Public Companies Starting with the Letter "L"
Littlefield Corporation [ OTCBB : LTFD ] Littlefield is engaged in the development, ownership and operation of charitable bingo halls, as well as the ownership and operation of party rental and catering companies. Co. operates in two segments: Littlefield Entertainment, in which it operates 29 charitable bingo halls in Texas, Alabama and South Carolina; and Littlefield Hospitality, which consists of Premiere Events and Rental, a party and tent rental company, and Word of Mouth Catering, a custom catering company. These companies are engaged in the party rental business, catering and installation of tents for events, parties, weddings, festivals, as well as a small amount of event planning (music, flowers and catering).
LOGIC DEVICES INC [ NASDAQ : LOGC ] Logic Devices develops and markets high-speed digital integrated circuits that perform high-density storage and signal/image processing functions. Co.'s products enable high definition video display, transport, editing, composition, and special effects. Co. also provides solutions for digital filtering in television broadcast stations and image enhancement in medical diagnostic scanning and imaging equipment. Co.'s products are used in the broadcast, medical, military and consumer electronics markets. Co.'s products address digital signal processing (DSP) requirements involving high-performance arithmetic computational and high-speed storage functions.
LACROSSE FOOTWEAR [ NASDAQ : BOOT ] LaCrosse Footwear is engaged in the design, development, marketing and manufacturing of quality footwear and apparel for the work and outdoor markets. Within the retail channel of distribution, Co. markets footwear and apparel under the DANNER and LACROSSE brands. In addition, Co. sells products through the safety and industrial distributor channel principally under the LACROSSE brand. Co.'s product offerings for the work and outdoor markets include several categories such as: rubber footwear; leather footwear; rainwear and protective clothing; and accessories.
LEADING BRANDS [ NASDAQ : LBIX ] Leading Brands and its subsidiaries are engaged in beverage bottling, distribution, sales, merchandising, brand development, brand licensing and brand management of beverage and food products across North America. Co. has evolved into a fully integrated bottling and distribution operation with customers across most of North America. Co.'s branded products include TrueBlue , LiteBlue , Infinite Health Water, TREK , Nitro , Caesar's Bloody Caesar , and Caesar's Caesar Cocktail , are packaged and managed by Co. Co.'s licensed brands include Fiji Natural Artesian Water , Icelandic Glacial Water, BooKoo Energy Drinks, and Stewart's Fountain Classics.
Lithium Technology Corporation New [ OTC PK : LTHU ] Lithium Technology Corp is engaged in the development and pilot-line production of large format lithium-ion rechargeable batteries to be used as a new power source in emerging applications in the national security, transportation and stationary power markets.
LOOKSMART [ NASDAQ : LOOK ] LookSmart is an online advertising and technology company that provides relevant software and applications for advertisers, publishers and consumers. Co. provides advertisers targeted, pay-per-click search advertising and banners via a monitored ad distribution network; a customizable set of private-label solutions for publishers; and consumer websites and web tools. Co.'s wide ad distribution network includes proprietary websites, syndicated publishers, other Ad Networks, and search partners. Co.'s application programming interface enables advertisers and agencies to connect any type of marketing or reporting software with minimal effort, for easier access and management of ad campaigns.
LEVEL 3 COMM [ NASDAQ : LVLT ] Level 3 Communications is a facilities based provider of a range of integrated communications services, with additional operations in coal mining. As of Dec 31 2006, Co.'s network encompassed: an intercity network covering approximately 67,000 miles in North America; local networks in approximately 116 North American markets; an intercity network covering approximately 4,200 miles across Europe; local networks in approximately nine European markets; approximately 6.9 million square feet of Gateway and transmission facilities in North America and Europe; and a 1.28 terabyte per second capable transatlantic cable system equipped at 640 gigabits per second.
Laboratory Corp. of Amer. [ NYSE : LH ] Laboratory Corp. of America is an independent clinical laboratory. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. had a network of 36 primary laboratories and over 1,700 service sites, consisting of branches, patient service centers as well as STAT laboratories, which are laboratories that have the ability to perform certain routine tests quickly and report the results to the physician immediately. Through its network of laboratories, Co. offers a range of clinical laboratory tests which are used by the medical profession in routine testing, patient diagnosis, and in the monitoring and treatment of disease. Co. has also developed specialty testing businesses, such as oncology testing and diagnostic genetics.
L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. [ NYSE : ID ] L-1 Identity Solutions provides identity protection systems that are designed to enable governments, law enforcement agencies and businesses to enhance security, reduce identity theft, and protect personal privacy. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. operated in two reportable segments: Identity Solutions; and Services. Co.'s Identity Solutions Segment comprises the operations of its historical Viisage business, its Identix business (excluding the fingerprint services business), and its SecuriMetrics and Iridian businesses. Co.'s Services Segment consists of its fingerprint services operations, and its government security and consulting operations.
Lockheed Martin Corp. [ NYSE : LMT ] Lockheed Martin primarily researches, designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, operates and manages technology systems, products and services. Co. serves customers in domestic and international defense and civil markets, with its key customers being agencies of the U.S. Government. Co. operates in five primary business segments: Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Space Systems, Integrated Systems & Solutions (IS&S) and Information & Technology Services (I&TS). As a systems-integrator, Co.'s products and services range from electronics and information systems, including integrated net-centric installations, to missiles, aircraft, spacecraft and launch services.
LKA International, Inc. [ OTCBB : LKAI ] LKA International, owns certain real and personal property interests including patented and unpatented mining claims, water rights, buildings, fixtures, improvements, equipment, and permits situated in Lake City, Colorado. Co. has begun the permitting process with respect to an additional exploration program at the Golden Wonder mine, plans to expand mining activities on the properties, subject to successful exploration results, the resolution of Co.'s environmental cleanup proceeding with the Bureau of Land Management and Co.'s ability to raise substantial additional funding. Co. does not expect to have any material operations during the next 12 months.
Lincoln National Corp. [ NYSE : LNC ] Lincoln National is a holding company, which operates multiple insurance and investment management businesses as well as broadcasting and sports programming business through subsidiary companies. Co. sells a range of wealth protection, accumulation and retirement income products and services. These products include institutional and/or retail fixed and indexed annuities, variable annuities, universal life insurance, variable universal life insurance, term life insurance, mutual funds and managed accounts. At Dec 31 2006, Co. provided products and services in five operating businesses: Individual Markets, Employer Markets, Lincoln Financial Media, Investment Management and Lincoln UK.
LMI AEROSPACE [ NASDAQ : LMIA ] LMI Aerospace is a provider of structural components, assemblies and kits to the aerospace, defense and technology industries. Co. fabricates, machines, finishes and integrates formed, close tolerance aluminum and specialty alloy components, and sheet metal products mainly for large commercial, corporate and military aircraft. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. manufactured over 30,000 products for integration into a variety of aircraft platforms manufactured by original equipment manufacturers and Tier 1 aerospace suppliers. In addition to aerospace products, Co. produces components and assemblies for laser equipment used by semiconductor and medical equipment manufacturers in the technology industry.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. [ NYSE : LVS ] Las Vegas Sands owns and operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino (The Venetian) and The Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV, and The Sands Macao Casino in Macao, China. As of Dec 31 2006, Co.'s operations is based on the following geographic segments: Las Vegas, which includes The Venetian, The Sands Expo Center and The Palazzo, which is under construction; and Macao, which includes The Sands Macao, The Venetian Macao, which is under construction, and other development projects. In addition, as of the aforementioned date, Co. has licenses to develop Marina Bay Sands, an integrated resort in Singapore, and Sands Bethworks in Bethlehem, PA.
Longport, Inc. [ OTC PK : LPTI ] Longport, Inc. provides high–resolution ultrasound technology that has applications in wound detection and assessment, burn treatment, product testing, dermatology, and women's health issues. In the case of wound detection and treatment, clinicians can check the status of a wound and the surrounding tissue without having to biopsy and detect the development of pressure ulcers prior to visual indications. It can also distinguish pressure ulcers caused by friction and incontinence. The company has developed a soft tissue ultrasound scanner that is used in wound care and other medical applications. Its scanner produces a high-resolution image of the skin and underlying tissue up to three centimeters below the skin. In the scanner product category, the company faces competition from Cortex Technology, Inc. In March 2003, Longport appointed Paul D. Wilson to be its President. Michael C. Boyd, its CEO and President, remained CEO.
LIBERTY ALL-STAR GROWTH FD [ NYSE : ASG ] Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in equity securities. Its portfolio primarily comprises investments in information technology, consumer discretionary, health care, industrials, financials, consumer staples, energy, telecommunication services, and materials sectors. Liberty Asset Management Company serves as the investment advisor of the fund.
Liberate Technologies New [ OTC PK : LBTE ] Liberate Technologies is engaged as a provider of software for digital cable television systems. Based on industry standards, Co.'s software enables cable operators to run multiple services, including high-definition television, interactive programming guide, video on demand, personal video recorders and games, on multiple platforms. Co.'s Professional Services group provides deployment, integration, and support services to network operators. As a result of the asset sales to Double C in Apr 20 2005 and SeaChange in Jul 2005 (collectively, the Asset Sales), Co. has no significant operating product or services business.
Live Nation, Inc. [ NYSE : LYV ] Live Nation is a live music and venue management company. Co. operates in three segments: Events, which involves the promotion of live music shows, theatrical performances and motor sports events in its owned and/or operated venues and in rented third-party venues; Venues and Sponsorship, which involves the management of its owned and/or operated venues and the sale of various types of sponsorships and advertising; and Digital Distribution, which involves the management of its third-party ticketing relationships, in-house ticketing operations, and online and wireless distribution activities. In addition, Co. provides sports marketing and management services mainly for professional athletes.
LIFEWAY FOODS [ NASDAQ : LWAY ] Lifeway Foods is engaged in the manufacturing of probiotic, cultured, functional dairy, and non-dairy health food products. Co.'s primary products are kefir, a drinkable dairy beverage similar to but distinct from yogurt, in several flavors sold under the name Lifeway Kefir ; a line of various drinkable yogurts sold under the La Fruta and Tuscan brands; and BasicsPlus , a dairy based immune-supporting dietary supplement beverage. In addition, Co. produces several soy-based kefir beverages under the SoyTreat trademark. Co. also manufactures Lifeway Farmer Cheese , Sweet Kiss , and Cream Cheese Gourmet , as well as manufactures and markets a vegetable-based seasoning under the Golden Zesta brand.
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton [ OTC PK : LVMHF ] LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA operates as a luxury products group. It has operations in five sectors: wines and spirits, fashion and leather goods, perfumes and cosmetics, watches and jewelry, and selective retailing. In September 2003, LVMH appointed Pamela Baxter to be president of its Perfumes & Cosmetics Group for the United States. In October 2003, LVMH sold Canard-DuchOne to the Alain ThiTnot group.
LUMINEX [ NASDAQ : LMNX ] Luminex is engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing and selling proprietary biological testing technologies with applications throughout the life sciences industry. Co.'s xMAP technology, an open architecture, multiplexing technology, allows simultaneous analysis of up to 100 bioassays on a small sample volume, typically a single drop of fluid by reading biological tests on the surface of microscopic polystyrene beads called microspheres. Co.'s xMAP technology combines this miniaturized liquid array bioassay capability with small lasers, digital signal processors and proprietary software to create a system offering advantages in speed, precision, flexibility and cost.
l 3 Communications Hldgs. [ NYSE : LLL ] L-3 Communications Holdings is a system contractor in aircraft modernization and maintenance, Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C3ISR) systems, and government services. Co.'s customers include the U.S. Department of Defense and its contractors, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Government intelligence agencies, aerospace and defense contractors, allied foreign government ministries of defense, commercial customers, and other U.S. federal, state and local government agencies. Co. has four segments: C3ISR, Government Services, Aircraft Modernization and Maintenance, and Specialized Products.
Lions Gate Entertainment [ NYSE : LGF ] Lions Gate Entertainment produces and distributes motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, video-on-demand and music content, as well as acquires distribution rights from a range of studios, production companies and independent producers. Co. has two segments: Motion Pictures, which consists of the development and production of feature films, acquisition of North American and worldwide distribution rights, North American theatrical, video and television distribution of feature films produced and acquired and worldwide licensing of distribution rights to feature films produced and acquired; and Television, which develops, produces and distributes television productions.
LABOPHARM [ NASDAQ : DDSS ] Labopharm is engaged in the development of drugs using advanced controlled-release technologies and the development of pharmaceutical products incorporating its proprietary technologies.
Le@p Technology, Inc. [ OTCBB : LPTC ] Le@p Technology is a holding company focused on the acquisition of, and strategic investments in, companies providing services in health care and life sciences (with particular interest in information technology companies). Co. also focuses on acquiring and commercializing synergistic technologies to develop advanced products.
Leucadia National Corp. [ NYSE : LUK ] Leucadia National is a diversified holding company engaged in various businesses, including manufacturing, real estate activities, medical product development, winery operations and residual banking and lending activities that are in run-off. Co. also owns equity interests in operating businesses and investment partnerships which are accounted for under the equity method of accounting, including gaming entertainment, land based contract oil and gas drilling, real estate activities and development of a copper mine in Spain. As of Dec 31 2006, Co.'s business is divided into four main business operations; manufacturing; domestic real estate; medical product development; and other operations.
