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A. Kershaw & Sons, Plc	Rating: 4 / 10
A. Kershaw & Sons, Plc is organised as an investment trust with a 39.6% investment stake in Rank Precision Holdings Ltd which has held its interests in the Rank Xerox companies since their formation in 1956. Investment income accounted for 99% of fiscal 1994 revenues and interest income, 1%.
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A. Silva & Silva Sgps Sa	Rating: 5 / 10
A. SILVA & SILVA SGPS SA, is a holding company with a total of 16 subsidiaries it operates mainly in the heavy construction sector, building road, highways, bridges and industrial buildings. The company also participates in the wood, metals and ceramics industries.
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A.O. Smith Corp.	Rating: 6 / 10
This company is the parent of high-tech units involved in the manufacture of hermetic motors, residential and commercial water heaters, industrial storage tanks and fiberglass piping systems.
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AAR Corp.	Rating: 2 / 10
This company is the parent company for high-tech operating units involved in several areas of technology including aviation and aerospace.
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Abbott Laboratories	Rating: 4 / 10
Parent/holding company with high-tech operating units involved in pharmaceutical, nutritional, diagnostic, chemical and agricultural, hospital and medical related products.
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ACE Limited	Rating: 4 / 10
Leader in global insurance and reinsurance products and services,
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Ackermans & Van Haaren NV	Rating: 7 / 10
Ackermans & Van Haaren NV(AVH). The Company acts as a Holding Company and has interests in the following sectors: CONTRACTION: dredging, environmental and marine engineering, civil engineering, office and industrial buildings, water engineering, pipeline operations; FINANCIAL SERVICES: private banking, real estate leasing; STAFFING SERVICES: temporary employment, outplacement, recruitment, selection, career guidance and training, packaging; PRIVATE EQUITY: provision of growth and venture capital; OTHER INVESTMENTS: oil and gas drilling services, development of a port and industrial estate, plantation,enterprise development, institutional support, social development, education training and management systems, insurance, communication agencies. Investment income accounted for 84% of 2001 revenues; interest income, 11% and other operating income, 5%.
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Acmer Societe Anonyme	Rating: 3 / 10
Acmer SA is a financial holding company which has significant investments in the utility service, distribution, paper, real estate and financial sectors and a varied short and long-term investment portfolio. Its fully consolidated companies include Radar SA, SFGA, Volimob, Grande Arche Asie Pacifique, Cie Financiere La Rochette and ECFA. Interest income accounted for 61% of 1996 revenues; investment income, 31% and rental & other income, 8%.
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Acordis Ag	Rating: 6 / 10
Acordis AG (formerly known as Akzo Nobel Faser AG) is part of the Dutch Akzo Nobel chemicals group. In 1998, the company transferred its operations to privately owned companies and acts as a financial holding for these companies since. The company's subsidiaries manufacture polyester, polyamid and viscose fibres and yarns for the manufacture of consumer and industrial textiles. One of the subsidiaries is the world's largest producer of synthetic medical membranes for the dialysis technology.
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Actori Participacoes S.a.	Rating: 9 / 10
Actori Participacoes S.A.. The Company's principal activity is that of a Holding Company whose major participation is Playcenter. The Company manages family entertainment centres and amusement parks in Brazil, Portugal, Uruguay and Argentina. Playcenter operates three ride parks in Brazil and over 50 family entertainment centres in shopping malls in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Portugal.
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ADC Telecommunications, Inc.	Rating: 8 / 10
Parent/holding company with units involved in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of transmission, networking and cable management products used by telephone companies, broadcast and cable TV networks and large private telecommunications networks. Developer of middleware programming utilities and application development tools software; and provider of custom application software programming and software consulting services. Software runs on UNIX, Motorola and Sun Solaris systems.
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Aetna Inc.	Rating: 2 / 10
Aetna Incorporated. The Group's principal activities are to provide health care benefits, group insurance and retirement benefits. The Group operates in three segments: The Health Care segment: consists of health and dental plans offered on full risk basis and employer-funded basis. Health plans include health maintenance organization, point-of-service, preferred provider organization and indemnity benefit products. The Group Insurance segment: includes group life insurance, group disability Insurance and long-term care insurance. The Large Case Pension segment: manages a variety of retirement products including pension and annuity products primarily for defined benefit and defined contribution plans. These products provide a variety of funding and benefit payment distribution options and other services. Health Care accounted for 86% of 2002 revenues; Group Insurance, 9% and Large Case Pensions, 5%.
