Rent-A-Center Inc [[RCII]]- Rent-A-Center, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, primarily engages in leasing household durable goods to customers on a rent-to-own basis. The company operates stores under Get It Now, Home Choice, Rent-A-Centre, and Better Living brand names that offer durable products, such as consumer electronics, appliances, computers, furniture, and accessories under flexible rental purchase agreements that allow the customer to obtain ownership of the merchandise at the conclusion of an agreed-upon rental period. It also offers merchandise on an installment sales basis in certain of its stores.
G&K Services Inc [[GKSR]]- G&K Services, Inc. provides branded identity apparel and facility services programs in North America. It offers rented uniforms and facility services products, such as floor mats, dust mops, wiping towels, restroom supplies, and various linen items.
The company’s apparel and facility services programs provide rental-lease or purchase options to the customers of heavy-industrial, light-manufacturing, and service businesses, and corporate casual and executive apparel markets. G&K Services, Inc. also provides direct sale and custom-embroidered logo apparel programs, clean room garments, and process control services. In addition, the company sells uniforms and other apparel items to customers through its direct sale programs.
Jos A Bank Clothiers Inc [[JOSB]]- Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. engages in designing, manufacturing, retailing, and direct marketing men’s tailored and casual clothing and accessories in the United States. Its product offerings include tuxedos, suits, shirts, vests, ties, sport coats, pants, sportswear, overcoats, sweaters, belts and braces, socks, underwear, and shoes. The company sells its products primarily under the Jos. A. Bank label through its own and franchised stores, and catalogs, as well as the Internet at josbank.com. As of March 31, 2010, it operated 473 retail stores, including 7 outlet stores and 13 franchise stores in 42 states and the District of Columbia.
Netease.com Inc [[NTES]]- NetEase.com, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates an interactive online community in China; and provides Chinese language content and services through online games, Internet portal, and wireless value-added services (WVAS) businesses. It operates in three segments: Online Game Services, Advertising Services, and WVAS and Others.
The Online Game Services segment develops and operates massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) that are played using physical and virtual point cards; and an online casual game platform with various multi-player games. It offers its physical point cards for MMORPGs playing time through various distribution channels, including wholesalers, Internet cafés, software stores, supermarkets, bookstores, and newspaper stands, as well as convenience stores.
Stewart Enterprises Inc [[STEI]]- Stewart Enterprises, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides funeral and cemetery products and services in the death care industry in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company also offers a range of funeral merchandise and services, as well as cemetery property, merchandise, and services. Its funeral homes provide various services and products, including the family consultation, removal and preparation of remains, usage of funeral home facilities for visitation, worship and funeral services, transportation services, flowers, and caskets.
Syntel Inc [[SYNT]]- Syntel, Inc. provides information technology (IT) and knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) services worldwide. It operates in four segments: Applications Outsourcing, KPO, e-Business, and TeamSourcing.
Alliance Data Systems Corp [[ADS]]- Alliance Data Systems Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides data-driven and transaction-based marketing and customer loyalty solutions primarily in the United States and Canada.
American Italian Pasta Co [[AIPC]]- American Italian Pasta Company engages in the production and marketing of dry pasta in North America. The company produces approximately 300 shapes and sizes of pasta products in various package configurations, such as bulk packages for institutional customers and individually-wrapped packages for retail consumers. It offers pasta products, including proprietary brands, private label customer brands, Italian imported products, and alternative formula products through its sales employees, as well as through food brokers and distributors.
Apollo Group Inc [[APOL]]- Apollo Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various educational programs and services at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. The company offers associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs in arts and sciences, business and management, criminal justice and security, education, human services, health care, psychology, technology, and nursing through its campus locations and learning centers in 39 states and the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as through online educational delivery system. It also provides program development, administration, and management consulting services, including degree program design, curriculum development, market research, student recruitment, accounting, and administrative services to private colleges and universities. In addition, the company offers financial services education programs and certification programs in retirement, asset management, and other financial planning areas.
Aeropostale Inc [[ARO]]- Aeropostale, Inc. operates as a mall-based specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories. It designs, markets, and sells merchandise principally targeting 14 to 17 year-old young women and men.
Best BUY Co Inc [[BBY]]- Best Buy Co., Inc. operates as a specialty retailer in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, and Europe. It offers consumer electronic video products, such as televisions, digital cameras and accessories, digital camcorders, and DVD players; and audio products comprising MP3 players, navigation products, home theater audio systems and components, and mobile electronics; home office products comprising notebook and desktop computers, monitors, mobile phones and related subscription service commissions, hard drives, and networking equipment; entertainment software products, such as video gaming hardware and software, DVDs, CDs, digital downloads, and computer software; and appliances, such as kitchen appliances, plumbing fixtures, snacks, and beverages.