Lowes Companies, Inc. [ NYSE : LOW ] Lowe's Companies is a major retailer of home improvement products, with certain emphasis on retail do-it-yourself customers, do-it-for-me customers who utilize its installation services, as well as commercial business customers. Co. provides a line of products and services for home decorating, maintenance, repair, remodeling and property maintenance. As of Feb 2 2007, Co. operated 1,385 stores in 49 states, with 157 million square feet of retail selling space. Co.'s typical home improvement store stocks approximately 40,000 items, with hundreds of thousands of items available through its Special Order Sales system.
Left Behind Games, Inc. [ OTCBB : LFBG ] Left Behind Games Inc. develops and publishes video game products based upon the 'Left Behind' series of novels. The 'Left Behind' novels and products are based upon fictional storylines focused on events at the end of the world, including the battles of good against evil, which are action oriented and suitable for an engaging series of electronic games. The company's primary product includes a video game named LEFT BEHIND: Eternal Forces. It sells its product to retail chains either directly or through distributors; and to the Christian Booksellers Association and Inspirational bookstores, as well as over the Internet. Left Behind Games Inc. distributes its product in North America, Australia, Singapore, and South Africa. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Murrieta, California.
LACLEDE GROUP, Inc. [ NYSE : LG ] Laclede Group is a public utility holding company. As of Sep 30 2007, Co. operated through four business segments: Regulated Gas Distribution, Non-Regulated Services, Non-Regulated Gas Marketing, and Other Non-Regulated. Co.'s Regulated Gas Distribution segment includes Laclede Gas Company, which is a public utility engaged in the retail distribution and sale of natural gas. Co.'s Non-Regulated Services segment includes SM&P Utility Resources, Inc., an underground locating and marking service business. The Non-Regulated Gas Marketing segment includes Laclede Energy Resources, Inc., a subsidiary engaged in the non-regulated marketing of natural gas and related activities.
LODGENET INTER [ NASDAQ : LNET ] LodgeNet Entertainment is a provider of interactive television systems and broadband services to hotels throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as to select international markets. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. provided television services to approximately 6,000 hotel properties serving over 1.0 million rooms. Co.'s services are purchased by guests on a per-view, hourly, or daily basis and include on-demand movies, video games, music and music videos, subscription sports programming and television on-demand programming. In addition, Co. delivers on-demand patient education, information and entertainment to healthcare facilities in the U.S.
Legg Mason, Inc. [ NYSE : LM ] Legg Mason is a global asset management company. Acting through its subsidiaries, Co. provides investment management and related services to institutional and individual clients, company-sponsored mutual funds and other investment vehicles. Co. provides these products and services directly and through various financial intermediaries. Co. divides its business into three operating divisions: Managed Investments; Institutional; and Wealth Management. Within each of its divisions, Co. provides its services through a number of asset managers, each of which is an individual business that generally markets its products and services under its own brand name.
Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. [ OTC PK : LQMT ] Liquidmetal Technologies is a materials technology company that develops and commercializes products made from amorphous alloys. Co.'s Liquidmetal family of alloys consists of a variety of proprietary coatings, powders, bulk alloys, and composites. Co. develops, manufactures, and sells products and components from bulk amorphous alloys to customers in various industries, and Co. also partners with third-party licensees to develop and commercialize bulk Liquidmetal alloy products. In addition to its bulk alloys, Co. markets and sells a line of proprietary amorphous alloy-based industrial coatings under the Liquidmetal Armacor? Coatings brand.
LHC GROUP [ NASDAQ : LHCG ] LHC Group provides post-acute healthcare services primarily to Medicare beneficiaries in rural markets in the southern U.S. Co. provides home-based services, primarily through home nursing agencies and hospices, and facility-based services, primarily through long-term acute care hospitals and outpatient rehabilitation clinics. Through its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries, equity joint-ventures and controlled affiliates, Co. operates in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia and West Virginia. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. owned and operated 106 home nursing locations, six hospices, a diabetes self management company, and a home health pharmacy.
LJ INTL [ NASDAQ : JADE ] LJ International is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in the design, manufacture, marketing and sale of precious and semi-precious gemstones jewelry as well as diamond jewelry. In addition, Co. owns certain commercial and residential properties located in Hong Kong, which are held primarily for investment purposes. Co. sells directly to customers, mainly to fine jewelers, department stores, national jewelery chains, electronic retailers and specialty stores throughout North America and Western Europe. Co.'s global reach extends from the U.S. to Europe, from Japan and China to Australia.
LADENBURG THALMANN FNCL. [ NYSE : LTS ] Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services is engaged in retail and institutional securities brokerage, investment banking services, asset management services and investment activities through our principal operating subsidiary, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. Co. provides its services principally for middle market and emerging growth companies and high net worth individuals. As of Dec 31 2006, Co.'s private client services and institutional sales departments serve approximately 60,000 accounts nationwide and its asset management area provides investment management and financial planning services to numerous individuals and institutions.
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY [ NASDAQ : LLTC ] Linear Technology designs, manufactures and markets a range of standard linear integrated circuits. Applications for Co.'s products include telecommunications, cellular telephones, networking products, notebook computers, computer peripherals, video/multimedia, industrial instrumentation, security monitoring devices, high-end consumer products, complex medical devices, automotive electronics, factory automation, process control, and military and space systems. Co.'s principal product categories are: Amplifiers, High Speed Amplifiers, Voltage regulators, Voltage References, Interface, Data Converters, Radio Frequency Circuits, DC/DC Module Power Systems and Other.
Lexington Healthcare Group, Inc. [ OTC PK : LEXI ] Co. is a long-term and subacute care provider, which operates or manages eight nursing home facilities at June 30, 2001 with a total of 1,033 licensed beds in the State of Connecticut . The Facilities provide healthcare services, including nursing care, subacute care (including rehabilitation therapy), and other services (such as care to Alzheimer's patients). The Facilities service two patient populations: the traditional geriatric patient population and the population of subacute care patients with higher acuity disorders who require more complex and intensive medical services. Subacute care patients generally require more rehabilitative therapy and are residents for a shorter period of time than traditional geriatric patients. The Facilities have an occupancy rate of approximately 89% as of August 31, 2001.
Linkwell Corporation [ OTCBB : LWLL ] Linkwell is the holding company for Linkwell Tech Group Inc. (Linkwell Tech), as of Dec 31 2006. Through its Shanghai Likang Disinfectant High-Tech Company, Limited (Likang Disinfectant) subsidiary, Co. is engaged in the development, manufacture, sale and distribution of disinfectant health care products primarily to the medical industry in China. Co. provides a variety of disinfectant products for the following applications: skin and mucous membrane, hand, environment and surface, medical devices and equipment as well as machine. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. had been granted 26 hygiene licenses by the Ministry of Public Health of the central government of China.
LSI Corporation [ NYSE : LSI ] LSI designs, develops, manufactures and markets integrated circuits (ICs) and storage systems. Co. operates in two segments. The Semiconductor segment provides three enabling system-on-a-chip technologies: standard-cell, application-specific ICs (ASICs), Platform ASICs and application-specific standard products that are focused on the consumer, communication and storage component markets. The Storage Systems segment provides modular disk storage systems, sub-assemblies and storage-management software. Co.'s products are marketed primarily to original equipment manufacturers that sell products targeted for applications in its major markets.
LIVEPERSON [ NASDAQ : LPSN ] LivePerson is a provider of hosted software that enables customers to proactively assist their online visitors. As a Software as a Service (SaaS) provider, Co. provides these systems on a hosted basis. Co.'s suite of products support and manage all online customer interactions such as chat, email and self-service/knowledgebase from a single, unified agent desktop. In addition to product offerings, Co. provides professional services to support the complete deployment of its enterprise installations. These products and services include Timpani Sales and Marketing, Timpani Contact Center, LivePerson Pro and LivePerson Contact Center.
LINN ENERGY [ NASDAQ : LINE ] Linn Energy is a holding company. Co. is an independent natural gas and oil development and acquisition company that conducts its operations through, and its operating assets are owned by, its subsidiaries Linn Energy Holdings, LLC, Linn Operating, Inc., Penn West Pipeline, LLC and Mid Atlantic Well Service, Inc. As of Dec 31 2006, Co.'s reserves were located in the Appalachian Basin, Western, Mid-Continent, and Texas Panhandle. As of Dec 31 2006, Co.'s proved reserves were 454.1 billion cubic feet equivalent, of which approximately 60.3% were natural gas, and approximately 69.2% were classified as proved developed, with a total proved Standardized Measure of $552.3 million.
LCA-VISION [ NASDAQ : LCAV ] LCA-Vision is a developer and operator of fixed-site laser vision correction centers under the brand name Lasik Plu s. Co.'s vision centers provide the staff, facilities, equipment and support services for performing laser vision correction that employs advanced laser technologies to help correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. Co. utilizes fixed-site excimer lasers manufactured by Bausch & Lomb, Advanced Medical Optics and Alcon. Co.'s vision centers are supported mainly by independent board-certified ophthalmologists and credentialed optometrists, as well as other health care professionals. Most of Co.'s patients receive a procedure called LASIK.
LANTRONIX [ NASDAQ : LTRX ] Lantronix designs, develops and markets devices and software to access, manage, control and configure electronic devices over the Internet or other networks. Co. sells its products through a global network of distributors, resellers and manufacturer representatives, systems integrators, value-added resellers (VARs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). In addition, Co. sells directly to selected accounts. Co. provides three categories of products: Device enablement solutions, Device management solutions and non-core products and services that include visualization services, legacy print servers and other miscellaneous products.
LIGHTPATH TECH-A [ NASDAQ : LPTH ] LightPath Technologies manufactures optical components and higher level assemblies including precision molded glass aspheric optics, precision molded infrared molder optics, isolators, proprietary fiber-optic collimators, GRADIUM glass lenses and other optical materials used to produce products that manipulate light. Co. designs, develops, manufactures and distributes optical components and assemblies using optical manufacturing processes. Co.'s products are also incorporated into a range of applications that includes defense products, medical devices, barcode scanners, optical data storage, hybrid fiber coax datacom, telecom, machine vision and sensors, among others.
LIONBRIDGE TECH [ NASDAQ : LIOX ] Lionbridge Technologies is a provider of globalization, development and testing services that are designed to enable clients to develop, release, manage and maintain their enterprise content and technology applications. Co. provides its services to businesses in various markets including, technology, mobile and electronics, life sciences, consumer, publishing, manufacturing, automotive and government. Co.'s applications include product and content globalization, content and eLearning courseware development, software and hardware testing, product certification and competitive analysis, and application development and maintenance. Co. offers its testing services under the VeriTest brand.
LAWSON SOFTWARE [ NASDAQ : LWSN ] Lawson Software is a global provider of enterprise software. Co. provides business application software, services and maintenance to customers primarily in the services sector, trade industries, and manufacturing/distribution sectors. In the manufacturing sector, Co. serves both process manufacturing and discrete manufacturing customers. In the service sector, Co. serves both asset-intensive and labor-intensive services enterprises. As of May 31 2007, Co. served customers in three geographic regions: the U.S.; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia and New Zealand.
LINCOLN ELEC HLDGS [ NASDAQ : LECO ] Lincoln Electric Holdings is a holding company that is engaged in full-line manufacturing and resale of welding and cutting products, which include arc welding power sources, wire feeding systems, robotic welding packages, fume extraction equipment, consumable electrodes and fluxes. Co.'s welding products also include regulators and torches used in oxy-fuel welding and cutting. Co. operates by geographical location and has wholly-owned subsidiaries/ joint venture manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, the U.K., France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, People's Republic of China, Poland, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey and Venezuela.
LOGITECH INTL N [ NASDAQ : LOGI ] Logitech International designs, develops, produces, markets and supports personal peripheral products. Co.'s personal peripheral products include Personal Computer (PC) navigation devices such as corded and cordless mice, trackballs and keyboards, and 3D control devices; Internet communication devices such as webcams and headsets; digital music devices such as speakers, headphones and wireless music systems; remote controls for home entertainment control; and interactive gaming devices such as joysticks, gamepads, steering wheels and keyboards for PCs, and accessories for game consoles. Co. sells its products through a worldwide network of retail distributors and resellers.
LUNA INNOVATIONS [ NASDAQ : LUNA ] Luna Innovations is engaged in the research, development and commercialization of technologies in two primary areas: molecular technology applications and sensing applications. Co. identifies technologies that can potentially fulfill market needs and then take these technologies from the research stage through commercialization. As of Dec 31 2006, Co.'s operations were organized into two main groups; Technology Development Division, which generates contract research revenue; and Products Division, which generates product and licensing revenue by providing instrumentation and test and measurement products, and healthcare products.
Lenovo Group Ltd Sponsored ADR [ OTC PK : LNVGY ] Lenovo Group Ltd (formerly known as Legend Group Limited) is an information technology (IT) corporation in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The Company is engaged in the manufacture and sales of desktop personal computers (PCs), notebook computers, mobile handsets, servers and peripherals. The Company develops and markets its own Legend brand of PC.
LDK Solar Co., LTD [ NYSE : LDK ] LDK Solar is a holding company. Co. is a pure-play solar manufacturer which is based in China, dedicated solely to the design, development, manufacturing and distribution of multicrystalline solar wafers. Co.'s wafers are the principal raw material used to produce solar cells, which are used to convert sunlight into electricity. Co.'s manufacturing process is based on proprietary production processes utilizing both virgin and recyclable polysilicon for ingot production. Co. also provides wafering services to both multicrystalline and monocrystalline solar cell and module manufacturers.
