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- SO, SOUTHERN CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 59.364277
- MBT, MOBILE TELSYS OJS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 94.943077
- CIR, CIRCOR INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.260674
- FCL, FOUNDATION COAL H Current Caprock Strength Rating: 137.504166
- ANSS, ANSYS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 122.079567
- ABX, BARRICK GOLD CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 235.477280
- ELNK, EARTHLINK INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.102737
- PDS, PRECISION DRILL T Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.324528
- UNT, UNIT CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.678202
- PCU, SOUTHERN COPPER C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.524392
- TX, TERNIUM S.A. ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.619476
- CLF, CLEVELAND CLIFFS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 237.817490
- KTF, DSW MUN INC TR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.159714
- WHQ, W-H ENERGY SVCS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.501338
- NWN, NORTHWEST NAT GAS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.835892
- KO, COCA COLA CO THE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 235.789154
- ROS, OJSC ROSTELECOM A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 304.300751
- BVN, COMPANIA MIN BUEN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 292.412750
- NOV, NATL OILWELL VARC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.458580
- CFR, CULLEN FROST BNKR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.610909
The Southern Company (Southern Company) owns all of the outstanding common stock of Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, and Mississippi Power, each of which is an operating public utility company. The traditional operating companies supply electric service in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. In addition, Southern Company owns all of the common stock of Southern Power, which is also an operating public utility company. Southern Power constructs, acquires, owns, and manages generation assets and sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market. Southern Company also owns all the outstanding common stock or membership interests of SouthernLINC Wireless, Southern Nuclear, Southern Company Services, Inc., Southern Holdings and other direct and indirect subsidiaries. In June 2008, Southern Power completed construction on Plant Franklin Unit 3, which added 659 megawatts to the Southern Company system generating capacity.
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC is a provider of mobile cellular communications services in Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Armenia and Ukraine. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company had a subscriber base of 91.33 million (64.63 million in Russia, 18.12 million in Ukraine, 5.65 million in Uzbekistan, 0.93 million in Turkmenistan and 2.02 million in Armenia). In addition to standard voice services, the Company offers its subscribers value added services, including voice mail, short message service (SMS), general packet radio service (GPRS), augmented by enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE), high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), and various SMS- and GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA-based information and entertainment services (including multi media message service (MMS)). It also offers its subscribers the ability to roam automatically throughout Europe and in much of the rest of the world.
Circor International, Inc. (Circor) designs, manufactures and distributes an array of valves and related fluid-control products, and certain services to a variety of end-markets for use in a range of applications to ensure the safety of fluid-control systems. The Company operates 21 significant manufacturing facilities that are located in the United States, Canada, Western Europe and the People?s Republic of China. It has two product groups: Instrumentation and Thermal Fluid Controls Products, and Energy Products. As of December 31, 2008, the Company?s products were sold through nearly 1,100 distributors, and it serviced more than 9,000 customers in over 115 countries around the world. On May 21, 2008, the Company acquired Motor Technology, Inc. (Motor Tech).
Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. is a coal producer in the United States. The Company operates a group of 12 individual coal mines located in Wyoming, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company sold 70.9 million tons of coal, including 69.3 million tons that were produced and processed at its operations. As of December 31, 2008, it had approximately 1.7 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves. The Company is also involved in marketing coal produced by others to supplement its own production. The Company is primarily a supplier of steam coal to United States utilities for use in generating electricity. It also sells steam coal to industrial plants. Steam coal sales accounted for 98% of its coal sales volume and 89% of its coal sales revenue in 2008. The Company also sells metallurgical coal to steel producers; metallurgical sales accounted for 2% of its coal sales volume and 11% of its coal sales revenue in 2008.
ANSYS, Inc. (ANSYS) develops and globally markets engineering simulation software and services used by engineers and designers across a range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, electronics, biomedical, energy and defense. The Company focuses on the development of open and flexible solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and validation. The Company distributes its ANSYS suite of simulation technologies through a global network of resellers and distributors (collectively, channel partners) and direct sales offices in global locations. On July 31, 2008, ANSYS acquired Ansoft Corporation (Ansoft).
Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick) is engaged the production and sale of gold, as well as related activities, such as exploration and mine development. Barrick also produces copper and holds interests in a platinum group metals development project and a nickel development project, both located in Africa, and a platinum group metals project located in Russia. Barrick has four regional business units (RBUs): North America, South America, Australia Pacific and Africa. On March 5, 2008, Barrick completed the acquisition of additional 40% interest in the Cortez property. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company acquired Cadence Energy Inc.
