Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, ownership, and operation of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities in Macau. The company owns and operates Crown Macau resort that features a casino area of approximately 183,000 square feet with approximately 255.. Read More

Alliant Techsystems Inc. supplies aerospace and defense products to the U.S. government agencies, and its prime contractors and subcontractors. The company also supplies ammunition and related accessories to law enforcement agencies and commercial customers. Its ATK Armament Systems segment offers military ammunition and gun systems, such as small-caliber training and tactical ammunition rounds; medium-caliber ammunition, including fighting and light armored vehicles, helicopters, A-10 close-combat support aircraft, and AC-130 gunship aircraft; and chain guns. This segment also provides ammunition, gun care products, targets and traps, rifle scopes and mounts, and binoculars to law enforcement agencies and sport shooting enthusiasts; solid extruded propellant for medium caliber and tank ammunition, artillery charge systems, and air and ground launched rockets; and commercial gun powder for sporting ammunition manufacturers, hunters, and sport shooters. The companys ATK Mission Systems segment offers missile systems, precision-guided munitions, force protection systems, soldier weapon systems, barrier systems, large-caliber ammunition, tactical and hypersonic propulsion systems, warheads, fuzes, missile defense divert and control systems, electronic warfare and aircraft integration products, structural and engine components, radomes, and apertures. Alliant Techsystems ATK Space Systems segment manufactures human and cargo launch vehicles, conventional and strategic missiles, missile defense interceptors, and decoy and illuminating flares. This segment also offers solar arrays and solar panel substrates; radio frequency antenna reflectors and antennas; composite bus structures, towers, and subsystems; thermal systems; titanium propellant tanks; and insertion motors, as well as technical services. It operates in the United States, Puerto Rico, and internationally. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Washington Federal, Inc. operates as the holding company for Washington Federal Savings, which provides various financial services in the United States. The companys deposit products include checking accounts, passbook and statement accounts, money market accounts, and time deposits or certificate accounts. Its.. Read More

Hancock Holding Company, a financial holding company, provides a range of banking and financial services to consumers, and small and middle market businesses in Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Alabama. The company generates various deposit products, such as non-interest bearing demand, NOW account, money.. Read More

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of lawn and garden care products in North America and the European Union. The company sells a line of granular lawn fertilizer and combination products, including fertilizer and crabgrass control, weed control, or pest control products; plant foods; and growing media products for indoor and outdoor uses, as well as grass seed products for the consumer and the professional users. It also offers weed control, indoor and outdoor pest control, and plant disease control products; wild bird food; and lawn spreaders. In addition, the company sells professional products, such as controlled-release fertilizers, water-soluble fertilizers, pesticide products, and wetting agents to commercial nurseries, greenhouses, and specialty crop growers in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, and the Far East. Further, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company offers residential lawn care, lawn aeration, tree and shrub care, and external pest control services consisting primarily of fertilizer, weed control, pest control, and disease control applications. Additionally, it provides outdoor living and gardening lifestyle products, which include outdoor furniture, pottery, garden tools, gardening containers, and live goods through retail stores, catalog and Internet sales, and other trade and wholesale relationships. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Companys customers include home improvement centers, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, hardware chains, independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, food and drug stores, commercial nurseries and greenhouses, and specialty crop growers. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Marysville, Ohio.

Rambus Inc. designs, develops, and licenses chip interface technologies and architectures that are used in digital electronics products. Its products include Fully Synchronous DRAM, which is designed to allow precise timing from a DRAM system; Dual Edge Clocking that is designed to allow data to be sent on the.. Read More

SINA Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an online media company and information services provider in the Peoples Republic of China. It operates in five business lines: SINA.com, SINA Mobile, SINA Community, SINA.net, and SINA E-Commerce. The SINA.com business line offers online advertising, news,.. Read More

Alleghany Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the property and casualty, and surety insurance business. It underwrites specialty insurance coverages in the property, umbrella/excess, general liability, directors and officers liability, professional liability lines of business, workers compensation.. Read More

South Jersey Industries, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the purchase, transmission, and sale of natural gas for residential, commercial, and industrial customers primarily in southern New Jersey. It sells natural gas and pipeline transportation capacity on a wholesale basis to various customers on the.. Read More

Curtiss-Wright Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and overhauling of precision components and systems. It operates in three segments: Flow Control, Motion Control, and Metal Treatment. The Flow Control segment primarily offers pumps, motors, valves, generators, instrumentation, and control.. Read More

Ryder System, Inc. provides transportation and supply chain management solutions. The company operates in three segments: Fleet Management Solutions (FMS), Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), and Dedicated Contract Carriage (DCC). The FMS segment provides leasing, contract maintenance, contract-related maintenance, and.. Read More