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Aflac	Rating: 8 / 10
AFLAC Inc. The Group's principal activity is to provide supplemental health and life insurance services through its subsidiary American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus. The Group also sells care plans, general medical expense plans, medical/sickness riders to cancer plan, living benefit life plan and accident plan in addition to the cancer plans. The cancer life insurance plans provide a fixed daily indemnity benefit for hospitalization and outpatient services related to cancer and a lump-sum benefit upon initial diagnosis of internal cancer. Care insurance provides periodic benefits to those who become bedridden, demented or seriously disabled due to illness or accident. The other types of supplemental health insurance are hospital intensive care, accident and disability, hospital indemnity, long-term care, short-term disability and dental plans.
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Agab Ag Fuer Anlagen Und Beteiligungen	Rating: 4 / 10
AGAB AG fuer Anlagen und Beteiligungen (AGAB), founded in 1978 and publicly traded since 1980, is a holding company with investments in a diversified range of companies. The company's investment portfolio consists of minority shareholdings in medium-sized industrial, trading, retail, service and banking companies. In addition, AGAB provides management consultancy services, working capital financing and other loans to the companies in which it invests. At the end of 1994, AGAB had minority shareholdings in 28 different companies. At the beginning of 1995 the company sold its 25% share of the jewelry and watch retail group CHRIST-Holding GmbH. Investment income accounted for 83% of 1994 revenues and interest income, 17%.
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Agricom Sa	Rating: 7 / 10
Agricom SA is a domestic financial holding company which holds a portfolio consisting mainly of interests in Accor (hotel chains) and Electrabel (utility). Investment income accounted 79% of 1998 revenues and interest income, 21%.
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Aim Distribution Trust Plc (the)	Rating: 2 / 10
Legg Mason Investors AIM Distribution Trust PLC Formerly known as AIM Distribution Trust PLCLegg Mason Investors AIM Distriburtion Trust PLC. The Company is that of a Venture Capital Trust. The objective of the Company is to combine the growth opportunities offered by investments in smaller companies whose shares are traded on AIM with the substantial tax reliefs available for investors in VCTs. The Company has relinquished its status as an Investment Company under Section 266 of the Companies Act 1985. The Company has been provisionally approved by the Inland Revenue as a venture capital trust under Section 842AA of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988. The directors expect that the Company will continue with this activity for the foreseeable future.Investment management services are provided by AIM VCT Managers Ltd for a fee payable quarterly in advance originally set at 25,000 p.a. The manager also receives a management fee calculated at the rate of 1.5% p. a. of the value of assets under management, accrued quarterly in arrears. The agreement is terminable by one year's notice.
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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.	Rating: 7 / 10
This company is the parent of high-tech units involved in chemicals, industrial gases, related industrial process equipment and technology development. Products and services are provided to the adhesives, aerospace, agrichemicals, automotive, chemicals, coatings, electronics, food, metals, paper and textiles industries and to utilities and municipalities. Products and services are provided to the adhesives, aerospace, agrichemicals, automotive, chemicals, coatings, electronics, food, metals, paper, and textiles industries and to utilities and municipalities.
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Albae Participacoes S.a.	Rating: 9 / 10
Albae Participacoes S.A.. The Company is an investment Holding Company and its main activity is the participation in other companies. The Company was founded in September 1998 after the division of Saquarema Participacoes.
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Albany International Corp.	Rating: 6 / 10
Manufacturer of paper machine clothing for each section of a paper machine. The machine clothing consists of large continuous belts of engineered fabrics that are installed on the machines and carry the paper stock through each step of the paper production process. Parent/holding company of high-tech units involved in providing specialty product weaving services and in the research and development of advanced materials.
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Alcoa Inc.	Rating: 3 / 10
Parent/holding company with high-tech units involved in the aluminum, advanced materials, aerospace, automotive, packaging, beverage container, construction, and other industries.
