SanDisk Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets NAND-based flash storage card products that are used in various consumer electronics products. Flash storage technology allows data to be stored in a compact format that retains the data after the power has been turned off. The company offers.. Read More

BB&T Corporation operates as the holding company for Branch Banking and Trust Company that provides banking and trust services for small and mid-size businesses, public agencies, local governments, and individuals in the United States. It accepts various deposit products, including noninterest-bearing checking accounts, interest-bearing checking accounts, savings accounts, money rate savings accounts, investor deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The companys loan portfolio includes commercial, financial, and agricultural loans; real estate construction and land development, and mortgage loans; and consumer loans. BB&T Corporation, through its other subsidiaries, offers small business lending, commercial middle market lending, real estate lending, retail lending, home equity lending, sales finance, home mortgage lending, commercial mortgage lending, equipment finance, asset management, retail and wholesale agency insurance, institutional trust services, wealth management/private banking, investment brokerage services, capital markets services, commercial finance, consumer finance, international banking services, payment solutions, treasury services, venture capital, bankcard and merchant services, insurance premium finance, supply chain management, and payroll processing. As of December 31, 2008, it operated 1,511 banking offices in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, Alabama, Indiana, and Washington, D.C. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. operates as a retailer that engages in the design, marketing, and sale of clothing, accessories, and personal care products in the United States and Canada. The company offers jeans and graphic Ts, as well as essentials, such as accessories, outerwear, footwear, basics, and swimwear under American Eagle Outfitters, American Eagle, and AE brand names primarily targeting 15 to 25 year-olds. It also provides Dormwear and intimates collections for girls under the aerie by American Eagle brand name. As of January 31, 2009, the company operated 1,098 stores in the United States and Canada under the American Eagle Outfitters, aerie, 77kidstm, and MARTIN + OSA brands. In addition, it offers its products through its Web sites, including ae.com, aerie.com, martinandosa.com, and 77kids.com. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Everest Re Group, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, underwrites reinsurance and insurance in the United States, Bermuda, and international markets. The company writes property and casualty business, and life and annuity business; provides property and casualty reinsurance to the United Kingdom and European.. Read More

Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides various retail and corporate banking services to individuals, small and middle-market companies, and large corporations primarily in Brazil and internationally. The companys deposit products include demand, savings, time, and other.. Read More

NSTAR, through its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution, transmission, and sale of energy in Massachusetts. The company supplies electricity at retail in the City of Boston and 80 surrounding cities and towns, such as Cambridge, New Bedford, Plymouth, and the geographic area comprising Cape Cod and Marthas Vineyard. It distributes natural gas in central and eastern Massachusetts, including the Hyde Park area of Boston, Cambridge, Dedham, Framingham, New Bedford, Plymouth, Somerville, and Worcester. The company also engages in district energy operations, telecommunications, and a liquefied natural gas service. The district energy operations include sale of chilled water, steam, and electricity to hospitals, teaching, and research facilities located in Bostons Longwood Medical Area. The telecommunications services comprise installation, ownership, operation, and maintenance of a wholesale transport network for other telecommunications service providers in the metropolitan Boston area to deliver voice, video, data, and Internet services to customers. As of December 31, 2008, it served approximately 1.4 million customers, including approximately 1.1 million electric distribution customers in 81 communities and approximately 300,000 natural gas distribution customers in 51 communities. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Pitney Bowes Inc. provides mail processing equipment and integrated mail solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers a suite of equipment, supplies, software, and services for end-to-end mailstream solutions, which enable its customers to optimize the flow of physical and electronic mail, documents, and packages across their operations. The companys Mailstream Solutions group engages in the sale, rental, and financing of mail finishing, mail creation, shipping equipment, and software; and provision of supply, support, and other professional services, as well as payment solutions in the United States and internationally. This group also sells, finances, supports, and offers other professional services for high-speed production mail systems and sorting equipment, as well as provides sale and support services for non-equipment-based mailing, and customer communication and location intelligence software. Its Mailstream Services group offers facilities management services; secure mail services; reprographic, document management services; and litigation support and eDiscovery services. It also provides presort mail and cross-border mail services, as well as offers direct marketing services for targeted customers; Web-tools for the customization of promotional mail and marketing collateral; and other marketing consulting services. The company offers its products and services to various business, governmental, institutional, and other organizations. Pitney Bowes markets its products and services through a network of direct sales offices; and independent distributors and dealers. It has a collaboration agreement with Eastman Kodak Co. to provide imaging and workflow solutions. The company, formerly known as Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Company, was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Quanta Services, Inc. provides specialty contracting services to the transmission and distribution sector of the North American electric utility industry. It operates in two segments, Infrastructure Services and Dark Fiber. The Infrastructure Services segment provides end-to-end network solutions to the electric.. Read More

Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in the state of Parana, Brazil. As of December 31, 2007, the company operated 17 hydroelectric plants and 1 thermoelectric plant, with a total installed capacity of 4,549.6 megawatts. It also owned and operated 1,830 kilometers of transmission lines and 177,046 kilometers of distribution lines. Companhia Paranaense de Energia serves industrial, residential, commercial, and rural and other customers. In addition, it offers telecommunications and other services; water and sewage; natural gas distribution; and consulting services businesses. The company was founded in 1954 and is based in Curitiba, Brazil.

Warner Chilcott Limited, a specialty pharmaceutical company, engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of branded prescription pharmaceutical products in womens healthcare and dermatology segments primarily in the United States. The company offers various women healthcare products, including LOESTRIN 24 FE and FEMCON FE as oral contraceptives; FEMHRT 1/5 and .5/2.5 for oral treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms and urogenital symptoms associated with menopause; and ESTRACE cream to treat vaginal and vulvar atrophy. It also offers various dermatology products, such as TACLONEX and DOVONEX for the topical treatment of psoriasis; and DORYX, an oral adjunctive therapy for severe acne. In addition, its products under development include WC3016 and WC3026, the Phase III clinical trial completed products for low-dose oral contraceptive; WC2055, a Phase II clinical trials completed product for the treatment of acne; WC3018, a Phase II clinical trials product for the treatment of acne and other inflammatory skin conditions; LEO 80-185 for psoriasis of the scalp; and LEO 80-190, a Phase III clinical trial product for the treatment of psoriasis. Further, the companys products under development comprise TD1414, a Phase II clinical trial product for skin infections; WC3027 for the treatment of inflammatory skin conditions; WC3035 for the treatment of acne and rosacea; and WC3036 and WC3043 for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Warner Chilcotts principal customers include wholesale pharmaceutical distributors, and retail drug and grocery store chains. It has license and supply agreement with LEO Pharma A/S. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Rockaway, New Jersey.

Symantec Corporation provides software and services that protect, manage, and control information risks related to security, data protection, storage, compliance, and systems management. The company operates in four segments: Consumer Products, Security and Compliance, Storage and Server Management, and Services. The Consumer Products segment focuses on delivering the companys Internet security, personal computer (PC) tuneup, and backup products to individual users and home offices. The Security and Compliance segment provides solutions for compliance and security management, endpoint security, messaging management, and data protection management software solutions that enable businesses to secure, provide, backup, and remotely access their laptops, PCs, mobile devices, and servers. The Storage and Server Management segment offers storage and server management, data protection, and application performance management solutions across heterogeneous storage and server platforms to enterprises. The Services segment provides information technology risk management services and solutions to manage security, availability, performance, and compliance risks across multi-vendor environments. It also offers managed security services, consulting, education, and threat and early warning systems. The company offers its services to enterprises, governments, small and medium-sized businesses, and consumers worldwide. Symantec Corporation was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. Through its subsidiaries, the firm primarily engages in the insurance and reinsurance of property and casualty risks business. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States and Canada. It employs a value investing approach, investing.. Read More

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. Through its subsidiaries, the firm primarily engages in the insurance and reinsurance of property and casualty risks business. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States and Canada. It employs a value investing approach, investing.. Read More