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. operates as a coal producer primarily in the central Appalachian and northern Appalachian regions. It engages in underground room and pillar mining, and surface mining operations, with a focus on high bituminous, low sulfur steam coal and metallurgical coal reserves. The company.. Read More

Sensient Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of colors, flavors, and fragrances worldwide. Its products include flavors, flavor enhancers, and bionutrients; fragrances and aroma chemicals; dehydrated vegetables and other food ingredients; natural and.. Read More

Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the extraction, cleaning, and sale of coal to electric utilities, steel companies, coal brokers, and industrial users primarily in the United States. It offers steam coal to electric power generators and industrial plants; and metallurgical coal.. Read More

Digital River, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides outsourced e-commerce solutions in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Its services assist in establishing an online sales channel capability and to manage online sales. The company offers design, development, and hosting of online stores.. Read More

Dril-Quip, Inc. designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects, assembles, tests, and markets engineered offshore drilling and production equipment for use in deepwater, harsh environment, and severe service applications worldwide. Its principal products consist of subsea and surface wellheads, subsea and surface production trees, subsea control systems and manifolds, mudline hanger systems, specialty connectors and associated pipe, drilling and production riser systems, liner hangers, and wellhead connectors and diverters. The companys products are used to explore for oil and gas on offshore drilling rigs, such as floating rigs and jack-ups. Its products are also used for drilling and production of oil and gas wells on offshore platforms; TLPs, which are floating production platforms connected to the ocean floor via vertical mooring tethers; Spars, a floating cylindrical structure; and floating production, storage, and offloading monohull moored vessels. In addition, the company provides services, including technical advisory services, rework and reconditioning services, and rental of running tools for use in the installation and retrieval of its products. It serves integrated, independent, and foreign national oil and gas companies, as well as offshore drilling contractors, and engineering and construction companies. Dril-Quip, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is based in Houston, Texas.

The investment seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the long-term sector of the United States Treasury market as defined by the Barclays Capital 20+ 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

Corporate Office Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the acquisition, development, ownership, management, and leasing of suburban office properties. As of December 31, 2005, the companys portfolio consisted of 165 office properties; 14 wholly owned office properties under construction or development; and land parcels totaling 311 acres. As of the above date, the company, through joint ventures, owned 18 operating properties, 2 office properties, and land parcels totaling 138 acres. As an REIT, it would not be taxed on the portion of its income, which is distributed to shareholders, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income. Corporate Office Properties Trust was founded in 1988 and is based in Columbia, Maryland.

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell Midcap Growth 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 Growth index,.. Read More

Silver Wheaton Corp.: Mining and sale of silver. Silver mining in the Tayoltita, Santa Rita and San Antonio mines in Durango and Sinaloa states (Mexico), in the San Martin mine in Quertaro State (Mexico), and in the Zinkgruvan mine in south central Sweden. Common shares listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange;.. Read More

Pulte Homes, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the homebuilding and financial services businesses primarily in the United States. The companys homebuilding business involves in the acquisition and development of land for residential purposes within the continental United States; and the construction of.. Read More

Steel Dynamics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of steel products in the United States. It operates in three segments: Steel Operations, Steel Fabrication Operations, and Metals Recycling and Ferrous Resources Operations. The Steel Operations segment offers hot rolled,.. Read More

World Fuel Services Corporation engages in the marketing and sale of marine, aviation, and land fuel products and related services worldwide. The companys Marine segment markets fuel and related services to international container and tanker fleets, and time-charter operators, as well as to the United States and.. Read More

Highwoods Properties, Inc., an equity real estate investment trust, engages in the acquisition, development, and operation of rental real estate properties in the United States. It owns and operates suburban office, industrial, retail, and residential properties in the southeastern and midwestern United States... Read More

The investment seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Barclays Capital Short U.S. Treasury index. The fund generally invests at least 90% of assets in the bonds of the underlying index and at least 95% of assets in U.S. government bonds. It may also invest up to 10% of.. Read More

Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., through its subsidiary, Ferrellgas, L.P., distributes propane and related equipment and supplies primarily in the United States. It transports propane purchased from third parties to propane distribution locations and then to tanks on customers premises, or to portable propane tanks delivered to nationwide and local retailers. It conducts its portable tank exchange operations through a network of independent and partnership-owned distribution outlets. The companys propane is used for various applications, including space heating, water heating, and cooking in the residential and industrial/commercial markets; for outdoor cooking using gas grills in the portable tank exchange market; and for crop drying, space heating, irrigation, and weed control in the agricultural market. Ferrellgas Partners also engages in providing common carrier services; wholesale propane marketing and distribution; wholesale marketing of propane appliances; and the sale of carbon dioxide and refined fuels. The company serves approximately residential, industrial/commercial, portable tank exchange, agricultural, and other customers in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. As of July 31, 2008, it had 871 propane distribution locations. Ferrellgas, Inc. serves as the general partner of the company. Ferrellgas Partners was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.