EarthLink, Inc. (EarthLink) is an Internet service provider (ISP), providing nationwide Internet access and related value-added services to individual and business customers. The Company’s primary service offerings are dial-up and Internet access services and related value-added services, such as search, advertising and ancillary services. The Company operates in two segments: Consumer Services and Business Services. The Consumer Services segment provides Internet access and related value-added services to individual customers. The Business Services segment provides integrated communications services, Internet access and related value-added services to businesses and communications carriers. In August 2008, Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. (Virgin Mobile) acquired HELIO and EarthLink’s equity and debt investments in HELIO were exchanged for limited partnership units of Virgin Mobile.
Precision Drilling Trust (the Trust or Precision) is engaged in land drilling in North America with drilling rigs operating in gas basin. The Company operates in two business segments: contract drilling services and completion and production services. Precision operated 374 land rigs, 229 service rigs and 100 camps along with catering, rental, snubbing and wastewater services. During the year ended December 31, 2008, Precision?s fleet consisted of 374 rigs with 220 in Canada, 151 in the United States, two in Mexico and one in Chile. On December 23, 2008, the Company acquired Grey Wolf, Inc. (Grey Wolf). Its subsidiaries include Grey Wolf Inc., Kenting Energy Services Inc., LRG Oilfield Services Ltd. McKenzie Caterers (1984) Ltd., Rostel Industries Ltd. and Columbia Oilfield Supply Ltd.
Unit Corporation (Unit) is a contract drilling company. The operations of the Company are conducted through its wholly owned subsidiaries: Unit Drilling Company, Unit Petroleum Company and Superior Pipeline Company, L.L.C. Unit Drilling Company is engaged in drilling onshore oil and natural gas wells for its own account. Unit Petroleum Company is engaged in exploring, developing, acquiring and producing oil and natural gas properties for its own account. Superior Pipeline Company, L.L.C. is engaged in buying, selling, gathering, processing and treating natural gas for its account and for third parties. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company constructed and placed into service three 1,500 horsepower diesel electric drilling rigs, bringing the rig fleet to a total of 132 rigs. In 2008, the Company drilled a total footage of 11.7 million feet.
Southern Copper Corporation is an integrated copper producer. The Company produces copper, molybdenum, zinc and silver. All of its mining, smelting and refining facilities are located in Peru and in Mexico, and it conducts exploration activities in those countries and Chile. Its Peruvian copper operations involve mining, milling and flotation of copper ore to produce copper concentrates and molybdenum concentrates; the smelting of copper concentrates to produce anode copper, and the refining of anode copper to produce copper cathodes. It operates the Toquepala and Cuajone mines in the Andes mountains. The Company also operates a smelter and refinery west of the Toquepala and Cuajone mines in the coastal city of Ilo, Peru. Its Mexican operations are conducted through the Company?s subsidiary, Minera Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Minera Mexico). Minera Mexico engages principally in the mining and processing of copper, molybdenum, zinc, silver, gold and lead.
Ternium S.A. (Ternium) is engaged in investments in flat and long steel manufacturing and distributing companies.The Company has three segments: flat steel products, long steel products and others. The flat steel products segment comprises the manufacturing and marketing of flat steel products. The long steel products segment comprises the manufacturing and marketing of long steel products. The other products segment includes the products other than flat and long steel, mainly pig iron, pellets and pre-engineered metal buildings. The Company?s subsidiaries include Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V., Acerex S.A. de C.V., Hylsa S.A. de C.V. In May 2009, the Company announced the completion of the transfer of its entire 59.7% interest in Sidor, C.A. to Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana.
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (Cliffs), formerly Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, is an international mining and natural resources company. The Company is a producer of iron ore pellets in North America, a supplier of direct-shipping lump and fines iron ore out of Australia, and a producer of metallurgical coal. Cliffs is organized according to product category and geographic location: North American Iron Ore, North American Coal, Asia Pacific Iron Ore, Asia Pacific Coal and Latin American Iron Ore. In North America, it operates six iron ore mines in Michigan, Minnesota and Eastern Canada, and two coking coal mining complexes located in West Virginia and Alabama. Its Asia Pacific operations include full ownership of Portman, which is comprised of two iron ore mining complexes in Western Australia, serving the Asian iron ore markets with direct-shipping fines and lump ore, and a 45 % economic interest in Sonoma, a coking and thermal coal mine located in Queensland, Australia.