Comerica Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides financial products and services in the United States. The companys Business Bank segment comprises middle market, commercial real estate, national dealer services, international finance, global corporate, leasing, financial services, and technology and life sciences businesses. This segment offers commercial loans and lines of credit, deposits, cash management, capital market products, international trade finance, letters of credit, foreign exchange management services, and loan syndication services to medium-size businesses, multinational corporations, and governmental entities. Its Retail Bank segment offers small business banking and personal financial services, including consumer lending, consumer deposit gathering, and mortgage loan origination. This segment also provides consumer products, including deposit accounts, installment loans, credit cards, student loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, and residential mortgage loans to small business customers. The companys Wealth and Institutional Management segment offers products and services, consisting of fiduciary services, private banking, retirement services, investment management and advisory services, investment banking, and discount securities brokerage services. This segment also sells annuity products, as well as life, disability, and long-term care insurance products. As of December 31, 2008, Comerica Incorporated, through its banking affiliates, operated approximately 507 banking centers, trust services locations, and loan production or other financial services offices primarily in the states of Texas, Michigan, California, and Florida. The company was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Cincinnati Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, offers property, casualty, personal, and life insurance products to businesses and individuals in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Commercial Lines Property Casualty Insurance, Personal Lines Property Casualty Insurance, Life Insurance, and Investment. The Commercial Lines Property Casualty Insurance segment provides coverage for commercial casualty, commercial property, commercial auto, and workers compensation. It also offers specialty packages, which include coverages for property, liability, and business interruption for specific industry classes, such as artisan contractors, dentists, garage operators, financial institutions, metalworkers, printers, religious institutions, or smaller, main street businesses. In addition, this segment offers contract and commercial surety bonds, fidelity bonds, and director and officer liability insurance, as well as provides machinery and equipment coverage. The Personal Lines Property Casualty Insurance segment provides coverage for personal auto and homeowners, as well as offers insurance products for dwelling fire, inland marine, personal umbrella liability, and water craft coverage. The Life Insurance segment provides term insurance; universal life insurance; whole life insurance; and worksite products for employees, which include term insurance, whole life insurance, universal life, and disability insurance. This segment also markets disability income insurance, deferred annuities, and immediate annuities. The Investment segment invests in fixed maturity investments, equity investments, and short-term investment products. The company markets its insurance products through independent insurance agencies. It also provides insurance brokerage services; leasing and financing services; and surplus lines insurance products. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Fairfield, Ohio.

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP, through its subsidiaries, engages in the interstate transportation and storage of natural gas in the United States. The company owns and operates three natural gas pipeline systems to transport and store natural gas for marketers, local distribution companies, producers, electric.. Read More

Newfield Exploration Company, an independent oil and gas company, engages in the exploration, development, and acquisition of natural gas and crude oil properties. As of December 31, 2008, it owned working interests in approximately 750,000 gross acres and 2,000 gross producing wells in Anadarko and Arkoma.. Read More

Aon Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the risk and insurance brokerage services and consulting services businesses worldwide. The risk and insurance brokerage services business offers retail brokerage services, including advisory services to entertainment, media, financial institutions, marine, aviation, construction, healthcare, and energy industries; and risk management solutions that cover property, general liability, directors and officers liability, and workers compensation risks. This business also provides affinity products for professional liability, life, disability income, and personal lines for individuals, associations, and businesses; and premium finance services for small, mid-sized, and large companies, as well as offers the management of general underwriting, placement, and captive management services. In addition, it operates as a broker that provides reinsurance services, including advice; placement of reinsurance and alternative risk transfer arrangements with capital markets, actuarial, financial, and regulatory consulting; portfolio analysis; catastrophe modeling; and claims services to insurance and reinsurance companies, and other risk assumption entities, as well as investment banking products and services, and premium financing. The consulting business offers consulting services in various areas, including health and benefits, retirement, compensation, strategic human capital, and human resource outsourcing. The company was founded in 1919 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

D.R. Horton, Inc. operates as a homebuilding company in the United States. The companys homebuilding business engages in the acquisition and development of land for residential purposes, and construction and sale of residential homes. It builds traditional single-family detached homes and attached homes, such as town homes, duplexes, triplexes, and condominiums. D.R. Horton constructs and sells homes in 27 states and 77 metropolitan markets in the United States under the name D.R. Horton, Americas Builder. It markets and sells homes through commissioned employees and independent real estate brokers. The companys financial services business offers mortgage financing and title agency services to homebuyers, as well as provides title insurance policies, examination, and closing services primarily to purchasers of homes. D.R. Horton originates, packages, and sells mortgage loans and their servicing rights to third-party investors, after origination on a limited recourse provisions. The company was founded in 1978 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

