Founded in the 1920s to develop hydroelectric power, Power Corporation of Canada now generates cash, not electricity. Power Corporation of Canada is an investment holding company. As of December 31, 2009, the Company held 66.3% interest in Power Financial Corporation (Power Financial). Power Financial holds interests in the financial services industry, through its controlling interests in Great-West Lifeco Inc. (Lifeco) and IGM Financial Inc. (IGM). Power Financial also holds, together with the Frere group of Belgium, an interest in Pargesa Holding SA (Pargesa). As of December 31, 2009, Pargesa’s portfolio was composed of interests in various sectors, including primarily oil, gas and chemicals through Total S.A. (Total); energy and energy services through GDF Suez; water and waste services through Suez Environnement Company (Suez Environnement); industrial minerals through Imerys S.A. (Imerys); cement and building materials through Lafarge S.A. (Lafarge), and wines and spirits through Pernod Ricard S.A. (Pernod Ricard).

Founded in 1999, Acorn Angels is an affiliate of business incubator Acorn Campus. Acorn Angels helps promising high-tech entrepreneurs spread their wings and fly. A group of Silicon Valley investors that includes CEOs and venture capitalists, Acorn Angels provides capital and business development support to early-stage companies. The group looks for start-ups with strong leadership and viable intellectual property; it also seeks companies formed around new ideas, or what it refers to as disruptive technologies. Target industries include communications, Internet infrastructure, fiber optics, and wireless communications. Investments have included Alliance Fiber Optic Products and CipherMax.

Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides cash access products and related services to the gaming industry in the United States and internationally. Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. cash access products and services include Casino Cash Plus 3-in-1 ATM that enables patrons to access cash through ATM cash withdrawals, point-of-sale (POS) debit card transactions, and credit card cash advances; QuikCash, a non-ATM cash advance kiosk for the casino gaming industry; money transfer services; check verification and warranty services that allow gaming establishments to manage and reduce risks on patron checks that they cash; and full service kiosks, a multi-function patron kiosk for cash access into self-service kiosks for slot ticket redemption services.Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. also provides information services, such as central credit, a gaming patron credit bureau that assists gaming establishments in credit making decisions; QuikCash Plus Web, a cash access transaction processing system for cashier operations that run on a gaming establishment's own computer hardware; QuikReports, which provide access to information on patron cash access activity; and QuikMarketing, a patron transaction database. In addition, it offers cashless gaming products comprising Powercash, a product that leverages a player’s loyalty card to enable that player to load funds on that card from their checking accounts, credit cards, or debit cards. Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. offers its products and services through a direct sales force to traditional land-based casinos, gaming establishments operated on Native American lands, casinos, riverboats, cruise ships with gaming operations, pari-mutuel wagering facilities, and card rooms. Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

ACOM Co., Ltd. provides a variety of financial services, namely consumer loans, credit cards, installment sales financing, and loan guarantee products. ACOM Co., Ltd. subsidiaries include investment firm AC Ventures and unsecured loan provider EASY BUY in Thailand. ACOM expanded upon its long relationship with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) in 2008 when it became a consolidated subsidiary of MUFG. The move was a way for ACOM to strengthen is consumer loan and guarantee business. As a result of the merger ACOM dissolved its RELATES call center subsidiary.

ITEX Corporation was founded in 1901. ITEX Corporation, through its independent licensed broker and franchise network, operates an exchange for cashless business transactions (the ‘Marketplace’) in the United States and Canada. The company’s business services and payment systems enable member businesses (‘members’) to trade goods and services without exchanging cash. These products and services are instead exchanged for ITEX dollars which can only be redeemed in the Marketplace (ITEX dollars). It administers the Marketplace and acts as a third-party record-keeper for its members’ transactions. Marketplace Transactions The Marketplace provides a forum for members to purchase from and sell their products and services to other members using the currency ‘ITEX dollars’ instead of the U.S. dollars (USD). An ITEX dollar is an accounting unit used to record the value of transactions as determined by the members in the Marketplace. The company issues, on a case by case basis, ITEX dollar credit lines to certain members. Members with positive ITEX dollar account balances or those within their ITEX dollar credit line may use available ITEX dollars to purchase products or services from other members and may sell their products or services to other members. Those members with negative ITEX dollar account balances are obligated to sell their products or services to other Marketplace members to offset their negative account balance.

Terra Nova Royalty Corp. operated in two reportable segments: industrial plant technology, equipment and service business and indirect royalty interest in the Wabush iron ore mine. The industrial plant technology, equipment and service segment requires a variety of production and marketing strategies. The royalty interest consists of a mining sub-lease of the lands, which includes the Wabush iron ore mine. The Wabush mine operation includes the Scully iron ore mine near Wabush in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a pellet plant and port facilities at Point Noire, Quebec and integrated rail facilities. Terra Nova is primarily engaged in the industrial plant technology, equipment and service business. It supplies technologies, engineering and equipment for cement processing.

NEBF, which was established in 1946 as part of an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), is affiliated with the National Electrical Annuity Plan, or NEAP. National Electrical Benefit Fund (NEBF) wants to put some spark into the retirement nest eggs of those in the electrical industry. One of the largest Taft-Hartley pension plans in the US, the fund manages pension benefits for more than 480,000 current or former electrical workers and has more than $11 billion of assets under management. More than 11,000 employers contribute to the fund.

Kreller Business Information Group (also operating as Kreller Business Group) provides due diligence investigation, credit investigation, and collection services on businesses around the globe. Kreller Business Information Group, Inc. also offers consulting services, focusing on helping clients reduce costs related to their use of credit information services. Kreller has provided services in some 180 countries, and its clients have included some the largest entities in the energy, technology, health care, manufacturing, and finance sectors. Former Dun & Bradstreet analysts Joseph Davidoski, Gary Mertz, Al Carl, and William Lewis founded the company in 1988.

Established in 1979, Skandia UK is one of the the nation's top financial services groups. Skandia is controlled by South African financial services group Old Mutual. Skandia Life Assurance and related companies make up what's known as Skandia UK, the arm of Swedish insurance and investment firm Skandia serving the British Isles. Skandia UK offers medium- and high-net-worth clients a range of savings, investment, pension, and insurance products, which are sold through independent financial advisors (IFAs). Parent Skandia operates in more than 20 countries; its largest markets are the UK and Sweden.

Oak Associates, ltd. is a nationally recognized growth equity investment advisor. From its founding in 1985, Oak Associates has provided quality growth portfolios to national endowments, public pension plans, private clients, and mutual fund investors. A concentration in key growth areas, diligent research and a focus on a long-term performance have been integral to the company’s success.The firm has managed a ‘best-ideas’ portfolio for institutional clients under a large-cap growth approach since its inception in 1985. Oak Associates expanded its institutional strategies to include a small-cap growth portfolio in 2009. The small-cap growth strategy was launched in 2005 and offered to retail investors through Oak’s family of no-load mutual funds. Oak Associates also provides health care and technology sector-specific strategies through subadvisor relationships or direct accounts.

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