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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

e.spire Communications, Inc. provides local and long distance telephone, Internet access and Web hosting services. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Tallan, Inc. develops information technology software solutions. It focus on portals and collaboration, business intelligence, application integration, mobile platforms, user experience, e-commerce, web development, and cloud services. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Rocky Hill, CT.

EpiWorks, Inc. develops and manufactures compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers. It produces III-V epitaxial wafers that are tailored for optimal performance in multiple next generation applications. The company was founded by Quesnell J. Hartmann, Gregory E. Stillman and David A. Ahmari in 1997 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

NYSE Chicago Holdings, Inc. provides stock exchange and ancillary services. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Arthur D. Little, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in strategy and organization, operations management, technology and innovation management, corporate finance, and global carbon advisory serving corporations and organizations worldwide. The firm serves the automotive, healthcare, information, chemicals, consumer goods, retail, manufacturing, and transportation industries. The company was founded by Arthur Dehon Little and Roger Griffin in October 1886 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

CBOE Livevol LLC provides equity and index options technology and market data services. It offers a spectrum of technology and data solutions including a consolidated feed, real-time programmatic analysis and scanning, historical files and back testing, real-time decision support, flat files, XML web services, web components, custom development and consulting. The company was founded by Stefen Choy in 2009 and is headquarters in Chicago, IL.^ ^

Carson Group provides financial information services. The firm specializes in global shareholder research and related advisory services. The company was foundedd by David M. Geliebter and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fitboombah sells fitness, health, and beauty products online. The private company is based in Chicago.

Chicago Board of Trade provides trade derivative facilities. It allows speculators throughout the world to interpret economic data, news, and other information. The company was founded on April 3, 1848 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

National Futures Association is a self-regulatory organization for the derivatives industry. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The company's focus is on providing innovative and effective regulatory programs. The company was founded by Leonid Adolfovich Melamed.

Cboe Exchange, Inc. provides options exchange services. It trades equity options, security index options, options on exchange traded notes and products, binary options, one-week and quarterly options, long-term equity anticipation securities options, and flexible exchange options. The firm also provides information on various stock and options trading strategies, options trading tools, stock and option quotes and data; and options information and education. Additionally, they offer access to product information, conference notices, portfolio management tools, and educational materials for institutional investors and products and strategies for advisors to protect client’s portfolios. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Computer Sciences Corp. provides transformational services. Its services include systems integration, consulting services, applications hosting, business process outsourcing, data center operations, and network operations. The company also provides advisory services for executive management. Computer Sciences was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Aldershot, UK.

AT&T Business Services provides business communication services to multinational corporations, small and midsized business clients, and government agencies. It offers networking, mobility, cloud, security, hosting, application management, unified communications, VPN, VoIP, and conferencing solutions for medium to large businesses. Its Global Networking Technology Services (GNTS) division offers voice and data services, such as private lines, special local access services and domestic, and international long-distance calling services. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts operates hotel and resorts. The company is headquartered in White Plains, NY.