LIFE PARTNERS HLDGS [ NASDAQ : LPHI ] Life Partners Holdings is a financial services company engaged in providing purchasing services for life insurance policies of terminally ill persons (viatical settlements) or elderly persons (life settlements) to its client base, by matching life settlors with purchasers. Co. facilitates these transactions by identifying, examining, and purchasing the policies as agent for the purchasers. Co. locates potential life settlors through a network of brokers, insurance, financial and estate planning professionals, through personal referrals and through Internet and print media advertising.
LEXICON PHARMA [ NASDAQ : LXRX ] Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of treatments for human disease. Co. utilizes its proprietary gene knockout technology to discover the physiological and behavioral functions and pharmaceutical utility of the genes and the potential drug targets encoded by the corresponding human genes. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. had identified and validated in living mammals, or in vivo, more than 100 targets with potential profiles for drug discovery in the therapeutic areas of diabetes and obesity, cardiovascular disease, psychiatric and neurological disorders, cancer, immune system disorders and ophthalmic disease.
La-Z-Boy Incorporated [ NYSE : LZB ] La-Z-Boy is a manufacturer of reclining-chair and upholstered furniture. Co. also manufactures and imports casegoods (wood) furniture products from outside the U.S. for resale in North America. As of Apr 28 2007, Co. operated within three segments: the Upholstery Group, the Casegoods Group, and the Retail Group. The operating units in the Upholstery Group are Bauhaus, England, La-Z-Boy, U.K., and La-Z-Boy while the operating units in the Casegoods Group are American Drew, Hammary, Kincaid, and Lea. The Retail Group consists of 70 company-owned La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries stores located in nine markets ranging from the Midwest to the East Coast of the U.S. and southeastern Florida.
LORAL SPACE & CO [ NASDAQ : LORL ] Loral Space & Communications, together with its subsidiaries, is a satellite communications company with activities in satellite manufacturing and satellite-based communications services. Co. is organized into two operating segments: Satellite Manufacturing, which is conducted by its Space Systems/Loral, Inc. in designing and manufacturing satellites, space systems and space system components for commercial and government customers; and Satellite Services, which is conducted by its Loral Skynet Corporation in leasing transponder capacity to commercial and governmental customers for video distribution and broadcasting, high-speed data distribution, Internet access and communications.
LIMELIGHT NETWORKS [ NASDAQ : LLNW ] Limelight Networks is an international provider of content delivery network services. Co. digitally delivers content for traditional and emerging media companies, or content providers, including businesses operating in the television, music, radio, newspaper, magazine, movie, videogame and software industries. Using Co.'s content delivery network, or CDN, content providers are able to provide their end-users with a quality media experience for rich media content including video, music, games, software and social media. As of May 2007, approximately 800 customers are using Co.'s Networks.
LTWC Corporation [ OTC PK : LTWC ] Co. is engaged in providing online and physical learning and training products and complementary services, commonly referred to as e-learning services, marketed to corporate, government and individual clients and customers and provided e-mail marketing services. Co. operates in two segments: "e-learning" and "permission email marketing". Co.'s E-Learning segment develops and markets open-standards multimedia courseware in four broad categories: computer software applications for end-users: professional Information Technology or IT software, business skills and compliance. In addition, Co. develops and market tools for the creation of open-standards multimedia courseware. Through's Co's subsidiary Etracks.com, Inc., Co.'s Permission E-mail Marketing provides permission e-mail marketing and tracking software and services to customers that have "opt-in" e-mail customer lists.
LEGACY RESERVES [ NASDAQ : LGCY ] Legacy Reserves is an independent oil and natural gas limited partnership focused on the acquisition and exploitation of oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeast New Mexico. Co. has grown primarily through two activities: the acquisition of producing oil and natural gas properties and the exploitation of proved properties as opposed to higher risk exploration of unproved properties. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. had proved reserves of approximately 18.8 million barrels of crude oil equivalent (MMBoe), of which 71.0% were oil and 79.0% were classified as proved developed producing, 5.0% were proved developed non-producing, and 16.0% were proved undeveloped.
Largo Vista Group, Ltd. [ OTC PK : LGOV ] Largo Vista Group, Ltd. engages in the purchase and resale of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) in the retail and wholesale markets, to both residential and commercial consumers in China. In addition, the company operates a pipeline providing LPG in the city of Zunyi, Guizhou province through a service agreement with city of Zunyi. The company distributes its products through LPG companies; and small, medium, and large LPG distributors. It also engages in the petroleum supply business in Vietnam.
LaserLock Technologies, Inc. [ OTC PK : LLTI ] LaserLock Technologies, Inc., a development stage company, engages in developing technologies for the prevention of product and document counterfeiting. The company’s products are used in document security, gaming security, casino fraud prevention, product security, Internet security, and homeland security. Its products include Laser Lock™, a patent pending additive to any ink used for printing on paper, metal, glass, leather, plastic, and woven labels; Rub & Reveal™ security ink, which provides secure inks for receipts and other value sensitive documents; Biometric Security and Profiling Technology, used for protection and privacy for both Internet and internal networks; and Worldwide Access to Security Cameras, which allows offsite supervision through the Internet.
Local.com [ NASDAQ : LOCM ] Local.com provides paid-search advertising services to local and national businesses on the Internet. Co.'s services enable businesses to list their products and services in its distributed Internet search results. Co. provides advertisers' sponsored listings in response to searches on its Distribution Network, a network of web sites and search engines that have integrated the Co.'s search service into their sites and its own web site, Local.com. Co.'s sponsored listings are comprised of its own direct advertisers and the advertisers of other paid-search companies, which make up its Advertiser Network.
Lithia Motors, Inc. [ NYSE : LAD ] Lithia Motors is an operator of automotive franchises and retailer of new and used vehicles and services. Co. sells new and used cars and light trucks as well as replacement parts; provides vehicle maintenance, warranty, paint and repair services; and arranges related financing, service contracts, protection products and credit insurance for its automotive customers. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. operated 16 stores in Oregon, 15 in California, 14 in Texas, 12 in Washington, eight in Iowa, seven in Idaho, seven in Colorado, seven in Alaska, seven in Montana, six in Nevada, three in Nebraska, two in South Dakota, two in North Dakota, one in New Mexico and one in Wisconsin.
LIFETIME BRANDS [ NASDAQ : LCUT ] Lifetime Brands is engaged in designing, developing and marketing a range of nationally branded consumer products used in the home. Co. operates in two business segments: wholesale and direct-to-consumer. The wholesale segment designs, markets and distributes household products to retailers and distributors. The direct-to-consumer segment is comprised of Co.'s business that sells household products directly to the consumer through Co.-operated retail outlet stores and catalog and Internet operations. As at Dec 31 2006, Co. operated 43 stores under the Farberware brand name and 40 outlet stores under the Pfaltzgraff brand name.
Lam Research Corp [ NASDAQ : LRCX ] Lam Research designs, manufactures, markets and services semiconductor processing equipment in the fabrication of integrated circuits and provides such equipment globally to the semiconductor industry. Co.'s manufacturing operations consist mainly of assembling and testing components, sub-assemblies, and modules integrated into finished systems prior to shipment. Co.'s products selectively remove portions of various films from the wafer in the creation of semiconductors. Also, Co. provides integrated strip modules that remove the photoresist following metal and silicon etch for both 200 mm and 300 mm wafer manufacturing to prevent exposure to air, protecting the wafers from corrosion.
LKQ [ NASDAQ : LKQX ] LKQ is a provider of replacement systems, components, and parts needed to repair light vehicles (cars and light trucks). Co. participates in the market for recycled original equipment manufacturers products as well as the market for collision repair aftermarket products. Co. obtains aftermarket products and salvage vehicles from a variety of sources, and it dismantles the salvage vehicles to obtain a comprehensive range of vehicle products that it distributes into the light vehicle repair market. As of Dec 31 2006, Co.'s customers included collision and mechanical repair shops and, indirectly, insurance companies, including extended warranty companies.
Life Time Fitness, Inc. [ NYSE : LTM ] Life Time Fitness operates sports and athletic, professional fitness, family recreation and resort/spa centers under the LIFE TIME FITNESS brand. Co. designs and develops its own centers, and it focuses on providing its members and customers with products and services in the areas of exercise, education and nutrition. As of Feb 28 2007, Co. operated 60 centers primarily in residential locations across 13 states. In addition to traditional health club offerings, most of Co.'s centers include amenities and services such as indoor swimming pools with water slides, basketball and racquet courts, child centers, spas, dining services, climbing walls and outdoor swimming pools with waterslides.
LADISH [ NASDAQ : LDSH ] Ladish Company engineers, produces and sells forged and cast metal components for load-bearing and fatigue-resisting applications in the jet engine, aerospace and industrial markets. Co.'s products include jet engine parts, missile components, landing gear, helicopter rotors and other aerospace products. Co. primarily sells its products to manufacturers of jet engines, commercial business and defense aircraft, helicopters, satellites, heavy-duty off-road vehicles as well as industrial and marine turbines. Co. also has joint cooperative research and development, engineering, quality control, just-in-time inventory control and computerized process modeling programs with its key customers.
LB FOSTER [ NASDAQ : FSTR ] L. B. Foster operates through three business segments: Rail products, which provides new and used rail, trackwork, and accessories, as well as designs and produces concrete railroad ties, insulated rail joints, power rail, track fasteners, coverboards and accessories for mass transit and other rail systems; Construction products, which sells steel sheet piling, H-bearing piling, pipe piling and provides rental sheet piling for foundation requirements, as well as supplies products for highway construction and repair; and Tubular products, which supplies pipe coatings for natural gas pipelines and utilities, and produces threaded pipe products for industrial water well and irrigation markets.
LEAP WIRELESS [ NASDAQ : LEAP ] Leap Wireless International is a wireless communications carrier that provides digital wireless service in the U.S. under the brands of Cricket and Jump? Mobile . Co. conducts its operations through its subsidiaries and has no independent operations or sources of operating revenue other than through dividends, if any, from its operating subsidiaries. The Cricket and Jump Mobile services are provided by Co.'s wholly owned subsidiary, Cricket Communications, Inc. As of Dec 31 2006, Cricket and Jump Mobile services were offered in 22 states in the U.S. and had approximately 2.2 million customers.
LEARNING TREE INTL [ NASDAQ : LTRE ] Learning Tree International is engaged as a vendor-independent provider of training and education to managers and information technology professionals working in business and government organizations. As of Sep 28 2007, Co. provided a proprietary library of instructor-led courses from two to five days in length, comprising 162 different course titles representing 3,726 hours of training, including 115 information technology course titles and 47 management course titles. Co. provides training to national and multinational companies, government organizations, and small and medium-size companies.
Lin TV Corp [ NYSE : TVL ] LIN TV is an independent television station owner and operator with stations located in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. As of Dec 31 2006, Co.'s stations covered approximately 9.0% of U.S. television households including Puerto Rico. Co. owns or operates 29 stations, including two stations pursuant to local marketing agreements and three low-power stations. In addition, Co. has equity investments in five other stations. Co. provides free, over-the-air broadcasts of its programming 24 hours per day to the communities it is licensed to serve. Co.'s stations in the U.S. are affiliated with one of the national television networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW, MyNetworkTV, Telefutura or Univision.
Lydall, Inc. [ NYSE : LDL ] Lydall designs and manufactures specialty engineered automotive thermal and acoustical barriers, passive and active industrial thermal and insulating products, air and liquid filtration media, medical filtration media and devices and biopharmaceutical processing components for thermal/acoustical and filtration/separation applications. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. had two primary segments - Thermal/Acoustical and Filtration/Separation, while all other businesses are aggregated in Other Products and Service. Co. also provides air and liquid filtration products for industrial and consumer applications, as well as vital fluids management systems for medical and biopharmaceutical applications.
LULULEMON ATHL [ NASDAQ : LULU ] Lululemon athletica inc. (Lululemon) is a designer and retailer of technical athletic apparel in North America. Lululemon is engaged in the design, manufacture and distribution of athletic apparel, which is sold through a chain of corporate-owned and operated retail stores, independent franchises and a network of wholesale accounts. The Company’s primary markets are Canada, the United States, Japan and Australia. The Company offers a line of apparel and accessories, including fitness pants, shorts, tops and jackets designed for athletic pursuits such as yoga, dance, running and general fitness. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2007, 87.1% of Lululemon’s net revenue was derived from sales of its products in Canada, 11.7% of the net revenue was derived from the sales of its products in the United States and 1.2% of the net revenue was derived from sales of its products in Australia and Japan.
Limited, Inc. [ NYSE : LTD ] Limited Brands sells women's intimate apparel, personal care and beauty products, and women's and men's apparel under various trade names through its retail stores and direct response channels. Co.'s Victoria's Secret segment sells women's intimate as well as other apparel, beauty products and accessories under the Victoria's Secret and La Senza brand. Co.'s Bath & Body Works segment sells personal care, beauty and home fragrance products marketed under the Bath & Body Works , C.O. Bigelow and White Barn Candle Company brands. Co.'s Apparel segment sells women's and men's apparel through Express and Limited Stores . As of Feb 3 2007, Co. operated a total of 3,798 retail stores.
LABARGE, Inc. [ NYSE : LB ] LaBarge is engaged in manufacturing and assisting its customers on a contract basis in the design and engineering of electronic and electro mechanical systems and devices and interconnect systems, including products designed to perform in harsh environmental conditions, such as high and low temperature, severe shock and vibration. Co. serves customers in the defense, aerospace, natural resources, industrial, and other commercial markets. As of Jul 1 2007, Co. had engineering and manufacturing facilities in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Pennsylvania.
