and safety products worldwide. The company designs, manufactures, sells, and services climate control products, such as transport temperature control units, refrigerated display merchandisers, beverage coolers, and walk-in storage coolers and freezers, as well as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems; industrial solutions, which consist of air compressors, fluid products, microturbines, and industrial tools; infrastructure products, including skid-steer loaders, mini-excavators, electric and gasoline powered golf and utility vehicles, portable compressors and light towers, road construction and repair equipment; and security and safety products that comprise locks, door closers, exit devices, door control hardware, doors and frames, decorative hardware, power-operated doors, and electronic and biometric access systems. Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC (ISRG)
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of the da Vinci Surgical System for use in urologic, cardiothoracic, and general surgeries. The da Vinci Surgical System consists of a surgeon's console, a patient-side cart, and proprietary instruments. It translates the surgeon's natural hand movements on instrument controls at a console into corresponding micro-movements of instruments positioned inside the patient through small puncture incisions or ports. The system provides the surgeon with motion, fine tissue control, and 3-D vision characteristic of open surgery, while simultaneously allowing the surgeon to work through small ports. The company also manufactures various EndoWrist instruments, including forceps, scissors, electrocautery, scalpels, and other surgical tools, which incorporate a wrist joint with tips customized for various surgical procedures. Its other products include Aesop Endoscope Positioner, a voice-activated robotic arm that automates the critical task of endoscope positioning; and Hermes Control Center, a centralized system designed to voice control a series of networked smart medical devices. The company sells its products through direct sales force in the United States and Europe, as well as through distributors in Australia, Canada, India, Italy, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Turkey. Intuitive surgical was co-founded by John G. Freund, Frederic Moll, and Robert Younge in 1995. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
JAKKS PACIFIC INC (JAKK)
JAKKS Pacific, Inc. engages in the design, development, production, and marketing of toys and related products. It offers a range of products, such as action figures and accessories, toy vehicles, and role-play toys and accessories; craft, activity, and stationery products; activity sets, compounds, playsets, lunch boxes, and writing instruments; infant and preschool electronic toys; TV activities, toy foam puzzle mats and blocks, activity sets, outdoor products, plush toys, and soft body dolls; and seasonal toys and leisure products, including kites, pool toys, and water guns. The company also provides electronics products; junior sports products; and fashion and mini dolls, and related accessories. JAKKS Pacific sells its products through in-house sales staff and independent sales representatives to toy and mass-market retail chain stores, department stores, office supply stores, drug and grocery store chains, club stores, toy specialty stores, and wholesalers in the United States, Europe, Australia, Canada, Latin America, and Asia. The company was co-founded by Jack Friedman and Stephen G. Berman in 1995 and is headquartered in Malibu, California.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON (JNJ)
Johnson & Johnson engages in the manufacture and sale of various products in the health care field primarily in the United States. It operates through three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics (MDD). Consumer segment manufactures and markets a range of products used in the baby and child care, skin care, oral and wound care, and women's health care fields, as well as over-the-counter pharmaceutical and nutritional products. These products are marketed primarily to the general public; and sold to wholesalers, and directly to independent and chain retail outlets worldwide. Pharmaceutical segment franchises various products in the anti-fungal, anti-infective, cardiovascular, contraceptive, dermatology, gastrointestinal, hematology, immunology, neurology, oncology, pain management, psychotropic, and urology fields. These products are distributed directly, and through wholesalers and health care professionals for use by prescription by the general public. MDD segment offers a range of products, including wound care and women's health products; minimally invasive surgical products; circulatory disease management products; blood glucose monitoring products; professional diagnostic products; orthopedic joint reconstruction, spinal, and sports medicine products; and disposable contact lenses. These products are distributed directly and through surgical suppliers and other dealers for use by or under the direction of physicians, nurses, therapists, hospitals, diagnostic laboratories, and clinics. Johnson & Johnson has an agreement with Bayer AG to jointly develop and market a compound labelled BAY 59-7939 for the prevention and treatment of thrombosis. The company was founded by Robert Wood Johnson in 1887. Johnson & Johnson is headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC (JNPR)
Juniper Networks, Inc. engages in the design and sale of products and services that provide customers with Internet Protocol network solutions primarily in the United States. Its solutions are incorporated into the worldwide Web of interconnected public and private networks across which, various media, including voice, video, and data travel to and from end-users throughout the world. The company also provides security solutions for protecting the network and data on the network. It sells its products and services through direct sales force, distributors, and resellers primarily to government organizations, and research and education institutions, as well as to wireline, wireless, and cable operators. The company operates principally in the United States and Canada, as well as in South America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific region. Juniper Networks was co-founded by Pradeep Sindhu in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
JANUS CAPITAL GROUP INC CMN STK (JNS)
Janus Capital Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the sponsorship, marketing, and provision of investment advisory, distribution, and administrative services to mutual funds and separate accounts in the United States and internationally. The company primarily operates in two segments, Investment Management, and Printing and Fulfillment. The Investment Management segment offers growth equity, core, and international equity funds, as well as balanced, specialty fixed-income, and money market funds, which include Janus Investment Fund, Janus Aspen Series, Janus Adviser Series, and the Janus World Funds Plc. The company also provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional investors. The Printing and Fulfillment segment provides digital and offset printing, and fulfillment services. The digital operation focuses on providing communication solutions using print-on-demand technology and software applications. The offset printing operations provide customers with graphic and design solutions through prepress services and offset printing, including direct marketing packages, brochures, preprinted base stock, and collateral pieces. Janus Capital Group is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
KNIGHT CAPITAL GROUP INC CLASS A (KCG)
Knight Capital Group, Inc., a financial services company, provides market access and trade execution services across multiple asset classes to buy-and sell-side firms, as well as offers capital markets services to corporate issuers and private companies primarily in the United States. The companyÂ's Equities segment provides market access and trade execution services in global equities, and futures and options. This segmentÂ's institutional equity products and services include global equity, option and futures trade execution solutions, block trading, program trading, special situations/risk arbitrage, soft dollar and commission recapture programs, corporate access services, direct market access, EdgeTrade algorithms, and internal crossing. Knight Capital GroupÂ's Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities segment offers fixed income research, voice sales and trading, and capital markets services. It provides trading across a range of fixed income securities, including corporate bonds, distressed debt, asset-and mortgage-backed securities, federal agency securities, convertible bonds, hybrid securities, syndicated bank loans, and emerging markets. This segment also operates a fixed income electronic communication network (ECN) that serves as an electronic inter-dealer system and allows clients to access live and executable offerings; and foreign exchange ECN, which provides clients with access to live executable prices for 51 currency pairs and spot gold and silver streamed by market maker banks and other clients. The company was formerly known as Knight Trading Group, Inc. and changed its name to Knight Capital Group, Inc. in May 2005. Knight Capital Group, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.
KEYCORP (KEY)
KeyCorp operates as a bank and financial holding company that provides retail and commercial banking, commercial leasing, investment management, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individual, corporate, and institutional clients in the United States. The company, through bank and trust company subsidiaries, offers personal and corporate trust services, personal financial services, access to mutual funds, cash management services, investment banking and capital markets products, and international banking services. It provides investment management services to clients that include large corporate and public retirement plans, foundations and endowments, high net worth individuals, and Taft-Hartley plans, which include multiemployer trust funds established for providing pension, vacation, or other benefits to employees. KeyCorp, through its nonbank subsidiaries, also provides other financial services that include accident, health, and credit-life insurance on loans made by its subsidiary bank, principal investing, community development financing, securities underwriting and brokerage, merchant services, and other financial services. As of December 31, 2004, the company operated 935 retail banking branches, a telephone banking call center services group, and 2,194 automated teller machines in 17 states. KeyCorp was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS LP (KMP)
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. engages in the ownership and management of a portfolio of energy transportation and storage assets principally in the United States. The company operates through four segments: Products Pipelines, Natural Gas Pipelines, CO2, and Terminals. The Products Pipelines segment delivers gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and natural gas liquids to various markets through approximately 10,000 miles of products pipelines and 60 associated terminals. Natural Gas Pipelines segment transports, stores, and sells natural gas through approximately 14,000 miles of natural gas transmission pipelines and gathering lines, as well as natural gas gathering and storage facilities. CO2 segment produces, transports, and markets carbon dioxide, CO2, through pipelines to oil fields that use CO2 to increase production of oil. It owns interests in six oil fields in West Texas, and owns and operates a crude oil pipeline system in West Texas. The Terminals segment transloads, stores, and delivers a range of bulk, petroleum, and petrochemical products through approximately 75 owned or operated liquid and bulk terminal facilities and 55 rail transloading and materials handling facilities in the United States. Kinder Morgan, G.P., Inc. serves as the general partner of the company. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners was formed in 1992 and is based in Houston, Texas.
KNOLL INC (KNL)
Knoll, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of branded office furniture products and textiles. The company offers various product categories, including office systems, which are modular and moveable workspaces with functionally integrated panels, work surfaces, desk components, pedestal and other storage units, power and data systems, and lighting. It also provides specialty products comprising high image side chairs, sofas, desks and tables for the office and home, textiles, accessories and leathers, and related products; seating; files and storage; and desks, casegoods, and tables. The company's customers include companies, governmental agencies, and other medium to large sized organizations in various industries, including education, healthcare, and hospitality. Knoll, Inc. was co-founded by Florence Knoll in 1938. The company is headquartered in East Greenville, Pennsylvania.
KENSEY NASH CORPORATION (KNSY)
Kensey Nash Corporation, a medical technology company, engages in the development and manufacture of absorbable biomaterials-based products with applications in the cardiology, orthopaedics, spine, drug and biologics delivery, periodontal/dental, surgical, and wound care markets. It primarily offers Angio-Seal vascular closure device, a device designed to seal and close femoral artery punctures made during diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular catheterizations; and TriActiv embolic protection system, a device designed to prevent microparticulate from traveling downstream during the treatment of diseased coronary saphenous vein bypass grafts. This system utilizes active flushing and extraction to remove debris from the vessel after a treatment procedure. The company also develops various bone graft substitutes fabricated from collagen, synthetic polymers, or composite biomaterials. Kensey Nash has a strategic alliance with St. Jude Medical, Inc. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in Exton, Pennsylvania.
COCA-COLA COMPANY (KO)
The Coca-Cola Company engages in manufacturing, distributing, and marketing nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups worldwide. The company also produces, markets, and distributes juices and juice drinks, as well as water products. It sells beverage concentrates and syrups to bottling and canning operators, distributors, fountain wholesalers, and fountain retailers. The company's beverage products comprise bottled and canned soft drinks and beverages, as well as concentrates, syrups, and not-ready-to-drink powder products. In addition, The Coca-Cola Company markets and distributes sports drinks, teas, coffees, and other beverage products. The company was organized in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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.
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS (LH)
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent clinical laboratory company in the United States. It offers a range of clinical laboratory tests, which are used by the medical profession in routine testing, patient diagnosis, and in the monitoring and treatment of disease. The company offers routine testing services, such as blood chemistry analyses, urinalyses, blood cell counts, Pap tests, HIV tests, microbiology cultures and procedures, and alcohol and other substance-abuse tests. It also offers specialty services, including allergy testing; clinical trials testing; oncology testing in which it diagnoses and monitors certain cancers, and predicts the outcome of certain treatments; HIV genotyping and phenotyping; diagnostic genetics that include cytogenetic, molecular cytogenetic, biochemical, and molecular genetic tests; and urine and blood testing services for the detection of drug and alcohol abuse. In addition, the company provides anatomic pathology testing services in uropathology, dermatopathology, GI pathology, and hematopathology areas. It offers its services through a combination of direct sales generalists and specialists to physicians, hospitals, HMOs and other managed care organizations, governmental agencies, large employers, and other independent clinical laboratories. As of December 31, 2004, the company had 32 primary laboratories and approximately 1,300 service sites, consisting of branches, patient service centers, and STAT laboratories. Laboratory Corporation of America was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Burlington, North Carolina.
LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES (LHO)
LaSalle Hotel Properties, a real estate investment trust (REIT), through its subsidiary, LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P., engages in the purchase, ownership, and leasing of upscale and luxury hotels located in convention, resort, and urban business markets in the United States. The company owned interest in 19 hotels with approximately 6,300 suites/rooms located in 10 states and the District of Columbia, as of December 31, 2004. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax provided it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its shareholders. LaSalle Hotel Properties was organized in 1998 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (LLTC)
Linear Technology Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of linear integrated circuits. Its products include amplifiers, comparators, voltage references, monolithic filters, linear regulators, DC-DC converters, battery chargers, data converters, communications interface circuits, radio frequency signal conditioning circuits, and other analog functions. The company's products are used in various applications, including telecommunications; cellular telephones; networking products, such as optical switches; notebook and desktop computers; computer peripherals; video/multimedia; industrial instrumentation; security monitoring devices; consumer products, such as digital cameras and MP3 players; complex medical devices; automotive electronics; factory automation; process control; and military and space systems. Linear Technology markets its products through direct sales force and electronics distributors, as well as through a network of independent sales representatives to customers in diverse industries worldwide. The company was co-founded by Robert H. Swanson and Robert C. Dobkin in 1981. Linear Technology is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY (LLY)
Eli Lilly and Company engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of primarily pharmaceutical products in the United States and internationally. The company's products include neuroscience products, which include Zyprexa, Prozac, Strattera, Cymbalta, Permax, Symbyax, and Yentreve; endocrinology products that consist primarily of Humalog, Humulin, Actos, Evista, Forteo, and Humatrope; and oncology products, which comprise primarily of Gemzar and Alimta. It also offers cardiovascular products that consist primarily of ReoPro and Xigris; and anti-infectives, which primarily include Ceclor and Vancocin. The other pharmaceutical product group includes Cialis, Axid, and other miscellaneous pharmaceutical products and services. In addition, Eli Lilly offers animal health products that include Tylan, Rumensin, Coban, and other products for livestock and poultry. It primarily sells its pharmaceutical products through wholesalers that serve pharmacies, physicians and other health care professionals, and hospitals. Eli Lilly has a collaboration agreement with HistoRx, Inc. to apply the HistoRx AQUA platform for quantitative pathology analysis; and with Alkermes, Inc. to develop and commercialize inhaled formulations of parathyroid hormone for the treatment of osteoporosis. The company was founded by Eli Lilly in 1876 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
LINCARE HOLDINGS INC (LNCR)
Lincare Holdings, Inc. provides oxygen and other respiratory therapy services to patients in the home, in the United States. Its customers typically suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, or asthma, and require supplemental oxygen or other respiratory therapy services. The company offers oxygen delivery equipment, such as oxygen concentrators and liquid oxygen systems, as well as other respiratory therapy services, including nebulizers and associated respiratory medications, noninvasive ventilation, ventilators, and continuous positive airway pressure devices. It also offers home infusion therapies, including parenteral nutrition, intravenous antibiotic therapy, enteral nutrition, chemotherapy, dobutamine infusions, immunoglobulin therapy, continuous pain management, and central catheter management. In addition, Lincare supplies home medical equipment, such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, and other supplies. Lincare Holdings is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.
