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Countrywide Financial Corp. provides mortgage banking services. It offers ancillary services such as home equity loans and homeowners insurance. The company was founded by Angelo R. Mozilo and David S. Loeb in 1969 and is headquartered in Simi Valley, CA.

Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. manufactures beverage based drink syrups. It has a spiced-cherry flavor and therefore does not qualify for full-fledged cola status. The firm mixes up beverage brands including its namesake brands and their diet companions, plus A&W and I.B.C., root beers, Canada Dry, Deja Blue, Raging Cow, Red Fusion, Sunkist, Schweppes, Squirt, Welch's & dnL, a caffeinated, colored version of 7 UP. The company was founded in 1986 and is located in Plano, TX

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. manufactures and markets cigarettes and tobacco products. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. (Thornburg) is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The firm was founded by H. Garrett Thornburg in 1982. Thornburg provides discretionary portfolio management and investment services to several client types, which includes Thornburg Investment Trust, registered investment companies as to which Thornburg is a sub-adviser, separate accounts for institutional clients and private clients, wrap fee accounts of sponsored program accounts, unified managed account programs, private investment funds and other non-SEC registered investment vehicles.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP provides legal services. The firm's areas of practice includes appellate, litigation, business and commercial litigation, dispute resolution, government contracts, internal investigations, labor and employment, oil and gas patent, trademark and copyright infringement, product liability and toxic tort securities litigation. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. provides home loan and mortgage services. It generates loans through referrals from real estate agents, homebuilders and corporate relocation specialists through phone and internet. The company also provides ancillary services such as title, escrow and appraisal. Countrywide Home Loans was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Calabasas, CA.

MaltinPatterson Global Advisers LLC (MaltinPatterson Global Advisers) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Mattinpatterson PE Holdings LLC, founded in 2002 by David Jeffrey Matlin and Mark R. Patterson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Huntsman Advanced Materials LLC manufactures & markets synthetic and formulated polymer products. The company's products include advanced epoxy, acrylic, and polyurethane-based polymer products. It also provides liquid formulated polymer systems used in the manufacture of soldermasks and inner layer resists for printed circuit boards. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Global Aviation Holdings, Inc. provides customized, non scheduled passenger and cargo air transport services. The company was founded on January 26, 2006 and is headquartered in Peachtree City, GA.

MatlinPatterson LLC provides investment and private equity management services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

OrthoSensor, Inc. develops external and implantable sensor systems for applications in the field of orthopedics. The firm's products are used in knee, hip and shoulder replacement procedures as well as in spinal and trauma applications. It also engages in clinical and bioengineering research in the field of orthopedics. The company was founded by Martin W. Roche in 2006 and is headquartered in Dania Beach, FL.

Part of Matlinpatterson PE Holdings LLC, MP Thrift Investments LP provides investment services. The company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is David Jeffrey Matlin.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Goss International Americas LLC supplies magazine printing equipment. It offers presses and finishing systems including automated and web offset presses for newspaper, packaging, catalog, direct mail, and other printing applications. The company was founded by Fred Goss and Sam Goss in 1885 and is headquartered in Durham, NH.

United Electric Co. LP manufactures parts for air conditioning and heating components. Its products include chilled water and direct expansion blower, modular blower, and floor and ceiling fan coil units and roof top air handlers. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Wichita Falls, TX.

Part of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP, Cutler & Stanfield LLP provides legal services. The company is based in Denver, CO. Cutler & Stanfield was acquired by Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP on September 11, 2000.

7-Up Corp. produces nonalcoholic beverages. The private company is based in Modesto, CA.

International Council of Shopping Centers, Inc. serves the global retail real estate industry. Its programs include webinars, global awards program, exhibit, sponsorship and advertising, opportunities. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. was founded in 1920. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company provides investment research.

Gulf of Maine Research Institute is a research institute founded in 1994 that provides collaborative solutions to ocean challenges. The non-profit company is based in Portland, ME.

Clene Nanomedicine, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which develops therapeutic candidates for neurodegenerative diseases. It focuses on the development of therapeutic nanocatalyst, CNM-Au8, for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases with a Phase 3 study underway in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and concurrent Phase 2 clinical programs ongoing for the neuroreparative treatment of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and ALS. The company was founded by Reed N. Wilcox and Mark G. Mortenson in 2013 and and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Pristine Surgical LLC is a medical device company that aims to simplify endoscopy. The company is based in Manchester, NH. The company offers a subscription business model with transparent pricing and automated inventory management, delivering improved workflow and reduced costs to the endoscopy suite. Pristine Surgical combines single-use endoscopes with cloud-based software to make minimally invasive visualization more efficient, consistent, and safe. The company was founded by Bryan Lord, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

MP Global Advisers LLC provides investment advisory services. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by David Jeffrey Matlin. David Jeffrey Matlin has been the CEO since incorporation.

Dermasensor, Inc. operates as a medical device company. Its DermaSensor? technology is used for skin cancer evaluation. The company is headquartered in Miami, FL.