Litewave Corporation [ OTC PK : LTWV ] Litewave is an exploration stage oil and gas company whose primary business is engaged in the exploration for and development of natural gas through the acquisition of leases and drilling of gas wells in the States of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, in the United States. Operational sources of potential revenue include planned sales of natural gas from these shallow gas wells drilled in Bourbon County, Kansas. Co.'s business development plan is initially focused on a strategy for maximizing the long-term exploration and development of its Bourbon County prospects.
Lennar Corporation [ NYSE : LEN ] Lennar is engaged in the homebuilding business and is also a provider of financial services. Co.'s homebuilding operations which includes Homebuilding East, Homebuilding Central and Homebuilding West, provides construction and sale of single-family attached and detached homes, and multi-level buildings, as well as the purchase, development and sale of residential land directly and through unconsolidated entities in which Co. has investments. Co.'s Financial Services segment provides mortgage financing, title insurance, closing services and other ancillary services (including personal lines insurance, high-speed Internet and cable television) for both buyers of its homes and others.
LG. Display Co. Ltd. [ NYSE : LPL ] LG Philips LCD manufactures TFT-LCD panels in a range of sizes and specifications primarily for use in notebook computers, desktop monitors, televisions and other applications, and Co. is a supplier of high-definition television panels. Co. also manufactures TFT-LCDs for handheld application products, such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants, as well as for industrial and other applications, such as entertainment systems, automobile navigation systems, aircraft instrumentation and medical diagnostic equipment.
LOOPNET [ NASDAQ : LOOP ] LoopNet is an online marketplace for commercial real estate in the U.S. Co.'s online marketplace, available at www.LoopNet.com , enables commercial real estate agents, working on behalf of property owners and landlords, to list properties for sale or for lease by submitting detailed property listing information in order to find a buyer or tenant. Commercial real estate brokers, agents, buyers and tenants use the LoopNet online marketplace to search for available property listings that meet their commercial real estate criteria. In addition to Co.'s primary LoopNet offering, Co. also operates BizBuySell, an online marketplace for operating businesses for sale.
LANDEC [ NASDAQ : LNDC ] Landec and its subsidiaries design, develop, manufacture and sell temperature-activated and other specialty polymer products for a variety of food products, agricultural products, and licensed partner applications. Co.'s Food Products Technology business, operated through its subsidiary Apio Inc., combines Co.'s proprietary food packaging technology with the capabilities of a large national food supplier and produce processor. Co.'s Agricultural Seed Technology business, operated through its subsidiary Landec Ag, Inc., combines Co.'s proprietary Intellicoat seed coating technology with its direct marketing and consultative selling capabilities.
LIHIR GOLD SP ADR [ NASDAQ : LIHR ] Lihir Gold is a mining company based in Papua New Guinea. Co. is engaged in the operation of gold mines and processing facilities located on the island of Lihir. Gold mining is conducted via open cut methods, with processing via pressure oxidation. Co.'s gold is shipped to the Perth Mint where it is processed and sold in global markets. Co. also maintains an interest in the Ballarat East project. The Ballarat East property is classified as a development property with more than 5 kilometres of underground developmment and stage 1 of the processing plant having been completed and commissioned.
LIQUIDITY SERVICES [ NASDAQ : LQDT ] Liquidity Services is a online auction marketplace for wholesale, surplus and salvage assets. Co. enables buyers and sellers to transact in an automated online auction environment offering over 500 product categories. Co.'s marketplaces provide professional buyers access to a global, organized supply of wholesale, surplus and salvage assets presented with digital images and other relevant product information. Co.'s online auction marketplaces are www.liquidation.com, www.govliquidation.com and www.liquibiz.com. Co. also operates a wholesale industry portal, www.goWholesale.com, that connects advertisers with buyers seeking products for resale and related business services.
LaSalle Brands Corporation [ OTC PK : LSAL ] LaSalle Brands is a franchise development company organized to capitalize on the new, growing demand for "fast-casual / full-service" restaurants in North America. Co.'s is poised to take advantage of this new phenomenon by targeting emerging and undervalued restaurant / franchise concepts and owning equity directly in these brands. Co.'s intends to grow these brands through expanding corporate growth and franchising by leveraging its skilled team of restaurant and franchise, deep operational expertise and a database of potential franchisees.
LITTELFUSE [ NASDAQ : LFUS ] Littelfuse and its subsidiaries design, manufacture, and sell circuit protection devices for use in the automotive, electronic and electrical markets throughout the world. Co. performs the majority of its own fabrication and stamps some of the metal components used in its fuses, holders and switches from raw metal stock and makes its own contacts and springs. In addition, Co. fabricates silicon wafers for certain applications and performs its own plating (silver, nickel, zinc, tin and oxides). All thermoplastic molded component requirements used for such products as the ATO , MINI and MAXI ? fuse product lines are met through Co.'s in-house molding capabilities.
LINKTONE SP ADR [ NASDAQ : LTON ] LinkTone is engaged in the provision of entertainment-oriented wireless value-added services to mobile phone users over the 2G and 2.5G mobile telecommunications networks in People's Republic of China. Co. specializes in the development, aggregation, marketing and distribution of consumer wireless content and applications for access by mobile phone users, primarily through the two principal mobile network operators in China, China Mobile and China Unicom. Co.'s 2G SMS-based services include ringtones, icons and screen savers. Co.'s 2.5G offerings include WAP services, such as WAP-based ringtones, screensavers, games and dating services, and JavaTM games.
Lexmark International, Inc. [ NYSE : LXK ] Lexmark International develops, manufactures and supplies printing and imaging devices for offices and homes. Co.'s products include laser printers, inkjet printers, multifunction devices, and associated supplies and services. Co. also sells dot matrix printers for printing single and multi-part forms by business users and develops, manufactures and markets various other office imaging products. Co. is primarily managed along its business and consumer market segments. Co. distributes its products via its distributor network and retail outlets worldwide. Also, Co. sells its products through several alliances and original equipment manufacturer arrangements such as Dell, IBM and Lenovo.
Location Based Technologies, Inc. [ OTCBB : LBAS ] Location Based Technologies is in the development stage of creating PocketFinder personal locators. PocketFinders are small personal location devices designed to give parents, guardians, and pet owners peace of mind. Utilizing the U.S. Department of Defense's Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and existing wireless technology, Co.'s team of engineers have developed technology which allows Co.'s network of members to locate anyone carrying the device, whether that person is inside of a building/structure or in the great outdoors (Systems and Method Patent pending).
Lattice Incorporated [ OTCBB : LTTC ] Lattice develops, designs and markets telecommunications systems, including intelligent call processing platforms, which provide telecommunications service capabilities to the public switched telephone network. Co.'s products include IP Telephony which are designed to enhance the new operators abilities to combine the technologies of the new IP based networks. Commander Inmate Telephone Control System are built on Co.'s BubbleLink software architecture which are designed for the small to midsized municipal and county correctional facilities requiring control for up to 40 inmate telephone lines.
LAKELAND IND INC [ NASDAQ : LAKE ] Lakeland Industries is engaged in the manufacture and selling of a line of safety garments and accessories for the industrial protective clothing market. As of Jan 31 2007, Co.'s major product categories included: Limited Use/Disposable Protective Clothing; Chemical Protective Suits; Fire Fighting and Heat Protective Apparel; Gloves and Arm Guards; and Reusable Woven Garments. At such date, Co.'s products are sold by its in-house sales force and independent sales representatives to a network of over 800 safety and mill supply distributors. In addition, Co. supplies to federal, state and local governmental agencies and departments.
Liberty Bell Bank [ OTC PK : LBBB ] Liberty Bell Bank is engaged in commercial banking and serves small to mid-sized businesses, professionals and consumers in in the state of New Jersey. Co. offers a variety of deposit and loan products including consumer and commercial checking, Internet banking, savings accounts, commercial and residential mortgages, construction mortgages, equipment financing, term loans, letters of credit, home equity loans, automobile loans and overdraft protection, among other commercial and consumer products. At Dec 31 2004, Co. had total assets of $76 .0 million and total deposits of $68 .0 million.
LIBERTY GLOBAL-A [ NASDAQ : LBTYA ] Liberty Global is an international broadband communications provider of video, voice and broadband Internet access services. Co.'s operations are primarily in Europe, Japan and Chile. Through its indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, UPC Holding BV and Liberty Global Switzerland, Inc., Co. provides broadband communications services in 10 European countries, excluding Belgium. In addition, through its indirect controlling ownership interest in Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd., Co. provide broadband communications services in Japan. Co. also provides broadband communications services in Chile through its indirect 80.0%-owned subsidiary, VTR GlobalCom, S.A.
LIBERTY INACT-A [ NASDAQ : LINTA ] Interactive Group is focused on video and online commerce. Co.'s subsidiary, QVC, Inc., markets and sells consumer products on the QVC television networks and via the Internet. Provide Commerce, Inc. derives its revenue from the sale of flowers and plants on its proflowers.com website and from the sale of gourmet foods from its branded websites. Expedia, Inc. is a travel services company, making travel products and services available through Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, Expedia Corporate Travel, Classic Custom Vacations and other brands and businesses. IAC/InterActiveCorp is a multi-brand interactive commerce company transacting business via the Internet, television and the telephone.
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. [ NYSE : LPX ] Louisiana-Pacific is engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of building products for home construction, repair and remodeling, and manufactured housing. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. operated 28 facilities in the U.S. and Canada as well as one facility in Chile. Co. operates in three segments: Oriented Strand Board (OSB), which manufactures and distributes OSB structural panel products.; Siding, which provides SmartSide siding products and related accessories as well as hardboard siding and accessories; and Engineered Wood Products, which manufactures and distributes I-joists and laminated veneer lumber and other related products.
LAYNE CHRISTENSEN [ NASDAQ : LAYN ] Layne Christensen provides drilling and construction services and related products in two principal markets: water and wastewater infrastructure and mineral exploration, as well as being a producer of unconventional natural gas for the energy market. Co. operates throughout North America, and Africa, Australia, Europe and, through its affiliates, South America. Co.'s customers include municipalities, investor-owned water utilities, industrial companies, global mining companies, consulting and engineering firms, heavy civil construction contractors, oil and gas companies and, to a lesser extent, agribusiness, located primarily in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia, Africa and South America.
LCNB Corporation [ OTCBB : LCNB ] LCNB is a financial holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Lebanon Citizens National Bank (the Bank) and Dakin Insurance Agency, Inc. (Dakin), Co. is engaged in the commercial banking and insurance agency businesses. The Bank provides full banking services, including trust and brokerage services, to customers primarily in the Southwestern Ohio area of Warren, Hamilton, Clermont, Clinton and Butler counties. Dakin is an independent insurance agency that provides a range of insurance products for businesses and individuals in the Bank's primary market area. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. had total assets of $548.2 million and total deposits of $ 478.6 million.
Life Sciences Inves. [ NYSE : HQL ] H&Q Life Sciences Investor Fund operates as a diversified closed-end management investment company in Massachusetts. Its investment objective is long-term capital appreciation through investment in securities of companies in the healthcare industries. The company invests primarily in securities of public and private companies that are believed to have significant potential above-average growth. As of September 30, 2003, the company’s portfolio comprised companies operating in the biopharmaceuticals, drug delivery, drug discovery, biopharmaceuticals, generics, healthcare services, and devices and diagnostics industries.
Lennox International, Inc. [ NYSE : LII ] Lennox International, through its subsidiaries, is a global provider of climate control applications. Co. designs, manufactures and markets a range of products for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) markets. Co.'s products and services are sold through multiple distribution channels under such brand names as Lennox , Armstrong Air , Ducane , Bohn , Larkin , Advanced Distributor Products , Service Experts , Aire-Flo , AirEase and others. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. was engaged in four business segments of the HVACR industry, namely Residential Heating & Cooling, Commercial Heating & Cooling, Service Experts as well as Refrigeration.
LiveWorld, Inc. [ OTC PK : LVWD ] LiveWorld is principally engaged in building, operating and moderating private label online social network and community services for clients who use these services to generate dialogue and relationships with and among their customers and other constituencies. Clients use these services for loyalty relationship marketing, customer support and business intelligence. Co.'s clients are a diverse group and include, but are not limited to media, consumer packaged goods, technology, and automobile industries, and most but not all are located in the United States.
LASERCARD [ NASDAQ : LCRD ] LaserCard is a holding company that performs all its operations through its two wholly owned subsidiaries, LaserCard Corporation and Challenge Card Design Plastikkarten GmbH. Co. develops, manufactures and sells optical memory cards, optical card drives, system software, card-related systems and specialty cards, and markets and sells peripherals and card printers. Co.'s primary product is the LaserCard optical memory card which is a credit-card sized, data storage card - invented, patented, developed, and manufactured by Co. Co.'s three reportable segments are Optical Memory Cards, Optical Memory Card Drives, and Specialty Cards and Printers.
LML PAYMENT SYSTEMS [ NASDAQ : LMLP ] LML Payment Systems is a financial payment processor providing check processing solutions including electronic check authorization, electronic check conversion (ECC) and primary and secondary check collection including electronic check re-presentment (RCK) to retailers in the United States of America (U.S.). Co. also provides selective routing of debit, credit and electronic benefit transfer (EBT) transactions to third party processors and banks in the U.S. for authorization and settlement.
