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Monoline insurers such as AMBAC and MBIA write a single type of insurance contract, usually for bonds or asset-backed securities. This insurance lets a company with mediocre financials or a middling debt rating buy an insurance policy that gives its debt a sterling rating, allowing the company...

Altria Group (NYSE: MO) is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, the largest U.S. tobacco company. Altria also formerly owned Kraft Foods, but spun the company off in March 2007 to focus on its tobacco business. Additionally, Altria has also spun off it's international tobacco business...

Formed by the merger of the Coors Brewing Company and the Molson Company in 2005, the Molson Coors Brewing Company is the fifth largest brewer in the world by production volume. The company brews and sells 40 different beer products, in addition to selling beer via partnerships with companies...

Molex Incorporated is the manufacturer of electronic components. Its products are used by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) around the world. Its core business is the manufacture and sale of electronic components. It also provides manufacturing services to integrate specific components...

Irvine, California-based Microsemi Corporation (MSCC) was formed in 1960. Formerly known as Microsemiconductor Corporation, the company changed its name to Microsemi Corporation in 1983. It offers a broad range of semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) products, broadly categorized into the high...

Marshall & Ilsley (MI) is the country’s 19th largest bank in terms of assets, with over $56 billion in assets, and 20th in terms of market capitalization. M&I still operates primarily as a regional bank, with over more than half of its 300+ branches operating in Wisconsin (giving it the largest...

Huron Consulting (NASDAQ: HURN) is a consulting firm speicalizing in financial analysis for M&A transactions and liability analysis for legal disputes. The firm also provides clients with operational consulting services aimed at helping them to reduce costs. Huron works with a broad range of...

MeadWestvaco (NYSE: MWV), which started calling itself MWV in March 2008[1], makes customized and printed packaging and office paper.[2] Its customers include companies in the food and beverage, media and entertainment, personal care and health care industries.[2] It operates in more than 30...

McCormick & Company (NYSE: MKC) is the largest spice company in the world with $2.9B in sales (2007)[1], 40% of which were generated outside of the U.S.[2] It produces and supplies spices, herbs, flavorings, and seasonings to consumers and food-service providers around the world[3]. In the...

Santa Monica, CA-based Macerich Company (MAC) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates shopping centers throughout the US. Macerich's properties are concentrated in Arizona and California, and in 2005 it acquired competitor Wilmorite's foothold of properties in Virginia...

Altria Group (NYSE: MO) is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, the largest U.S. tobacco company. Altria also formerly owned Kraft Foods, but spun the company off in March 2007 to focus on its tobacco business. Additionally, Altria has also spun off it's international tobacco business...

Macy’s Inc. (NYSE:M) is a clothing retailer selling men's, women's and children's clothes and accessories through 850 stores nationwide. Macy's Inc is divided into mid-tier Macy's and Bloomingdale's, an upper-tier store that sells more exclusive items. Macy's posted a net loss of over $4 million...

Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) sells leisure products such as boats, foosball tables, air hockey tables, bowling and billiards equipment, and fitness equipment. BC also owns and operates bowling centers in several countries and billiards stores in the U.S. Its marine division, which markets...

Hybrid Technology Hybrid cars are powered by a combined set of chemical (fuel) and electrical (battery) energy. The fuel is converted to mechanical energy in a combustion engine or to electrical energy in a fuel cell stack. The battery in the hybrid vehicle can be used to store energy during...

McCormick & Company (NYSE: MKC) is the largest spice company in the world with $2.9B in sales (2007)[1], 40% of which were generated outside of the U.S.[2] It produces and supplies spices, herbs, flavorings, and seasonings to consumers and food-service providers around the world[3]. In the...

Loews Corporation (NYSE: L) is a holding company with subsidiaries in the fields of natural gas transportation, luxury watch brands, Property & Casualty Insurance, offshore drilling, hotels, and cigarettes. Loews management members are active in each of the subsidiaries’ boards - ensuring that...

Lithia Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAD) sells 30 brands of new vehicles, through 108 stores and 187 franchises located in the western part of the U.S. In addition, the company uses a wholesale channel to liquidate less desirable used vehicles, usually acquired as trade-ins, rather than include them in...

Limited Brands (NYSE: LTD) is one of the largest specialty retailers in the United States, operating 2,971 stores throughout North America. Two well-known brands, Bath & Body Works and Victoria's Secret, are LTD's strongest businesses, bringing in a total of 84% of LTD's $8.6 billion of net...

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Headquartered in California, LeapFrog Enterprises (LF) is a leading provider of technology-based learning products and proprietary content. Business and Financials The company designs and develops educational products, as well as related interactive software and content, under multiple...