The investment seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the short-term sector of the United States Treasury market as defined by the Barclays Capital 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury index. The fund generally invests at least 90% of assets in the bonds of the underlying index and at.. Read More

Zimmer Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of orthopaedic and dental reconstructive implants, spinal implants, trauma products, and related surgical products in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The company offers orthopaedic reconstructive implants that restore joint function lost due to disease or trauma in joints such as knees, hips, shoulders, and elbows; dental reconstructive implants, which restore function and aesthetics in patients who have lost teeth due to trauma or disease; spinal implants that are used by Orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons in the treatment of degenerative diseases, deformities, and trauma; and trauma products, which are used primarily to reattach or stabilize damaged bone and tissue to support the bodys natural healing process. It also offers surgical products, including supplies and instruments designed to aid in orthopaedic surgical procedures and post-operation rehabilitation. The company sells its products to musculoskeletal surgeons, neurosurgeons, oral surgeons, dentists, hospitals, stocking distributors, healthcare dealers and agents, and healthcare purchasing organizations. It markets and sells its products through healthcare institutions, such as hospitals or direct channel accounts, stocking distributors, healthcare dealers, and dental practices and dental laboratories. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana.

Reynolds American Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures cigarettes and other tobacco products in the United States. It offers cigarettes under the CAMEL, KOOL, PALL MALL, DORAL, WINSTON, SALEM, MISTY, and CAPRI brands, as well as under the DUNHILL, STATE EXPRESS 555, and NATURAL AMERICAN SPIRIT brands. The.. Read More

Archer Daniels Midland Company procures, transports, stores, processes, and merchandises agricultural commodities and products primarily in the United States. It operates in three segments: Oilseeds Processing, Corn Processing, and Agricultural Services. The Oilseeds Processing segment engages in processing oilseeds, such as soybeans, cottonseed, sunflower seeds, canola, peanuts, and flaxseed into vegetable oils and meals for the food and feed industries. It also produces edible soy protein products, including soy flour, soy grits, soy protein concentrates, and soy isolates; natural source vitamin E, tocopherol antioxidants, and phytosterols; and soy isoflavones, as well as sells salad oils, refined oil, oilseed meals, cottonseed flour, and cotton cellulose pulp. The Corn Processing segment engages in wet milling and dry milling corn operations. It produces syrup, starch, glucose, dextrose, and sweeteners; corn gluten feed and meal, and distillers grains; corn germ; and alcohol, amino acids, and other food and animal feed ingredients. This segment also offers astaxanthin, a product used in aquaculture, as well as citric and lactic acids, lactates, sorbitol, and xanthan gum, which are used in various food and industrial products. The Agricultural Services segment engages in buying, storing, cleaning, and transporting agricultural commodities, such as oilseeds, corn, wheat, milo, oats, and barley, and resells these commodities as animal feed ingredients and raw materials. This segment also processes and distributes edible beans as a food ingredient, as well as formula feeds, and animal health and nutrition products. The company also offers cocoa liquor, butter, powder, chocolate, bakery products and mixes, wheat starch, and gluten. Archer Daniels, through its other subsidiaries, provides commodities broking services; foreign exchange services; and participates in third-party reinsurance arrangements. The company was founded in 1898 and is based in Decatur, Illinois.

