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Black Diamond designs, manufactures, and globally markets innovative active outdoor performance products for climbing, mountaineering, backpacking, skiing, and other active outdoor recreation activities for a wide range of year-round use. Black Diamond’s principal brands are…

BJ’s Restaurants owns and operates casual dining restaurants in the United States under the BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery®, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse®, BJ’s Pizza & Grill®, and BJ’s Grill™ brand names. BJ’s restaurants offer an…

Biovest International develops active personalized immunotherapies, markets state-of-the-art hollow fiber bio-production instruments, and provides custom cell cultural services. Through its partnership with the National Cancer Institute, Biovest has developed a patient-specific cancer vaccine, BiovaxID®, for…

BioTime develops and markets research products in the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine. The company pursues its therapeutic product development strategy through subsidiaries that focus on specific organ systems and related diseases for…

BioSpecifics Technologies is a biopharm company that has developed injectable collagenase for 12 clinical indications. BioSpecifics and partner Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. have developed injectable collagenase XIAFLEX®, which is approved in the U.S. for the treatment…

BioSante Pharmaceuticals develops products for female sexual health and oncology. Four of BioSante’s vaccines have been granted Orphan Drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. BioSante’s other products include a testosterone gel for…

Columbia Banking System is the holding company of Columbia State Bank, a Washington state-chartered full-service commercial bank that was named one of Seattle Business Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For 2011; it was also…

China Ming Yang Wind Power was the first Chinese wind turbine manufacturer listed in the U.S. market and is one of three public Chinese turbine manufacturers. The company focuses on the design, manufacture, sale and…

China Finance Online Co. is the only Chinese Web-based financial information/service company listed on a major U.S. exchange. China Finance Online provides comprehensive financial contents and products to institutional and individual investors. China Finance Online…

Ballard Power Systems is a global provider of clean energy fuel cell products enabling optimized power systems. The company’s fuel cell technology is applicable in high-value commercial uses. Ballard has designed and shipped close to…

BioLineRx is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Jerusalem, Israel. BioLineRx’s aim is to develop products to address unmet medical needs, as well as products with the potential benefit above current therapies. BioLineRx has five…

BioDelivery Sciences International leverages its novel and proprietary patented drug delivery technologies to develop and commercialize new applications of proven therapeutics with a focus on pain management and oncology supportive care.  In addition to other…

Biodel focuses on the development and commercialization of innovative treatments for diabetes that may be safer, more effective, and more convenient for patients.  Biodel develops its product candidates through the application of its proprietary formulation…

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals designs, optimizes, and develops novel small-molecule pharmaceuticals that block key enzymes involved in infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases, and cancer. BioCryst’s structure-based drug design incorporates multiple scientific disciplines including biology, crystallography, medicinal chemistry, and…

Benihana operates Japanese theme and sushi restaurants with 96 company-owned restaurants nationwide, including 63 Benihana restaurants, 25 RA Sushi restaurants, and eight Haru restaurants.  In addition, Benihana operates 17 franchised Benihana restaurants in the United…

Barrett Business Services provides business management solutions to more than 3,000 clients across 23 states. Barrett combines human resource outsourcing and professional management consulting to create an operational platform based on expertise in payroll processing,…

BofI Holding operates as the holding company for BofI Federal Bank, which provides various consumer and wholesale banking services primarily through the Internet in the United States. BofI Holding serves approximately 36,000 retail deposit and…

Bally Technologies is a diversified gaming company that designs, manufactures, operates, and distributes technology-based gaming devices, systems, and server-based solutions worldwide. Bally Technologies’ solutions provide gaming operators with a range of marketing, data management and…

AXT designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes high-performance compound semiconductor substrates for use in fabricating integrated circuits for electronic systems that operate the latest fiber optic communications, wireless communications, and lighting display applications. AXT maintains its…

Avanir Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiaries acquire, develop, and commercialize novel therapeutic products for the treatment of central nervous system disorders. Avanir’s primary product is NUEDEXTA for the treatment of pseudobulbar affect. Avanir’s product line also…