Greenhill & Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent investment banking company in North America and Europe. It provides financial advisory services, such as advice on strategic matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, divestitures, defensive.. Read More

Dendreon Corporation, a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics to enhance cancer treatment options for patients. The companys product portfolio includes active cellular immunotherapy, monoclonal antibody, and small molecule product candidates to treat various cancers. Its product candidates comprise Provenge (sipuleucel-T), an active cellular immunotherapy that has completed two Phase III trials for the treatment of asymptomatic, metastatic, and androgen-independent prostate cancer; and Neuvenge (lapuleucel-T), an investigational active immunotherapy for the treatment of patients with breast, ovarian, and other solid tumors expressing HER2/neu. The company also has a range of products in preclinical studies, which include CEA for the treatment of breast, lung, and colon cancer; CA-9 (MN) for the treatment of kidney, colon, and cervical cancer; Anti-Serine Protease for the treatment of multiple cancers; and Anti-HLA-DR for the treatment of hematologic malignancies, as well as TRPM8 for the treatment of lung, breast, prostate, and colon cancer. Dendreon Corporation, formerly known as Activated Cell Therapy, Inc., was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Scientific Games Corporation supplies technology-based products, systems, and services to gaming markets worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Printed Products Group, Lottery Systems Group, and Diversified Gaming Group. The Printed Products Group provides instant lottery tickets and related services,.. Read More

Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides property and marine, casualty, and finite risk reinsurance products worldwide. It operates in three segments: Property and Marine, Casualty, and Finite Risk. The Property and Marine segment includes property catastrophe excess-of-loss reinsurance contracts, property per-risk excess-of-loss reinsurance contracts, and property proportional reinsurance contracts. It provides reinsurance coverage for damage to property and crops; and reinsurance coverage for marine and offshore energy insurance programs, including hull damage, protection and indemnity, cargo damage, satellite damage, and general marine liability. This segment also underwrites commercial and general aviation reinsurance. The Casualty segment provides reinsurance products that cover umbrella liability, general and product liability, professional liability, workers compensation, casualty clash, and automobile liability, as well as surety, trade credit, political risk, and accident and health. The Finite Risk segment principally provides structured reinsurance contracts with ceding companies. It offers various categories of finite risk contracts, such as quota share, multiyear excess-of-loss, and whole account aggregate stop loss. Platinum Underwriters markets its products through reinsurance intermediaries to providers of commercial and personal lines of insurance and reinsurance. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda.

Tower Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a range of specialized property and casualty insurance products and services to small to mid-sized businesses and individuals primarily in the northeast, Florida, Texas, and California. Its insurance products include commercial multiple-peril products, such as commercial package policies, businessowners policies, and landlord package policies; commercial products comprising monoline commercial general liability and commercial umbrella policies; workers compensation; commercial automobile; personal automobile; homeowners policy; and fire and allied lines policies consisting of dwelling and monoline commercial property policies. The company offers its products to businesses, such as residential and commercial buildings, retail and wholesale stores, food service and restaurants, artisan contractors, and garage automotive services. It also produces premiums on behalf of its issuing companies, as well as provides administrative, underwriting, claims administration, and reinsurance intermediary services. The company distributes its products through independent wholesale, and retail agents and brokers. Tower Group was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Mentor Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, licensing, and marketing of various products for the aesthetic and general surgery markets. Its products consist of surgically implantable breast implants, including saline-filled implants and silicone gel-filled implants for plastic and reconstructive.. Read More

The objective of the trust is for the value of its shares to reflect, at any given time, the price of gold owned by the trust at that time, less the trust's expenses and liabilities. The trust is not actively managed. It receives gold deposited with it in exchange for the creation of baskets of iShares, sells.. Read More

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated operates upscale, full-service casual dining restaurants in the United States. As of February 27, 2009, the company operated 160 upscale, full-service casual dining restaurants comprising 146 under The Cheesecake Factory name in 34 states and the District of Columbia, 13 under.. Read More

The investment includes companies from the following industries: food and drug retailing, beverages, food products, tobacco, household products and personal products. The fund will normally invest at least 95% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the relevant Select Sector Index. The Funds also have.. Read More

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in healthcare-related senior housing and long-term care facilities in the United States. As of February 8, 2006, the company had investments in 447 facilities in 39 states in the United States. It also.. Read More

Commercial Metals Company engages in the manufacture, recycle, fabricate, and distribution of steel and metal products and related materials and services in the United States and internationally. It engages in the recycling operations through metal processing plants located in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana,.. Read More