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation provides commercial information and insight on businesses worldwide. The company offers risk management solutions, including Business Information Report, Comprehensive Report, and International Report, which provide profiles of a company; DNBi, an interactive online application offering the customers real time access to global business information, and monitoring and portfolio analysis; Self Awareness Solutions that allow small business customers to establish, enhance, and protect their own credit; decisioning scores, which help in assessing the credit risk of a business by assigning a rating or score; and Supply On-Ramp, an online solution that allows customers to standardize their supplier registration and evaluation process by creating a single point of entry with consistent procedures. It also provides sales and marketing solutions comprising solutions for customer data integration, which are a suite of solutions that cleanse, identify, and link customer information; D&B Optimizer solution that transforms customer prospects and files into commercial insight, enabling a single customer view across multiple systems and touchpoints, such as marketing and billing databases; and Direct Marketing Lists, which enable the customers to create a marketing campaign. In addition, The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation offers products that address the online business information needs of professionals and small businesses, such as finding information on companies, customers, and prospects, as well as researching how to start up and manage a business. It delivers subscription solutions online through its proprietary tool, Hoovers Online, and electronic data feeds; and advertising and e-marketing solutions through www.hoovers.com, www.AllBusiness.com, and related Internet sites. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Short Hills, New Jersey. The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation operates independently of Moody's Corp. as of September 30, 2000.

Alcoa Inc. engages in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina worldwide. It involves in the technology, mining, refining, smelting, fabricating, and recycling of aluminum. The companys products include precision castings, and aerospace and industrial fasteners. Alcoa offers flat-rolled products, such as sheet and plate, foil products, and can reclamations; extruded and end products, including extrusion and architectural products; auto engineering products; and automotive components. Its products are used in aircraft, automobiles, commercial transportation, building and construction, oil and gas, defense, and industrial applications. The company has bauxite mining interests in Australia, Brazil, Guinea, Jamaica, and Suriname. It has a strategic cooperation agreement with the Peoples Government of Henan Province in China to jointly establish projects for the fabricated and primary aluminum industry. Alcoa was founded in 1888 and is based in New York, New York.

Limited Brands, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of womens intimate and other apparel, beauty and personal care products, and accessories. It offers womens intimate and other apparel, such as lingerie and sleepwear; apparel for girls; personal care, beauty, and home fragrance products; and fashion products.. Read More

Altera Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets programmable logic devices (PLD), HardCopy application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) devices, pre-defined design building blocks, and associated development tools. Its PLDs consist of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) and complex programmable logic devices (CPLD), which are semiconductor integrated circuits manufactured as standard chips that can be programmed to perform logic functions in electronic systems; and HardCopy structured ASIC devices that enable customers to transition from a high-density FPGA to a low-cost non-programmable implementation of design for volume production. The companys products primarily include Stratix III and Stratix IV high-end, system-level FPGAs; Cyclone II and Cyclone III low-cost, high-volume FPGAs; Arria GX low-cost, transceiver-equipped FPGAs; MAX non-volatile CPLDs for use used in glue logic functions; and HardCopy and HardCopy II structured ASIC devices. It also offers intellectual property cores that are pre-verified building blocks that execute standard system-level functions in their PLD design; and development tools consisting primarily of the Quartus II software design entry, design compilation, design verification, and device programming. Altera Corporation serves customers primarily in the communications, computer and storage, industrial, and consumer sectors. The company markets its products through a network of distributors, independent sales representatives, and direct sales personnel. It has operations primarily in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and Japan. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Unum Group, together with its subsidiaries, provides group and individual disability insurance products in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company also provides a portfolio of other insurance products, including long-term care insurance, life insurance, employer and employee-paid group benefits, and.. Read More

Whirlpool Corporation engages in the manufacture and marketing of home appliances worldwide. Its principal products include laundry appliances, refrigerators, cooking appliances, dishwashers, mixers, and other small household appliances. The company also produces hermetic compressors for refrigeration systems. It.. Read More

The investment includes companies from the following industries: oil, gas, energy equipment & services. The fund will normally invest at least 95% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the relevant Select Sector Index. The Funds have adopted a policy that requires each fund to provide shareholders.. Read More

The investment seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the total United States investment-grade bond market as defined by the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate index. The fund invests approximately 90% of assets in the bonds represented in the.. Read More

Target Corporation operates general merchandise and food discount stores in the United States. The company offers an assortment of general merchandise, including consumables and commodities; electronics, entertainment, sporting goods, and toys; apparel and accessories; and home furnishings and decor, as well as a.. Read More

