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Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) sells more athletic shoes than any other retailer in the U.S. The company offers athletic footwear and clothes in nearly 4,000 stores across North America, Europe and Asia through its eponymous Foot Locker locations, which even have specialized stores just for women and...

Flextronics International Ltd. (Flextronics) provides electronics manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers (OEM). It also provides supporting supply chain services, including packaging and transportation throughout the world, as well as design and after-sales. The company has...

Thor Industries (NYSE: THO) is the largest manufacturer of recreational vehicles by units sold and revenues in North America with 2009 revenues of $1.52 billion. The company manufactures travel trailers, park homes and motorhomes under the Airstream, Four Winds and other brand names. Thor also...

Federated Investors is one of the largest mutual fund management companies in the United States, with over $389 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM) in 145 mutual funds as of December 31, 2009.[1] Federated invests in equities, fixed income assets, and money market assets and makes money by...

Based in Tokyo, Fuji Photo Film Company (Fuji Photo) is a leading global producer of photographic imaging products. The company develops, manufactures, and markets traditional and digital imaging products. In addition, Fuji Photo provides services and solutions for consumers, professionals...

Evergreen Solar is a vertically integrated solar panel manufacturer that uses String Ribbon technology to produce solar cells with 50% less silicon[1] than is needed by its competition. Growth in solar panel efficiency from less than 10% before 1980 to more than 40% in 2009[2] has made the sun...

Tim Hortons, Inc. (NYSE:THI) is the largest fast food restaurant chain in Canada (and the fourth-largest in all of North America) based on market capitalization.[1] Its best selling product is coffee, and the chain is known for its "double-double," a coffee with two creams and two sugars. Tim...

The Estee Lauder Companies (NYSE: EL) manufactures and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products in 140 countries. EL distributes its products through a variety of different channels, including large department store retailers, smaller boutique retailers, beauty salons and spas...

Encore Acquisition Company (NYSE: EAC) is an independent oil & gas company that operates in the famed Bakken Shale - rumored to have up to 400 billion bbls of recoverable petroleum.[1] To stay strong against competition, Encore has been exploiting many of the projects that it discovered in...

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ : VAR) is the world's largest producer of cutting-edge radiation therapy equipment used to treat cancerous tumors. Its other, significantly smaller businesses include X-ray tubes for scientific research and X-ray security equipment.[1] The company earned $2.2...

Bare Escentuals Inc. (NYSE: BARE) is a San Francisco based natural health and beauty company that develop and sells its own line of cosmetics (i.d. bareMinerals, RareMinerals, and Bare Escentuals brands). The company operates over 300 privately owned boutiques and holds retail contracts with...

Iberdrola USA, Inc. (formerly Energy East) is a major regional player and the leading U.S. operating subsidiary of Iberdrola SA (IBE). The utility holding company distributes electricity and natural gas in four northeastern states through Berkshire Gas, Central Maine Power, Connecticut Natural...

Eni S.p.A. is the sixth-largest vertically integrated oil company in the world, by market cap. Aside from the usual upstream and downstream activities that most of the oil majors engage in, Eni is also a major natural gas and electric utilities company, and operates in the oilfield services...

Madrid-based Endesa S.A. (ELE) is the largest electricity and energy company in Spain, with significant operations in Europe (Italy, France, Poland and Portugal) and Latin America (Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Colombia). Of the group's electric generation capacity of more than 190,000...

Daktronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: DAKT) is the world’s leading supplier of electronic LED and LCD displays for sports, commercial, and transportation markets. Daktronics is a vertically integrated company, meaning that it controls everything from the design, manufacturing and servicing for its products...

Ecolab, Inc. (NYSE: ECL) manufactures and sells commercial cleaning and disinfecting products to companies in the consumer service and health care industries. The company also provides pest control and commercial cooking and refrigeration equipment repair products and services to its customers...

Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) is the worldwide leader in imaging products and services, developing, producing, and selling both digital and traditional imaging products worldwide. Though perhaps best known for its iconic disposable cameras, Kodak has restructured its business to adapt to digital...

Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) is the world market leader in the test and measurement (T&M) business. The company's 16,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $4.5 billion in fiscal 2009. Agilent's closest competitors are Tektronix (TEK) and National...

Corporate Profile Directed Electronics, Inc., (NASDAQ: DEIX), holds number one market share positions in premium home theater loudspeakers, consumer branded vehicle security and remote start systems, and aftermarket satellite radio receivers. Directed is also a major supplier of mobile audio...

Vicor Corporation (NYSE: VCR) fabricates and sells modular power components and complete power systems, many of which use a high frequency electronic power conversion technology called zero current and zero voltage switching. [1] Vale S.A. (NYSE: VALE) is one of the largest global mining...