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.
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION (LSCC)
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (LSC) engages in design, development, and marketing of programmable logic devices and related software primarily in the United States. Its programmable logic products are semiconductor components that could be configured by end customers as specific logic circuits. The company offers field programmable gate arrays, which include LatticeEC/ECP product families. These product families feature built-in double data rate memory support, a flexible DSP block and support for industry standard SPI-flash boot memories. LSC also provides field programmable system chips, known as ORCA 4 FPSC, which enable its users to develop designs for the implementation of 10 gigabit Ethernet and SONET applications; and IspXP products based on SRAM technology for security, instant-on logic functionality, and the elimination of external programming devices. In addition, the company offers ispGDX product family, which extends in-system programmability to the circuit board level using digital cross-point switch architecture for digital signal interconnect and interface applications. Further, it provides programmable logic devices for handheld and portable equipment. LSC's customers primarily include original equipment manufacturers in various markets, including communications, computing, industrial, automotive, medical, and consumer, as well as in the military end market. The company markets its products directly to end customers through a network of independent manufacturers' representatives and indirectly through a network of independent distributors. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.
LIFE TIME FITNESS (LTM)
Life Time Fitness, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the design, building, and operation of sports and athletic, fitness, family recreation, and resort/spa centers, principally in suburban locations of metropolitan areas. Its centers offer a selection of amenities and services, such as indoor swimming pools with water slides, basketball, and racquet courts; interactive and entertaining child centers; full-service spas and dining services; and climbing walls and outdoor swimming pools. The company operated 44 centers in 8 states, including Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia, as of November 16, 2005. The company was founded by Bahram Akradi. It was incorporated in 1990 under the name FCA, Ltd. and changed its name to Life Time Fitness, Inc. in 1998. Life Time Fitness is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
LUFKIN INDUSTRIES INC (LUFK)
Lufkin Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the design, manufacture, sale, and service of oil field pumping units, power transmission products, and highway trailers worldwide. Its oil field products include artificial reciprocating rod lift equipment and related products, which are used to extract crude oil and other fluids from wells. The power transmission products consist of high-speed and low-speed speed increasing and reducing gearboxes for industrial applications. The company's highway trailers comprise van, float, and dump trailers for the freight-hauling market. Lufkin Industries primarily sells its products to oil and gas companies and various industries, as well as to small and medium size fleet freight-hauling companies. It operates in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Latin America. The company was founded in 1902 and is based in Lufkin, Texas.
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY (LUV)
Southwest Airlines Co., a domestic airline, provides point-to-point service in the United States. As of December 31, 2004, it operated 417 Boeing 737 aircraft and provided service to 60 airports in 59 cities in 31 states. The company has six reservations centers located in Albuquerque, Chicago, Houston, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, and San Antonio. It also sells credits to business partners, including credit card companies, hotels, telecommunications companies, and car rental agencies. The company was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
LSI INDUSTRIES INC (LYTS)
LSI Industries, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of lighting fixtures, graphics elements, and digital messaging for both exterior and interior applications primarily in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. It operates in two segments, Lighting and Graphics. The Lighting segment offers exterior lighting, interior lighting, canopy lighting, landscape lighting, lighting light emitting diodes, light poles, lighting analysis, and photometric layouts for the commercial and industrial, as well as multisite retail markets, including the petroleum and convenience store market. The Graphics segment manufactures and sells exterior and interior visual image elements related to graphics and menu board systems. These products are used in visual image programs in various markets, including the petroleum/convenience store market and multisite retail operations. It offers signage and canopy graphics, pump dispenser graphics, building fascia graphics, decals, interior signage and marketing graphics, aisle markets, wall mural graphics, fleet graphics, prototype program graphics, installation services for graphics products, exterior and interior menu board systems, site surveying and permitting, site-specific engineering services, and installation management services. LSI Industries sells its products to quick service and casual restaurants, video rental and eyewear chains, retail chain stores, and automobile dealerships through direct sales force, manufacturers' representatives, and distributors. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
MANPOWER INC (MAN)
Manpower, Inc., a holding company, operates in the employment services industry. It provides a range of human resource services, including permanent, temporary, and contract recruitment; employee assessment; training; internal audit, accounting, technology, and tax services; and organizational consulting services. Manpower was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Glendale, Wisconsin.
MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES INC (MANH)
Manhattan Associates, Inc. (MAI) provides technology-based solutions. It offers software, services, and hardware that improve distribution and transportation through the integration of supply chain constituents. Its software solutions comprise warehouse, transportation, trading partner, distributed order, and reverse logistics management. Warehouse management solutions include the performance of processes that take place in the warehouse and distribution center, such as order and order fulfillment process. Transportation management solutions include functionality that allows a company to procure, plan, and execute transportation services. Trading partner management solutions provide synchronization of key processes and their associated information flows across the supply chain. The distributed order management solutions manage the order fulfillment lifecycle across the supply chain. The reverse logistics management solutions manage and automate the returns process, tracking, storing, referencing, and reporting on returned merchandise. Its performance management solutions use analytic tools and alerting processes that allow distribution center managers to monitor events within the supply chain cycle, analyze historical data, and generate reports. MAI's radio frequency identification (RFID) solution provides integration and reporting platform between RFID readers and supply chain execution, and enterprise resource planning systems. It also provides services, such as design, configuration, implementation, product assessments and training services, customer support services, and software enhancement subscriptions. The company serves manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and transporters in the retail, consumer goods, food and grocery, logistics service providers, industrial and wholesale, technology and electronics, life sciences, and government markets. MAI was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
MB FINANCIAL INC (MBFI)
MB Financial, Inc. (MD) operates as the holding company for MB Financial Bank, N.A, and Union Bank, N.A, which offers commercial banking, retail banking, and wealth management services. The bank's commercial banking services include working capital loans and lines of credit; accounts receivable; inventory and equipment financing; industrial revenue bond financing; business acquisition loans; real estate loans; and financial, performance, and commercial letters of credit. The banks also provide deposit and treasury management products; investment sweep accounts; zero balance accounts; automated tax payments; ATM access; a merchant credit card program; telephone banking; lockboxes; automated clearing house transactions; account reconciliation; controlled disbursement; detail and general information reporting; wire transfers; and various international banking services. The bank's retail banking services comprise acceptance of checking, savings, NOW and money market, and time deposit accounts; and offering of secured and unsecured consumer loans, and residential mortgage loans. Its wealth management products include non-FDIC insured investment alternatives and insurance, personal trusts, investment management, custody, estates, guardianship, land trust, tax-deferred exchange, and retirement plan services. Its investment portfolio consists of corporate bonds, and U.S. Treasury, Equity, and Debt securities issued by foreign governments, as well as U.S. Government agencies, states and political subdivision, and mortgage-backed securities. As of December 31, 2004, the bank operated through 45 branches, including 39 in Chicago, Illinois, 5 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and 1 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. MB Financial is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
MCDONALDS CORPORATION (MCD)
McDonald's Corporation engages in the operation and franchising of McDonald's restaurants worldwide. Its restaurants offer hamburgers and cheeseburgers, Big Mac, Quarter Pounder with Cheese, Big N' Tasty, Filet-O-Fish, several chicken sandwiches, Chicken McNuggets, Chicken Selects, french fries, salads, milk shakes, McFlurry desserts, sundaes, soft serve cones, pies, cookies, and soft drinks and other beverages. Its restaurants also provide breakfast menu that would include Egg McMuffin, Sausage McMuffin with Egg, McGriddle, biscuit and bagel sandwiches, hotcakes, and muffins. In addition, the company operates Boston Market and Chipotle Mexican Grill. McDonald's Chipotle Mexican Grill serves gourmet burritos and tacos; and Boston Market serves chicken, meatloaf, and various other side dishes. As of September 30, 2005, the company had 31,706 restaurants, including 9,213 operated by the company, 18,298 operated by franchisees, and 4,159 operated by affiliates. McDonald's Corporation was founded by Ray Kroc. The company is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.
MONARCH CASINO & RESORT INC (MCRI)
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc., engages in the ownership and operation of the Atlantis Casino Resort (ACR), a hotel/casino facility in Reno, Nevada. As of December 31, 2004, ACR features approximately 51,000 square-feet of casino space with 1,450 slot and video poker machines and 38 table games; a hotel and a motor lodge with rooms totaling 980; a sky terrace bridge; 7 restaurants; 7 bars; a nightclub; swimming pools; a health club and salon; a gift shop; a family entertainment center; a banquet and meeting space; and surface parking spaces for approximately 2,000 vehicles. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Reno, Nevada.
MEDIA GENERAL INC CLASS A (MEG)
Media General, Inc., a diversified communications company, operates newspapers, television stations, and online enterprises in the southeastern United States. The company operates through three segments: Publishing Business, Broadcast Business, and Interactive Media Business. The Publishing Business segment's operations include daily and Sunday newspapers in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Florida. As of December 26, 2004, it owned 25 daily newspapers and approximately 100 other publications. Media General also has one-third equity interest in SP Newsprint Company, which operates newsprint mills in Dublin, Georgia, and Newberg, Oregon. The Broadcast business segment engages in the ownership, operation, and sale of broadcast television stations. As of the above date, it operated 26 network-affiliated television stations in the United States. The Interactive Media business segment provides online news, information, and entertainment to its customers. As of the same date, this segment comprised of approximately 50 interactive enterprises, as well as minority investments in various companies. The company is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
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.
MKS INSTRUMENTS INC (MKSI)
MKS Instruments, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, sale, and servicing of instruments, components, subsystems, and process control solutions that measure, control, power, and monitor critical parameters of semiconductor and other advanced manufacturing processes. Its product groups include instruments and control systems, power and reactive gas products, and vacuum technology products. The company's instruments and control systems include pressure measurement and control products, material delivery products, gas and thin film composition analysis products, and control and information technology products. Its power and reactive gas products include power delivery products and reactive gas generation products. The company's vacuum technology products include vacuum gauges, valves, and components. Its products are used to manufacture semiconductors and thin film coatings for diverse markets, such as flat panel displays, optical and magnetic storage media, architectural glass, and electro-optical products. The company's products are also used in various markets and applications, including the manufacture of semiconductor devices for diverse electronics applications; flat panel displays for hand-held devices, laptop computers, desktop computer monitors, and television sets; magnetic and optical storage media; optical filters and fiber optic cables for data and telecommunications; optical coatings for eyeglasses, architectural glass, and solar panels; and magnetic resonance imaging medical equipment. In addition, the company provides its technologies for other markets, including the medical imaging equipment. It serves semiconductor capital equipment manufacturers; semiconductor device manufacturers; industrial manufacturing companies; medical equipment manufacturers; and university, government, and industrial research laboratories. MKS Instruments was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
MCMORAN EXPLORATION COMPANY (MMR)
McMoRan Exploration Co. engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Gulf Coast region. As of December 31, 2004, it owned or controlled interests in 98 oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico, and onshore Louisiana and Texas covering approximately 252,000 gross acres. The company also owns 100% of the oil operations at Main Pass Block 299, through a joint venture with K-Mc Ventures I, L.L.C. It is also developing the Main Pass Energy Hub project, which includes the conversion of its former Main Pass sulphur facilities into a hub for the receipt and processing of liquefied natural gas, and the storage and distribution of natural gas. As of December 31, 2004, it had proved developed and undeveloped gas reserves of 14,765 million cubic feet (MMcf) and 6,422 MMcf respectively; and proved developed and undeveloped oil reserves of 4,640,475 barrels and 148,660 barrels respectively. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.
MCCLATCHY COMPANY (MNI)
The McClatchy Company, a holding company, engages in the ownership and publication of newspapers primarily in the United States. The company also operates local Web sites in its daily newspaper markets, offering users information, news, advertising, e-commerce, and other services. It owns and operates McClatchy Interactive, an interactive media operation that provides newspapers with content, publishing tools, and software development. The company's newspapers include the Star Tribune, The Sacramento Bee, The Fresno Bee, The Modesto Bee, The News&Observer, The News Tribune, and the Anchorage Daily News. As of December 26, 2004, it owned and published 30 newspapers, including daily and nondaily newspapers in Minnesota, California, the Carolinas, Alaska, and Washington. The company had an average daily circulation of 1,419,311, Sunday circulation of 1,847,242, and nondaily circulation of 69,379 papers, as of the above date. The McClatchy Company was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in Sacramento, California.
MONRO MUFFLER BRAKE INC (MNRO)
Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. operates a chain of stores that provide automotive undercar repair and tire services in the United States. It offers a range of services on passenger cars, light trucks, and vans for brakes; mufflers and exhaust systems; and steering, drive train, suspension, and wheel alignment. In addition, the company provides other products and services, including tires, as well as maintenance services, such as oil change services, heating and cooling system flush and fill' service, belt installation, and a transmission flush and fill' service. Further, Monro Muffler Brake replaces and services batteries, starters, and alternators. As of March 26, 2005, it operated 626 company-operated stores and 16 dealer-operated stores. The company was founded in 1959 by Charles J. August. Monro Muffler Brake is headquartered in Rochester, New York.
MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD (MRTN)
Marten Transport, Ltd. operates as a long-haul truckload carrier in the United States and Canada. It provides protective service transportation of time-and temperature-sensitive materials, such as transporting of food and other consumer packaged goods that require a temperature-controlled or insulated environment. The company also offers loading and unloading, equipment detention, and other accessorial services. As of December 31, 2004, it operated a fleet of 2,283 tractors, including 1,726 company-owned tractors and 557 tractors supplied by independent contractors, as well as a fleet of 3,152 trailers. Marten Transport was founded by Roger R. Marten in 1946 and is headquartered in Mondovi, Wisconsin.