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Alcom Oy	Rating: 7 / 10
Alcom Oy develops, manufactures and markets safety respirators and ionizers, data transmission and remote monitoring products, software for personal computers and vacuum cleaners. The company has operations in Finland, Sweden and the USA.
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Alfa Holdings S.a.	Rating: 7 / 10
Alfa Holdings S.A.. The Company's principal activity is that of a holding Company. The Company operates in financial services, banking services, investments, rental, information and technology, factoring and other related activities.
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Allegheny Technologies Inc.	Rating: 1 / 10
This company is a parent/holding company for high-tech units involved in specialty materials and engineering and in industrial production.
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Allianz AG	Rating: 5 / 10
Allianz AG(ALLIANZ). The Group's principal activities are carried out through four divisions: Life/Health: Provides any of life and heath insurances; Property/Casualty: Provides property and casualty insurance, travel insurance and credit insurance; Banking: Provides a range of banking services, including lending, deposit taking, investment banking; Asset Management: Asset Management for third party investor and Asset under Management which cover the own investments. The Group has operations in Germany and has an international presence in more than 70 countries with total premium written of ca. 63.1 billion Euro in 2002. Of these revenues, 67% were generated by property/casualty business and 33% by life/health business. The Group's share has been listed at the New York Stock Exchange since 3 November 2000. In 2001 the Company acquired Dresdner Bank AG. Property/casualty accounted for 48% of 2002 revenues; life/health, 31%; banking business, 18%; asset management, 3%.
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ALPHARMA Inc.	Rating: 3 / 10
Parent/holding company of high-tech units involved in developing, manufacturing and marketing specialty generic and proprietary human pharmaceutical and animal health products.
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Altamir & Compagnie	Rating: 8 / 10
Altamir & Compagnie. The Company's principal activity is to manage a portfolio of high-risk investments in unlisted companies with potential for growth. The Company holds interests in the following areas: telecommunications, health, media, information technology, industrial products and services and specialised distribution and e-commerce.
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Altarea	Rating: 1 / 10
Imaffine. The principal activity of the company is to provide financial services to the property sector, including property transactions such as disposals and restructuring, the organization of acquisitions and mergers, the restructuring of debt and the management of property portfolios.
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Amarante Participacoes S.a.	Rating: 1 / 10
Amarante Participacoes S.A. is an investment holding company. It was founded in July 1997 to invest in all types of companies irrespective of business group.
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Amcast Industrial Corp.	Rating: 2 / 10
Parent/holding company with high-tech operating units involved in manufacturing metal products. Products are sold to multiple industries.
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American Express	Rating: 7 / 10
Issuers of American Express credit cards.
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American Home Products Corp.	Rating: 1 / 10
Parent/holding company of several high-tech operating units involved in manufacturing pharmaceuticals and related products.
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American International Group, Inc.	Rating: 2 / 10
American International Group, Inc.. The Group's principal activities are to provide general and life insurance operations, financial services, retirement savings and asset management. The Group is a holding company, which operates through its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. The general insurance includes writing of all lines of property and casualty insurance. Life insurance includes individual and group life, annuity, endowment and accident and health policies, single premium annuity, variable annuities, guaranteed investment contracts, universal life and pensions. The financing services include aircraft leasing, consumer and premium financing and banking services. Retirement savings and asset management includes variable annuities, mutual funds and investment asset management. Life insurance accounted for 46% of 2002 revenues; general insurance, 39%; financial services, 10% and asset management, 5%.
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Ameritech Corp.	Rating: 7 / 10
This company is the subsidiary holding company of operating units involved in telecommunications services, cable television, security monitoring, directory advertising and publishing, venture capital, financing services, computer consulting, information services and cellular and paging products and services.
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Ameritrade:Online Financial Services	Rating: 8 / 10
Ameritrade gives you 30 Commission-free Internet equity trades when you join. After that, pay a flat rate of only $10.99 for Internet equity trades.
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Ameron International Corp.	Rating: 9 / 10
Parent/holding company with a high-tech operating unit in the materials industry.
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AMETEK, Inc.	Rating: 1 / 10
This company is the parent for high-tech operating units involved in precision instruments, transducers, electric motors and blowers, energy dispersive X-ray instrumentation, and industrial materials.
