Top 10 Holdings.
As
of 06/30/08
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Bank Of New York Mellon Corp.
Established
in 2007 from the merger of Mellon Financial Corporation
and The Bank of New York Company, Inc., The Bank of
New York Mellon is a leading asset management and
securities services company, uniquely focused to help
clients manage and move their financial assets and
succeed in the rapidly changing global marketplace.
Headquartered in New York, The Bank of New York Mellon
has more than $20 trillion in assets under custody
or administration and more than $1 trillion under
management.
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Comp
de Saneamento Basico ADR.
Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado
de Sao Paulo (SABESP) provides water and sewage services
to a range of residential, commercial, industrial
and governmental customers in the City of Sao Paulo,
Brazil, and in 367 of the 645 other municipalities
in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Company also
supplies water on a bulk basis to municipalities in
the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region, in which it does
not operate water systems. It divides the service
territories into two regions, the Sao Paulo Metropolitan
Region and the Regional Systems. The Company provides
basic sanitation services, which include the abstraction,
treatment, processing and distribution of water, as
well as the collection, treatment and reuse of sewage.
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Superior
Energy
Superior
Energy Services, Inc. provides oilfield services and
equipment to serve drilling and production-related
needs of oil and gas companies primarily in the United
States. The company operates in four segments: Well
Intervention Services, Rental Tools, Marine Services,
and Oil and Gas Operations. The Well Intervention
Services segment offers coiled tubing, electric line,
pumping and stimulation, gas lift, well control, snubbing,
recompletion, engineering and well evaluation, offshore
oil and gas cleaning, decommissioning, plug and abandonment,
and mechanical wireline services. This segment also
provides rigless plug and abandonment services in
the Gulf of Mexico, as well as manufactures and sells
specialized drilling rig instrumentation equipment.
The Rental Tools segment engages in the manufacture,
sale, and rental of equipment for use with offshore
and onshore oil and gas well drilling, completion,
production, and workover activities. Its rental tools
include pressure control equipment, specialty tubular
goods, connecting iron, handling tools, stabilizers,
drill collars, and on-site accommodations. The Marine
Services segment owns and operates a fleet of liftboats.
As of December 31, 2007, it operated a fleet of 37
liftboats, including 10 liftboats configured specifically
for wireline services and 27 in its rental fleet.
The Oil and Gas Operations segment owns and operates
mature oil and gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico.
The company had interests in 31 offshore blocks containing
79 structures and approximately 149 producing wells,
and had reserves of approximately 13.7 million barrels
of oil equivalent. Superior Energy Services was founded
in 1991 and is headquartered in Harvey, Louisiana.
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CVS
/ Caremark Corporation
CVS/Caremark is the nation's premier
integrated pharmacy services provider, combining one
of the nation's leading pharmaceutical services companies
with the country's largest pharmacy chain. The company
fills or manages more than one billion prescriptions
per year, more than any other pharmacy services provider.
CVS/Caremark drives value for pharmacy services customers
by effectively managing pharmaceutical costs and improving
healthcare outcomes through its 6,200 CVS/pharmacy
stores; its pharmacy benefit management, mail order
and specialty pharmacy division, Caremark Pharmacy
Services; its retail-based health clinic subsidiary,
MinuteClinic; and its online pharmacy, CVS.com.
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Norfolk
Southern Corporation.
Norfolk
Southern Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages
in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate
products, and finished goods primarily in the United
States. Its operations consist of transportation of
coal, coke, and iron ore products; general merchandise
traffic, which consists of automotive products, chemicals,
metals and construction products, agriculture and
consumer products, and paper, clay, and forest products;
and intermodal traffic. Automotive products include
finished vehicles and auto parts. Metals and construction
products comprise steel, aluminum products, machinery,
scrap metals, cement, aggregates, bricks, and minerals.
Agriculture and consumer products include soybeans,
wheat, corn, fertilizer, animal and poultry feed,
food oils, flour, beverages, canned goods, sweeteners,
consumer products, and ethanol. Paper, clay, and forest
products comprise lumber and wood products, pulp board
and paper products, wood fibers, wood pulp, scrap
paper, and clay. Intermodal traffic includes shipments
moving in trailers, domestic and international containers,
and roadrailer equipment. It handles these shipments
on behalf of intermodal marketing companies, international
steamship lines, truckers, and other shippers. The
company also transports overseas freight through various
Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports, as well as provides
a range of logistics services. It also operates and
leases regularly scheduled passenger trains and commuter
trains; acquires, leases, and manages coal, oil, gas,
and minerals; develops commercial real estate; telecommunications;
and leases or sells rail property and equipment. As
of December 31, 2007, the company operated approximately
21,000 route miles in 22 states in the United States
and the District of Columbia. Norfolk Southern Corporation
was founded in 1883 and is based in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Henry
Schein, Inc.
Henry Schein, Inc. distributes healthcare
products and services primarily to office-based healthcare
practitioners in the North American and European markets.