LIBERTY GLOBAL-C- [ NASDAQ : LBTYK ] Liberty Global is an international broadband communications provider of video, voice and broadband Internet access services. Co.'s operations are primarily in Europe, Japan and Chile. Through its indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, UPC Holding BV and Liberty Global Switzerland, Inc., Co. provides broadband communications services in 10 European countries, excluding Belgium. In addition, through its indirect controlling ownership interest in Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd., Co. provide broadband communications services in Japan. Co. also provides broadband communications services in Chile through its indirect 80.0%-owned subsidiary, VTR GlobalCom, S.A.
LEGACY BANCORP [ NASDAQ : LEGC ] Legacy Bancorp is a bank holding company. Co. through its subsidiary, Legacy Banks (the Bank), provides financial services to individuals and businesses through its full service offices in Berkshire County and loan production office in Colonie, NY. The Bank's primary deposit products are savings, checking and term certificate accounts and its primary lending products are consumer, residential and commercial mortgage loans. In addition, the Bank provides insurance and investment products and services, investment portfolio management, debit and credit card products and online banking. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. had total assets of $808.3 million and total deposits of $518.2 million.
LINCARE HOLDINGS [ NASDAQ : LNCR ] Lincare Holdings and its subsidiaries provide oxygen and other respiratory therapy services to patients in the home. Co.'s customers typically suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis or asthma, and require supplemental oxygen or other respiratory therapy services in order to alleviate the symptoms and discomfort of respiratory dysfunction. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. served approximately 670,000 customers in 47 states through 978 operating centers. Co. also provides a variety of durable medical equipment and home infusion therapies in certain geographic markets.
LAKES ENTMT [ NASDAQ : LACO ] Lakes Entertainment is engaged in developing, financing and managing Indian-owned casino properties. Co. is also involved in other business activities, including development of a non-Indian casino in Mississippi and the development of new table games for licensing to both Tribal and non-Tribal casinos. In addition, as of Dec 31 2006, Co. owned approximately 61.0% of WPT Enterprises, Inc., a separate publicly-held media and entertainment company principally engaged in the development, production and marketing of gaming themed televised programming, the development and operation of an online gaming website, the licensing and sale of branded products and the sale of corporate sponsorships.
LIBERTY GLOBAL-B [ NASDAQ : LBTYB ] Liberty Global owns interests in broadband distribution and content companies operating outside the continental U.S., principally in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, Liberty Global is the largest broadband cable operator outside the United States in terms of subscribers.
LEMAITRE VASCULAR [ NASDAQ : LMAT ] LeMaitre Vascular is a global provider of medical devices for peripheral vascular disease treatment. Co. develops, manufactures and markets disposable and implantable vascular devices for the needs of vascular surgeons and interventionalists. Co.'s portfolio of peripheral vascular devices consists of products used in arteries and veins outside of the heart. Co.'s products include the Expandable LeMaitre Valvulotome and the Pruitt-Inahara Carotid Shunt . Co. sells its products primarily through a direct sales force, as well as through a network of distributors in various countries outside of the U.S. and Canada.
LANCE INC [ NASDAQ : LNCE ] Lance manufactures, markets and distributes a variety of snack food products. Co.'s manufactured products include sandwich crackers and cookies, potato chips, tortilla chips, cookies, sugar wafers, nuts, candy and other salty snacks. Co. also purchases for resale certain cakes, candy, meat snacks, restaurant style crackers, salty snacks and cookies. Products are packaged in various individual-size, multi-pack and family-size configurations. Co.'s trademarks include LANCE, CAPE COD POTATO CHIPS, TOASTCHEE, TOASTY, NEKOT, NIPCHEE, CHOC-O-LUNCH, VAN-O-LUNCH, GOLD-N-CHEES, CAPTAIN'S WAFERS, THUNDER, OUTPOST, DON PABLO's, BUGLES, VISTA, JODAN and CARRIAGE HILL.
Lifevantage Corporation [ OTCBB : LFVN ] Lifevantage is in the business of manufacturing, marketing and selling its product Protandim , a patented dietary supplement that is intended to increase the body's natural antioxidant protection by inducing two protective enzymes, superoxide dismustase and catalase in the brain, liver, and blood. The Protandim formulation includes low, safe doses of each component which is intended to prevent unwanted side effects that might be associated with one or another of the components individually. Co.'s primary target markets for Protandim are the health and wellness markets and elderly populations in the United States.
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC [ NYSE : LYG ] Lloyds TSB Group is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. provides a range of banking and financial services through branches and offices in the U.K and overseas. Co.'s activities are organized into three divisions: UK Retail Banking, Insurance and Investments, and Wholesale and International Banking.
LIGAND PHARMACLTS-B [ NASDAQ : LGND ] Ligand Pharmaceuticals discovers and develops new drugs that address medical needs in the areas of thrombocytopenia, cancer, hepatitis C, hormone-related diseases, osteoporosis and inflammatory diseases. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. has marketed 5 products in the U.S.; AVINZA for the relief of chronic, moderate to severe pain; Co.'s ONTAK for the treatment of patients with persistent or recurrent cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL); Targretin capsules and gel for a variety of treatments of patients with CTCL; and Panretin gel for the treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma in AIDS patients.
LNB BANCORP [ NASDAQ : LNBB ] LNB Bancorp is a financial holding company. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Lorain National Bank, Co. is engaged in the business of commercial and retail banking, investment management and trust services, title insurance, and insurance, with operations conducted through its banking centers located throughout Lorain, eastern Erie and western Cuyahoga counties of Ohio. For brokerage services, The Lorain National Bank operated under an agreement with Investment Centers of America, Inc. as of Dec 31 2006. At Dec 31 2006, Co. had total assets of about $851.1 million and total deposits of about $717.3 million.
Lipid Sciences Incorporated [ OTC PK : LIPD ] Lipid Sciences is a development-stage biotechnology company engaged in research and development of products and processes to treat major medical indications such as cardiovascular disease and viral infections in which lipids, or fat components, play a key role. Co.'s High-Density Lipoprotein Therapy focuses on developing treatments for atherosclerosis, which is the cause of heart attacks, stroke and peripheral vascular disease. Co.'s Viral Immunotherapy platform focuses on treatments for people suffering from conditions caused by lipid-enveloped viruses such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B and C, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, West Nile and influenza.
LSB [ NASDAQ : LSBX ] LSB is a one bank-holding company principally conducting business through RiverBank, a state-chartered Massachusetts savings bank, whose primary market area is the Merrimack Valley in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Through RiverBank, Co. offers various financial products to the general public, including loans for residential real estate, commercial real estate, construction, consumer and commercial businesses; as well as various deposit accounts including savings, checking, money market, certificates of deposit and individual retirement accounts. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. had total assets of $543.0 million, and total deposits of $295.7 million.
LATTICE SEMICONDUCT [ NASDAQ : LSCC ] Lattice Semiconductor designs, develops and markets Field Programmable Gate Arrays and Programmable Logic Devices (PLD), including Field Programmable System Chips, Complex Programmable Logic Devices, Programmable Mixed-Signal Products and Programmable Digital Interconnect Devices, as well as related software. PLDs are semiconductor components that can be configured by end customers as specific logic circuits, and thus enable shorter design cycle times and reduced development costs. Co.'s products are sold worldwide primarily to original equipment manufacturer customers in the communications, computing, industrial, automotive, medical, consumer and military end markets.
LUFKIN INDUSTRIES [ NASDAQ : LUFK ] Lufkin Industries operates in three business segments: Oil Field, Power Transmission and Trailer. The Oil Field segment manufactures and services artificial reciprocating rod lift equipment, referred to as pumping units and related products. The Power Transmission segment designs, manufactures and services speed increasing and reducing gearboxes for industrial applications. Speed increasers convert lower speed and higher torque input to higher speed and lower torque output while speed reducers convert higher speed and lower torque input to lower speed and higher torque output. The Trailer segment manufactures and services various highway trailers, including van, float and dump trailers.
LSB INDUSTRIES, Inc. [ NYSE : LXU ] LSB Industries is a diversified holding company. Co., through its ThermaClime, Inc.subsidiary, is engaged in two core businesses consisting of; Climate Control and Chemical. Co.'s Climate Control business segment manufactures and sells a range of air conditioning and heating products for use in commercial and residential new building construction, renovation of existing buildings and replacement of existing systems. Co.'s Chemical business segment is engaged in the manufacturing and selling of chemical products produced from its three plants located in Arkansas, Alabama and Texas for the industrial, mining and agricultural markets.
LaSalle Hotel Properties [ NYSE : LHO ] LaSalle Hotel Properties is a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) that is engaged in the business of buying, owning and leasing primarily full-service hotels located in convention, resort and major urban business markets. Substantially all of Co.'s assets are held by, and all of its operations are conducted through, the Operating Partnership, by which Co. is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. owned interests in 32 hotels with approximately 9,000 rooms/suites located in 11 states and the District of Columbia.
LAKELAND BANCORP [ NASDAQ : LBAI ] Lakeland Bancorp is a bank holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. provides lending, depository, and related financial services to individuals and small to medium sized businesses in northern New Jersey. Services in the lending area include short and medium term loans, lines of credit, letters of credit and accounts receivable financing, real estate construction loans and mortgage loans. Depository products include demand deposits, savings accounts, and time accounts. Co. also provides collection, wire transfer, and night depository services as well as a range of consumer banking services. At Dec 31 2006, Co. had total assets of $2.26 billion and total deposits of $1.86 billion.
LECROY [ NASDAQ : LCRY ] LeCroy is engaged in developing, manufacturing, selling and licensing oscilloscopes and global communication protocol analyzers. Co. provides six families of oscilloscopes, which address different services for the markets it serves: WaveExpert , Co.'s line of Sampling Oscilloscopes; WaveMaster , one of Co.'s product families; WavePro , which is targeted at the mid- to high-performance sector; WaveRunner , designed for the mid-performance sector; WaveSurfer , designed for value-oriented users in the low-performance bandwidth sector of the market; and the WaveJet , Co.'s entry-level oscilloscope products.
LSI INDUSTRIES [ NASDAQ : LYTS ] LSI Industries is a provider of corporate visual image services through the combination of screen and digital graphics capabilities, a variety of indoor and outdoor lighting products, and related professional services. Co. is also a provider of graphics and lighting products and professional services on a stand-alone basis. Co. provides corporate visual image services to the petroleum/convenience store industry, providing its services to national retailers and multi-site retailers, including quick service and casual restaurants, as well as retail chain stores located mainly in the U.S. At Jun 30 2007, Co. operated three segments: Lighting Segment, Graphics Segment and Technology Segment.
Lexington Realty Trust [ NYSE : LXP ] Lexington Realty Trust is a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust that acquires, owns, and manages a geographically diverse portfolio of net leased office, industrial, and retail properties. Co. also provides investment advisory and asset management services to institutional investors in the net lease area. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. owned or had interests in approximately 365 real estate properties encompassing about 58.9 million rentable square feet in 44 states and the Netherlands. As of Dec 31 2006, Co., including through non-consolidated entities, leased properties to approximately 285 tenants in 22 different industries.
LOJACK [ NASDAQ : LOJN ] LoJack is a provider of technology products and services for the tracking and recovery of valuable mobile assets. Co. conducts its businesses within three operating segments. Co.'s domestic segment develops and markets the LoJack System designed to assist law enforcement personnel in locating, tracking and recovering stolen vehicles, while its international segment operates throughout 27 countries and territories globally, as of Dec 31 2006. Co.'s Boomerang segment derives revenues primarily from the sale and installation of Boomerang , Boomerang2 and BoomerangXpress Units , related products as well as service contracts.
LifeQuest World Corporation [ OTC PK : LQWC ] LifeQuest World develops and distributes dietary herbal supplement products. Co.'s only product at this time is the "JC Tonic, The Youth Solution." The tonic is an herbal supplement blend of thirty-one ingredients comprised primarily of eighteen medicinal tonic herbs and six vital minerals. The JC Tonic, The Youth Solution is marketed in 32-ounce bottles and two-third ounce single unti doses packaged 45 to a box. Co. distributes its products through a network marketing system using independent distributors. In addition, Co., through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Phytolab Solutions, Inc., acquired the worldwide rights to the new immune-stimulatory product from Nordic Immotech Trading.
Labwire, Inc. [ OTC PK : LBWR ] Labwire, Inc. is an information technology solution that gathers, stores, retrieves and manages sensitive security and compliance data primarily for the oil & gas and transportation industries. Labwire's wholly-owned subsidiary, Workplace Screening Services, is a provider of comprehensive and secure employment screening management to mid-size and large corporations, specializing in drug testing and background checks.
LaPolla Industries, Inc. [ OTCBB : LPAD ] LaPolla Industries is a manufacturer and distributor of several basic segments: Coatings, Foam, Paints, Sealants, Adhesives, Equipment, and All Other, which involves primarily supplying a variety of sundry items that are complementary to the applications relating to its other businesses to customers in the roofing, construction, home improvement retail, and paint industries. Within each of these business segments, Co. has invested resources in a variety of products targeting both commercial and industrial as well as residential applications in the roofing, construction and paint industries.
LICT Corporation [ OTC PK : LICT ] LICT is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in multimedia and transportation services. The transportation services include delivery of manufactured housing, specialized equipment and commercial vehicles. The multimedia operations include telecommunications, television broadcasting and personal communication services. The telecommunications services are divided into four major categories namely local network, network access, long distance services and other services like Internet services. Co.'s operations are located in Kansas, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Lifestream Technologies, Inc. [ OTC PK : LFTC ] Lifestream Technologies is engaged in marketing a proprietary over-the-counter, total cholesterol-monitoring device for at-home use by both health-conscious and at-risk consumers ("Co.'s cholesterol monitor"). Co.'s cholesterol monitor enables an individual, through regular at-home monitoring of their total cholesterol level, to continually assess their susceptibility to developing cardiovascular disease. Once an individual is diagnosed with an elevated total cholesterol level, Co.'s cholesterol monitor enables an individual to readily ascertain and track certain collective benefits being derived from diet modification, an exercise regimen and drug therapy.