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Amphenol Corp.	Rating: 7 / 10
This company is the parent for high tech operating units involved in the manufacturing of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors; sculptured flexible circuits and electronic interconnectors; and coaxial and flat ribbon cable and interconnect systems for applications in communications, aerospace and industrial environments.
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Andrx Corp.	Rating: 2 / 10
Parent/holding company with high-tech operating units involved in the pharmaceutical industry. This company was capitalized by private investment and corporate investment.
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Anf - Les Ateliers DE Construction DU Nord DE LA France SA	Rating: 2 / 10
ANF - Les Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France SA(ANF). Property investment and management. The Company's main asset is six floors of Tour Aurore in La Defense, Paris along with a portfolio of investments including various marketable securities. The major shareholder in the Company is the Axa Group through Finaxa.
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Anglo American Platinum Corp (old)	Rating: 1 / 10
Anglo American Platinum Corporation Limited ("Amplats") in conjunction with its wholly owned subsidiary, Amplats Management Services (Proprietary) Limited ("AMS") is primarily a platinum mining house which holds major interests in Rustenburg Platinum Holdings Limited (32.7%), Potgietersrust Platinums Limited (30.08%) and Lebowa Platinum Mines Limited (27.7%) and also holds management contracts with each of these companies. Amplats, together with the three mining companies, is the world's major primary producer of platinum and other platinum group metals. The group is one of three companies created as a result of the restructuring of the former Johannesburg Consolidated Investments Ltd which became effective in January 1995 and Amplats first became listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange in May 1995.
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Aon Corp.	Rating: 2 / 10
Provider of insurance services. Parent/holding company with a high-tech operating unit developing software for the insurance industry. Products and services are sold to multiple industries.
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Ap Participacoes Sa	Rating: 5 / 10
AP Participacoes SA. Investment holding company who's main activity is the acquisition of shares in other companies and provide these companies with consulting and administrative services.
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Argentum Participacoes S.a.	Rating: 0 / 10
Argentum Participacoes S.A. is an investment holding company. The company was founded in July 1997 to invest in all types pf companies irrespective of business group.
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Argus Corporation Limited	Rating: 5 / 10
Argus Corporation Limited. The Group's principal activity is to derive revenue from investment holdings, all of which are shares of Hollinger Inc. Hollinger Inc, together with its subsidiaries publishes newspapers in the United States, the United kingdom and Israel.
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Arrow Electronics, Inc.	Rating: 6 / 10
This company is the parent of a high-tech unit involved in computer services. The company distributes electronic components and computer products online and off line to industrial and commercial customers.
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Ashland Inc.	Rating: 6 / 10
Parent/holding company with high-tech operating units involved in oil and chemical products.
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Astorg Compagnie D'investissements	Rating: 1 / 10
Astorg Compagnie D'Investissements SCR is an investment holding company which holds investments in medium-sized companies mainly in the retail distribution and industrial service sectors. It has interests in over 30 companies and its main holdings include 5% of Alain Manoukian (retail distribution), 17% of Devernois (clothes manufacturing) and 6% of Faramet (metal manufacturing). Investment income accounted for 69% of 1993 revenues; interest income, 4% and other income, 27%.
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Ateliers Des Charmilles Sa	Rating: 7 / 10
Ateliers des Charmilles SA purchases, sells, administers and manages investments in the financial, commercial and industrial fields in Switzerland and abroad. Its subsidiaries' activities include manufacturing of cables, cable TV, electrical equipment distribution, watchmaking, textiles, household electricals and audio-visual equipment. Investment income accounted for 94% of fis 1994 revenues; interest income, 5% & other interest income, 1%.
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Athenian Capital Holdings Sa	Rating: 10 / 10
Athenian Capital Holdings SA is a holding company which participates in companies quoted on the stock exchange as well as in non-traded enterprises involved in production or distribution.
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Auxitex Sa	Rating: 10 / 10
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Avatex Corporation	Rating: 10 / 10
Avatex Corporation. The Group is a holding Company that, along with its subsidiaries, owns interests in other corporations and partnerships. The Group owns equity interests in Chemlink Laboratories, Inc., Phar-Mor, Inc., Presby Corp. and iLife Systems, Inc. Chemlink develops, manufactures and distributes effervescent tablet and granule formulations for consumers and businesses for use in cleaning, disinfecting and sterilization applications. Phar-Mor, Inc., operates a chain of discount retail drugstores. Presby Corp has developed a surgical technique called the Surgical Reversal of Presbyopia, which is used to treat eye disability. iLife Systems Inc., develops personal emergency response systems and wireless vital signs monitors technologies, which detects and analyses breathing, heart rate and body motions as well as methods for microwatt wireless transmission, for digital data recording and for electrode-free, infrasound-based detection and intervention.