MORGAN STANLEY (MS)
Morgan Stanley, a financial services company, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides various products and services to a range of clients and customers, including corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. The company operates in four segments: Institutional Securities, Individual Investor Group, Investment Management, and Credit Services. The Institutional Securities segment provides investment banking services, including securities underwriting and distribution; and financial advisory services, which include advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, real estate, and project finance. It also engages in selling, trading, financing, and market-making activities in equity securities and related products, and fixed income securities and related products, including foreign exchange and commodities, as well as in other activities, such as real estate investment management, aircraft financing, benchmark indices and risk management analytics, and research. Individual Investor Group segment offers brokerage, investment, and financial services designed to accommodate individual investment goals and risk profiles. The Investment Management segment provides asset management products and services, such as open- and closed-end funds, and separately managed accounts, as well as investment management products and services for individual and institutional investors primarily through its representatives, third-party broker-dealers, banks, financial planners, and other intermediaries. The Credit Services segment provides credit cards, consumer finance products and services, including residential mortgage loans; and a network of merchant and cash access locations primarily in the United States. Morgan Stanley was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in New York City.
MICROSOFT CORPORATION (MSFT)
Microsoft Corporation provides software products for computing devices worldwide. Its Client segment engages in technical architecture, engineering, and product delivery of Windows product family comprising Windows Vista; Windows XP Professional and Home; Media Center Edition; Tablet PC Edition; and other Windows operating systems. The Server and Tools segment offers integrated server infrastructure and middleware software that support software applications and tools built on the Windows Server operating system. Its products include Windows Server operating system; Microsoft SQL Server; Microsoft Enterprise Services; product support services; Visual Studio; System Center products; Forefront Security products; Biz Talk Server; MSDN; and TechNet. The Online Services Business segment offers personal communications services, such as email and instant messaging, and online information through MSN Search; MapPoint; MSN Internet Access; MSN Premium Web Services; Windows Live; and MSN Mobile Services. The Microsoft Business Division offers Microsoft office product set comprising enterprise content management, collaboration, unified communications, and business intelligence products; and Microsoft Dynamics products that offer business solutions for financial management, customer relationship management, supply chain management, and analytics applications. The Entertainment and Devices Division develops, produces, and markets the Xbox video game system, such as consoles and accessories, third-party games, games published under the Microsoft brand, and Xbox Live operations. It also offers Zune digital music and entertainment device; PC software games; online games; Mediaroom, an Internet protocol television software; and other devices. Further, Microsoft offers online advertising and publishing solutions. It has an alliance with Siemens VDO Automotive AG; and strategic relationship with LogicaCMG plc. Microsoft was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
M&T BANK CORPORATION (MTB)
M&T Bank Corporation operates as the holding company for M&T Bank and M&T Bank, National Association that provide commercial and retail banking services to individuals, corporations, and other businesses and institutions. The banks offer various banking services, including loans and deposits, trust, mortgage banking, asset management, insurance, and other financial services. The banks also offer negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, savings, time, and noninterest-bearing deposit products, as well as residential and commercial real estate, commercial, financial, secured or guaranteed and unsecured consumer loan products, and commercial and consumer leases. The company, through its nonbanking subsidiaries, reinsures credit life, and accident and health insurance; originates and provides residential mortgage loans; engages in commercial real estate lending; and provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services. As of December 31, 2004, M&T Bank had 662 banking offices located in the New York state, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia, as well as a branch in George Town, Cayman Islands. M&T Bank Corporation is headquartered in Buffalo, New York.
MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION (MTG)
MGIC Investment Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary, provides private mortgage insurance to lenders and government sponsored entities in the United States. The private mortgage insurance covers residential first mortgage loans and expands home ownership opportunities by enabling people to purchase homes with less than 20% down payments. The company provides various services for the mortgage finance industry, such as contract underwriting, and portfolio analysis and retention, secondary marketing of mortgage-related assets, and mortgage loan origination and fulfillment services. It also provides an Internet portal, through which mortgage originators can access products and services of wholesalers, investors, and vendors to make a home mortgage loan. The company's customers include originators of residential mortgage loans, such as mortgage bankers, savings institutions, commercial banks, mortgage brokers, credit unions, and other lenders. MGIC Investment was founded in 1984 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS INC (MXIM)
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of a range of linear and mixed-signal integrated circuits. It also provides a range of design processes and capabilities that can be used in custom designs. The company's products include data converters, interface circuits, microprocessor supervisors, operational amplifiers, power supplies, multiplexers, delay lines, clocks, microcontrollers, switches, battery chargers, battery management circuits, RF circuits, fiber optic transceivers, hot-swap controllers, sensors, voltage references, and T/E transmission products. Its products are used in various microprocessor-based electronics equipment, including personal computers and peripherals, process control, instrumentation, test equipment, handheld devices, wireless and fiber communications, and video displays. The company offers its products in various markets, including automotive, communications, consumer, data processing, industrial control, instrumentation, and medical industries. It sells its products worldwide through a direct sales and applications organization, as well as through its own and other unaffiliated distribution channels. Maxim Integrated Products was founded in 1983 by John F. Gifford, Frederick G. Beck, and Richard C. Hood. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
NOBLE ENERGY INC (NBL)
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.
NOBLE CORPORATION NEW (NE)
Noble Corporation provides various services for the oil and gas industry. It provides offshore contract drilling, engineering, and consulting services. The company offers contract drilling services through a fleet of 60 mobile offshore drilling units in the Middle East, U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, the North Sea, Brazil, West Africa, India, and the Mediterranean Sea. Noble Corporation's engineering and consulting services include provision of drilling products and drilling-related software programs, well site management, project management, and technical services. In addition, it provides labor contract drilling services. As of July 18, 2005, the company's fleet consisted of 13 semisubmersibles, 3 dynamically positioned drillships, 41 jackups, and 3 submersibles. Noble Corporation is based in Sugar Land, Texas.
NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY (NFX)
Newfield Exploration Company engages in the exploration, development, and acquisition of crude oil and natural gas properties. Its areas of operation include the Gulf of Mexico, the United States onshore Gulf Coast, the Anadarko and Arkoma Basins of the Mid-Continent, and the Uinta Basin of the Rocky Mountains, as well as offshore Malaysia, offshore Brazil, China's Bohai Bay, and the North Sea. As of December 31, 2004, the company had proved oil and gas reserves of 1.8 trillion cubic feet equivalent, of which 70% were located onshore in the United States, 28% were located in the Gulf of Mexico, and 2% were located internationally. As of the above date, Newfield Exploration owned interests in approximately 300 leases on the Shelf and 80 leases in deepwater, and approximately 330 gross wells in the Gulf of Mexico; approximately 277,000 gross acres and approximately 495 gross wells the onshore Gulf Coast; approximately 514,000 gross lease acres, 22,000 gross mineral acres, and 2,420 gross wells in the Mid Continent; and 110,000 gross acres, 568 gross producing wells, and 293 water injection wells in the Rocky Mountains. The company was founded in 1988 by Joe B. Foster and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
NOKIA CORPORATION SPONSORED AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES (NOK)
Nokia Corporation manufactures mobile devices principally based on global system for mobile communications, code division multiple access (CDMA), and wideband CDMA (WCDMA) technologies. The company operates in three divisions: Multimedia, Enterprise Solutions, and Networks. The Multimedia division focuses on bringing connected mobile multimedia to consumers in the form of advanced mobile devices, including 3G WCDMA mobile devices and solutions. The Enterprise Solutions division enables businesses and institutions extend their use of mobility from mobile devices for voice and basic data to secure mobile access, content, and applications. Its solutions include business-optimized mobile devices for end users, a portfolio of Internet portfolio network perimeter security gateways, and mobile connectivity offerings. The Networks division provides network infrastructure, communications, and networks service platforms and professional services to operators and service providers. Nokia connects people to each other and the information that matters to them with mobile devices and solutions for voice, data, imaging, games, multimedia, and business applications. The company also provides equipment, solutions, and services for its operator and enterprise customers. It sells its mobile devices primarily to operators, distributors, independent retailers, and enterprise customers worldwide. Nokia Corp. has a strategic tie-up with Financial Technologies (India), Ltd. relating to integrated realtime wireless internet information and trading platform for Nokia phones running Series 60 and 80; and with Neusoft Group Co., Ltd. focusing on network security. The company was founded in 1915 and is based in Espoo, Finland.
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC (NTCT)
NetScout Systems, Inc. engages in design, development, marketing, sale, and support of network and application performance management products and solutions under the nGenius brand. Its hardware and software product suite, The nGenius Performance Management System, monitors, collects, and publishes information on the traffic flow of individual software applications, such as voice-over-Internet protocol, e-commerce, supply chain management, and customer relationship management, as well as on the performance of the underlying network and its users' behavior. The system is comprised primarily of two components, data collection via NetScout's network monitoring appliances, called nGenius Probes, software agents, and network devices; and information filtering, aggregation, recording, analysis, and presentation via its software application, nGenius Performance Manager. nGenius Performance Manager is a management solution implemented in a single, integrated application that monitors and reports on network and application traffic, troubleshoots performance problems, and provides information for capacity planning. In addition, the company provides nGenius Flow Collector and nGenius Flow Recorder for the collection and capture of NetFlow information. It sells its products worldwide to financial services, technology, healthcare, retail, telecommunications, and manufacturing companies, as well as government agencies through own sales force, original equipment manufacturers, distributors, resellers, service providers, and systems integrators. The company has a strategic alliance with OPNET to develop models of joint customers. NetScout was co-founded by Anil K. Singhal and Narendra Popat, and was incorporated under the name Frontier Software Development, Inc. in 1984. The company changed its name to NetScout Systems, Inc. in 1997. The company is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.
NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION (NTRS)
Northern Trust Corporation operates as the holding company of The Northern Trust Company (bank). It provides investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions for corporations, institutions, and individuals worldwide. As of December 31, 2003, the bank operated 18 banking offices in the Chicago area. The company also owns national bank subsidiaries; a federal savings bank; trust companies, and various other nonbank subsidiaries, including an investment management company; a securities brokerage firm; and an institutional investment management company. The company operates in two units, Personal Financial Services (PFS) and Corporate and Institutional Services (C&IS). C&IS unit offers investment asset administration and related services to corporate and public entity retirement funds, foundation and endowment clients, fund managers, insurance companies, and government funds, as well as provides a range of commercial banking and treasury management services. PFS unit provides personal trust, custody and investment management services, individual retirement accounts, guardianship, estate administration, and residential real estate mortgage lending. The company provides investment management and related services and products to domestic and international clients of C&IS and PFS. Northern Trust Corporation is based in Chicago, Illinois.
NUCOR CORPORATION (NUE)
Nucor Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of steel and steel products in the United States. Its steel mills' products include hot-rolled steel, such as angles, rounds, flats, channels, sheet, wide-flange beams, pilings, billets, blooms, beam blanks, and plate; and cold-rolled steel. The company's steel products consist of steel joists and joist girders, steel deck, cold finished steel, steel fasteners, metal building systems, and light gauge steel framing. It sells its hot-rolled steel and cold-rolled steel to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers; steel joists and joist girders, and steel deck to general contractors and fabricators; and cold finished steel and steel fasteners to distributors and manufacturers. Nucor was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
NVE CORPORATION (NVEC)
NVE Corporation engages in the development and sale of spintronics devices. Spintronics is a nanotechnology that utilizes electron spin rather than electron charge to acquire, store, and transmit information. Its offers sensor products that detect the presence of a magnet or metal to determine position or speed, and couplers, which transmit digital data at high speed and are used for factory and industrial networks. The company also licenses its spintronic magnetoresistive random access memory technology. It sells its products through manufacturers' representatives and distributors primarily in the United States. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
NVR INC (NVR)
NVR, Inc. operates as a homebuilding and mortgage banking company in the United States. The company constructs and sells single-family detached homes, townhomes, and condominium buildings under three trade names: Ryan Homes, NVHomes, and Fox Ridge Homes. The Ryan Homes product is built in 18 metropolitan areas located in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, New Jersey, and Delaware. The Fox Ridge Homes product is built in the Nashville, Tennessee metropolitan area. The NVHomes product is built in the Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania metropolitan areas. The Ryan Homes and Fox Ridge Homes products are marketed primarily to first-time homeowners and first-time move-up buyers. The NVHomes product is marketed primarily to move-up and upscale buyers. The company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc., provides mortgage-related services to its homebuilding customers in 11 states. Its mortgage banking operations also include separate subsidiaries that broker title insurance and perform title searches in connection with mortgage loans. NVR, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
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.
NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY (NYT)
The New York Times Company operates as a media company, which includes newspapers and related Internet businesses, television and radio stations, and forest products and other investments. It has two segments: News Media and Broadcast Media. The News Media segment comprises The New York Times; NYTimes.com; the International Herald Tribune, a newspaper distributor in the New York city metropolitan area; and the New England Media Group, consisting of The Boston Globe, Boston.com, and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, as well as the Regional Media Group, consisting of 15 newspapers in Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina; and related print and digital businesses. The company operates approximately 40 Web sites. The Broadcast Media segment operates various television stations in Virginia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Ala, Illinois, and Arkansas, as well as two radio stations serving the New York City metropolitan area. In addition, New York Times has ownership interests in one newsprint mill and one mill producing supercalendered paper. The company was incorporated in 1896 and is headquartered in New York City.
SOUTHWEST BANCORP INC (OKSB)
Southwest Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Stillwater National Bank and Trust Company, and SNB Bank of Wichita. It offers a range of commercial and consumer lending and deposit services. The company's deposit services include business mail processing; commercial checking, money market, and other deposit accounts; and retail deposit services that consist of certificates of deposit, money market accounts, checking accounts, NOW accounts, savings accounts, and automatic teller machine access. Southwest also offers a range of commercial loans that comprise commercial real estate loans, working capital and other commercial loans, construction loans, and small business administration guaranteed loans, as well as consumer lending services, which consist of student loans, residential real estate loans and mortgage banking services, and personal lines of credit and other installment loans. In addition, the company provides other services, including Internet banking services, automated lockbox, imaging and information services, and a deposit products that automatically sweeps excess funds from commercial demand deposit accounts and invests them in short term borrowings. As of December 31, 2004, Southwest operated 12 banking offices, 3 located in Stillwater; 2 located in Tulsa, Oklahoma; 2 each located in the Dallas and Austin, Texas metropolitan areas; and 1 each in Oklahoma City and Chickasha, Oklahoma, San Antonio, Texas, and Wichita, Kansas. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
OMNICOM GROUP INC (OMC)
Omnicom Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides advertising, marketing, and corporate communications services. The company, through its agencies, offers services in four fundamental disciplines: traditional media advertising, customer relationship management, public relations, and specialty communications. Its services include advertising, brand consultancy, crisis communications, custom publishing, database management, digital and interactive marketing, direct marketing, directory advertising, entertainment marketing, environmental design, and experiential marketing. Omnicom Group also provides comprise field marketing, financial/corporate business-to-business advertising, graphic arts, healthcare communications, in store design, investor relations, marketing research, media planning and buying, multicultural marketing, and nonprofit marketing. In addition, it offers organizational communications, package design, product placement, promotional marketing, public affairs, public relations, real estate advertising and marketing, recruitment communications, reputation consulting, retail marketing, and sports and event marketing services. The company operates in the United States, Euro Markets, and the United Kingdom. Omnicom Group was founded in 1944 and is based in New York City.
ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION (ORB)
Orbital Sciences Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and operation of small rockets and space systems for the U.S. department of defense and other U.S. government agencies, as well as for commercial and scientific customers. The company operates in three segments: Launch Vehicles, Satellites and Related Space Systems, Transportation Management Systems. The Launch Vehicles segment develops and produces interceptor launch vehicles, suborbital launch vehicles, and space launch vehicles; and designs and demonstrates launch vehicle technologies for advanced space and suborbital programs. The Satellites and Related Space Systems segment designs and manufactures spacecraft, including low-earth orbit and geosynchronous earth orbit satellites, and planetary spacecraft for communications, remote sensing, scientific, military, and technology demonstration missions. This segment also designs and manufactures various other advanced space systems, including satellite command and data handling, attitude control, and structural subsystems for various government and commercial customers. In addition, it provides a range of space-related technical services, including specialized space-related analytical, engineering, and production services for the U.S. government agencies. The Transportation Management Systems segment develops and produces fleet management systems that are used primarily by metropolitan mass transit operators in the United States. Orbital Sciences was co-founded by David W. Thompson in 1982. The company is headquartered in Dulles, Virginia.
PEOPLES UNITED FINANCIAL INC (PBCT)
People's Bank operates as a diversified financial services company in the United States. It provides commercial, consumer, insurance, retail investment, and trust services. As of July 12, 2004, the company had 155 branches and approximately 240 ATMs. It offers consumer and commercial banking, residential lending, insurance sales, and supermarket banking services. Through its subsidiaries, People's Bank provides brokerage and financial advisory services, asset management, equipment leasing and financing, and insurance services. It also issues MasterCard and Visa credit cards. The company was founded in 1842 and is based in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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.
PRECISION DRILLING CORPORATION (PDS)
Precision Drilling Trust provides contract drilling services to the oil and gas industry in Canada. The trust provides its customers with access to an extensive fleet of drilling and service rigs, as well as a range of support services. The company was formerly known as Precision Drilling (1987), Ltd. and changed its name to Precision Drilling Corporation in 1992. It further changed its name to Precision Drilling Trust in November 2005. The trust is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
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.
PREMIERE GLOBAL SERVICES INC (PGI)
Premiere Global Services, Inc. (PGS) provides business communications services and business process solutions in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Data Communications, and Conferencing and Collaboration. The Data Communications segment offers data communications services and business process solutions that deliver business critical and time-sensitive information, such as mortgage rate updates, equity research reports, and regulatory updates. The Conferencing and Collaborations business segment offers traditional and voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP)-based audio conferencing and Web based data collaboration services for group communications activities, such as investor relations calls, training sessions, sales planning calls, and project team meetings. PGS, formerly known as PTEK Holdings, Inc., was incorporated in 1991. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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.
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC (PII)
Polaris Industries, Inc. engages in designing, engineering, manufacturing, and marketing motorized products for recreation and utility use, including all terrain vehicles (ATV), snowmobiles, and motorcycles together with related replacement parts, garments, and accessories. The company also markets a line of recreational apparel, including helmets, jackets, bibs and pants, leathers, and hats for its snowmobile, ATV, and motorcycle lines. It sells its products through dealers and distributors principally located in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Polaris Industries was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Medina, Minnesota.
PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES (PJC)
Piper Jaffray Companies provides securities brokerage, investment banking, and related financial services to individuals, corporations, and public sector and nonprofit entities in the United States. It operates through three segments: Capital Markets, Private Client Services, and Corporate Support and Other. Capital Markets segment offers equity and fixed income financial advisory, capital-raising, and trade execution services for public and private corporations, public entities, nonprofit clients, institutional investors, and retail clients. In addition, this segment provides financial advisory services relating to mergers and acquisitions to consumer, financial institutions, health care, and technology industries, as well as companies in other industries; underwrites debt issuances; and offers interest rate risk management services for government and nonprofit clients. Private Client Services segment provides individual investors with financial advice, and investment products and services, including equity and fixed income securities, mutual funds, and annuities. Corporate Support and Other segment represents business activities managed on an enterprise-wide basis, including administrative support functions, such as finance, legal, and human resources. This segment also includes its private equity and venture capital businesses and its investments in private equity and venture capital funds. Piper Jaffray was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA (PKG)
Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) engages in the manufacture and sale of containerboard and corrugated packaging products in North America. The company manufactures a range of linerboard and corrugating medium, as well as various corrugated packaging products, including conventional shipping containers used to protect and transport manufactured goods; multicolor boxes and displays used to merchandise products in retail locations; and special design/application boxes used in the food and agriculture industry. It also produces meat boxes and wax-coated boxes for the agricultural industry. PCA sells its corrugated products through a direct sales and marketing organization. In addition, the company leases the cutting rights to approximately 115,000 acres of timberland located near its Counce and Valdosta mills. Packaging Corporation was formed in 1999 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.
POLYCOM INC (PLCM)
Polycom, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, and servicing of a line of video, voice, data, and Web conferencing collaboration solutions worldwide. It operates in three segments: Communications, Network Systems, and Services. Communications segment offers videoconferencing collaboration and voice communications products. These products enable businesses and other organizations to communicate with employees, customers, and partners, regardless of location. Network Systems segment provides MGC series of media servers, PathNavigator call processing server, WebOffice Webconferencing software application, and network management and scheduling software to businesses, telecommunications service providers, and government and educational institutions. Services segment includes a range of professional service and support offerings to its resellers and directly to end-user customers. In addition, Polycom offers installation services and a range of training offerings. The company markets and sells its products through a worldwide network of channel partners, including distributors, value-added resellers, and retailers, and directly to communications service providers. Polycom was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC (PM)
Philip Morris International, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products in markets outside the United States of America. Its portfolio comprises international and local brands. The company's primary international brands include Marlboro, L&M, Philip Morris, Chesterfield, Parliament, Lark, and Virginia Slims. Philip Morris International operates in the European Union, the Middle East and Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Its local brands principally include Bond Street in eastern Europe; Red & White in central Europe; A Hijau, A Mild, and Dji Sam Soe in Indonesia; Diana in Italy; Optima and Apollo-Soyuz in Russia; Morven Gold in Pakistan; Boston in Colombia; Best and Classic in Serbia; f6 in Germany; Delicados in Mexico; Assos in Greece; and Petra in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The company is based in New York, New York. Philip Morris International, Inc. operates independently of Altria Group, Inc., as of March 28, 2008.
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC (PNC)
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified financial services company in the United States. It provides regional community banking services, including deposit, lending, and cash management services, as well as investment services. The company also offers wholesale banking services, such as lending products, including secured and unsecured loans, letters of credit, and equipment leases; treasury management services, such as cash and investment management, receivables management, disbursement services, funds transfer services, information reporting, and global trade services; capital markets-related products and services, including foreign exchange, derivatives, loan syndications, and securities underwriting and distribution; and commercial loan servicing to mid-sized corporations, government entities, and large corporations. In addition, it serves as investment manager and trustee for employee benefit plans and charitable and endowment assets; provides contribution plan services and investment options, risk management, investment analytics, and enterprise investment system services; and offers mutual fund transfer agency and accounting and administration services. The company serves customers primarily in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, and Kentucky, as well as in Ireland and Luxembourg. As of September 30, 2005, it operated 830 branch offices and 3,770 ATM's. The PNC Financial Services Group was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC (PNFP)
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. operates as the holding company for Pinnacle National Bank (bank). The bank primarily provides commercial banking services in its primary market area of Davidson County and the surrounding counties. It offers a range of banking, investment, and insurance products and services for small to mid sized businesses and professional entities. Pinnacle National provides various deposit products, including savings, checking, interest-bearing checking, money market, and certificate of deposit accounts; and a range of lending products, including commercial, real estate, and consumer loans to individuals, small to medium-sized businesses, and professional entities, as well as various loans to individuals for personal, family, investment, and household purposes, including secured and unsecured installment and term loans, residential first mortgage loans, home equity loans, and home equity lines of credit. In addition, it invests in obligations of the United States government, obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States government and other securities. The bank also offers and sells various securities and other financial products to the public, as well as provides an array of convenience-centered products and services, including 24 hour telephone and Internet banking, debit cards, direct deposit, and cash management services for small- to medium-sized businesses. Pinnacle Financial Partners was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
POOL CORPORATION (POOL)
SCP Pool Corporation operates as a wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, chemicals, replacement parts, and complementary items in North America and Europe. It offers approximately 91,000 national brand and private label products that include maintenance products, such as chemicals, supplies, and pool accessories; repair and replacement parts for cleaners, filters, heaters, pumps, and lights; packaged pool kits, including walls, liners, bracing, filters, heaters, pumps, and lights for in-ground and above-ground pools; and pool equipment and materials for new pool construction and the remodeling of existing pools. The company also offers complementary products, including building materials, plumbing and electrical supplies, water features, fountains, decorative tile, and toys and games; and other recreational and backyard related products, including hot tubs and hot tub accessories, patio furniture, grills, and artificial Christmas trees. SCP Pool's customers include swimming pool remodelers and builders; retail swimming pool stores; and swimming pool repair and service companies. The company's primary markets include California, Florida, Texas, and Arizona. As of February 14, 2005, it operated 203 customer service centers. The company was founded in 1993 under the name SCP Holding Corporation and changed its name to SCP Pool Corporation in 1995. SCP Pool is based in Covington, Louisiana.
PPG INDUSTRIES INC (PPG)
PPG Industries, Inc. supplies coatings, glass, fiber glass, and chemicals worldwide. Its coating products include protective and decorative coatings for industrial equipment, appliances, and packaging; factory-finished aluminum extrusions and coils; aircraft; automotive original equipment; and other industrial and consumer products, as well as automotive refinishes to the aftermarket. PPG's glass products comprise flat glass, fabricated glass, and continuous-strand fiber glass for the construction, furniture, and electronics industries; automotive original equipment; automotive replacement; and other markets. It offers products directly to independent distributors and through PPG distribution outlets. PPG also produces and markets chlor-alkali chemicals, including chlorine, caustic soda, vinyl chloride monomer, chlorinated solvents, chlorinated benzenes, and calcium hypochlorite directly to manufacturing companies in the chemical processing, rubber and plastics, paper, minerals, metals, and water treatment industries; and supplies specialty chemicals for various products, such as transitions lenses; optical monomers; amorphous precipitated silicas for tire, battery separator, and other end-use markets; teslin synthetic printing sheet used in such applications, as waterproof labels and identification cards; advanced intermediates and bulk active ingredients for the pharmaceutical industry; and phosgene derivatives used in plastics, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and other industries. PPG also provides claims processing services to the insurance and vehicle fleet segments. It operates primarily in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada, Mexico, France, Australia, Brazil, Ireland, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and the Philippines. The company was founded as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. in 1883 and changed its name to PPG Industries, Inc. in 1968. PPG is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
PROSPERITY BANCSHARES INC (PRSP)
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Prosperity Bank (bank). The bank provides a line of financial products and services to small and mediumsized businesses and consumers. It offers various deposit products, such as certificates of deposit, checking with interest accounts, savings accounts, and overdraft protection. The bank provides loans for automobiles and other consumer durables, home equity loans, debit cards, Internet banking, other cash management services, and automated telephone banking. It also provides an array of loan products, including term loans; lines of credit and loans for working capital; business expansion and the purchase of equipment and machinery; interim construction loans for builders; and owner-occupied commercial real estate loans. In addition, the bank invests in U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government agencies. As of March 31, 2005, it operated 85 banking locations with 33 in the Greater Houston consolidated metropolitan statistical area; 18 in south and southwest of Houston, and south Texas; 7 in the Austin, Texas; 16 in the Corpus Christi, Texas; and 11 in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Prosperity Bancshares is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
PATNI COMPUTER SYSTEMS LIMITED PATNI COMPUTER SYSTEMS LIMITED AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES (EACH REPRE (PTI)
Patni Computer Systems Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the information technology (IT) consulting and software development businesses. The company offers application development, application maintenance and support, packaged software implementation, infrastructure management, product engineering, quality assurance, and business process outsourcing services. It primarily serves insurance, manufacturing, telecommunications, and financial services industries. The company also provides services to clients in retail, energy and utilities, logistics and transportation, and media and entertainment industries. In addition, Patni Computer Systems developed technology practices that offer research, design, and development services in product engineering, as well as for independent software vendors. The company markets its products and services through its outreach programs, trade shows, white papers, sponsorships, workshops, road shows, speaking engagements, and public relations management. It has strategic alliance with SAP India; JBoss; Savvion; Sage Software India; Clear Technology, Inc.; Kurt Salmon Associates; and Eagle Investment Systems LLC. The company primarily operates in the United States, as well as in Europe, Japan, and other parts of Asia-Pacific. The company was incorporated in 1978 as Patni Computer Systems Private Limited and changed its name to Patni Computer Systems Limited in 2003. Patni Computer Systems is headquartered in Mumbai, India.
PLATINUM UNDERWRITERS HOLDINGS LTD (PTP)
Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. and its subsidiaries provide reinsurance services worldwide. It provides property and marine, casualty, and finite risk reinsurance coverages. Its property and marine reinsurance includes catastrophe excess-of-loss reinsurance treaties, per-risk excess-of-loss treaties, and proportional treaties. The company's casualty reinsurance includes principally reinsurance treaties that cover umbrella liability, general and product liability, professional liability, workers' compensation, casualty clash, automobile liability, surety, trade credit, accident, and health reinsurance. The company offers its reinsurance products through reinsurance intermediaries to various providers of commercial and personal lines of insurance. Platinum Underwriters Holdings was organized in 2002 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda.