The investment seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the intermediate-term sector of the United States Treasury market as defined by the Barclays Capital 7-10 Year U.S. Treasury index. The fund generally invests at least 90% of assets in the bonds of the underlying index.. Read More

Markel Corporation markets and underwrites specialty insurance products and programs. It operates in three segments: Excess and Surplus Lines, Specialty Admitted, and London markets. The Excess and Surplus Lines segment writes property and casualty insurance outside of the standard market for hard-to-place risks,.. Read More

Thoratec Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of proprietary medical devices used for circulatory support. It operates in two divisions, Cardiovascular and International Technidyne Corporation (ITC). The Cardiovascular division offers medical devices used for mechanical circulatory support. Its products include Paracorporeal Ventricular Assist Device, an external ventricular assist device for short to mid-term cardiac support; Implantable Ventricular Assist Device, an implantable blood pump approved for both bridge-to-transplantation and post-cardiotomy myocardial recovery; HeartMate XVE, an implantable device for mid to long-term cardiac support for those patients ineligible for heart transplantation; HeartMate II, an implantable device consisting of a miniature rotary blood pump to provide long-term support; CentriMag to provide support for up to six hours for patients suffering from severe, potentially reversible cardiac failure; and Vectra Vascular Access Graft designed for use as a shunt between an artery and a vein. The ITC division provides point-of-care products, including diagnostic test systems that monitor blood coagulation, as well as monitor blood gas/electrolyte, oxygenation, and chemistry status, including total hemoglobin. This division also offers incision products to obtain patients blood sample for diagnostic testing and screening for platelet function. The company sells its products to the hospital point-of-care market; and the alternate site point-of-care market comprising physicians offices, long-term care facilities, clinics, visiting nurse associations, and home healthcare companies through direct sales force and distributors in the United States and internationally. Thoratec was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.

SBA Communications Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of wireless communications towers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company leases antenna space to wireless service providers on towers and other structures that it owns, manages, or.. Read More

The investment seeks to reflect the performance of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity index. The fund will pursue its investment objective by investing in a portfolio of exchange-traded futures on the commodities comprising the index, or the index commodities. The index commodities are light, sweet crude oil, heating oil, aluminum, gold, corn and wheat. The index is composed of notional amounts of each of the index commodities. The notional amounts of each index commodity are broadly in proportion to historical levels of the worlds production and supply.

Burger King Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and franchises fast food hamburger restaurants. The company offers various food items, such as flame-broiled hamburgers, chicken and other specialty sandwiches, french fries, and soft drinks. As of May 21, 2009, the company operated approximately 11,700.. Read More

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., a solar energy company, engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of photovoltaic (PV) products worldwide. Its products include monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon PV cells; PV modules; and building-integrated photovoltaics products. The company also.. Read More

Nuveen Insured Municipal Opportunity Fund, Inc is a close ended mutual fund launched and managed by Nuveen Investments Inc. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The funds investment portfolio primarily consists of investment in companies operating in various sectors, including transportation, healthcare, utilities, housing/multifamily, and water and sewer sectors, as well as tax obligation/limited, tax obligation/general, the United States guaranteed. Nuveen Insured Municipal Opportunity Fund was founded in 1991 and is domiciled in the United States.

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT), invests primarily in long-term healthcare facilities in the United States. The company provides lease or mortgage financing to qualified operators of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), as well as to assisted living.. Read More

The investment seeks to replicate the performance, net of expenses, of the Utilities Select Sector Index. The fund invests at least 95% of assets in common stocks that comprise the index. The index includes companies from the electric utilities, multi-utilities, independent power producers, energy traders and gas.. Read More

FTI Consulting, Inc. operates as a business advisory company worldwide. It operates in five segments: Corporate Finance/Restructuring, Forensic and Litigation Consulting, Strategic Communications, Technology, and Economic Consulting. The Corporate Finance/Restructuring segment focuses on strategic, operational,.. Read More

WMS Industries, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of gaming machines and video lottery terminals (VLTs) for customers in gaming jurisdictions worldwide. The companys products consist of video gaming machines, mechanical reel gaming machines, and video poker gaming machines. It also sells spare parts, conversion kits, amusement-with-prize gaming machines, and used gaming machines, as well as equipment manufactured under original equipment manufacturing agreements to casinos and other licensed gaming machine operators. In addition, the company involves in licensing its gaming themes and other intellectual property to third parties; and leasing of gaming machines and VLTs to casinos and other licensed gaming machine operators. WMS Industries, Inc., formerly known as Williams Electronics, Inc., was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Waukegan, Illinois.

Regency Centers Corporation operates as a real estate investment trust. The company, through its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and develops community and neighborhood shopping centers that are tenanted by grocers, category-leading anchors, specialty retailers, and restaurants. As of December 31, 2006, it owned.. Read More