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Avery Dennison Corporation	Rating: 9 / 10
Parent/holding company of high-tech operating units involved in printers, tape and self-adhering paper, plastic, film, imaging and vinyl products.
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Avis Group Holdings, Inc.	Rating: 4 / 10
Parent/holding company with units involved in high-tech services, vehicle leasing and vehicle rental services. Products and services are sold to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by corporate investment.
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Azeo	Rating: 4 / 10
Azeo(AZEO) Formerly known as Financiere et Industrielle Gaz et Eaux. Investment company, with investments based in the USA, Europe and Asia, including the following: PEARSON: newspapers, financial information services, publishing and television; DANONE: manufacture of foodstuffs including dairy products; production of beers and mineral water; SIDEL: equipment for the manufacture of packaging; INFOGRAMES PARTICIPATIONS: interactive leisure programmes; GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS LLC: investment in the information technology sector; FRANCE ASIE PARTICIPATIONS: investment in Southeast Asian companies.
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Bahema S/a	Rating: 8 / 10
Bahema S/A. The Company is a Holding Company with holdings in the food and farming industries.
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Baker Hughes Inc.	Rating: 10 / 10
This company is the parent of numerous high-tech units involved in drilling, mining and petroleum products.
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Ball Corp.	Rating: 5 / 10
This company is the parent of numerous units involved in the manufacturing of metal can containers for the beverage and food industries and providing aerospace and communications systems and services to government and commercial customers.
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Banca Popolare Dell'etruria E Del Lazio	Rating: 3 / 10
Banca Popolare dell'Etruria e del Lazio. The Company's principal activities are the provision of general banking services, such as the provision of loans to businesses and individuals and securities brokerage, insurance products. Other activities include real estate management and leasing operations. The Company operates mostly in Central Italy through 156 branches. Interest and dividend income accounted for 64% of 2001 revenues; commissions and fees, 23% and other, 13%.
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Banco Estado DE Santa Catarina SA	Rating: 0 / 10
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Bank of Nova Scotia	Rating: 4 / 10
Bank of Nova Scotia (The)(SCOTIABANK). The Group's principal activity is to provide banking services to individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, corporations and governments. The services include a wide range of retail, commercial, corporate, investment and international banking. Other activities of the Group include Domestic Banking, Wealth Management and e-Commerce/e-Banking.
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Barnes Group, Inc.	Rating: 7 / 10
Parent/holding company with high-tech operating units involved in the precision manufacture of metal springs and aircraft engine components and in other industries.
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Baxter International Inc.	Rating: 2 / 10
Parent/holding company with high-tech operating units involved in medical products and services specializing in IV and fluid and drug delivery systems, blood collection and separation products and related technologies, kidney disease treatment products and other medical products, and vaccines. Products and services are sold to the medical industry. This company was capitalized by private investment.
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Bayer Corp.	Rating: 1 / 10
This company is the subsidiary holding company for units involved in research for chemicals, health care and imaging technologies.
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Becton Dickinson and Company	Rating: 1 / 10
Medical technology company that manufactures and distributes a broad range of medical diagnostic systems. Parent/holding company with high-tech operating units involved in the areas of medical supplies, devices, and diagnostic systems, as we;; as manufacturing products for the advancement of life science research.
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Belcofi Sa	Rating: 9 / 10
Belcofi SA is a holding company whose activities include temporary employment agency services, investing, banking, freight, wholesale of construction, agriculture and quarry machinery, fire extinguisher manufacturing, travel agency services, airport terminal services, books, diaries, magazines and playing cards printing and telesale activities. It has operations in France, the Netherlands, Spain, Eastern Europe, China, Singapore and the United States of America. Owing to a change in the perimetre of consolidation consistiting in reporting all opeartional subisdiaries under the equity method, the group changed from industrial to financial format in 1998.