ROCKY BRANDS INC (RCKY)
Rocky Shoes & Boots, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of men''s and women''s footwear, gloves, and related outdoor apparel in the United States and Canada. Its products include rugged outdoor, occupational, military, and casual footwear, and outdoor apparel, as well as Gates gloves. Rocky Shoes & Boots distributes its products through sporting goods stores, outdoor specialty stores, mail order catalogs, independent retail stores, mass merchandisers, retail uniform stores, specialty safety stores, shoe mobiles, and farm stores. It also operates factory outlets in Nelsonville, Ohio, and Edgefield, South Carolina. The company was established in 1932 by William Brooks. Rocky Shoes & Boots is headquartered in Nelsonville, Ohio.
ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC (RHI)
Robert Half International, Inc. provides staffing and risk consulting services. The company operates in three segments: Temporary and Consultant Staffing, Permanent Placement Staffing, and Risk Consulting and Internal Audit Services. The Temporary and Consultant segment provides specialized staffing for various positions in the accounting and finance, administrative and office, information technology, legal, advertising, marketing, and Web design fields, such as creative directors, graphics designers, Web content developers, Web designers, media buyers, and public relations specialists. The permanent Placement segment offers full time personnel in the accounting, finance, administrative and office, and information technology fields, including specialists in programming, networking, systems integration, database design, and help desk support, as well as chief financial officers, controllers, and senior financial analysts. The Risk Consulting and Internal Audit Services segment provides business and technology risk consulting, and internal audit services to various clients in a range of industries. The company operates worldwide, primarily in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Singapore, China, Germany, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Robert Half International was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC (RJF)
Raymond James Financial, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various financial services to individuals, corporations, and municipalities in the United States. The company operates in seven segments: Private Client Group, Capital Markets, Asset Management, RJBank, Emerging Markets, Stock Loan/Borrow, and Other segment. The Private Client Group segment provides securities transaction and financial planning services in the United Kingdom; the Capital Markets segment offers equity and fixed income products and services, such as institutional sales, equity research, equity trading, equity investment banking, fixed income investment banking, fixed income trading, and other services ; and the Asset Management segment offers asset management operations, mutual funds, various proprietary hedge funds, nonaffiliated private account portfolio management alternatives, and other fee based programs. The RJBank segment provides residential, consumer, and commercial loans, as well as FDIC-insured deposit accounts to broker-dealer subsidiaries and to the general public; the Emerging Markets segment operate in securities brokerage, investment banking, and asset management business; the Stock Loan/Borrow segment engages in borrowing and lending securities from and to other broker-dealers, financial institutions, and other counterparties; and the Other segment offers various investment activities. The company also offers various services, including the underwriting, distribution, trading, and brokerage of equity and debt securities; and the sale of mutual funds and other investment products. In addition, it provides investment management services for retail and institutional clients, and banking and trust services. Raymond James Financial was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida.
RLI CORPORATION (RLI)
RLI Corp., through its subsidiaries, underwrites selected property and casualty insurance products. It operates in three segments: Casualty, Property, and Surety. The Casualty segment consists of general liability, transportation, multiperil program, commercial umbrella, personal umbrella, executive products, and other specialty coverages. It also provides employers indemnity and in-home business owner's coverage. The Property segment includes commercial and homeowners/residential property coverages. It primarily underwrites commercial fire, earthquake, builders' risk, difference in conditions, and other inland marine coverages, as well as selected personal lines policies in the state of Hawaii. It also provides coverage for a range of commercial and industrial risks, such as office buildings, apartments, condominiums, industrial and mercantile structures, buildings under construction, and movable equipment. The Surety segment specializes in writing small to large commercial and small contract surety products, as well as those for the energy, petrochemical, and refining industries. It provides products through its branch offices primarily in the United States. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Peoria, Illinois.
RAMBUS INC (RMBS)
Rambus, Inc. provides chip interface products and services. Its memory interface product family includes XDR memory interface, RDRAM memory interface, and DDR controller interface technologies that provide an interface between memory chips and logic chips. The company's logic interface product family consists of serial link interfaces, RaSer X interface, and FlexIO processor bus interface technologies, which provide an interface between two logic chips. Its licensed products are used in a range of computing, consumer electronics, and communications applications. System level products that utilize the company's interfaces include servers, printers, video projectors, video game consoles, digital TVs, set-top boxes, routers, and switches. It also offers engineering services to companies to help them integrate its interface technologies into their chip and system products. The company sells its interfaces and licenses to customers in the Far East, North America, and Europe. Rambus was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Los Altos, California.
RENASANT CORPORATION (RNST)
Renasant Corporation operates as the holding company for Renasant Bank and Renasant Insurance, Inc. The bank offers a range of banking and financial services to individuals to small to medium-size businesses in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. It offers checking and savings accounts, business and personal loans, interim construction and residential mortgage loans, student loans, and equipment leasing, as well as safe deposit and night depository facilities. In addition, the bank provides various fiduciary services, as well as administers qualified retirement plans, profit sharing and other employee benefit plans, personal trusts, and estates. Further, it offers annuities, mutual funds, and other investment services through a third party broker-dealer. Through its insurance agency, Renasant Insurance, the company offers a range of commercial and personal insurance products through insurance carriers. Renasant Corporation operates 61 community bank, insurance, and financial services offices in 36 cities. The company was founded in 1904. It was formerly known as The Peoples Holding Company and changed its name to Renasant Corporation in April 2005. Renasant Corporation is based in Tupelo, Mississippi.
ROCKWOOD HOLDINGS INC (ROC)
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of specialty chemicals and advanced materials for industrial and commercial purposes worldwide. The company operates in six segments: Specialty Chemicals, Performance Additives, Titanium Dioxide Pigments, Advanced Ceramics, Specialty Compounds, and Electronics. The Specialty Chemicals segment offers lithium compounds and chemicals; synthetic metal sulfides; maintenance chemicals; and metal surface treatment chemicals, including corrosion protection/prevention oils. The Performance Additives segment provides iron oxide pigments, wood protection products, inorganic chemicals, synthetic and organic thickeners, specialty pools, spa performance chemicals, algaecides, and aquatic herbicides. The Titanium Dioxide Pigments segment offers titanium dioxide pigments, barium compounds, zinc compounds, and flocculants. The Advanced Ceramics segment provides ceramic-on-ceramic ball head and liner components used in hip joint prostheses systems, ceramic tapes, cutting tools, and other ceramic components. The Specialty Compounds segment offers specification compounds, such as PVC and TPE. The Electronics segment provides chemicals and printed circuit board chemicals, photo-imaging masks, and recycling and repair services. The company serves construction, life sciences, electronics and telecommunications, metal treatment, and general industrial and consumer products markets through direct sales forces, distributors, and third party sales representatives. Rockwood Holdings was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey.
RSC HOLDINGS INC RSC HOLDINGS INC (RRR)
RSC Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the rental of construction and industrial equipment in North America. The company rents approximately 1,400 categories of equipment, including large equipment, such as backhoes, forklifts, air compressors, scissor lifts, booms, and skid-steer loaders, as well as smaller items, such as pumps, generators, welders, and electric hand tools primarily to industrial and non-residential construction companies. The company also sells used equipment; parts; merchandise; and supplies for maintenance, repair, and operations. As of March 31, 2007, the company operated through a network of 459 rental locations across 10 regions in 39 U.S. states and 4 Canadian provinces. RSC Holdings, formerly known as Atlas Copco North America, Inc., is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
RUSH ENTERPRISES INC - CLASS A (RUSHA)
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RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY INC (RVBD)
Riverbed Technology, Inc. provides solutions for wide-area distributed computing in the United States and internationally. It offers Steelhead appliances, which consist of its RiOS proprietary software embedded on a general purpose hardware computing platform. The company's line of Steelhead appliances addresses the needs of customers, such as small office deployments, and large headquarters and datacenter locations. It also provides Central Management Console, a product designed to manage various Steelhead appliances distributed across a wide area network, simplifying the tasks of deploying, configuring, monitoring, reporting, and upgrading large numbers of Steelhead appliances. In addition, Riverbed Technology offers Interceptor, a product designed to enable flexible and scalable deployment of a cluster of Steelhead appliances in data center environments without requiring network reconfiguration. Its customers include finance, engineering, professional services, manufacturing, media, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, utilities, telecom, government, retail, architecture, construction, and technology industries. The company sells its products and support directly through its sales force and indirectly through distribution partners, including value-added resellers. Riverbed Technology was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
SANDY SPRING BANCORP INC (SASR)
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Sandy Spring Bank that offers commercial banking to individuals and businesses in Maryland. It accepts interest-bearing demand deposits, regular savings, money market savings, and time deposits. The bank offers commercial and residential real estate loans, which include residential mortgages, residential construction, commercial real estate, commercial construction, leases, and other commercial loans. It also offers various other services, including lines of credit, equipment leasing, general insurance, and personal trust services. It invests primarily in the U.S. agency, state and municipal, mortgage-backed, corporate debt, trust preferred, and marketable equity securities. As of October 3, 2005, the bank operated 31 community offices in Anne Arundel, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties in Maryland. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Olney, Maryland.
SAFE BULKERS INC (SB)
Safe Bulkers, Inc. provides marine drybulk transportation services worldwide. It transports bulk cargoes containing primarily grain, iron ore, and coal. As of December 31, 2007, the company operated a fleet of 11 drybulk Panamax, Kamsarmax, and Post-Panamax class vessels with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 887,900 deadweight tons. Safe Bulkers, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Athens, Greece.
SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA (SBCF)
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida operates as the holding company for First National Bank and Trust Company of the Treasure Coast, which provides consumer, commercial, and retail banking services. The bank accepts NOW, saving, money market, certificates of deposits, and demand deposits. It also offers construction and land development, residential real estate, commercial real estate loans, and installment loans to individuals. In addition, the bank provides various trust and asset management services, internet banking, as well as securities and annuity products. As of December 31, 2004, the bank operated five banking offices in Stuart, two in Palm City, two in Jensen Beach, one on Hutchinson Island, one in Hobe Sound, five in Vero Beach, two in Sebastian, five in Port St. Lucie, two in Ft. Pierce, and four in northern Palm Beach County, and a loan production office in Brevard County in Florida. Seacoast was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Stuart, Florida.
SCHNITZER STEEL INDUSTRIES INC - CLASS A (SCHN)
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. engages in metal recycling, self-service used auto parts, and mini-mill steel manufacturing businesses in the United States. The Metal Processing and Recycling segment buys, processes, and recycles ferrous and nonferrous metals for sale to foreign and other domestic steel producers, or their representatives, as well as to the steel manufacturing business. The Mini-Mill Steel Manufacturing segment produces rebar, merchant bar, wire rod, coiled rebar, and other specialty products. The Self-Service Used Auto Parts segment purchases salvaged vehicles, sells parts from those vehicles through its retail facilities and wholesale operations, and sells the remaining portion of the vehicles to metal recyclers. The company has a joint venture with Hugo Neu Corporation. Schnitzer Steel Industries was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION (SCHW)
The Charles Schwab Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides securities brokerage, banking, and related financial services to individual and institutional investors primarily in the United States. It provides various asset management accounts; individual retirement accounts; 401(k) record keeping and other retirement plan services to corporations and professional organizations; 529 college savings accounts; and margin loans, as well as access to fixed income securities, and equity and debt offerings. The company also offers first mortgages, home equity lines of credit, pledged-asset mortgages, checking accounts linked to brokerage accounts, certificates of deposit, demand deposit accounts, and credit cards. In addition, it provides third-party mutual funds, including no-load mutual funds; proprietary mutual funds; and mutual fund trading and clearing services to broker-dealers. Further, the company provides custodial, trading, technology, practice management, and other support services to independent investment advisors. It also has operations in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION (SCSS)
Select Comfort Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of adjustable-firmness beds. Its products include mattresses, pillows, blankets, mattress pads, and other bedding accessories. The company sells its products through company-operated stores, a company-operated call center, and its Web site selectcomfort.com, as well as through home furnishings retailers, specialty bedding retailers, and the quality value convenience shopping channel. As of October 25, 2005, it operated 388 stores in the United States. Select Comfort Corporation was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
SEI INVESTMENTS COMPANY (SEIC)
SEI Investments Company provides investment processing, fund processing, and investment management business outsourcing solutions to the financial services industry. The company operates in five segments: Private Banking and Trust, Investment Advisors, Enterprises, Money Managers, and Investments in New Businesses. The Private Banking and Trust segment provides investment processing, fund processing, and investment management programs to banks and other trust institutions located in the United States and Canada. The Investment Advisors segment offers investment management programs to affluent investors through a network of independent registered investment advisors, financial planners, and other investment professionals in the United States. The Enterprises segment provides retirement and treasury solutions to corporations, unions, municipalities, and hospitals; and an endowment and foundation solution for the not-for-profit market in the United States. The Money Managers segment offers investment processing and fund processing to investment managers and mutual fund companies in the United States; and to investment managers of alternative asset classes, such as hedge funds, fund of funds, and private equity funds. The Investments in New Businesses segment provides investment management programs and fund processing to investment advisors, corporations, and money managers located outside the United States; and private banking outsource solutions to institutions in the United Kingdom and continental Europe. SEI Investments was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Oaks, Pennsylvania.
SVB FINANCIAL GROUP (SIVB)
SVB Financial Group operates as the holding company for the Silicon Valley Bank. It operates in three segments: Commercial Banking (CB), SVB Capital (SVBC), and Other. The CB segment offers term and equipment loans, revolving lines of credit, accounts-receivable based lines of credit, asset-based loans, real estate loans, vineyard development loans, and loans for housing projects. Its deposit products include checking accounts, certificates of deposit, and money market accounts. The CB segment also provides wire transfers, automated clearing house payment services, collection and disbursement services, and online banking; lockbox and merchant services; and foreign exchange services, loans and credit facilities guaranteed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and letters of credit. In addition, it provides investment advisory; treasury and cash portfolio management; and reporting and monitoring services. The SVBC segment makes investments in venture capital and other private equity companies; manages venture funds; and offers services to assist private equity firms with liquidating securities following initial public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. The Other segment provides credit services to high-net-worth individuals, which include home equity and secured lines of credit, restricted stock purchase loans, airplane loans, and capital call lines of credit. It also provides investment banking services, including merger and acquisition services, strategic alliances services, and valuations and fairnsess opinions. The Other segment also offers global banking products and personal investment advisory services. The company offers its products and services through its 26 offices in the United States and 3 foreign subsidiaries located in London, England; Bangalore, India; and Shanghai. The company was formerly known as Silicon Valley Bancshares and changed its name to SVB Financial Group in May 2005. SBV is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
SCHLUMBERGER NV (SLB)
Schlumberger Limited, an oilfield services company, supplies technology, project management, and information solutions to oil and gas industry in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Schlumberger Oilfield Services and WesternGeco. Schlumberger Oilfield Services segment supplies a range of technology services and solutions to the international petroleum industry. It provides exploration and production services required during the life of an oil and gas reservoir. This segment offers a range of products and services from formation evaluation through directional drilling, well cementing and stimulation, well completions, and productivity to consulting, software, information management, and information technology infrastructure services that support core industry operational processes. WesternGeco segment provides reservoir imaging, monitoring, and development services. Its services range from 3D and time-lapse (4D) seismic surveys to multicomponent surveys for delineating prospects and reservoir management. Schlumberger Limited was founded in 1927 and is based in New York City.
