The Marine Mammal Center thinks we ought to help otters and work for whales. The not-for-profit group works from five locations to protect marine mammals and their environment along the northern California coast. The Marine Mammal Center programs include rescuing and treating about 1,000 injured, ill, or orphaned marine mammals annually and returning all healthy animals to their habitat. The Marine Mammal Center also works with scientists in Europe and South America in conducting research to better understand marine mammals and their environment. The Marine Mammal Center's educational programs reach more than 100,000 people each year and it publishes Release, a member newsletter. About 90% of funds go to programs. The Marine Mammal Center was founded in 1975.

InTouch provides marketing and lead generation services primarily for companies involved in complex-selling environments, such as channel software sales and consulting services. InTouch's services include telemarketing, lead qualification, and channel sales in addition to its database updating, competitive intelligence, and sales management tools. The company also implements and manages e-mail campaigns and marketing events for its clientele. InTouch was founded in 1995; in late 2007 it was acquired by MECLABS Group, an owner and operator of several market research and marketing science firms.

The University of Arizona Foundation keeps Wildcat funds flowing. The not-for-profit organization raises funds and manages assets for the University of Arizona. University of Arizona Foundation eight-year Campaign Arizona fund-raising program, begun in 1998, garnered $1.2 billion for the school. That money went to endowing faculty positions, increasing scholarships, promoting research, and improving facilities and technology. The Foundation's asset management duties include protecting the value of stocks, bonds, real estate, and other university investments. University of Arizona Foundation also funds and develops educational programs, provides construction assistance, and gives grants to faculty, students, and researchers. University of Arizona Foundation was founded in 1958.

Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW) is a $4.3 billion freight transportation and logistics services company headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. Con-way is an industry leader in the transportation and logistics industry and delivers industry-leading services through its primary operating companies of Con-way Freight, Con-way Truckload, and Menlo Worldwide Logistics. These operating units provide high-performance, day-definite less-than-truckload (LTL), full truckload and intermodal freight transportation; logistics, warehousing and supply chain management services; and trailer manufacturing. Con-way Inc. and its subsidiaries operate from more than 440 operating locations across North America and in 18 countries across five continents.

UGL Equis Corporation services firm helps clients negotiate real estate transactions and offers strategic planning; project, facility, and portfolio management; corporate finance consulting; and data management. Customers include medium and large companies and federal, state, and local governments. UGL Equis operates from nearly 30 offices in the US and about 80 countries worldwide. Australian conglomerate United Group Limited (UGL) bought Equis in 2006 to augment its corporate real estate services business and changed the company's name to UGL Equis in 2007. UGL Equis Corporation company was founded in 1984.

PayPal lets individuals and merchants transfer money via personal computer or Web-enabled mobile phone, with transactions charged to the customer's bank account, credit card, or PayPal balance. PayPal, Inc. earns fees mainly from payment transactions, foreign exchange, and withdrawals from foreign bank accounts, as well as on its customer balances and PayPal-branded credit and debit cards. PayPal has about 80 million users in 190 markets and 24 currencies around the world. A subsidiary of eBay, the company accounts for more than half of its parent company's net total payment volume. In 2008 eBay bought one of PayPal's chief competitors, payment firm Bill Me Later, and added it as an option on PayPal accounts.

Xiamen C&D Inc. primarily imports and exports sundry light industry merchandise, including apparel and accessories, automobiles, ceramics, chemicals, consumer electronics, edible oils, luggage, medical equipment, metals, paper products, plastics, textiles, and wine. (FYI, the C&D stands for construction and development.) Xiamen C&D Inc. also provides real estate development and property leasing through subsidiary Lianfa Group, and it runs the Xiamen International Conference & Exhibition Center, a property that encompasses exhibit, conference, and hotel facilities. Xiamen C&D Inc. was founded in 1998 and is owned by Xiamen C&D Corp.

Hemera Technologies, named for the Greek goddess of daytime, hopes you'll see the light and use their digital images. Hemera Technologies Inc. provides access to an extensive collection of royalty-free digital images, such as stock photos, clip art, animations, and other graphics. Customers can download images one at a time or they can sign up for various subscription levels. Hemera Technologies Inc. also sells its digital images in prepackaged collections. Hemera Technologies began business in 1997 and it was acquired in 2004 by Jupiterimages, which is itself a subsidiary of Getty Images.

YTB International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides e-commerce business solutions for individual consumers and home-based independent representatives in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Canada, Bermuda, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It markets and provides Internet-based travel-related services; travel products and services to the leisure and small business travelers; and other general products and services to the consumers. YTB International, Inc. also provides customer access to the travel vendor, supports online booking transactions, supplies personal fulfillment services, collects travel commissions from vendors, and pays travel sales commissions; and establishes and sells Internet business centers.

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