LTV Corporation [ OTC PK : LTVCQ ] Co. is (i) a domestic integrated steel producer; (ii) producer of mechanical and structural steel tubing products; (iii) producer of bimetallic wire products; and (iv) manufacturer of pre-engineered metal buildings systems. Co. also owns interests in steel-related technology joint ventures
Leggett & Platt, Inc. [ NYSE : LEG ] Leggett & Platt is engaged in designing and producing a range of components and products that are used in homes, offices, retail stores and automobiles. Products include manufactured components for residential furniture and bedding, components for office furniture, drawn steel wire, automotive seat support and lumbar systems, adjustable beds, and bedding industry machinery for wire forming, sewing and quilting. As of Dec 31 2006, Co.'s operations were organized into 29 business units, which are divided into 11 groups under five segments: Residential Furnishings; Commercial Fixturing & Components; Aluminum Products; Industrial Materials; and Specialized Products.
LOUISIANA BCRP [ NASDAQ : LABC ] Louisiana Bancorp is a savings and loan holding company and parent corporation for Bank of New Orleans. Through its subsidiary, Co. is engaged primarily in attracting deposits from the general public and using those funds to invest in loans and securities. The sources of funds are deposits, repayments of loans and mortgage-backed securities, maturities of investments and interest-bearing deposits, other funds provided from operations and funds borrowed from outside sources such as the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas. Co. conducts its business from its main office and two branch offices in Louisiana. Co. has assets of $219,726,000 and total deposits of $150,335,000 as of Dec 31 2006.
LAKE SHORE BANCORP [ NASDAQ : LSBK ] Lake Shore Bancorp is a holding company. Co.'s business consists of attracting retail deposits from the general public in the areas in Dunkirk, NY and eight branch offices in Chautauqua and Erie Counties, NY and investing those deposits and funds generated from operations, primarily in one- to four-family residential mortgage loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, commercial real estate loans, commercial business loans, consumer loans, and investment securities. Co.'s revenues are derived from interest generated from its loans and interest earned and dividends paid on its investment securities. At Dec 31 2006, Co. had assets of $354.2 million and deposits of $249.6 million.
LIBERTY CAP-A [ NASDAQ : LCAPA ] Liberty Media is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries and other companies, Co. is engaged in the electronic retailing, media, communications and entertainment industries in the United States, Europe and Asia. In addition, companies in which Co. owns interests are engaged in, among other things, (i) interactive commerce via the Internet, television and telephone, (ii) domestic cable and satellite broadband services, and (iii) telephony and other technology ventures. Co.'s businesses brands include QVC, Encore, Starz, IAC/ InterActiveCorp, Expedia, Inc. and News Corporation.
Lee Pharmaceuticals [ OTC PK : LPHM ] Lee Pharmaceuticals is engaged in the development, purchase, manufacture, and marketing of consumer personal care products and professional dental products, all of which are targeted for the improved well-being of the human body. Co.'s business is directed to two main areas: (i) the development and marketing of a range of consumer products including over-the-counter items, health and beauty aids, cosmetics and prescription drug products containing controlled substances; and (ii) the manufacture and sale of materials and supplies for use in the professional dental health field.
Lindaay Manufacturing Co. [ NYSE : LNN ] Lindsay is a designer and manufacturer of self-propelled center pivot and lateral move irrigation systems that are used principally in the agricultural industry to increase or stabilize crop production. Co. also manufactures and markets infrastructure products, including movable barriers for lane management to reduce traffic congestion and improve safety through its wholly owned subsidiary, Barrier Systems, Inc. In addition, Co. produces crash cushions and specialty barriers to improve motorist and highway worker safety, large diameter steel tubing, and provides outsourced manufacturing and production services for other companies.
Longtop Financial Technologies Limited [ NYSE : LFT ] Longtop Financial Technologies Limited, together with its subsidiaries, develops software and provides information technology (IT) services to financial services industry in the People's Republic of China. It engages in the development, licensing, and support of software solutions; provision of maintenance, support, and other services; and provision of system integration services related to the procurement and sale of third party hardware and software. The company offers software solutions in the various categories, including channel-related solutions, business-related solutions, management-related solutions, and other value-added solutions. Its channel-related solutions enable banks to interact with their customers through various channels, such as automated teller machines (ATM), bank tellers, call centers, and online banking. The company's business-related solutions are directed at executing banking transactions, including international trade finance, payments and settlements, and credit card operations. Its management-related solutions support a financial institution's internal operations and management, such as business intelligence, enterprise resource management, work-flow management, and credit and risk management. The company's other value-added solutions address its banking and non-banking clients' IT needs, such as payroll management for public sector employees. It also offers other services to address banking needs unrelated to software development, including ATM maintenance services, system integration services, and other value-added consulting services regarding configuration and system change management, security management, crisis management, and information technology asset management. Longtop Financial Technologies Limited also provides various consulting and supplementary technology-related services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Xiamen, the People's Republic of China.
LECG [ NASDAQ : XPRT ] LECG provides expert services for complex, unstructured business and public policy problems. Co. provides independent expert testimony and original authoritative studies in adversarial and non-adversarial environments. Co. also conducts economic, financial and statistical analyses providing objective opinions and strategic advice to legislative, judicial, regulatory and business decision makers. Co.'s skills include factual and statistical analyses, report preparation and presentation, electronic discovery and data collection and forensic accounting. Co.'s experts are renowned academics, ex-senior government officials, qualified industry leaders, technical analysts and seasoned consultants.
Lyris, Inc. [ OTCBB : LYRI ] Lyris, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Lyris Technologies, Inc. and Uptilt, Inc., is a marketing technology and services firm. Co.'s email marketing software and services provide clients with leading solutions for creating, managing and delivering online permission-based direct marketing programs, newsletters, discussion groups and other digital communications to clients whose email lists require specialized technology in order to communicate with their members and customers. Co. offers its solutions in two forms: as software that is downloaded into a customer's computers, and as a hosted solution in which the customer uses Co.'s software through an internet connection.
Laser Master International, Inc. [ OTC PK : LMTI ] Laser Master International is engaged in commercial printing for the textile industry and the gift wrap paper industry. Co. sells its products and services nationwide through its direct sales force and resellers. In addition Co. has a real estate subsidiary, Harrison First Realty Corp., which owns a factory building in Harrison, NJ. Co.'s subsidiary Flexo-Craft is engaged in the use of a computerized laser system to accomplish Flexographic printing for industrial and commercial printing and engraving.
LANDSTAR SYSTEMS [ NASDAQ : LSTR ] Landstar System is a non-asset based transportation and logistics services company, providing transportation capacity and related transportation services to shippers in the U.S. and to a lesser extent, in Canada, and between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico and other countries. Co. provides transportation services to various industries, as well as to other transportation companies including logistic and less-than-truckload service providers. Co.'s transportation services include an array of truckload transportation utilizing a range of equipment including dry vans of various sizes, flatbeds (including drop decks and light specialty trailers), temperature-controlled vans and containers.
Landrys Restaurants, Inc. [ NYSE : LNY ] Landry's Restaurants is a restaurant, hospitality and entertainment company which is principally engaged in the ownership and operation of full-service, casual dining restaurants, primarily under the names of Rainforest Cafe, Saltgrass Steak House, Landry's Seafood House, The Crab House, Charley's Crab and The Chart House . As of Dec 31 2006, Co. owned and operated over 179 full-service and certain limited-service restaurants in 29 states. Co. restaurant concepts range from upscale steak and seafood restaurants to casual theme-based restaurants. Co. is also engaged in the ownership and operation of select hospitality businesses including hotel and casino resorts.
Lucille Farms, Inc. [ OTC PK : LUCY ] Lucille Farms is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of mozzarella cheese and, to a lesser extent, other Italian variety cheeses. Utilizing proprietary formulas and processes, Co. has developed a nutritional line of products consisting of reduced fat, fortified, and organic cheeses. Co.'s products include the Conventional Product Group and the Nutritional Product Group. The food service segment includes pizza chains and institutions which prepare food for on premises consumption. The industrial segment includes manufacturers that utilize cheese products as an ingredient in processed foods.
Liberty Property Trust [ NYSE : LRY ] Liberty Property Trust is a self-administered and self- managed real estate investment trust. Co. provides leasing, property management, development, acquisition and other tenant-related services for its industrial and office properties. Co.'s industrial properties consist of a range of warehouse, distribution, service, assembly, light manufacturing and research and development facilities. Co.'s office properties are multi-story and single-story office buildings located principally in suburban mixed-use developments or office parks. As of Dec 31 2006, Co.'s portfolio consisted of 720 industrial and office properties totaling approximately 65.3 million square feet.
LSB FINANCIAL [ NASDAQ : LSBI ] LSB Financial is a thrift institution holding company. Through its subsidiary, Lafayette Savings Bank, Co. is engaged in accepting retail deposits from the general public and investing those funds primarily in permanent first mortgage loans secured by owner-occupied, one- to four-family residences and to a lesser extent, non-owner occupied one- to four-family residential, commercial real estate, multi-family, construction and development, consumer and commercial business loans. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. served Tippecanoe County, IN and its surrounding counties, and had total assets of $368.4 million with total deposits of $255.3 million.
Liquidation World, Inc. [ OTC PK : LIQWF ] Liquidation World operates retail stores that market merchandise from distress situations, such as bankruptcies, insolvencies, receiverships, cancelled orders, close-outs, inventory overruns and insurance claims. Co. also conducts sales for receivers, trustees in bankruptcy at sites other than its outlets and operates temporary retail outlets. Co. purchases merchandise for resale and sells goods on consignment. As of Oct 5 2003, Co. operated 98 retail outlets, consisting of 84 outlets in Canada in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan, and 14 outlets in the United States in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Washington.
Legal Research Center, Inc. [ OTC PK : LRCI ] Co. provides outsourced legal research, writing and knowledge management services to U.S. and Canadian attorneys in corporate and private practice. Co. also serves as a content developer for legal publishers and creates law-related business-to-business and business-to-consumer content for Internet sites serving the legal profession and consumers. Co. grants credit to customers on terms established for each customer.
Lexington B & L Financial Corporation [ OTC PK : LXMO ] The Company is the holding company for B & L Bank. upon its conversion from a federal mutual savings and loan association to a federal stock savings bank. The Company's banking subsidiaries are community oriented financial institutions that engage primarily in the business of attracting deposits from the general public and using these funds to originate one-to-four family residential mortgages, commercial, agricultural and consumer loans within their market areas. The Company is a portfolio lender and generally does not sell the mortgage loans that it originates, except for loans originated by B&L Mortgage.
LAMAR ADVERTISING-A [ NASDAQ : LAMR ] Lamar Advertising is engaged in the outdoor advertising business. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. owned and operated approximately 151,000 billboard advertising displays in 44 states, Canada and Puerto Rico; about 95,000 logo advertising displays in 19 states and the province of Ontario, Canada; and operated approximately 31,200 transit advertising displays in 16 states, Canada and Puerto Rico. In addition to its traditional bulletins and posters billboards, Co. is also introducing digital billboards which are generally located on major traffic arteries and city streets. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. owned and operated approximately 300 digital billboard advertising displays in 34 states and Canada.
Leighton Holding Ltd [ OTC PK : LGTHF ] Leighton Holdings Limited offers a range of project development, and contracting services and skills to public and private sector clients from a range of industries in Australia. Its project development skills include property or resources-based community infrastructure, and contracting activities include project management of construction and property developments. These activities include engineering and building construction, contract mining, environmental services, operations and maintenance, and facilities management. The company also has operations include Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, and New Zealand.
LIFEPOINT HOSP [ NASDAQ : LPNT ] LifePoint Hospitals is a holding company. Co. owns and operates general acute care hospitals in non-urban communities in the U.S. Co.'s hospitals provide medical and surgical services that include general surgery, obstetrics, psychiatric care, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, coronary care, open-heart surgery and neuro-surgery. Co. also provides outpatient services such as one-day surgery, laboratory, x-ray, and lithotripsy. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. operated 52 hospitals across 19 states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Lepanto Cons Mng Co Cl A [ OTC PK : LECBF ] Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company engages in the exploration and mining of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc; and various kinds of ores, metals, minerals, oil, gas, and coal and their related by-products. Its main subsidiaries include Diamond Drilling Corporation of the Philippines; Shipside Incorporated; Lepanto Investment and Development Corporation; Far Southeast Gold Resources, Inc.; and Diamant Boart Philippines, Inc.
Lifepoint, Inc. [ OTC PK : LFPI ] LifePoint is a medical technology company that has designed, is manufacturing the IMPACT Test System - a rapid diagnostic testing, screening, and therapeutic drug monitoring device for use in the workplace, home health care, ambulances, pharmacies and law enforcement. Co. is focused on the commercialization of the flow immunosensor technology licensed from the United States Navy. This patented technology, when used in conjunction with Co.'s own patented and proprietary technologies using saliva as a non-invasive test specimen, has allowed for the development of an applicable non-invasive, rapid, on-site diagnostic test system.