Morgan Stanley, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Institutional Securities, Global Wealth Management Group, and Asset Management. The.. Read More

Tyco Electronics, Ltd. provides engineered electronic components, network solutions, undersea telecommunication systems, and wireless systems. Its Electronic Components segment supplies passive electronic components, including connectors and interconnect systems, relays, switches, circuit protection devices, touch screens, sensors, and wire and cable to original equipment manufacturers and their contract manufacturers in the automotive, computer, communications, industrial, aerospace and defense, appliance, consumer electronics, and medical markets. The companys Network Solutions segment supplies infrastructure components and systems for telecommunications and energy markets. This segment provides various components, including connectors, above and below-ground enclosures, heat shrink tubing, cable accessories, surge arrestors, fiber optic cabling, copper cabling, and racks for copper and fiber networks, as well as electronic systems for test access and intelligent cross-connect applications, and integrated cabling solutions for cabling and building management. The companys Undersea Telecommunications segment builds, designs, maintains, and tests undersea fiber optic networks for the telecommunications and oil and gas markets. Its Wireless Systems segment offers wireless technology for critical communications systems. This segment provides land mobile radio technology products and systems, including network and system infrastructure, portable radios, service, and maintenance for automobile, telecommunication, computer, industrial, aerospace, and consumer products manufacturers. The company sells its products in the Americas, Europe/the Middle East/Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. Tyco Electronics was founded in 1941 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda. Tyco Electronics, Ltd. (NYSE:TEL) operates independently of Tyco International Ltd. as of June 29, 2007.

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell 1000 index. The fund invests at least 90% of assets in the securities of the underlying index. It uses a representative sampling strategy in order to track the Russell 1000 index, which measures the.. Read More

Yamana Gold, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of gold properties. The company also focuses on copper and silver projects. It holds gold production, gold development stage, and exploration stage properties, as well as land positions in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and.. Read More

Shire plc, together with subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, sale, and distribution of pharmaceutical products. It operates in two segments: Specialty Pharmaceuticals and Human Genetic Therapies. The Specialty Pharmaceuticals segment offers products for the treatment of attention.. Read More

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) operates as a science and technology company in various disciplines, including agriculture, industrial biotechnology, chemistry, biology, materials science, and manufacturing. It operates in five segments: Agriculture & Nutrition, Coatings & Color Technologies,.. Read More

The Travelers Companies, Inc., a holding company, provides various commercial and personal property and casualty insurance products and services to businesses, government units, associations, and individuals primarily in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Business Insurance; Financial, Professional, and International Insurance; and Personal Insurance. Business Insurance segment offers property and casualty products and services, such as commercial multi-peril, property, general liability, commercial auto, and workers compensation insurance. It operates in six groups: Select Accounts, which serves small businesses; Commercial Accounts that serves mid-sized businesses; National Accounts, which serves large companies; Industry-Focused Underwriting that serves targeted industries; Target Risk Underwriting, which serves commercial businesses requiring specialized product underwriting, claims handling, and risk management services; and Specialized Distribution that offers products to customers through licensed wholesale, general, and program agents. Financial, Professional, and International Insurance segment provides surety and financial liability coverage, which requires a credit-based underwriting process, and property and casualty products primarily in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada. Personal Insurance segment offers property and casualty insurance covering personal risks, including primarily automobile and homeowners insurance to individuals. It distributes its products through independent agents, sponsoring organizations, joint marketing arrangements with other insurers, and direct marketing. The Travelers Companies was formerly known as The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. and changed its name to The Travelers Companies, Inc. in February 2007. The company was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Travelers Companies, Inc. operates independently of Citigroup, Inc. as of August 20, 2002.

