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Glacier Bancorp, parent company for 11 community banks spread throughout Montana, Idaho, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and Colorado, has assets of more than $7 billion. Glacier offers a wide range of banking products and services, including…

Giant Interactive Group, an online game developer and operator in China, focuses on massively multiplayer online role playing games, including the ZT Online 1 Series, ZT Online 2, Giant Online, XT Online, The Golden Land,…

GenVec uses differentiated, proprietary technologies to create therapeutics and vaccines to address areas such as hearing loss and balance disorders, as well as vaccines against infectious diseases, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), herpes simplex virus…

Genesis BioPharma is engaged in the development and commercialization of autologous cell therapies for the treatment of various cancers. Genesis’ lead product candidate Cōntego™ is a potential candidate for the treatment of patients with stage…

General Finance is a holding company that acquires, operates, and enhances value for businesses in the mobile storage and modular space (“portable services”) industries. General Finance’s two principal subsidiaries are majority-owned Royal Wolf Holdings Ltd.,…

Fushi Copperweld manufactures its Copperweld® copper-clad steel (CCS) and copper-clad aluminum products. Fushi recently introduced Copperweld®HIDE™, a jacketed version of its CCS for electrical pole grounding, and Copperweld® 4THOUGHT™, specifically designed and sized for substation…

Franklin Covey provides global consulting and training in the areas of strategy execution, leadership, customer loyalty, sales performance, school transformation, and individual effectiveness. Franklin Covey’s previous and current client base includes 90% of the Fortune…

Flow International is a technology-based company that develops and manufactures industrial waterjet machines for cutting and cleaning applications for multiple industries, including automotive, aerospace, job shop, surface preparation, and more. Flow and its subsidiaries also…

Flamel Technologies is a drug delivery company focused on developing safer, more efficacious formulations of drugs for unmet medical needs. Flamel’s product development pipeline includes biological and chemical drugs formulated with its proprietary platforms, which…

First Pactrust Bancorp, parent company of PacTrust Bank, currently operates through 12 banking offices primarily serving San Diego, Riverside, Los Angeles, and Orange County, California. PacTrust Bank operates at more than 4,493 branch locations throughout…

First Cash Financial Services is a leading provider of specialty consumer financial services and related retail products, as well as operates pawn stores (First Cash Pawn and Famous Pawn) and cash advance stores (First Cash…

First California Financial Group, the holding company of First California Bank, serves small-sized and middle-sized businesses and high net worth individuals throughout Southern California. First California offers a full line of commercial banking products through…

Feihe International, through its subsidiaries in China, is a leading producer and distributor of premium infant formula, milk powder, and soybean, rice, and walnut products in the People’s Republic of China. Subsidiary Feihe Dairy uses…

EZCORP provides loans and credit services to customers who do not have cash resources or access to credit to meet their short-term cash needs. EZCORP also operates pawnshops in the U.S. and Mexico; short-term consumer…

EZchip Semiconductor, a fabless semiconductor company providing Ethernet network processors for networking equipment,  offers  solutions that scale from 1-Gigabit to 200-Gigabits per second with a common architecture and software across all products. EZchip’s network processors…

Exact Sciences is a molecular diagnostics company focused on the early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer. Exact Science’s portfolio includes exclusive intellectual property protecting its noninvasive, molecular screening technology for the detection of colorectal…

Entropic Communications provides next-generation silicon and software technologies to its customer base of leading cable, telco and satellite service providers, OEMs, and consumer electronics manufacturers. Entropic is a co-founder of MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance),…

Entertainment Gaming Asia, a provider of electronic gaming machines, engages in the development of casinos in the Indo-China region. Entertainment Gaming’s business strategy is to secure long-term contracts to provide electronic gaming machines and related…

Endologix develops, manufactures, markets, and sells innovative medical devices for the treatment of aortic disorders. Endologix primarily focuses on its endovascular stent grafts for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), a weakening of the…

eLong is one of China’s leading online travel service providers. eLong offers online, mobile, and 24-hour call center hotel and air ticket booking services, as well as maps, destination guides, photographs, virtual tours, and user…