Lan Airlines S.A. [ NYSE : LFL ] Lan Airlines is a passenger and cargo airline serving destinations in Chile, Latin America, United States, Europe and the South Pacific. Co. sells other ancillary products related to the passenger transportation industry such as tourism advice and on-board products. Co. markets its passenger products under a number of brands including: LanChile, LanExpress, and LanPeru. In the cargo business segment, Co. markets its cargo products under a number of brands, including: LanChile Cargo, Ladeco, LanCargo, South Florida Air Cargo, Prime Airport Services, LanCourier and LanLogistics.
LANCASTER COLONY [ NASDAQ : LANC ] Lancaster Colony is a manufacturer and marketer of consumer products including specialty foods for the retail and foodservice markets; glassware and candles for the retail, floral, industrial and foodservice markets; and automotive accessories. Co. operates in three business segments - Specialty Foods which manufactures and sells salad dressings and sauces, fruit glazes, vegetable dips, fruit dips, frozen hearth-baked breads, and dry egg noodles, frozen noodles and pastas, croutons and caviar; Glassware and Candles which includes candles, candle accessories and glass products; and Automotive which manufactures and sells running boards, tube steps, toolboxes and other accessories.
Landauer, Inc. [ NYSE : LDR ] Landauer provides a service for measuring the dosages of x-ray, gamma radiation and other penetrating ionizing radiations to which the wearer has been exposed, primarily through optically stimulated luminescent (OSL) badges worn by client personnel. This technology is marketed under the trade name Luxel and InLight . Co.'s InLight dosimetry system, provides small and mid-sized in-house and commercial laboratories with the ability to provide in-house radiation monitoring services using OSL technology. As of Sep 30 2007, Co. provided its services to approximately 1.5 million individuals in the U.S., Japan, France, the U.K., Brazil, Canada, China, Australia and other countries.
Landmark Land Co, Inc. [ OTC PK : LLND ] Landmark Land Company is engaged in the business of real estate development and sales, including owning and operating several resort golf courses and tennis clubs, as well as owning a savings bank, a mortgage banking company, a life insurance company, and other financial services companies. Substantially all of Co.'s operations were owned and its businesses conducted by subsidiaries of Oak Tree Savings Bank, S.S.B. ("OTSB"), its savings bank subsidiary headquartered in New Orleans, LA.
Lawson Products [ NASDAQ : LAWS ] Lawson Products is a North American distributor and marketer of systems, services and products to the industrial, commercial and institutional maintenance, repair and replacement (MRO) marketplace. Co. also manufactures, sells and distributes specialized component parts to the original equipment marketplace (OEM), including automotive, appliance, aerospace, construction and transportation industries. Co. markets its MRO products primarily through a network of approximately 1,700 independent sales agents, while its OEM segment sells primarily through inside sales representatives, by which both segments provide expendable maintenance, repair and operations products.
LecTec Corporation [ OTCBB : LECT ] LecTec Corporation is primarily an intellectual property licensing and holding company. Co.'s focus is to obtain royalty income through licensing agreements related to patents that it owns based on its skin interface technologies. Co. has developed a technology that allows hydrogel-based topical delivery of therapeutic over-the-counter (OTC) medications, which provide alternatives to topical creams and ointments. Co. also has the U.S. and international patents on adhesive hydrogels, transdermal, and topical delivery systems, as well as holds 20 issued U.S. patents and 42 issued international patents as of Dec 31 2006.
Lescarden, Inc. [ OTCBB : LCAR ] Lescarden is engaged in the research, testing and development of medications for the control and cure of various diseases and the licensing of its technologies for commercialization by other companies. In its research and testing, Co. has discovered and is primarily investigating CATRIX , a complex of mucopolysaccharides derived from bovine cartilage. Co. sells products using CATRIX materials and is licensing its technologies in Canada, Europe and Korea. Co.'s product line is led by CATRIX Wound Dressing, a powder derived from bovine cartilage. Co. also derives revenue from a line of Catrix-based skin care products.
Logimetrics, Inc. [ OTC PK : LGMTA ] LogiMetrics, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of solid state, broadband wireless communications infrastructure equipment, subsystems, and modules that enable point-to-multipoint and point-to-point terrestrial, and satellite-based wireless telecommunications services in frequency bands from 15 GigaHertz (GHz) to 38 GHz. The company's products allow telecommunications service providers to provide voice and video communications links to their customers. Its products include solid-state power amplifiers, hub transmitters, receivers and transceivers, active repeaters, cell-to-cell relays, Internet access systems, and other modules and subsystems. The company's customers include system integrators, foreign service providers, and universities.
LANDMARK BANCORP [ NASDAQ : LARK ] Landmark Bancorp is a bank holding company. Co.'s wholly-owned subsidiary, Landmark National Bank, is principally engaged in the business of accepting deposits from the general public and using such deposits, together with borrowings and other funds, to originate consumer, commercial, multi-family, and one-to-four family residential mortgage loans in its principal market areas, which includes eastern, central, and southwestern Kansas. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. had $590.6 million in consolidated total assets, as well as $444.5 million in total deposits.
Lazard Ltd. Class A [ NYSE : LAZ ] Lazard is an international financial advisory and asset management firm that operates in two business segments: financial advisory and asset management. The Financial Advisory business provides financial advisory services regarding mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other corporate finance matters to corporate, partnership, institutional, government and individual clients. The Asset Management business provides investment management and advisory services to institutional clients, financial intermediaries, private clients and investment vehicles around the world. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. operated from 29 cities throughout Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and South America.
Leap Frog Enterprises, Inc. CLA [ NYSE : LF ] Leapfrog Enterprises designs, develops and markets technology-based educational products with curriculum software content and stand-alone products, which are sold through retailers, distributors and directly to school. Co. operates three business segments: U.S. Consumer, International, and SchoolHouse. Co.'s product line includes learning platforms, which are hardware devices such as its Classic LeapPad; educational software-based content such as interactive books and cartridges designed for use with its learning platforms; and a range of stand-alone educational products, including interactive plush toys and its Explorer interactive globes for older children.
Lafayette Community Bancorp [ OTC PK : LFYC ] Lafayette Community Bancorp operates as the holding company for Lafayette Community Bank, a commercial bank. The business of the bank consists primarily of attracting deposits from the general public; and originating commercial, residential real estate, and consumer loans. Consumer loans include new and used automobile, and other secured and unsecured personal loans. The bank originates adjustable rate first mortgage loans; second mortgage loans; and home equity lines of credit, secured by single-family homes. It offers commercial loans to area businesses, in addition to new home construction loans and business lines of credit. The bank’s deposit activities consist of non-interest bearing and interest-bearing demand deposits, savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and time deposits. The primary service area served by the bank is Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It operates through two offices in Lafayette, Indiana.
LOUD Technologies, Inc. [ OTC PK : LTEC ] LOUD Technologies is a professional audio and music products companies. As the corporate parent for the brands Alvarez , Ampeg , Crate , EAW , Knilling , Mackie , SIA and TAPCO , Co. engineers, manufactures, markets and distributes a wide range of professional audio and musical instrument products worldwide. Additionally, Co. is a distributor of branded professional audio and music accessories through its St. Louis Music catalog. Co.'s product lines include sound reinforcement speakers, analog mixers, guitar and bass amplifiers, professional loudspeaker systems, and branded musical instruments.
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Unsponsored Ameri [ OTC PK : LVMUY ] LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton is a manufacturer and retailer of luxury gifts, handbags and accessories, and leather luggage. Co.'s operations are organized along five business segments: Wine & Spirits, Fashion & Leather Goods, Perfumes & Cosmetics, Watches & Jewelery and Selective Retailing. Co.'s brand names include Moet & Chandon, Dom Perignon, Ruinart, Louis Vuitton, Donna Karan, Fendi, Loewe, Celine, Kenzo, Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, Thomas Pink, Christian Dior, Guerlain, Givenchy, and Kenzo, TAG Heuer, Zenith, Dior Watches and others. Co. had 1,859 stores worlwide as of Dec. 31, 2006.
LaBranche & Co., Inc. [ NYSE : LAB ] LaBranche & Co. is the parent corporation for a group of companies that are engaged as Specialists and Market-Makers in options, futures and exchange-traded funds traded on various exchanges. In addition, Co. also provides securities execution, clearing and direct-access floor brokerage services to institutional investors. As of Dec 31 2006, the entities within Co.'s Specialist and Market-Making segment were specialists on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the New York Board of Trade and Philadelphia Stock Exchange, as well as market-makers on several exchanges.
Landstar, Inc. [ OTC PK : LDSR ] LandStar, Inc. operates as a polymer redeployment and polymer reactivation company. Through its majority owned subsidiary, Rebound Rubber Corporation, the company develops certain technology rights for the recycling of rubber. It also, along with its subsidiary PolyTek Rubber & Recycling, Inc., produces crumb rubber using reduction technologies, including ambient grind, cryogenic, and wet grind systems. LandStar also maintains exclusive North American rights to a proven devulcanization technology, which fundamentally changes the way recycled rubber is used. This technology creates a new raw material, Activated Modified Rubber, which may be compounded with natural and synthetic rubber or used directly in new vulcanized products.
Lady Baltimore Foods, Inc. Class A [ OTC PK : LDYBA ] Co. and its subsidiaries are engaged primarily in institutional wholesale of groceries, chemicals, and food service equipment and supplies. Sales are concentrated primarily in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska and Iowa.
Lee Enterprises, Inc. [ NYSE : LEE ] Lee Enterprises is a provider of local news, information and advertising in primarily midsize markets, with 51 daily newspapers and a joint interest in five others, online sites and more than 300 weekly newspapers and specialty publications in 23 states as of Sep 30 2007. In addition, Co.'s online activities include websites supporting each of its daily newspapers and certain of its other publications. Co. also owns 82.5% of an Internet service company, INN Partners, L.C., which provides online infrastructure and online publishing services for more than 1,500 daily and weekly newspapers and shoppers. Co. also offers commercial printing services.
LINCOLN EDUC SVCS [ NASDAQ : LINC ] Lincoln Educational Services is a for-profit provider of career-oriented post-secondary education. Co. provides recent high school graduates and working adults degree and diploma programs in five principal areas of study: automotive technology; allied health (which includes programs for medical administrative assistants, medical assistants, pharmacy technicians, medical coding and billing and dental assisting); skilled trades; business and information technology; and spa and culinary. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. operated 37 campuses in 17 states, and had 17,167 students enrolled.
Liz Claiborne, Inc. [ NYSE : LIZ ] Liz Claiborne is engaged primarily in the design and marketing of an extensive portfolio of branded women's and men's apparel, accessories and fragrance products. As of Dec 30 2006, Co. operated a total of 399 specialty retail stores under its trademarks, comprised of 258 retail stores within the U.S. and 141 retail stores outside of the U.S. (primarily in Western Europe and Canada). As of Dec 30 2006, Co. operated a total of 625 concession stores in Europe. Co. operates the following business segments: Wholesale Apparel, Wholesale Non-Apparel and Retail. Co. also licenses to third parties the right to produce and market products bearing certain Company-owned trademarks.
Link Energy LLC [ OTC PK : LNKE ] Co. is engaged in the purchasing, gathering, transporting, trading, storage and resale of crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas liquids ("NGL") and related activities. Co. is also engaged in the ownership and operation of a hydrocarbon processing plant that produces methyl tertiary butyl ether ("MTBE") and in the ownership and operation of a natural gas liquids storage facility. Co.'s principal business segments are its North American - East of Rockies crude oil gathering and marketing operations, its Pipeline Operations, its Liquids Operations and its West Coast Operations.
Logansport Financial Corp. [ OTCBB : LOGN ] Logansport Financial is an unitary savings and loan holding company. Through, Logansport Financial Corp., Co. offers consumer and commercial financial services. These services include: (i) residential real estate loans; (ii) home equity loans; (iii) home improvement loans; (iv) construction loans; (v) commercial real estate loans and other commercial loans, including operating lines of credit and agricultural loans; (vi) commercial leases, including equipment leases; (vii) multi-family loans; (viii) consumer loans; (ix) NOW accounts; (x) passbook savings accounts; (xi) certificates of deposit; (xii) consumer and commercial demand deposit accounts; and (xiii) individual retirement accounts.
LTC Properties, Inc. [ NYSE : LTC ] LTC Properties is a health care real estate investment trust. Co. invests primarily in long-term care and other health care related facilities through mortgage loans, property lease transactions and other investments. Co. also invests in a charter school. Co. maintains a long-term investment interest in mortgages it originates either through direct retention of the mortgages or through retention of real estate mortgaged investment conduits (REMIC) Certificates. As of Dec 31 2006, Co.'s investment in owned properties consisted of 63 skilled nursing properties with a total of 7,304 beds, 84 assisted living properties with a total of 3,744 units and one school in 23 states.
Lubys, Inc. [ NYSE : LUB ] Luby's is a holding company. At Nov 1 2007, Co. operated 128 restaurants in Texas and four other states. These restaurants are located in close proximity to retail centers, business developments and residential areas, with the majority of locations serving food in a cafeteria-style manner. Of the 128 restaurants, 94 are locations owned by Co. and 34 are on leased premises. Co. provides guests with home-style food, providing 20 to 22 entrees, 12 to 14 vegetable dishes, 12 to 16 salads, and 16 to 20 varieties of desserts. All restaurant operations are conducted by Luby's Restaurants Limited Partnership, a Texas limited partnership composed of two wholly owned, indirect corporate subsidiaries.
