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Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) is the holding company for Acuity Brands Lighting, the world's largest manufacturer of lighting fixtures. Seventy percent of the company's sales are for outdoor lights - the federal highway system, with its purchases of street lights, is a key customer for acuity...

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) is one of the world's largest video game publishers and distributors. Along with primary competitor Electronic Arts (ERTS), ATVI develops software for the PC and video game console markets. The company is home to the popular games: Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, Call of...

American Capital Strategies (NYSE:ACAS) is the largest business development company in the U.S., with $15 billion in assets under management, and the only one in the S&P 500.[1] that makes investments of $5 million to $800 million in companies whose employees and management hold a large...

AVX Corporation manufactures and distributes passive electronic components that are used in all types of electronic devices ranging from cell phones and computers to automobiles. Passive components operate without electricity, while active components require electricity to run. AVX's passive...

AGA Rangemaster Group Plc, formerly Aga Foodservice Group plc, is United Kingdom-based company engaged in the design, development, manufacture, sale and service of premium brand cookers, kitchen and household products. The Company operates in only one business segment being the manufacture and...

Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) is the largest producer of soup in the world. It has a 60% market share in the 4 billion dollar soup market. Campbell's has market shares in a number of food industry categories with products such as soups, sauces, snack foods, baking goods and beverages...

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) is the largest company in the nutritional products market and the second largest company in the worldwide market for diagnostic products. The company manufactures a number of nutritional and pharmaceutical products, laboratory diagnostics, pharmaceutical therapies...

Suntech Power Holdings is the world's largest manufacturer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, which convert light energy into electricity, and is China's largest U.S.-listed solar player by market capitalization.[1] Suntech's competitive niche is in the middle of the PV supply...

Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second-largest in the world after Nestlé SA, generating $40.4 billion in revenue in 2009.[1] With 90,000 employees in over 70 countries, the firm operates in two main segments: Kraft...

With 2009 sales of nearly $12.6 billion, Kellogg is the world’s leading producer of cereal and one of the largest producers of convenience foods[1]. With sales in more than 180 countries, Kellogg's produces some of the world's most iconic and easily recognizable brands including: Keebler ...

Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is a global vendor of personal computers and is one of the largest companies in America, employing over 78,900 people (with approximately 33% located in US and rest in other countries) and earning revenues of $59.9 billion in FY 2010. In addition to both desktop and notebook...

Adidas Group, the parent company of adidas, Reebok and TaylorMade Golf, is the world's second largest maker of athletic footwear, apparel and equipment by sales (2009) after Nike (NKE). [1] Although the company makes most of its money by selling at wholesale rates to large retailers like Dick's...

Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) is the world's largest producer of household and personal products by revenue, with its products reaching 4 billion people worldwide.[1] including Tide detergent, Pampers diapers, and Gillette razors, that generate over $1 billion in revenue annually,[2] with the...

Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) is one of the world's largest Consumer Products companies by market share with commercial presence on six continents.[1] Since its 1806 founding, Colgate has grown into a multinational corporation known for its toothpaste and oral hygiene products with a $15.3...

Nestle SA (OTC:NSRGY) is the world's largest food and beverage company, with 2009 sales of over 107 billion CHF ($101 billion USD).[1] Nestle owns several major consumer brands such as Stouffers, Nescafe, Kit-Kat, Carnation, Nestle Water, and many others.[2] All in all, 30 of Nestle's products...

Anheuser-Busch generated gross sales of $19 billion and produced over 125 million barrels of beer in 2007[2], ranking it as the largest alcohol brewer in the United States and third largest worldwide, behind Belgium-based InBev NV, and U.K. based SABMiller. While the company brews the world's...

NiSource Inc. (NYSE:NI) provides natural gas and electric utilities to approximately 3.8 million customers, from the Gulf Coast up to New England. NI competes against other companies that produce natural gas, including MDU RES GROUP (MDU), Atmos Energy (ATO), and Puget Sound Energy (PSD). One...

Mosaic, the world's largest phosphate producer, makes agricultural fertilizer out of potash, and phosphate. Mosaic owns a 13% share of phosphate global production and a 58% share of American production.[1] Similarly, Mosaic owns a 13% of potash global production and a 40% share of North American...

Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is the world's largest provider of patented genetically modified seeds for crops such as corn, soybeans, and cotton, bringing in $11.7 billion in 2009.[1] Monsanto is also the inventor of Round-Up, the first commercial glyphosate herbicide (weed-killer), and...

Manitowoc (NYSE: MTW) manufacturers cranes, food service equipment, and shipping vessels. Manitowoc's value is tied directly to world infrastructure growth, as more heavy construction projects worldwide mean more contracts for MTW's cranes. The sale of the ship building operations in early 2009...