SLM CORPORATION (SLM)
SLM Corporation, through its subsidiaries, offers education finance in the United States. The company engages in funding, delivering, and servicing support for education loans primarily through its participation in The Federal Family Education Loan Program. It provides various financial services, processing capabilities, and information technology to meet the needs of educational institutions, lenders, students and their families, and guarantee agencies. SLM offers an array of credit products and related services to the higher education community. The company also provides accounts receivable and collections services, which include defaulted student loan portfolio management services; contingency collections services for student loans and other asset classes; student loan default aversion services; and accounts receivable management and collection for purchased portfolios of receivables, and first-party servicing. It serves financial aid offices and schools that are managed within smaller operating segments. SLM was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
SNAP-ON INCORPORATED (SNA)
Snap-on Incorporated engages in the manufacture and marketing of tool, diagnostic, and equipment solutions. It offers a line of products and complementary services under two product categories, Tools and Equipment. Tools product category comprises hand tools, power tools, and tool storage products. Hand tools include wrenches, screwdrivers, sockets, pliers, ratchets, saws and cutting tools, and pruning tools. Power tools include pneumatic; cordless; and corded tools, such as impact wrenches, ratchets, chisels, drills, sanders, and polishers. Tool storage products include tool chests and roll cabinets. Equipment product category consists of solutions for the diagnosis and service of automotive and industrial equipment. Its products include engine analyzers, air conditioning service equipment, brake service equipment, fluid exchange equipment, wheel balancing and alignment equipment, transmission troubleshooting equipment, safety testing equipment, battery chargers, lifts and hoists, diagnostics equipment, and service and collision repair equipment. This product category also includes service and repair information products, diagnostic services, business management systems, point-of-sale systems, integrated systems for vehicle service shops, equipment repair services, and purchasing facilitation services. In addition, the company offers financial services to its customers. Snap-on's customers include automotive technicians; vehicle service centers; manufacturers; industrial tool and equipment users; and those involved in commercial applications, such as construction, electrical, and agriculture. It markets its products and brands in approximately 110 countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The company was founded by Joseph Johnson, William Seidemann, Stanton Palmer, and Newton Tarble in 1920. Snap-on Incorporated is based in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.
SANDISK CORPORATION (SNDK)
SanDisk Corporation engages in the design, development, and market of flash storage card products used in various consumer electronics worldwide. Its products include flash cards, Universal Serial Bus, flash drives, and digital audio players. The company's flash storage allows data to be stored in a compact format that retains the data for an extended period of time after the power has been turned off. Its products are used in digital cameras, feature phones, and other digital consumer devices. SanDisk Corporation sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, retailers, and distributors. The company was co-founded by Eli Harari and Sanjay Mehrotra in 1988. SanDisk Corporation was headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY (SON)
Sonoco Products Company engages in the manufacture of industrial and consumer packaging products and provision of packaging services worldwide. The company primarily operates in three segments: Consumer Packaging, Engineered Carriers and Paper, and Packaging Services. The Consumer Packaging segment offers various products, such as round and shaped rigid packaging, both composite and plastic; printed flexible packaging; and metal and plastic ends and closures. The Engineered Carriers and Paper segment provides paper and composite engineered carriers; paperboard; fiber-based construction tubes and forms; and recovered paper. The Packaging Services segment offers various products and services, including point-of-purchase displays, folding cartons, packaging fulfillment, product handling, brand management, and supply chain management. In addition, the company produces steel, nailed wooden, plywood, recycled, and poly-fiber reels; paperboard packaging forms and transport cushioning bases; injection-molded and extrusion-molded plastics; and coasters and glass covers. The company was founded as the Southern Novelty Company in 1899 and subsequently changed its name to Sonoco Products Company in 1923. The company is headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina.
SONIC CORP (SONC)
Sonic Corp. engages in the operation and franchising of a chain of quick-service drive-ins in the United States and Mexico. The company, through its subsidiary, Sonic Industries, Inc., serves as the franchiser of the Sonic restaurant chain. Its another subsidiary, Sonic Restaurants, Inc., develops and operates the company-owned restaurants. The company's restaurants offer various items, such as specialty soft drinks, frozen desserts, made-to-order sandwiches and hamburgers, extra-long cheese coneys, hand-battered onion rings, tater tots, salads, and wraps. They also offer breakfast items, which include sausage, ham, or bacon with egg and cheese; sandwiches; sausage and egg burritos; and specialty breakfast drinks. As of August 31, 2005, Sonic Corp. had 3,039 Sonic Drive-Ins, including 574 Partner Drive-Ins and 2,465 Franchise Drive-Ins. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
SPARTAN STORES INC (SPTN)
Spartan Stores, Inc. engages in the distribution and retailing of groceries principally in Michigan and Ohio. The company distributes approximately 40,000 stock-keeping units, including dry groceries, produce, dairy products, meat, deli, bakery, frozen food, seafood, floral products, general merchandise, pharmacy, and health and beauty care items to approximately 350 independent grocery stores and 73 corporate owned stores. It also operates retail supermarkets, deep-discount food, and drug stores. Spartan Stores' retail supermarkets offer dry groceries, produce, dairy products, meat, frozen food, seafood, floral products, general merchandise, beverages, tobacco products, health and beauty care products, delicatessen items, and bakery goods. The company's deep-discount food and drug stores offer a full-service pharmacy, general merchandise products, and basic food offerings. As of September 10, 2005, the company operated 54 retail supermarkets and 19 deep-discount food and drug stores. Spartan Stores was formed in 1917 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING NV ORDINARY SHARES (ST)
Sensata Technologies Holding B.V., an industrial technology company, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of sensors and controls worldwide. It produces a range of sensors and controls for mission critical applications, such as thermal circuit breakers in aircraft, pressure sensors in automotive systems, and bimetal current and temperature control devices in electric motors. The companyÂ's primary products include pressure sensors, force sensors, position sensors, motor protectors, and thermal and magnetic-hydraulic circuit breakers and switches. It develops solutions for specific customer requirements or applications across the appliance, automotive, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, industrial, aerospace, defense, data/telecom, and other end-markets. The company was founded in 1916 and is based in Almelo, the Netherlands.
SUNTRUST BANKS INC (STI)
SunTrust Banks, Inc., a financial services holding company, provides various financial services to consumer and corporate customers in the United States. The company operates in six segments: Retail, Commercial, Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB), Wealth and Investment Management (WIM), Mortgage, and National Commerce Financial (NCF). The Retail segment offers loans, deposits, and other fee-based services to consumer and private banking clients, as well as for business clients. The Commercial segment provides enterprises with an array of financial products and services, including commercial lending, treasury management, financial risk management, and corporate bankcards. Its customers primarily include commercial, middle market, commercial real estate, and government/not-for-profit entities. CIB segment engages in corporate banking, investment banking, capital markets businesses, commercial leasing, receivables capital management, and merchant banking. WIM segment provides an array of wealth management products and professional services to both individual and institutional clients. The Mortgage segment offers residential mortgage products through its retail, broker, and correspondent channels. NCF offers commercial and retail banking, savings, and trust services. The company offers its products and services primarily in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. In addition, it provides customers with a selection of technology-based banking channels, including Internet, personal computer, and telephone banking. As of September 30, 2005, the company had 1,647 branches, and 2,769 automated teller machines. SunTrust was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
ST JUDE MEDICAL INC (STJ)
St. Jude Medical, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and distribution of cardiovascular medical devices for the cardiac rhythm management (CRM), cardiac surgery (CS), and cardiology and vascular access (C/VA) therapy areas worldwide. It offers a range of CRM products, such as bradycardia pacemaker systems, tachycardia implantable cardioverter defibrillator systems, and electrophysiology catheters; various CS products, including mechanical and tissue heart valves, valve repair products, and epicardial ablation systems; and C/VA products, that include vascular closure devices, angiography catheters, guidewires, and hemostasis introducers. The company markets and sells its products through direct sales force and independent distributors in the United States, Europe, and Japan, as well as in Canada, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, and the Asia-Pacific region. St. Jude Medical was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.
STEEL DYNAMICS INC (STLD)
Steel Dynamics, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of steel products in the United States. The company sells a range of hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and coated steel products, including various specialty products, such as thinner gauge hot-rolled products, galvanized products, and painted products. It also sells structural steel beams, pilings, and other steel components. In addition, the segment sells special bar-quality and merchant bar-quality rounds, and round-cornered squares. Its products are used primarily in the automotive, construction, commercial, transportation, and industrial machinery markets. Additionally, the company fabricates trusses, girders, steel joists, and steel decking for the nonresidential construction industry, as well as sells standard and premium grade rails for the railroad industry. Steel Dynamics was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
STANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY INC (STLY)
Stanley Furniture Company, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of residential wood furniture targeted at the upper-medium price range of the residential market. Its product offerings include dining room, bedroom, home office, home entertainment, accent tables, and youth furniture. The company's Young America offerings also include playroom and infant furniture. Its products cover various design categories, including American and European traditional, contemporary/modern, transitional, and cottage designs. The company provides its products in various woods, veneers, and finishes. Its distribution network includes independent furniture stores, department stores, and regional furniture chains. Stanley Furniture Company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Stanleytown, Virginia.
STATE STREET CORPORATION (STT)
State Street Corporation operates as the holding company for State Street Bank and Trust Company, which provides a range of products and services for investors worldwide. The company operates in two lines of businesses, Investment Servicing and Investment Management. Investment Servicing business provides services for U.S. mutual funds, collective funds worldwide, corporate and public retirement plans, insurance companies, foundations, endowments, and other investment pools. Its products include custody, accounting, daily pricing, and administration; master trust and master custody; recordkeeping; foreign exchange and trading services; securities lending; deposit and short-term investment facilities; loans and lease financing; investment and hedge fund manager operations outsourcing; and performance, risk, and compliance analytics to support institutional investors. Investment Management business offers an array of services for managing financial assets, including investment management and investment research services, primarily for institutional investors. Its services include U.S. and non-U.S. equity and fixed income strategies, and other related services, such as securities lending. As of December 31, 2004, the company provided its services from 21 offices in the United States; and from offices in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, People's Republic of China, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. State Street Corporation was organized in 1832 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (STX)
Seagate Technology engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of hard disc drives, providing products for a range of enterprise, desktop, mobile computing, and consumer electronics applications. The company produces a range of disc drive products for enterprise applications, such as Cheetah and Savvio family, which are primarily used in enterprise servers, mainframes, and workstations. It also produces U Series X and Barracuda ATA/SATA family disk drives for desktop applications, which are used in desktop computers; Momentus family disk drives for mobile computing applications that are used in notebook computers. In addition, the company produces ST1, U Series X, and Barracuda ATA/SATA family of disk drives for consumer electronics applications, which are used in digital video recorders, digital music players, gaming devices, global positioning navigation systems, and photo printers. It sells its disc drives primarily to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), as well as to small OEMs, dealers, system integrators, and retailers worldwide through distributors. Seagate Technology was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in George Town, Cayman Islands.
SUPERVALU INC (SVU)
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.
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC (SWK)
The Stanley Works produces tools and security products worldwide. It operates in three segments: Consumer Products, Industrial Tools, and Security Solutions. The Consumer Products segment offers hand and consumer mechanics tools, and storage units. Hand tools include measuring instruments, planes, hammers, blades, screwdrivers, saws, chisels, boring tools, masonry, and tile and drywall tools, as well as electronic stud sensors, alignment tools, and elevation measuring systems. Consumer mechanics tools consist of wrenches, sockets, and tool boxes. The Industrial Tools segment offers mechanics tools, pneumatic tools and fasteners, hydraulic tools and accessories, assembly tools and systems, and electronic measuring tools. Mechanics tools comprise wrenches, sockets, electronic diagnostic tools, and industrial storage and retrieval systems. Pneumatic tools and fasteners include nails and staples used for construction, furniture making, pallet manufacturing, and attaching wooden materials. Assembly tools and systems comprise electric and pneumatic assembly tools, including precision tools, controllers, and systems for tightening threaded fasteners principally used by vehicle manufacturers. Electronic measuring tools include laser and optical leveling and measuring devices used by contractors, surveyors, engineers, other professionals, and individuals. The Security Solutions segment provides access and security solutions for retailers, educational and healthcare institutions, government, financial institutions, and commercial and industrial customers. It offers automatic doors, door locking systems, hardware, and security access control systems. Its products include security integration systems, software, installation and maintenance services, and locking mechanisms. The company sells its products through home centers and mass merchant distribution channels. Stanley Works was founded by Frederick T. Stanley in 1843. The company is based in New Britain, Connecticut.
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (SXT)
Sensient Technologies Corporation engages in the manufacture and marketing of colors, flavors, and fragrances worldwide. It operates in Flavors and Fragrances, and Color segments. The Flavors and Fragrances segment develops, manufactures, and supplies flavor and fragrance products that impart a desired taste, texture, aroma, and other characteristics to food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, and household products. The Color segment provides natural and synthetic color systems for use in pharmaceuticals, foods, and beverages; colors and other ingredients for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals; and technical colors for industrial applications and digital imaging. The company's products include flavor enhancers and bionutrients; fragrances and aroma chemicals; dehydrated vegetables and other food ingredients; cosmetic and pharmaceutical additives; inkjet inks, technical colors, and specialty dyes and pigments; and chemicals for laser printing and flat screen displays. Sensient Technologies was founded in 1882. The company was formerly known as Meadow Springs Distillery, National Distilling Company, Red Star Compressed Yeast Company, and Universal Foods. Sensient Technologies is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
STRYKER CORPORATION (SYK)
Stryker Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of orthopedic products and medical specialties worldwide. It operates in two segments, Orthopedic Implants and MedSurg Equipment. The Orthopedic Implants segment sells orthopedic reconstructive, trauma, spine and micro implant systems, bone cement, and the bone growth factor OP-1 products. The MedSurg Equipment segment offers powered surgical instruments, surgical navigation systems, endoscope products, medical video imaging equipment, and hospital beds and stretchers. The company also provides outpatient physical therapy services to its customers that includes physical, occupational, and speech therapy services to patients recovering from orthopedic or neurological illness and injury. Its products are sold in approximately 100 countries through local dealers and direct sales efforts. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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.
