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Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) is one of the largest integrated forest product companies, with annual revenues of nearly $5.53 billion in 2009. As an oft-cited example of vertical integration, Weyerhaeuser has businesses in timberland management, wood products, cellulose fiber, containerboard...

British American Tobacco (LSE: BATS, AMEX:BTI) is the second largest quoted global tobacco company by market share, and with operations in over 180 markets, it is the "most international" tobacco company in the world.[1] The Company's brand portfolio consists of over 300 brands, namely, Dunhill...

BAE Systems is a British defense company with operations throughout the world. The company manufactures and supports products and services for air, land, and naval forces. The company also produces advanced electronics and information systems. As of 2010, BAE Systems is the second largest global...

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...

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...

Blackboard (NASDAQ:BBBB) designs and licenses course management software to schools in the United States. Blackboard's software lets instructors and students collaborate over the internet, supplementing the traditional classroom. For example, assignments and class notes can be posted and shared...

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (NASDAQ: BGFV) sells sporting goods through its network of 363 stores in 11 states in the western U.S.A. On average, each store covers approximately 11,000 square feet, which is smaller than other superstores (such as Dick's Sporting Goods that average over...

Bemis Company (NYSE: BMS) manufactures flexible packaging products and recorded 2007 total revenues of $3 billion.[1] The company sells the majority of its goods in the United States which accounted for nearly 65% of Bemis' revenues in 2007.[2] In 2007, the price of plastic resin on the London...

hion trends. BEBE competes with other medium-upper luxury women's apparel chains such as Guess? and Express. Manufacturing costs are increasing for retail companies that produce their goods in China, which bebe is attempting to avoid by manufacturing its goods in other countries, such as Brazil...

The private equity firm Warburg Pincus purchased Bausch & Lomb in 2007 for $65.00 per share. The Company specializes in eye health products, including contact lenses, lens care, pharmaceuticals, and ophthalmological surgery products. As an international company, almost 60% of its $2.3 billion...

Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) is the world's largest marketing and advertising conglomerate. It is organized as a holding company for a group of independent advertising and communication services firms. However, more than 50% of Omnicom's revenues come from sources other than traditional advertising...

Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) is a manufacturer of metal and plastic packaging for beverages and foods. Most of Ball Corporation's customers are breweries and soft drink bottlers, which pay Ball to make aluminum soft drink and beer cans. The company sells 18 different beverage can sizes and helps...

Avon (NYSE:AVP) makes beauty and personal care products, including various types of cosmetics - lipstick, eyeliner, mascara, basically anything that would make a wonderful Mother's Day gift - apparel and accessories, and home and decoractive products. Avon's products face intense competition...

Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) is a communications and information technology company primarily serving the US government and with commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Since the release of its Falcon III Multiband Manpack Radio in Fiscal 2007, Harris has expanded primarily in its...

Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) makes office products and self-adhesive labels that cover everything from shampoo bottles to highway signs [1]. The company also makes barcode tags, price tags, and security devices for retailers. With product sales in over 89 countries world-wide, international sales...

Ameristar Casinos (NASDAQ: ASCA) operates eight casino resorts in the Midwestern U.S. Unlike other casino operators such as Wynn Resorts (WYNN) or Las Vegas Sands (LVS) which attract higher-end tourists, Ameristar's main customers are local residents and regional, in-state tourists.[1] Customers...

Brazil-based Aracruz Celulose S.A. (ARA) is the world's largest producer of bleached eucalyptus pulp, as well as one of the lowest-cost producers of this product. The company is responsible for 31% of the global supply of the product, which is used in the production of a wide range of paper...

Founded in 1932 and headquartered in Connecticut, U.S., Amphenol Corporation (APH) designs and manufactures connectors and interconnect systems that are used primarily to conduct electrical and optical signals for a wide range of sophisticated electronic applications. The company is one of the...

AMSC (American Superconductor Corporation - NASDAQ: AMSC) serves the electric utility, industrial and wind power markets with a host of energy technologies based on proprietary high temperature superconductor (HTS) wires and power electronic systems. [1] Business and Financials They make a...

America's Car-Mart was founded in 1981. They presently have 92 locations in Arkansas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee and Texas, Car-Mart (CRMT)provides affordable used vehicles for the proletariat. With over 36,000 customers (many repeats, according to...