El Tigre Silver is a Canada-based mineral exploration company operating through its subsidiaries. El Tigre holds the rights to 100% of nine mineral concessions spanning approximately 43,000 hectares located in north-eastern Sonora, Mexico (the El…

eGain Communications provides cloud and on-site customer interaction software for sales, marketing, and service. eGain solutions are designed to improve customer experience, grow sales, and optimize service processes across the Web, social, and phone channels.…

Edwards Lifesciences offers products and technologies designed for the treatment of advanced cardiovascular disease. Edwards’ products for heart valve therapy, critical care, cardiac surgery systems, and vascular disease, with certain products, are used to replace…

ECOtality is a clean electric transportation and storage technologies company with solutions that address the world’s global energy challenges. By balancing its technology development, partnerships, and strategic acquisitions, ECOtality achieves revenue growth and increases its…

Dynex Capital is a real estate investment trust that invests in mortgage loans and securities on a leveraged basis.  Dynex invests in both agency and non-agency securitized mortgage products, and also has investments in securitized…

DUSA Pharmaceuticals is a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development and marketing of its Levulan® photodynamic therapy (PDT) technology platform, which is used in conjunction with the company’s proprietary light source,…

Dreams, together with its subsidiaries as a vertically integrated sports memorabilia and licensed products firm, manufactures, distributes, retails, and sells sports licensed products through Internet, brick and mortar, catalogue, kiosks, and trade shows. Dreams also…

Discovery Labs is a specialty biotech company focused on creating life-saving products for patients with respiratory disease. Discovery Labs develops novel synthetic surfactant therapies with broad potential application across many respiratory diseases. The company’s fully…

Digital Domain Media Group is a digital production company providing visual effects for feature films and advertising productions in the United States. Digital Domain involves in the production of 3D content, performance capture, and CG…

DG digital technology services electronically deliver advertisements, syndicated programs, and video news releases to traditional broadcasters, online publishers, and other media outlets. DG operates three digital networks, which link advertisers, advertising agencies, and content owners…

DFC Global is an international diversified financial services company primarily serving unbanked and under-banked consumers and small business owners. DFC Global operates through nearly 1,300 retail storefront locations, multiple Internet Web sites, and mobile phone…

Destination Maternity engages in the design and retail of maternity apparel with a line of casual and career wear, formal attire, lingerie, sportswear, and outerwear. As of September 30, 2011, the company operated 2,352 retail…

Derma Sciences is a specialty medical device / pharmaceutical company that manufactures, markets, and supplies a complete line of products for wound and skin care. Derma Science has full lines of products in several categories:…

DepoMed is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on enhancing existing pharmaceutical products. DepoMed has advanced to market two products and has developed a pipeline with late-stage product opportunities for the treatment of common medical conditions.…

Denny’s is a full-service family restaurant chain with more than 1,680 franchised, licensed, and company-owned restaurants across the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, Guam, Puerto Rico, and New Zealand.  Denny’s restaurants are open…

Denison Mines, an intermediate uranium producer in the United States, holds a diversified development portfolio of projects in the U.S., Canada, Zambia, and Mongolia. Denison also produces vanadium as a co-product from some of its…

Dendreon is a biotech company focused on targeting cancer through the discovery, development and commercialization, and manufacturing of novel therapeutics with the potential to improve cancer treatment options. Dendreon’s Provenge® is the first autologous cellular…

Delta Apparel is an international design, manufacturing, sourcing, and marketing company with a diverse portfolio of high-quality branded and private label active wear and headwear. Delta distributes its products to specialty and boutique stores, upscale…

Delcath Systems is a development-stage specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company focused on oncology.  Delcath’s proprietary system for chemosaturation is designed to administer high dose chemotherapy and other therapeutic agents to diseased organs or regions…

Dejour Energy is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company with projects in North America’s Piceance Basin (107,000 net acres) and Peace River Arch regions (15,000 net acres). Leveraging an experienced management…