AT&T INC (T)
AT&T, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides telecommunication services in the United States and internationally. It provides Internet protocol (IP)-based communications services for businesses, including a portfolio of virtual private network, voice over IP, and other offerings. The company also provides hosting solutions and supporting services for small, medium, and enterprise businesses, including shared, managed and server collocation, and enhanced services. Its services also include Web services, Web site acceleration, caching, content distribution, streaming, enterprise messaging, and uninterrupted access to critical data and applications. In addition, the company provides broadband DSL, and long distance and local voice services; network integration and consulting; contact management services; directory publishing and advertising services; data and managed data services; wireless voice and data services; and a range of conferencing solutions for businesses, including audio conferencing, videoconferencing, and Web conferencing. The company was founded in 1983. It was formerly known as Southwestern Bell Corp. and changed its name to SBC Communications, Inc. in 1995. Further, the company changed its name to AT&T, Inc. in November 2005, subsequent to the acquisition of AT&T Corp. The company is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
TCF FINANCIAL CORPORATION (TCB)
TCF Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for the TCF National Bank that offers banking services in the United States. The bank offers various products, which include commercial, small business, consumer, and residential mortgage loans, as well as deposit products. Its deposit instruments include consumer, small business, and commercial demand deposit accounts; interest-bearing checking accounts; money market accounts; regular savings accounts; certificates of deposit; and retirement savings plans. It also provides commercial real estate loans and education loans, as well as issues standby letters of credit. In addition, the bank offers leasing and equipment finance, securities brokerage, and investment and insurance services. As of September 30, 2005, the bank operated 442 banking offices in Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Indiana. TCF Financial Corporation is based in Wayzata, Minnesota.
TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES INC (TCBI)
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc., a holding company, offers a variety of loan, deposit account, and other financial products and services. It offers a range of products and services to business customers, including commercial loans for working capital; finance for internal growth, acquisitions, and leveraged buyouts; permanent real estate and construction loans; equipment leasing; trust and escrow services; and business insurance products. The company also offers banking services for individual customers, which include personal trust and wealth management services; certificates of deposit; interest bearing and noninterest bearing checking accounts with optional features, such as Visa debit/ automated teller machines cards, and overdraft protection; savings accounts; consumer loans; mortgages; branded Visa credit card accounts; and personal insurance products. In addition, it also offers deposit products, which include commercial checking accounts, lockbox accounts, cash concentration accounts, and other cash management products. Its consumer deposit products include money market accounts and certificates of deposit. The company also offers retirement accounts and related services. Its retirement products include individual retirement accounts and administrative services for retirement vehicles, such as pension and profit sharing plans. Texas Capital BankShares was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
TAUBMAN CENTERS INC (TCO)
Taubman Centers, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust. As of June 30, 2005, the company owned a 63% managing general partner's interest in The Taubman Realty Group Limited Partnership (the operating partnership). The operating partnership is a subsidiary that engages in the ownership, management, leasing, acquisition, development, and expansion of regional retail shopping centers and interests therein. As of the above date, it owned 21 urban and suburban shopping centers in 9 states in the United States. These centers are located in metropolitan areas, including New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Detroit, Phoenix, Miami, Dallas, Tampa, Orlando, and Washington, D.C. The operating partnership also owns certain regional retail shopping center development projects, as well as approximately 99% of The Taubman Company LLC, which manages the shopping centers and provides other services to the operating partnership and to the company. Taubman Centers qualifies as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, the company would not be subjected to federal income tax to the extent it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Taubman Centers was founded in 1950 by A. Alfred Taubman and is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
TEMPLE-INLAND INC (TIN)
Temple-Inland, Inc. manufactures corrugated packaging and forest products in the United States. The company produces containerboard and converts it into a line of corrugated packaging. It also manufactures bulk containers constructed of multiwall corrugated board, which are used for bulk shipments of various materials. Temple-Inland sells its corrugated packaging products to customers in the food, paper, glass containers, chemical, appliance, and plastics industries. The company manages its forest resources of approximately two million acres of timberland in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, and Alabama; and manufactures a range of building products, including lumber, particleboard, medium density fiberboard, gypsum wallboard, and fiberboard for home construction, and repair and remodeling markets. In addition, it provides financial services in the areas of consumer and commercial banking, real estate development, and insurance. The company was organized in 1983 and is based in Austin, Texas.
THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION (TNB)
Thomas & Betts Corporation (TBC) engages in the design and manufacture of electrical connectors and components used in industrial, commercial, communications, and utility markets worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Electrical; Steel Structures; and Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC). The Electrical segment offers connectors, components, and other products for electrical, utility, and communications applications. Its products include fittings and accessories for electrical raceways; fastening products, such as plastic and metallic ties for bundling wire, and flexible tubing; connectors, such as compression and mechanical connectors for high-current power and grounding applications; indoor and outdoor switch and outlet boxes, covers, and accessories; and floor boxes. This segment also offers metal framing used as structural support for conduits, cable tray, and electrical enclosures; emergency and hazardous lighting; safety switches; underground connectors and switchgear; CATV drop hardware; radio frequency connectors; aerial, pole, pedestal, and buried splice enclosures; encapsulation and sheath repair systems; and other products, including insulation products, wire markers, and application tooling products. The Steel Structures segment provides engineered tubular steel transmission and distribution poles, and lattice steel transmission towers for North American power and telecommunications companies. The HVAC segment offers heating and ventilation products for commercial and industrial buildings. Its products include gas, oil, and electric unit heaters; gas-fired duct furnaces; indirect and direct gas-fired make-up air heaters; infrared heaters; and evaporative cooling and heat recovery products. The company sells its products directly, as well as through distributors, mass merchandisers, catalog merchandisers, and home improvement centers. TBC was established in 1898 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.
TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC (TPX)
Tempur-Pedic International, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of advanced visco-elastic products under the TEMPUR and Tempur-Pedic brands worldwide. Its products include pillows, mattresses, and adjustable beds, as well as cushions and other comfort products. The company has sales and distribution operations in the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Tempur-Pedic markets its products through retail, including furniture and specialty stores, as well as department stores internationally; direct response and Internet; chiropractors, medical retailers, and hospitals; and third party distributors. Tempur-Pedic International was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky.
THE TRAVELERS 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.
TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY (TSCO)
Tractor Supply Company operates retail farm and ranch stores in the United States. It offers equine, pet, and animal products, including items necessary for their health, care, growth, and containment; maintenance products for agricultural and rural use; hardware and tool products; seasonal products, such as lawn and garden power equipment; truck, trailer, and towing products; and work clothing for the entire family. As of March 26, 2005, the company operated 528 stores in 34 states. Its customers include farmers, horse owners, ranchers, part-time and hobby farmers, suburban and rural homeowners, contractors, and tradesmen. Tractor Supply Company was founded by Charles E. Schmidt Sr. in 1938. The company is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.
TEXTRON INC (TXT)
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.
TRAVELZOO INC (TZOO)
Travelzoo Inc. operates as an Internet media company that publishes travel offers from various travel companies. The company's publications include the Travelzoo Web site, the Travelzoo Top 20 email newsletter, and the Newsflash email product. It also operates SuperSearch, a pay-per-click travel search engine. The company's products provide advertising opportunities for airlines, hotels, cruise lines, vacation packagers, and other travel companies. These products also provide Internet users with a free source of information on current sales and specials from travel companies. Travelzoo is headquartered in New York City.
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UMPQUA HOLDINGS CORPORATION (UMPQ)
Umpqua Holdings Corporation, a financial holding company, engages primarily in commercial and retail banking, as well as in the delivery of retail brokerage services principally in Oregon and northern California. The company, through its wholly owned banking subsidiary Umpqua Bank (bank), provides various banking, asset management, mortgage banking, and other financial services to corporate, institutional, and individual customers. Umpqua Holdings provides various retail brokerage services through its wholly owned subsidiary Strand, Atkinson, Williams & York, Inc. (Strand). The bank offers various deposit products, including noninterest-bearing checking accounts, interest-bearing checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. It provides loans for business and commercial customers, including accounts receivable and inventory financing, equipment loans, real estate construction loans, and permanent financing and SBA program financing. The bank also offers real estate loans for construction, purchase, and refinancing of residential owner-occupied and rental properties. In addition, it provides loans to individual borrowers for various purposes, including secured and unsecured personal loans, home equity and personal lines of credit, and motor vehicle loans. As of December 31, 2004, the bank had operations in 93 locations. Strand operates as a broker-dealer and investment advisor. It provides brokerage services, including equity and fixed income products, mutual funds, annuities, options, retirement planning, and money management services. In addition, Strand offers life insurance, disability insurance, and medical supplement policies. The company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
UNIFIRST CORPORATION (UNF)
UniFirst Corporation provides workplace uniforms and protective clothing in the United States. The company designs, manufactures, rents, cleans, delivers, and sells various uniforms and protective clothing, including shirts, pants, jackets, coveralls, jumpsuits, lab coats, smocks, and aprons. It also rents industrial wiping products, floor mats, facility service products, and other nongarment items, as well as provides first aid cabinet services and other safety supplies. In addition, UniFirst Corporation decontaminates and cleans work clothes that are exposed to radioactive materials; and services special cleanroom protective wear. The company offers its products and services to automobile service centers and dealers, delivery services, food and general merchandise retailers, food processors and service operations, light manufacturers, maintenance facilities, restaurants, service companies, soft and durable goods wholesalers, and transportation companies. As of August 27, 2005, the company served approximately 190,000 customer locations in the United States, Canada, and Europe. UniFirst Corporation was founded in 1936 and is based in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED (UNH)
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated provides health care services in the United States. It operates in four segments: Uniprise, Health Care Services, Specialized Care Services, and Ingenix. Uniprise segment provides a range of employer business services to meet the needs of national employers and health plans. Health Care Services segment offers network-based health care services through its AmeriChoice, Ovations, and UnitedHealthcare businesses. Specialized Care Services segment offers health and wellness benefits, services, and resources. It provides chiropractic care, physical therapy, complementary medicine, and health and wellness services; integrated personal health management solutions, including consumer health information, education, and decision support services; and life, disability, dental, stop-loss, and critical illness insurance for employers and their employees. Ingenix segment provides a range of data and software analytics, warehousing, and technology services and products that help the customers in delivering health care services. The company's customers include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies; health insurers and other payers; physicians and other health care providers; large employers; and government agencies. As of December 31, 2004, the company provided health care services and resources to individuals through approximately 460,000 physicians and 4,200 hospitals. UnitedHealth Group was founded in 1974 under the name United HealthCare Corporation and changed its name to UnitedHealth Group Incorporated in 1998. UnitedHealth Group is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION (UNP)
Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, provides rail transportation services in North America. The company has approximately 33,000 route miles linking Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and eastern United States gateways, and provides various north/south corridors to Mexican gateways. It provides transportation services mainly for commodities, which include agricultural products, automotive, chemicals, coal, and industrial products, as well as international traffic for steamship customers. Union Pacific was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.
UNITED RENTALS INC (URI)
United Rentals, Inc. operates as an equipment rental company in North America. The company operates in two segments, General Rentals and Traffic Control. The General Rentals segment includes the rental of construction, aerial, industrial and homeowner equipment, and related services and activities. Its customers include construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, and homeowners. The Traffic Control segment includes the rental of equipment for controlling traffic and related services and activities. Its customers include construction companies involved in infrastructure projects and municipalities. The company markets its products through direct sales force, national account program, and e-rental stores. As of September 12, 2005, it operated an integrated network of approximately 730 rental locations in 48 states, 10 Canadian provinces, and Mexico. United Rentals is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
USA TRUCK INC (USAK)
USA Truck, Inc. operates as dry van truckload carrier transporting general commodities throughout the United States, and between locations in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two divisions, General Freight division and USA Logistics division. The General Freight division provides truckload freight services as a medium-haul common carrier. Its USA Logistics division provides freight, regional freight, third party logistics, and brokerage services. The company offers its services to customers in industrial machinery and equipment, rubber and plastics, retail stores, paper products, durable consumer goods, metals, electronics, and chemicals industries. USA Truck was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Van Buren, Arkansas.
US BANCORP (USB)
U.S. Bancorp, a financial holding company, provides various financial services, including lending and depository services, cash management, foreign exchange, and trust and investment management services in the United States. Its depository services include checking accounts, savings accounts, and time certificate contracts. The company's loan portfolio primarily comprises loans and credit lines, home equity loans, student loans, auto loans, personal loans, and personal lines of credit. It also offers credit card services, merchant and automated teller machine (ATM) processing, mortgage banking, insurance, brokerage, leasing, and investment banking. The company also provides banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust, and payment services to individuals, businesses, and institutions. U.S. Bancorp's other products and services include corporate services, payment services, private banking, personal and institutional trust services, corporate trust services, specialized large-scale government banking services, mortgage, commercial credit vehicles, and financial and asset management services. In addition, it provides check conversion products and services, including onsite electronic deposit and electronic cash letter, and health savings accounts. The company primarily invests in the U.S. treasury securities, obligations of state and political subdivisions, debt securities, mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities. As of November 22, 2005, the company operated 2,411 branches and 4,999 ATMs in 24 states. U.S. Bancorp is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
USG CORPORATION (USG)
USG Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and distribution of building materials. The company operates in three segments: North American Gypsum, Worldwide Ceilings, and Building Products Distribution. North American Gypsum segment manufactures and markets gypsum wallboards, cement boards, and fiber panels primarily in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Its products are used for various building applications, such as interior walls, ceilings, and floors in residential, commercial, and institutional construction, as well as for industrial applications. Worldwide Ceilings segment manufactures and markets interior systems products worldwide. Its interior ceilings products, such as ceiling grid and acoustical ceiling tile are primarily used in commercial applications in United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Building Products Distribution segment distributes gypsum wallboard, drywall metal, ceilings products, joint compound, and other building products in the United States. The company distributes its products through building materials dealers, home improvement centers and other retailers, specialty wallboard distributors, and contractors. In addition, it manufactures mineral fiber products and metal specialty systems. USG Corporation was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company and its subsidiaries filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in June 2001. USG Corporation operates its business as debtors-in-possession.