Luminant Worldwide Corporation [ OTC PK : LUMTQ ] Co. is engaged in the provision of technology-based business solutions to Global 1000 and similar companies. Co.'s solutions are both strategic and tactical in nature, and include fully integrated services ranging from strategy development through execution and support. Co. combines its industry, functional business and technology expertise with repeatable processes and strategic vendor alliances to create solutions for its clients.
Las Vegas From Home.com Entertainment, Inc. [ OTC PK : LVFHF ] LasVegasFromHome.com Entertainment, Inc. is a gaming software developer and operator that licenses its software to 3rd party vendors.
Lubrizol Corporation [ NYSE : LZ ] Lubrizol is a specialty chemical company that produces and supplies technologies in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets. Co. produces additives, ingredients, resins and compounds that are used in a range of applications, and are sold into markets such as engine oils, specialty driveline lubricants and metalworking fluids, as well as in markets such as personal care and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products and performance coatings and inks. Co.'s specialty materials products are also used in the construction, sporting goods, medical products, and automotive industries. Co. produces products with brand names such as Anglamol , Carbopol , Estane and TempRite .
LIRN LINKED TO THE S&P 500 INDEX MATURING 6/1/2012 [ NYSE : SZE ] Suez designs solutions for the management of public utilities as a partner of public authorities, businesses and individuals. Co. offers services in the areas of electricity, gas, energy services, water and waste management. Co. offers basic products and services (electricity, gas, water and waste management); a range of specialized services, which include the treatment of hazardous industrial waste, the design and supply of water treatment, electrical, and mechanical facilities, and HVAC expertise; management services, and service facilities. Co.'s operations are organized around three core segments: Electricity and Gas, Energy Services and Environment.
LocatePLUS Holdings Corporation [ OTC PK : LPHC ] LocatePLUS Holdings and its subsidiaries are providers of public information. Co. offers a CD-ROM-based product, Worldwide Information, which enables users to search certain motor vehicle records and driver's license information. Co. maintains a database that is accessible through the Internet, known as LocatePLUS. Co.'s LocatePLUS product contains searchable and cross-referenced public information on individuals throughout the United States, including individuals' names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, prior residences, and, in certain circumstances, real estate holdings, recorded bankruptcies, liens, judgments, drivers' license information and motor vehicle records.
LEEP, Inc. [ OTC PK : LPPI ] Leading-Edge Earth Products, Inc. engages in developing, manufacturing, and marketing structural, lightweight, insulated composite component, LEEP STRUCTURAL CORE™ to support construction of the LeepCore Frameless buildings. LeepCore™ is a 3-way structural component used for constructing structural bearing-wall, sub-roof, and sub-floor systems. The markets targeted by the company comprise modular building manufacturers who specialize in the construction of modular-classrooms, nonmodular building applications, specialty markets (seismic, hurricane, temperature extremes, military, portable, and remote.), and foreign markets with a focus on third world/emerging country housing.
Lanbo Financial Group, Inc. [ OTC PK : LNBO ] Lanbo Financial Group, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Lanbo Financial Investment Company Group, Ltd., operates as a real estate company. It primarily engages in the construction, development, and sale of residential real estate units.
LoyaltyPoint, Inc. [ OTC PK : LYLP ] Barpoint is a development stage company engaged in the provision of online and wireless product information and shopping services which also develops software applications for consumers and businesses. Co.'s product information and shopping service utilizes proprietary reverse search technology to enable consumers to search for product information using unique product identifiers, including universal product codes ("UPCs" or "barcode numbers"). Barcode numbers are an international standard identifier for retail products. The service can be accessed from a desktop computer or a wide variety of mobile devices.
Lexon Technologies, Inc. [ OTCBB : LEXO ] LEXON Technologies, Inc. did not have significant operations as of December 31, 2002. The company does not propose to restrict its search for a business opportunity to any particular industry or geographical area and may engage in essentially any business in any industry.
Lundin Petroleum AB shs [ OTC PK : LNDNF ] Lundin Petroleum AB engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas. The company conducts its operations in France, Albania, Iran, Netherlands, Norway, Tunisia, Venezuela, Indonesia, and Sudan. As of December 31, 2002, the company’s total proved and probable oil reserves were 102,888 thousand barrels. As of such date, its total proved and probable gas reserves were 84,250 thousand cubic feet. In October 2003, Lundin Petroleum completed the drilling and testing operations of the ‘Censa-Ormat 1’ exploration well located in the Val des Marais exploration permit, onshore France.
Lafarge S.A. [ OTC PK : LFRGY ] Lafarge is a limited liability company that produces and sells construction materials, including cement, aggregates, concrete, gypsum wallboard, and related products under the Lafarge trademark. Co.'s operations consist of its Cement, Aggregates & Concrete, and Gypsum segments. Co.'s Cement segment produces and sells a range of cement and hydraulic binders adapted to the needs of the construction industry. Co.'s Aggregates & Concrete segment produces and sells aggregates, ready mix concrete, other concrete products and other products and services related to paving activities. Co.'s Gypsum segment mainly produces and sells drywall for the commercial and residential construction sectors
Liberty Group Holdings, Inc. [ OTC PK : LGHI ] Liberty Group Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company for various subsidiaries. Through Liberty Food Group LLC, markets and distributes food and food-related items, and supplies, including fresh and dry groceries, refrigerated and frozen items, paper and plastic goods and disposables, janitorial supplies, kitchenware, and tabletop items, to the wholesale market, restaurants and pizzerias, and institutions, primarily in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic states. Through Liberty Group Services, LLC it owns a majority equity share in AskTheRobot, LLC, which provides subscription-based on-line personnel recruiting and placement services to Internet and e-commerce companies through its Web site AskTheRobot.com.
Luxottica Group S.p.A. [ NYSE : LUX ] Luxottica Group is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of premium and luxury prescription frames and sunglasses. Co. is predominately active in eyewear, with nearly 5,700 optical and sun retail stores located primarily in North America, Asia-Pacific, China and the UK. Co's brand portfolio includes Ray-Ban, as well as, among others, license brands Bvlgari, Burberry, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Prada, Versace and Polo Ralph Lauren, and key house brands Vogue, Persol, Arnette and Revo. In addition its wholesale global network, Co. manages retail brands such as LensCrafters and Pearle Vision in North America, OPSM and Laubman & Pank in Asia-Pacific and Sunglass Hut globally.
L'Oreal Co. American Depositary Shares [ OTC PK : LRLCY ] L'Oreal is a worldwide cosmetics company that markets cosmetics brands under four primary product ranges. The Consumer Products range comprises products for beauty care, with core brands such as L'Oreal Paris , Garnier and Maybelline New York . Co.'s Professional Products range comprises hair care products for use by professional hairdressers, while its Luxury Products range comprises international brand cosmetics, such as Lancome , Ralph Lauren and Cacharel . Co.'s Active Cosmetics segment comprises cosmetics and dermatological products for distribution through pharmacies, and specialty health and beauty outlets.
L'Air Liquide Ord American Depositary Shares [ OTC PK : AIQUY ] Lair Liquide SA provides industrial and medical gases and related services. It supplies oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and various other gases and services to industries, such as steel, oil refining, chemicals, glass, electronics, healthcare, food processing, metallurgy, paper, and aerospace. The company has global presence with 130 subsidiaries in approximately 65 countries.
LEAR [ NYSE : LEA ] Lear and its affiliates design and manufacture automotive seat systems, electrical distribution systems and various electronic products. Co. conducts its business in two core product operating segments: seating and electronic and electrical. The seating segment includes seat systems and the components thereof, while the electronic and electrical segment includes electronic products and electrical distribution systems, primarily wire harnesses and junction boxes; interior control and entertainment systems; and wireless systems. Co.'s main customers are automotive original equipment manufacturers.
Legal & General Group Plc 10p American Depositary [ OTC PK : LGGNY ] Legal & General Group Plc provides financial planning products and services through the distribution channels of customers' choice. Its products are also available through the high street outlets of business partners throughout the UK. These include estate agents, mortgage advisers, and insurance brokers. Customers can also buy Legal & General's products from Independent Financial Advisers. The company has operations in the United States, France, the Netherlands, and Germany, as well as the United Kingdom.
Lyons Bancorp, Inc. [ OTCBB : LYBC ] Lyons Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for The Lyons National Bank, which offers individuals and businesses traditional banking services from 10 branches. Residential
LAKELAND FINANCIAL [ NASDAQ : LKFN ] Lakeland Financial is a holding company. Co. owns Lake City Bank, a commercial bank, through which it provides commercial, retail, trust and investment services to its customers. Commercial products include commercial loans and technology-driven services to commercial customers' cash management needs. Retail banking clients are provided with traditional retail banking services, including lending, deposit and investment services. Retail lending programs are focused on mortgage loans, home equity lines of credit and traditional retail installment loans. At Dec 31 2006, Co. had total assets of $1.84 billion and total deposits of $1.48 billion.
LANNETT COMP [ NYSE : LCI ] Lannett develops, manufactures, markets and distributes generic versions of pharmaceutical products. Co. sells its pharmaceutical products to generic pharmaceutical distributors, drug wholesalers, chain drug retailers, private label distributors, mail-order pharmacies, other pharmaceutical manufacturers, managed care organizations, hospital buying groups and health maintenance organizations. Co. also licenses the marketing of its products to other manufacturers and/or marketers in private label agreements. As of June 30, 2007, all of the products manufactured and/or sold by Co. were prescription products, including those containing Butalbital, Digoxin, Primidone and Levothyroxine Sodium.
LIBBEY [ NYSE : LBY ] Libbey is a supplier of tableware products in the U.S. and Canada, in addition to supplying tableware products to other key export markets. Co. designs and markets, under its LIBBEY , Crisa , Royal Leerdam , World Tableware, Syracuse China and Traex brand names, a range of glass tableware, ceramic dinnerware, metal flatware, holloware and serveware, and plastic items for sale primarily in the foodservice, retail, business-to-business and industrial markets. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. owned and operated two glass tableware manufacturing plants in the U.S., as well as glass tableware manufacturing plants in the Netherlands, Portugal, China and Mexico.
Liberty Homes, Inc. Class A [ OTC PK : LIBHA ] Liberty Homes is part of the manufactured housing industry. Co. designs and manufactures a broad line of single and multi-section manufactured homes built to standards promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and modular homes, built to specific standards adopted by each state. Sales are made to numerous independent retailers throughout most of the United States and to consumers at Co.'s two retail operations. Co. operates manufacturing plants in Syracuse, Indiana; Yoder, Kansas; Dorchester, Wisconsin; Sheridan, Oregon; Statesville, North Carolina; and Hamilton, Alabama.
Lottery & Wagering Solutions, Inc. [ OTC PK : LWSL ] Lottery & Wagering Solutions is engaged in the operation of a gaming casino in Suriname, owned by Suriname Leisure Company A.V.V., an Aruba joint venture entity 50% owned by Co, and the organization, implementation and operation of an additional casino in Suriname recently leased to a wholly owned subsidiary of Co. Co. is also pursuing the sale of property initially acquired by it for the development of a casino and hotel project in Sakhalin in the Russian Federation on an island north of Japan (the "Sakhalin Project"). In addition, Co. owns 19.7% of the common shares of Pacific Lottery Corporation, a Canadian company which is pursuing the development of the lottery system in Vietnam.
Laaco Ltd L P Uts Miscellaneous [ OTC PK : LAACZ ] LAACO is engaged as a California limited partnership. The principal business of the Partnership and its subsidiaries consists of real estate investment and leasing operations and the ownership and operation of The Los Angeles Athletic Club and California Yacht Club. The Partnership directly owns the real estate holdings of Co., including 34 self-storage facilities plus five development sites located in Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada. The Partnership also leases out several retail stores and owns an eight story parking garage and an open parking lot in Los Angeles. Two additional stores are 50% owned as joint ventures and manged by Co.
LASV Enterprises Inc New [ OTC PK : LASV ] LASV Enterprises, Inc. develops Airline, Air Routes, and Destination Resorts, which includes all accommodations and catering facilities as well as casinos and gambling, Lotteries and Automated Teller Machines. On Mar 14, LASV Enterprises, Inc. and D.C.T. Corporation, Ltd. had terminated the Plan and Agreement of Merger, dated February 19, which was previously announced and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Form 8-K on February 22. On Feb 20, LASV Enterprises, Inc. had acquired one hundred percent of D.C.T. Corporation Ltd. On Jan 24, LASV Enterprises, Inc. had acquired 100% of Rugby National Corp.
LTX-CREDENCE [ NASDAQ : LTXC ] LTX-Credence Corporation (LTX-Credence) provides focused, cost-optimized automated test equipment (ATE) solutions. The Company designs, manufactures, markets and services ATE solutions that address the divergent test requirements of the wireless, computing, automotive and entertainment market segments. Semiconductor designers and manufacturers worldwide use its equipment to test their devices during the manufacturing process. After testing, these devices are then incorporated in a range of products, including computers, mobile Internet equipment, such as wireless access points and interfaces, broadband access products, such as cable modems and digital subscriber line (DSL) modems, personal communication products, such as cell phones and personal digital assistants, consumer products such as televisions, videogame systems, digital cameras and automobile electronics, and for power management in portable and automotive electronics.
LIHUA INTL [ NASDAQ : LIWA ] Lihua International, Inc, is a manufacturer of wiring for consumer electronics and automobiles, as well as for telecommunications and utility providers. Through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Lihua Electron and Lihua Copper, it is a leading value-added manufacturer of copper replacement products for China's rapidly growing magnetic and fine wire market.
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