DWS Municipal Income Trust (the Fund) is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income tax by investing in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade, tax-exempt securities. It invests in individual bonds whose yields and market values fluctuate. In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund?s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet been made. Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. serves as the investment advisor of the Fund.
Northwest Natural Gas Company, doing business as NW Natural, is principally engaged in the distribution of natural gas in Oregon and southwest Washington. The Company’s has two business segments: local gas distribution and gas storage. Local gas distribution also referred to as the utility, which involves building and maintaining a pipeline distribution system, purchasing gas from producers and marketers, contracting for the transportation of gas over pipelines from the supply basins to its service territory, and reselling the gas to customers subject to rates and terms approved by the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) or by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC). The gas storage business segment includes natural gas storage services provided to interstate and intrastate customers in the Pacific Northwest using underground gas storage and pipeline facilities which the Company owns and operates.
The Coca-Cola Company is a manufacturer, distributor and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world. Finished beverage products bearing its trademarks are sold in more than 200 countries. The Company markets nonalcoholic sparkling brands, which include Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite. The Company manufactures beverage concentrates and syrups, which it sells to bottling and canning operations, fountain wholesalers and some fountain retailers, as well as finished beverages, which it sells primarily to distributors. The Company owns or licenses approximately 500 brands, including diet and light beverages, waters, enhanced waters, juices and juice drinks, teas, coffees, and energy and sports drinks. During 2008, the Company acquired the brands and licenses in Denmark and Finland from Carlsberg Group Beverages (Carlsberg).
Rostelecom is a telecommunications services provider and carrier of domestic long distance (DLD) and international long distance (ILD) traffic in the Russian Federation. The Company owns and operates a trunk telecommunications network and carries the bulk of Russia’s long-distance and international traffic. The Company renders domestic and international long-distance telecommunications services to end users and provides traffic throughput services to Russian operators, including each of Russia’s seven inter-regional companies (IRCs) and alternative operators. In addition, the Company provides telecommunications services to various government entities across Russia and ensures the operation of the ground-based network of television and radio broadcasting channels. In December 2008, through Westelcom, its wholly owned subsidiary, Rostelecom acquired an additional 15.2% interest in CJSC Incom (Incom). Subsequently Incom became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
Compania De Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN) is a precious metals company, engaged in the exploration, mining and processing of gold, silver and, to a lesser extent, other metals, in Peru. The Company operates the Julcani, Recuperada, Orcopampa, Poracota, Uchucchacua, Antapite and Ishihuinca mines and has controlling interests in two other mining companies, which operate the Colquijirca, Marcapunta and Shila-Paula mines. The Company also owns an electric power transmission company and an engineering services consulting company, and has minority interests in several other mining companies, including a significant ownership interest in Yanacocha, a Peruvian partnership that operates gold mine in South America, and Cerro Verde, a Peruvian company that operates a copper mine located in the south of Peru.
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV) is a provider of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations, oilfield services, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry. The Company operates in three segments. The Rig Technology segment designs, manufactures, sells and services systems for the drilling, completion and servicing of oil and gas wells. The Petroleum Services & Supplies segment provides a variety of consumable goods and services used to drill, complete, remediate and workover oil and gas wells, service pipelines, flowlines and other oilfield tubular goods. The Distribution Services segment provides maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) supplies, and spare parts to drill site and production locations worldwide.On April 21, 2008, NOV acquired Grant Prideco, Inc. In December 2008, it acquired Sakhalin Outfitters LLC and Mid-South Machine, Inc. In April 2009, NOV acquired ASEP Group Holding B.V. and Anson Limited.
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (Cullen/Frost) is a financial holding company and a bank holding company that provides, through its subsidiaries, an array of products and services throughout numerous Texas markets. The Company offers commercial and consumer banking services, as well as trust and investment management, mutual funds, investment banking, insurance, brokerage, leasing, asset-based lending, treasury management and item processing services. As of December 31, 2008, Cullen/Frost had consolidated total assets of $15.0 billion. It serves a variety of industries including, among others, energy, manufacturing, services, construction, retail, telecommunications, healthcare, military and transportation. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company acquired R. G. Seeberger, Inc. (Dallas market area).
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