ULTRATECH INC (UTEK)
Ultratech, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of photolithography and laser thermal processing equipment for manufacturers of semiconductor and nanotechnology components. It supplies step-and-repeat systems based on one-to-one (1X) technology to semiconductor device manufacturers for applications involving line geometries of 0.75 microns or greater, and to nanotechnology manufacturers. The company's 1X steppers are also used as replacements for scanners in existing fabrication facilities. Additionally, these steppers are used to manufacture high volume semiconductors used in a variety of applications, such as telecommunications, automotive control systems, power systems, and consumer electronics. Further, the company supplies 1X photolithography systems to thin film head manufacturers, and to various other nanotechnology markets. Ultratech sells its products in North America, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, and the rest of Asia through its direct sales organization and independent sales organizations. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTX)
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) provides products and services to the commercial and aerospace businesses worldwide. It operates in six segments: Otis, Carrier, UTC Fire & Security, Pratt and Whitney, Hamilton Sundstrand, and Sikorsky. The Otis segment provides passenger and freight elevators, as well as escalators and moving walkways to customers in the commercial and residential property industries. The Carrier segment provides heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems; commercial and transport refrigeration; food service equipment; building controls; and energy management and air quality systems. The UTC Fire & Security segment provides electronic security, fire detection and suppression, monitoring and rapid response systems and service, and security personnel services, as well as aircraft fire protection systems to commercial, industrial, aerospace, and retail customers. The Pratt and Whitney segment supplies commercial, general aviation, and military aircraft engines. It provides spare parts and aftermarket and fleet management services primarily for the engines it produces, along with power generation and space propulsion systems. The Hamilton Sundstrand segment offers aerospace products and aftermarket services, including power generation, management, and distribution systems; flight, engine, and environmental control systems; auxiliary power units and propeller systems; and industrial products, including air compressors, metering devices, fluid handling equipment, and gear drives. The Sikorsky segment manufactures military and commercial helicopters. Its aftermarket services include spare parts sales, overhaul and repair services, maintenance contracts, and logistics support programs for helicopters and other aircraft. The company also engages in fuel cell production and development for commercial, transportation, and space applications. UTC was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut.
VIRGINIA COMMERCE BANCORP (VCBI)
Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Virginia Commerce Bank (bank), which offers a range of business and consumer banking services. The bank provides deposit services, including NOW accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, and time deposits; and an array of lending services, such as commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, lines of credit, equipment financing, construction loans, letters of credit, and residential mortgages. It also offers other services, such as electronic funds transfer services, lock-box services, PC banking, and lines of credit for working capital. As of September 30, 2005, the bank operated 18 branch offices, 2 residential mortgage offices, and 1 investment services office in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. Its customer base primarily consists of individuals and small-to-medium sized businesses. Virginia Commerce was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
VMWARE INC (VMW)
VMware, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide virtualization solutions worldwide. Its virtualization solutions separate the operating system and application software from the underlying hardware to achieve improvements in efficiency, availability, flexibility, and manageability. The company's solutions enable organizations to aggregate multiple servers, storage infrastructure, and networks together into shared pools of capacity that can be allocated to applications as needed. It offers a portfolio of products that spans the consumer desktop to enterprise data center, including virtualization platforms, virtual infrastructure automation, and virtual infrastructure management. The company's virtualization platforms include a hypervisor for system partitioning that provides the capability to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on the same physical machine. Its platforms include entry-level products for the desktop and server, and desktop and server platforms. The company's virtual infrastructure automation products utilize its virtualization platforms to automate system infrastructure services, such as resource management, availability, mobility, and security. These products improve the runtime availability and reliability of the virtual machines. Its virtual infrastructure management products automate the interaction between various information technology (IT) constituencies and the virtual infrastructure for a specific set of point solutions. These solutions range from capacity sizing and assessment to development lab management. VMware's suite of virtualization solutions addresses a range of complex IT problems, including infrastructure optimization, business continuity, software lifecycle management, and desktop management. VMware, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. VMware, Inc. is a subsidiary of EMC Corp.
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.
WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC (WCC)
WESCO International, Inc. engages in the distribution of electrical supplies and equipment, and provision of integrated supply procurement services in the United States. Its product offerings include electrical supplies, industrial supplies, power distribution, lighting, wire and conduit, and data communications, as well as control, automation, and motors. In addition to its product sales, the company offers services and procurement solutions, including national accounts programs, integrated supply programs, and project programs. WESCO offers its products and services to industrial companies; electrical contractors for industrial, commercial, and residential projects; utility companies; and commercial, institutional, and governmental customers. As of December 31, 2004, the company operated approximately 350 branch locations and 5 distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates, and Singapore. WESCO International is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
WASTE CONNECTIONS INC (WCN)
Waste Connections, Inc., an integrated solid waste services company, provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services to commercial, industrial, and residential customers in secondary markets in the western and southern United States. As of December 31, 2004, it served approximately one million commercial, industrial, and residential customers in 23 states. The company owned or operated a network of 103 solid waste collection operations, 32 transfer stations, 26 recycling operations, 30 municipal solid waste landfills, 3 construction and demolition landfills, and 2 municipal solid waste landfill sites, as of the above date. Its transfer stations receive, compact, and load solid waste onto larger vehicles to be transported to landfills. The company offers municipal, commercial, industrial, and residential customers recycling services for various recyclable materials, including cardboard, office paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. Waste Connections was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Folsom, California.
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.
WD-40 COMPANY (WDFC)
WD-40 Company engages in the production and marketing of multipurpose lubricants, hand cleaners, and household cleaners worldwide. The company markets lubricants under WD-40 and 3-IN-ONE oil brands; and heavy-duty hand cleaners under Lava and Solvol brands. WD-40 products, which act as lubricant, rust preventative, penetrant, cleaner, and moisture displacers, are used in household, marine, automotive, construction, repair, sporting goods, and gardening applications. 3-IN-ONE Oil products, which include a spray and drip penetrant, a white lithium grease spray, a silicone spray, a PTFE spray, a heavy duty cleaner and degreaser spray, and an engine starter spray, are used in locksmithing, HVAC, marine, farming, construction, and jewelry manufacturing. It also sells a liquid mildew stain remover, a liquid bathroom soap scum remover, a liquid daily shower cleaner, an automatic toilet bowl cleaner, and an aerosol and liquid bathroom cleaner under X-14 brand. In addition, WD-40 Company's other products include 2000 Flushes automatic toilet bowl cleaner, Carpet Fresh and No Vac rug and room deodorizers, Spot Shot aerosol and liquid carpet stain remover, and 1001 carpet and household cleaners, and rug and room deodorizers. The company markets its lubricants through retail chain stores, hardware stores, warehouse club stores, automotive parts outlets, and industrial distributors and suppliers, as well as and the household products in grocery and mass retail primarily in the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. WD-40 Company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN)
Werner Enterprises, Inc. operates as a truckload transportation and logistics company primarily in the United States and Canada. The company principally engages in hauling truckload shipments of general commodities, as well as in providing logistics services. It also provides trailer services in Mexico. The company provides specialized services to customers based on their trailer needs, such as van, flatbed, and temperature-controlled. It primarily transports retail store merchandise, as well as consumer, manufactured, and grocery products. In addition, the company also manages the transportation and logistics requirements for individual customers, which include truck brokerage, transportation routing, transportation mode selection, intermodal, transloading, and other services. As of December 31, 2004, the company had a fleet of 8,600 trucks, which included 7,675 trucks owned by the company, and 925 trucks owned and operated by independent contractors. It also operated 23,540 trailers, which consisted of 21,925 dry vans, 622 flatbeds, 965 temperature-controlled, and 28 other specialized trailers, as of the above date. Werner Enterprises was founded by Clarence L. Werner in 1956. The company is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC)
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage banking, and consumer finance in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Community Banking (CB), Wholesale Banking (WB), and Wells Fargo Financial (WFF). The CB segment offers mutual funds, and personal and employee benefit trust, and agency assets. Loan products include equity lines and loans, equipment and transportation loans, and education loans. It also originates and purchases residential mortgage loans, and services mortgage loans and credit cards. The segment's deposit products include checking accounts, savings deposits, market rate and IRA accounts, and time deposits. CB segment also offers receivables and inventory financing, equipment leases, real estate financing, small business administration financing, venture capital financing, cash management, payroll services, retirement plans, and medical savings accounts. WB segment provides commercial, corporate, and real estate banking products and services, including letters of credit, asset-based lending, mezzanine financing, international trade facilities, foreign exchange services, treasury management, investment management, institutional fixed income and equity sales, online/electronic products, insurance brokerage services, and investment banking services. It also provides trade financing and collection services; construction loans; interim financing arrangements for completed structures; rehabilitation loans; housing loans; permanent loans for securitization; and real estate and mortgage brokerage services. WFF segment offers consumer and real estate loans to individuals; purchases sales finance contracts from retail merchants and automobile dealers; and makes loans secured by automobiles. It also provides credit cards and other commercial financing. As of December 31, 2004, the company operated through 6,046 stores. WFC was organized in 1929 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC (WFSL)
Washington Federal, Inc. operates as the holding company for Washington Federal Savings (bank), which provides commercial banking services in Washington. The bank accepts demand deposits, savings accounts, and money market accounts; and certificates of deposit. It also offers single family residential loans, construction loans, land loans, and multi family loans. In addition, the bank provides real estate investment and insurance brokerage activities. It invests in U.S. government and agency securities, securities of state and political subdivisions, and agency mortgage-backed securities. As of September 30, 2005, the bank had 122 offices located in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and Texas. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
WNS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED SPONSORED ADR (JERSEY) (WNS)
WNS (Holdings) Limited provides offshore business process outsourcing services. The company's services include data, voice, and analytical services. It provides reservation, customer service, Web support, revenue accounting, audit and recovery, fare construction, and fare filling services to travel industry. The company also provides mortgage/loan processing; life, property, health, and casualty insurance processing; and financial advisory services to banking, financial services, and insurance industries. In addition, it provides enterprise services that focus on finance and accounting, human resource, and supply chain management; and knowledge services, which focus on market, business and financial research, and analytical services for manufacturing, logistics, retail, utilities, and professional services industries. WNS (holdings) has operations in India, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom, and serves clients across Europe, North America, and Asia. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.
WATSCO INC (WSO)
Watsco, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, distributes air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration equipment, and related parts and supplies in the United States. It operates through two segments, HVAC distribution segment and temporary staffing and permanent placement services segment. The HVAC distribution segment distributes equipment, including residential central air conditioners; light commercial air conditioners; gas, electric, and oil furnaces; and commercial air conditioning and heating equipment and systems. This segment also distributes parts, including replacement compressors, evaporator coils, thermostats, motors, and other component parts; and supplies, including insulation material, refrigerants, ductwork, grills, registers, sheet metal, tools, copper tubing, concrete pads, tape, adhesives, and other ancillary supplies. The company sells residential central air conditioning and heating equipment to replacement and the homebuilding markets. Watsco's temporary staffing and permanent placement services segment provides temporary staffing and permanent placement services to businesses, professional and service organizations, government agencies, health care providers, and other employers. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Coconut Grove, Florida.
XILINX INC (XLNX)
Xilinx, Inc. engages in the design, development, and marketing of programmable logic solutions. It offers programmable logic devices, including field programmable gate arrays and complex programmable logic devices, software design tools, and predefined system functions delivered as intellectual property cores. The company's products are used by electronic equipment manufacturers primarily in the communications, storage, server, consumer, industrial, and other markets. In addition, Xilinx offers education, design, and support services. The company sells its products through independent domestic and foreign distributors, a network of independent sales representative firms, and through a direct sales management organization to original equipment manufacturers in North America, Europe, Japan, and Asia Pacific. Xilinx has a strategic foundry relationship with Toshiba Corporation for the production of advanced silicon wafers in Japan. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California.
IXIA (XXIA)
Ixia provides technology and systems that allow customers to test and measure the performance, functionality, and conformance of Internet protocol equipment and networks, and the applications that run over them. Its solutions generate, capture, characterize, and analyze network and application traffic; exposes problems; assesses performance; and verifies conformance to industry specifications. The company provides a single hardware platform with interchangeable interfaces, utilizing a single set of applications and application programming interfaces, which allows customers to create an integrated test bed. It offers chassis, interface cards, system management software, and application test suites. Ixia's analyzing networks include Ethernet networks, which carry data traffic over optical fiber or electrical cable; Packet over SONET networks, which transmit information over high-speed optical links and asynchronous transfer mode networks. The company also offers telephony test suite to test and verify traditional time-division multiplexing voice-based networks and voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) technology, devices, and systems. In addition, it provides performance applications to test and verify Web, Internet, security, and business applications. Ixia's customer categories include network equipment manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers, telephony equipment manufacturers, Internet and network service providers, enterprises, and government departments and agencies. It markets and sells it products through direct sales force and manufacturers' representatives primarily in the United States and Japan; as well as through distributors outside of the United States and Japan. Ixia was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Calabasas, California.
YAHOO! INC (YHOO)
Yahoo! Inc. provides Internet services to users and businesses through the Yahoo! Network; and a range of tools and marketing solutions for businesses in the Unites States and internationally. It offers an array of communications services, including mail, messenger, calendar, chat, greetings, clubs, and photos; and various commerce services, such as shopping, auctions, finance, and travel; as well as content and media programming services in various areas, including sports, music, movies, news, and games through partnerships with various content providers. In addition, the company provides a range of personalized information on wireless devices, including wireless phones, two-way pagers, and personal digital assistants. Yahoo! also offers a range of services for businesses and enterprises, including Corporate Yahoo!, an information portal solution that enables companies to communicate and interact directly with their employees, customers, and shareholders; Yahoo! Broadcast Services that provides Internet audio and video streaming solutions for corporate and consumer communications; and Yahoo!'s Small Business services that enable small businesses and professionals to establish and grow a business presence with various Yahoo! services, as well as Yahoo! Fusion Marketing that unites its media, e-commerce, direct marketing, broadcast, and communication tools. It has strategic alliances with SBC Communications, Inc.; BT Group plc; Rogers Cable, Inc.; Alibaba.com Corporation; Seven Network, Ltd.; and Verizon Communications, Inc. The company was founded by David Filo and Jerry Yang in 1994. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