Best Buy Co. also offers service contracts; extended warranties; product repair; broadband voice, data, and information technology services; and delivers and installs home theater, mobile audio, and appliances. As of February 28, 2009, it operated 1,023 U.S. Best Buy stores, 38 U.S. Best Buy Mobile stand-alone stores, 34 Pacific Sales stores, 6 Magnolia Audio Video stores, and 6 Geek Squad stand-alone stores. The company also operated 2,465 The Carphone Warehouse and The Phone House stores in Europe, 58 Best Buy Canada stores, 3 Best Buy Mobile Canada stores, 139 Future Shop stores in Canada, 164 Five Star stores in China, 5 Best Buy China stores, and 1 Best Buy Mexico store.
It also operates the Napster and Speakeasy stores. In addition, the company engages in online retailing through BestBuy.com, BestBuy.ca, BestBuy.com.cn, espanol.BestBuy.com, and BestBuyMobile.com; CarphoneWarehouse.com; Five-Star.cn; FutureShop.ca; GeekSquad.com and GeekSquad.ca; MagnoliaAV.com; Napster.com; PacificSales.com; PhoneHouse.com; and Speakeasy.net. It was formerly known as Sound of Music, Inc. and changed its name to Best Buy Co., Inc. in 1983.
Burger King Holdings Inc [[BKC]]- Burger King Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and franchises Burger King 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 June 30, 2009, it owned or franchised approximately 11,925 restaurants in 73 countries and the U.S. territories, which include 1,429 company-owned restaurants and 10,496 franchised restaurants. Burger King Holdings has operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America.
Bally Technologies Inc [[BYI]]- Bally Technologies, Inc., a gaming company, designs, manufactures, distributes, and operates gaming devices, as well as computerized monitoring, accounting, and player-tracking systems for the gaming industry in the United States and internationally.
Career Education Corp [[CECO]]- Career Education Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides educational services primarily in the United States. The company operates schools, colleges, and universities that offer doctoral degree, master’s degree, bachelor’s degree, and associate degrees, as well as diploma and certificate programs in various career oriented disciplines. Its academic programs include career oriented disciplines, such as business studies, visual communications and design technologies, health education, information technology, and criminal justice and education in an online, classroom, or laboratory setting; and culinary art programs in the career-oriented disciplines of culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, and hotel and restaurant management primarily in a classroom, kitchen, or online setting.
Career Education also offers health education academic programs complemented by programs in business studies and information technology in a classroom, laboratory, or online setting; and arts and design academic programs in the disciplines of fashion design, game design, graphic design, interior design, film and video production, and photography and visual communications in a classroom, laboratory, or online setting.
Chico’s FAS Inc [[CHS]]- Chico’s FAS Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer of casual-to-dressy clothing, intimates, complementary accessories, and other non-clothing gift items.
Ctrip.com [[CTRP]]- Ctrip.com International, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides travel services for hotel accommodations, airline tickets, and packaged tours in the People’s Republic of China. It also sells independent leisure travelers bundled package-tour products, which include transportation and accommodations, as well as guided tours covering various domestic and international destinations. In addition, the company offers Internet-related advertising, aviation casualty insurance, and other related services.
Famous Daves of America Inc [[DAVE]]- Famous Dave’s of America Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the development, ownership, operation, and franchising of restaurants under the Famous Dave’s name in the United States. The company operates full-service and counter-service restaurants. As of January 3, 2010, it owned 177 restaurants operated in 37 states, including 45 company-owned restaurants and 132 franchise-operated restaurants.
Denny’s Corp [[DENN]]- Denny’s Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of a chain of family-style restaurants primarily in the United States.
Discovery Holding Co [[DISCA]]- Discovery Communications, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a media and entertainment company worldwide. It provides original and purchased programming across various distribution platforms with approximately 100 television networks in 35 languages. The company operates cable and satellite television networks in the United States, including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Health, Discovery Kids, Science Channel, Planet Green, Investigation Discovery, Military Channel, FitTV, and HD Theater. It also distributes a network of 21 international television brands, including Discovery Channel; Discovery Channel; Discovery Science; Investigation Discovery; Discovery Turbo; Discovery World; HD Networks, Discovery Lifestyle Networks, such as Discovery Travel & Living, Discovery Home & Health, and Discovery Real Time; DMAX; Discovery Kids; People+Arts, Discovery en Español, and Discovery Familia.
In addition, the company provides education services, including Discovery Education Streaming, an online video-on-demand teaching service; and Discovery Education Assessment, a service that enables K-12 educators to measure student progress. Additionally, it offers sound, music, mixing sound effects, and other related services to motion picture studios, independent producers, broadcast networks, cable channels, advertising agencies, and interactive producers; and operates an e-commerce site, DiscoveryStore.com. Discovery Communications has a joint venture agreement with Hasbro Inc.
Deluxe Corp [[DLX]]- Deluxe Corporation provides various personalized printed products, promotional products, and merchandising materials to small businesses, financial institutions, and consumers in the United States and Canada.