It operates in two segments, Healthcare Distribution
and Technology. The Healthcare Distribution segment
distributes products, including consumable products,
small equipment, laboratory products, large dental
equipment, branded and generic pharmaceuticals, vaccines,
surgical products, diagnostic tests, infection control
products, and vitamins. The Technology segment provides
software, technology, and other value-added services
to healthcare providers primarily in the United States
and Canada. Its value-added practice solutions include
practice management software systems for dental and
medical practices and veterinary clinics. Further,
this segment offers financial services and continuing
education services for practitioners. The company
sells its products and services to dental practices
and laboratories, physician practices, and veterinary
clinics, as well as to government and other institutions.
Henry Schein is headquartered in Melville, New York.
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7. Intel
Intel
Corporation is a semiconductor chip maker, developing
advanced integrated digital technology products, primarily
integrated circuits, for industries, such as computing
and communications. The Company’s products include
chips, boards and other semiconductor products that
are the building blocks integral to computers, servers,
consumer electronics and handheld devices, and networking
and communications products. Its primary component-level
products include microprocessors, chipsets and flash
memory. The Company offers products at various levels
of integration, allowing its customers the capability
to create advanced computing and communications systems
and products. As of December 29, 2007, the Company’s
operating segments included the Digital Enterprise
Group (DEG), Mobility Group, NAND Products Group,
Flash Memory Group, Digital Home Group, Digital Health
Group and Software Solutions Group.
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Dominion Resources, Inc. VA
Dominion Resources, Inc. (Dominion)
is a producer and transporter of energy. The Company’s
portfolio of assets includes approximately 26,500
megawatts of generation, 6,000 miles of electric transmission
lines, 55,000 miles of electric distribution lines
in Virginia and North Carolina, 14,000 miles of natural
gas transmission, gathering and storage pipeline,
28,000 miles of gas distribution pipeline, exclusive
of service lines of two inches in diameter or less,
and 1.1 trillion cubic feet equivalent of natural
gas and oil reserves. Dominion also owns the underground
natural gas storage system and operates over 975 billion
cubic feet of storage capacity and serves retail energy
customers in eleven states. The Company operates in
three segments: Dominion Virginia Power (DVP), Dominion
Generation and Dominion Energy.
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Liberty Global Inc. Ser A.
Liberty Global, Inc. (LGI) is an international
communications provider of video, voice and broadband
Internet services, with consolidated broadband communications
and/or direct-to-home (DTH) satellite operations at
December 31, 2007. The Company operates in 15 countries,
primarily in Europe, Japan and Chile. LGI conducts
its business through its subsidiaries, including UPC
Holding BV (UPC Holding) (an indirect wholly owned
subsidiary), Telenet Group Holding NV (Telenet) (51.1%
indirect controlling ownership interest), Jupiter
Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (J:COM) (indirect 37.9%
controlling ownership interest) and Austar United
Communications Limited (Austar) (indirect 53.4%-owned
subsidiary). On September 1, 2007, the Company acquired
JTV Thematics, the thematics channel business of SC
Media & Commerce Inc., through the merger of JTV
Thematics with J:COM.
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Comcast Corporation - C1 A
Comcast
Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates
as a cable operator in the United States. It offers
various consumer entertainment and communication products
and services. The company operates in two segments,
Cable and Programming. The Cable segment manages and
operates cable systems, including video, high-speed
Internet, and phone services, as well as regional
sports and news networks. Its video services include
basic and digital cable, video on demand, high-definition
television, digital video recorder, premium channel
programming, and pay-per-view programming services.
This segment's high-speed Internet service consists
of its interactive portal, Comcast.net, which provides
multiple email addresses and online storage, as well
as various proprietary content and value-added features
and enhancements. Its phone services include Comcast
Digital Voice, an IP-enabled phone service that provides
local and domestic long-distance calling with various
features, such as voice mail, caller ID, and call
waiting services. The Programming segment operates
its consolidated national programming networks consisting
of E!, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, and Style. Comcast
Corporation also owns the Philadelphia Flyers, the
Philadelphia 76ers, and two multipurpose arenas in
Philadelphia, as well as manages other facilities
for sporting events, concerts, and other events; and
develops and operates its Internet businesses that
focus on entertainment, information, and communication,
including Comcast.net, Fancast, thePlatform, and Fandango.
As of December 31, 2007, the company served approximately
24.1 million video subscribers, 13.2 million high-speed
Internet subscribers, and 4.6 million phone subscribers;
and passed approximately 48.5 million homes in 39
states and the District of Columbia. Comcast Corporation
was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
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Press Release and Media:
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Forbes - Financially Speaking - Oct 15 2007.
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Barrons
- Malone's Best-Kept Secret - Aug 06 2007.
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Business
Week - Inside Wall Street - Apr 30 2007.
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Barron's
- Not All Pans Get the Gold - Mar 26 2007.
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Business
Week Inside Wall Street - Mar 12 2007.
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