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Liberty Interactive (LINTA) is one of two tracking stocks created in May 2006 for Liberty Media, which owns a broad range of businesses, including electronic retailing, cable television, video programming, media, broadband distribution, and interactive technology services. The tracking stocks...

Lennox International (NYSE: LII) manufactures heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) products for commercial and residential applications as well as commercial refrigeration products.[1] The manufacturer's total revenues were nearly $3.8 billion in 2007 up only 1% from 2006. This was...

Leggett & Platt (NYSE: LEG) posted 2007 total revenues of $4.3 billion. The company manufactures components for residential and commercial furniture and automobile seats.[1] In response to decreased profitability of some of its businesses, Leggett & Platt began a restructuring plan that involves...

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...

Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ: LANC) primarily makes specialty foods like salad dressings, frozen breads, and fruit dips. The company also sells other products, like glassware and candles, but food makes up 87% of the company's revenue.[1] The company does most of its business within the United...

Lizhan Environmental (NYSE:LZEN) is a Chinese company which makes and sells synthetic leather and fabrics by recycling used leather, and other waste materials. The company's products are used to make furniture, upholstery in cars, and some garments. The company exported 23.7% of its 2010 sales...

Lorillard is the 3rd largest tobacco company in the US. Its menthol brand, Newport, gives LO 94% of its revenue, 92% of its volumes, 34% share of all menthol cigarette sales in the US, as well as an overall domestic tobacco market share of 10%. The Greensboro–based company, which also produces...

Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ: LAMR) is an outdoor advertising company operating billboards, logo signs, and transit displays in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Having ridden the wave of consolidation in the outdoor industry to become the number three player in the U.S. industry--85% of...

LDK Solar is a Chinese company that sells multicrystalline polysilicon wafers to solar panel manufacturers.[1] With margins over the last year consistently above 30%, it's clear that LDK's strategy of using cheaper, recycled polysilicon to produce its wafers in a low-wage, Chinese environment is...

Kyocera Corporation (Kyocera) develops, produces and distributes various kinds of products mainly for the telecommunications and information processing, and environmental protection markets. Kyocera was founded in 1959 as Kyoto Ceramic, which speaks of its technical origin. The Company has 180...

Kingtone Wirelessinfo (KONE) (NASDAQ:KONE) provide mobile products and services to businesses and governments in China. Its products are known as mobile enterprise solutions,extending a company's or government's IT to include mobile users. It helps company provide a wireless environment for...

Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. (NYSE: PHG) is a global leader in electronics. With over 120,000 employees in roughly 150 countries, the firm operates in four business segments: Consumer Electronics, Medical Systems, Lighting, and Domestic Appliances and Personal Care. Consumer Electronics...

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) is a consumer products giant. The multi-billion dollar corporation produces mainly paper products, including well-known brands such as Kleenex, Huggies, and Scott paper towels. Kimberly-Clark is perhaps most recognized for its innovation in its Pull-Ups diapers, a...

TECO Energy, Inc. operates regulated electric and gas utilities in Florida and competes in the coal mining industry in Central Appalachia. Tampa Electric Company, its largest subsidiary, is a regulated Florida utility that supplies electricity to 668,000 customers and delivers natural gas to...

Invitrogen (NYSE:IVGN) sells biotechnology products and services to academic and governmental institutions as well as professional drug-discovery and pharmaceutical companies. The company divides its business into two main segments: BioDiscovery focuses on genetic and protein assays and markers...

Kelly Services (NASDAQ: KELYA) is a staffing company that makes money by placing people in temporary positions at firms around the globe. About 45% of the company’s placements are for the commoditized low-skilled positions.[1] In 2009, the company provided temporary employment for approximately...

Kaydon (NYSE:KDN) primarily sells friction control bearings and filtration products, and is the leading manufacturer of wind turbine bearings. It competes against the big three machine tools & accessories companies, Timken Company (TKR), Stanley Works (SWK) , and Kennametal (KMT) ; KDN's sales...

K-Swiss (NASDAQ:KSWS) is a Los Angeles-based manufacturer of athletic and casual footwear, apparel, and accessories. Operating through two brands, K-Swiss and Palladium, K-Swiss makes most of its money by selling its products at wholesale rates to large retailers, pro shops, and specialty...

Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) makes building materials, including fiberglass insulation, asphalt, and roofing products.[1] The company is best known for its trademarked PINK colored residential and commercial fiberglass insulation - but in 2000, the company was forced to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

Hologic is a leading developer, manufacturer, and supplier of diagnostic and medical imaging systems primarily dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women. The company focuses its resources on developing systems and subsystems offering superior image quality and diagnostic accuracy, which...