MasterCard Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, provides transaction processing and related services to customers principally in support of their credit, deposit access, electronic cash and automated teller machine payment card programs, and travelers cheque programs. Its payment solutions include payment programs, marketing, product development, technology, processing, and consulting and information services. The company provides transaction processing services comprising transaction switching, which include authorization, clearing, and settlement; connectivity services, such as network access, equipment, and the transmission of authorization and settlement messages; and other payment-related services consisting of products used to prevent or detect fraudulent transactions, cardholder services, professional consulting and research services, compliance and penalty, account and transaction enhancement services, holograms, and publication services.

National Car Rental operates through about 3,000 locations in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Asia/Pacific region. The company markets its services mainly to business travelers, but also to leisure travelers. In particular, National works to develop corporate accounts, and its customers include about one-third of the companies in the FORTUNE 500. It maintains a fleet of about 300,000 vehicles. National, along with sister company Alamo Rent A Car, became part of Enterprise Holdings in 2009 following the integration of former parent Vanguard Car Rental Group. Vanguard was acquired by industry leader Enterprise Rent-A-Car in 2007.

Gordon Brothers Group provides global advisory, operating and financial services to companies at times of growth or restructuring. Gordon Brothers Group appraises, acquires, sells, invests and lends against a wide range of assets. Gordon Brothers Group has perfected the art and science of monetizing either unwanted or underperforming assets. As globally known event merchants, Gordon Brothers Group has converted tens of billions of dollars of assets into working capital on behalf of our clients. In most instances, we will underwrite risk by purchasing assets outright or placing performance guarantees on recovery values so our clients may immediately access capital to redirect to going-forward concerns. Gordon Brothers Group has the ability to bring hundreds of millions of dollars to a single transaction.

Chockstone is a division of Heartland Payment Systems and is located in Portland, Oregon. Chockstone’s loyalty marketing platform has been processing real-time transactions since 2002 and is housed in multiple, geographically dispersed data centers in the United States. Chockstone’s management team has decades of experience developing and building innovative payment and technology solutions for the retail marketplace. They created Chockstone to do what no other loyalty marketing provider today does: give merchants the platform, services and tools to maximize the full growth potential of a variety of customer loyalty marketing programs and gift card solutions.

This is no bird of prey, but it's definitely a deterrent to chemical, biological, and explosive agents. Raptor Detection (formerly Link Plus) develops sensors and sensor systems capable of detecting trace amounts of dangerous substances. Its SAFE-T products use MIP (molecular imprinted polymer) technology and include screening wipes and sprays, and paintballs that help in abating counterfeiting and smuggling. Subsidiary Columbia BioSystems works with the US Army, the University of Maryland, and The Johns Hopkins University to develop products using MIP technology for the detection of hospital-acquired pathogens. CEO Jonathan Gluckman and founder Robert Jones own 19% and 18% of the company, respectively.

The Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI) spends a lot of time thinking -- and doing research. South Korea's largest private think tank, SERI performs in-depth research on economic, management, and policy matters in both North and South Korea and Japan; it then passes the information on to investors, opinion leaders, and the general public. SERI specializes in management research (strategy, technology, industry, human resources); economic research (macroeconomy, global economy, finance, China research); public policy; and research planning and coordination. SERI was conceived in 1986 and is affiliated with the Samsung Group. The institute boasts more than 850,000 members.

ATEL (All Type Equipment Leasing) is the largest private, independently owned leasing company in the US. ATEL Capital Group buys new and used equipment, and turns around to lease the equipment or finance it for sale. The lineup includes low-tech tools, such as materials handling, transportation, and manufacturing equipment, and tech-related, for example, communications, medical, and office equipment. ATEL Capital Group green technologies range from materials recycling to emissions treatment equipment. Meadwestvaco, Midwest Energy, and Wal-Mart are among ATEL's top lessees. Operations also include real estate and venture capital investments. ATEL is owned by CEO Dean Cash.

SymphonyIRI Group (formerly Information Resources, Inc.) is a leading market research firm, providing sales data for consumer packaged goods gathered from checkout scanners at more than 95,000 locations (excluding Wal-Mart, which doesn't release data) in the US and Europe. SymphonyIRI Group, Inc. sells the data through subscriptions to its InfoScan service, which offers access to the data as well as analytical software tools. In addition to checkout scanner data, SymphonyIRI Group, Inc. gathers information via consumer panels and offers test marketing services. SymphonyIRI Group, Inc., which changed its name in 2010, is owned by holding company Symphony Technology Group.

Bevan Brittan is a national law firm that delivers commercially astute legal advice to clients in three markets: Major Corporates, Health and Communities and Local Government.As a dynamic, commercial law firm with an industry recognised approach to client service, we provide legal advice to clients in the UK and abroad from our offices in London, Bristol and Birmingham. We make sure that our clients are at the heart of everything we do by organising ourselves around their industry market sectors. Our commitment to clients is visible through our client promises; in essence they are the core values of our firm, they set the tone for our business and professional behaviour. Clients tell us that they find us easy to work with. Partly this is because of the people we employ: they are not stuffy – they are bright, capable and motivated. And partly it is because our clients don’t need to explain themselves over and over again – we get it. By listening and taking the time to truly get to know the issues, we provide incisive, practical legal advice tailored to a specific situation.

Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. was born in Los Angeles in 1930, the same year his parents, Kenneth T. Norris, Sr. and Eileen L. Norris, opened the doors of Norris Stamping and Manufacturing Company, later to become Norris Industries. Both proved to be auspicious events. Kenneth Norris, Sr. was a metallurgist whose discovery of a way to make steel casings for bullets led to a key role for the family business during World War II. Norris Industries went on to acquire a number of other companies, including such well-known names as Price Pfister, Artistic Brass and Thermador Waste King. Kenneth Norris, Jr. the couple's only child, earned his bachelor's degree in industrial management from USC in 1953, then held a succession of jobs in Norris Industries. He became the company's president in 1965, chairman and chief executive officer in 1969 and chairman of the board, president and CEO in 1972. Under his leadership, Norris Industries continued to diversify and experience phenomenal growth. Its revenues increased tenfold, and by the time Norris Industries was sold in 1980, it was a Fortune 500 company.

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