The Home Depot, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer company. The companys Home Depot stores sell building materials, home improvement supplies, and lawn and garden products to do-it-yourself customers, do-it-for-me (D-I-F-M) customers, home improvement contractors, tradespeople, and building maintenance professionals. Its stores also offer various installation services for D-I-F-M customers. These installation programs include products, such as carpeting, flooring, cabinets, countertops, and water heaters. In addition, the company provides professional installation of various products that are sold through its in-home sales programs, such as generators, and furnace and central air systems. As of February 1, 2009, it operated 2,233 retail stores in the United States, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam; Canada; China; and Mexico. The Home Depot, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell Midcap index. The fund invests at least 90% of assets in the securities of the underlying index. It uses a representative sampling strategy in order to track the Russell Midcap index, which measures.. Read More

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE index (the underlying index). The fund invests at least 90% of assets in the securities of its underlying index or in ADRs, GDRs or EDRs representing securities in the.. Read More

C. R. Bard, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the design, manufacture, packaging, distribution, and sale of medical, surgical, diagnostic, and patient care devices worldwide. It offers vascular, urology, oncology, and surgical specialty products. The companys vascular products include percutaneous transluminal angioplasty catheters, guidewires, introducers and accessories, peripheral stents, stent grafts, vena cava filters, and biopsy devices; electrophysiology products, such as electrophysiology laboratory systems and diagnostic, therapeutic, and temporary pacing electrode catheters; and fabrics, meshes, and implantable vascular grafts. Its urology products comprise infection control Foley catheters to reduce the rate of urinary tract infections; surgical slings used to treat stress urinary incontinence; natural and synthetic devices to treat pelvic floor and vaginal prolapse; brachytherapy services, devices, and radioactive seeds used to treat prostate cancer; urine monitoring and collection systems; ureteral stents; fecal incontinence products; and specialty devices for ureteroscopic procedures and stone removal. The company offers various devices to treat and manage cancers, and other diseases and disorders, including specialty access catheters, ports, vascular access ultrasound devices, and enteral feeding devices. Its surgical specialty products include patches and fixation systems for hernia and other soft tissue repairs; irrigation devices for orthopaedic, laparoscopic, and gynecological procedures; and products for topical hemostasis. C. R. Bard sells its products directly and through distributors to hospitals, individual health care professionals, extended care facilities, and alternate site facilities. The company was founded in 1907 and is based in Murray Hill, New Jersey.

The investment seeks to track the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets index. The fund employs a passively managed investment approach by investing all or substantially all of assets in a representative sample of the common stocks included in the MSCI Emerging Markets index. This index includes approximately.. Read More

EQT Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: EQT Production, EQT Midstream, and Equitable Distribution. The EQT Production segments properties are located primarily in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia,.. Read More

BMC Software, Inc. develops software that provides system and service management solutions primarily for large enterprises in the United States and internationally. The companys Enterprise Service Management segment offers service assurance solutions that manage event management, service impact management, capacity management, and end user experience management; service automation solutions comprising server and application provisioning, the management of configuration settings and changes, and the compliance with configuration policies; service support that manages service desk, incident management, problem management, asset management, service level management, change and release management, and identity management; and BMC Atrium, which provides shared technologies that unify data and processes from disparate management tools, and assigns priorities to business services. Its Mainframe Service Management segment provides mainframe data management solutions that ensure the availability and reliability of the business critical data and applications; infrastructure management, which include MAINVIEW product line that delivers business-centric systems management, intelligent optimization, and capacity management for an array of mainframe infrastructure components; and enterprise scheduling and output management solutions comprising CONTROL-M product line, a set of features enabling data centers to automate their complex workloads and critical business processes. The company also offers consulting, implementation, integration, IT process design and re-engineering, and educational services related to its software products. It serves manufacturers, telecommunication companies, financial service providers, educational institutions, retailers, distributors, hospitals, service providers, government agencies, and channel partners, including resellers, distributors, and system integrators. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

The investment seeks to provide investment results that generally correspond to the performance of the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The fund holds all of the S&P stocks in the MidCap 400 Index. It is a unit investment trust that consists of individual ownership interest units called SPDRs in the MidCap SPDR trust. The.. Read More

The investment is a unit investment trust designed to correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Nasdaq-100 index. The fund holds all the stocks in the Nasdaq-100 index, which consists of the largest non-financial securities listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The fund issues and.. Read More

Southern Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company serving across the southeastern United States. It generates, transmits, and distributes electricity through coal, nuclear, oil and gas, and hydro resources to utilities, electric cooperatives, and municipalities in Alabama, Florida,.. Read More

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