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Belectric Sa	Rating: 2 / 10
Belectric SA is a financial holding company which derives its revenues from investment activities. The company has a portfolio of long & short-term holdings. It represents the Lonrho group's interests in Africa. In 1996, it has initiated a deal to import motorcars into Zaire from an Indian manufacturer under Suzuki licence.
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Belgo-katanga Sa	Rating: 4 / 10
Belgo-Katanga SA is an investment holding company which derives the majority of its revenues from investments in the financial sector. It has a 50.1% share in Brederode and controls other companies such as Afrifina, Monceau-Zolder, Monceau-Energie, Artilat and the following Luxembourg companies: Geyser, Brederode Finance & Brederode International. It also has both long and short-term holdings in other companies. Investment income accounted for 79% of 1998 revenues; interest income, 8% & other operating income, 13%.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc.	Rating: 5 / 10
This company is the parent of operating units involved in the insurance, automation, subassemblies, test and measurement and numerous other industries.
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BESCORP INDUSTRIES BERHAD	Rating: 1 / 10
Bescorp Industries Berhad. The Group's principal activities are investment holding and the provision of management services. The Group's activities are carried out in Malaysia.
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Bgi Endowment Fund Iii Limited	Rating: 3 / 10
BGI Endowment Fund III Limited. Invests in traded with-profits endowment policies.INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: To provide shareholders with a high level of capital growth combined with low risk by investing in a range of traded with-profit endowment policies.Investment management services are provided by Barclays Global Investors Ltd for a fee of 0.5% per annum of the value of gross assets less current liabilities. The agreement is terminable on six months' notice. Secretarial services are provided by Abacus Asset Management Ltd for a fee of 0.15% per annum of the value of the gross assets less current liabilities. The agreement is terminable on three months' notice.
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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.	Rating: 8 / 10
Parent/holding company with high-tech units involved in life science research products, clinical diagnostic testing kits and analytical instruments.
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Bisan Limited	Rating: 4 / 10
Bisan Limited. The Group's principal activities involves investment, finance, trading and engineering research. It operates predominantly in Australia.
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Black & Decker Corp. (The)	Rating: 6 / 10
This is the parent company for operating units involved in manufacturing power tools, outdoor products, automotive accessories and household products. This company was capitalized by private investment.
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Black & Veatch Corp.	Rating: 6 / 10
Parent/holding company with high-tech operating units involved in providing engineering, project development, consulting, construction, financial management, design-build and turnkey services. Services include pollution prevention and cross-media solutions; hazardous waste remediation; water resource development and protection; water supply treatment and distribution; wastewater collection, treatment and disposal; water reclamation and reuse; water and wastewater residuals management; stormwater and combined sewer overflow control; and solid waste processing, recycling and disposal. Products and services are sold to multiple industries.
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Blue Planet Worldwide Financials Investment Trust Plc	Rating: 2 / 10
Blue Planet Investment Management is an Edinburgh based investment management company that specialises in the financials sector. Portfolios are exclusively invested in financial companies, principally banks, quoted on the world's stock markets.
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Boeing Company (The)	Rating: 3 / 10
Parent/holding company with high-tech operating units involved in the development, production and marketing of commercial and military aircraft, development and production of commercial and defense missiles and space exploration equipment, development and production of defense electronic systems and with computer services and information networks.
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Bonaire Participacoes SA	Rating: 9 / 10
Bonaire Participacoes SA. The Company is a holding and investment company that provides a specialized system of inter mediation between the storekeepers, consumers and financial institutions, for concession and management of credit and investments.
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Boston Scientific Corp.	Rating: 6 / 10
Parent/holding company with high-tech units involved in the medical industry specializing in medical devices for interventional medical specialties such as cardiology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine, radiology, urology and vascular surgery; and cardiovascular and ultrasound imaging systems.
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Brascan Corporation	Rating: 2 / 10
Brascan Corporation. The Group's principal activities are carried out through three divisions. Real estate operations: develops and sells commercial and residential properties. Financial operations: provides capital, financial advice and services to corporate and institutional clients. Power generation operations: produces electricity. Residential properties accounted for 42% of 2002 revenues; Commercial properties, 34%; Financial operations, 13%; Power generation, 7% and Financial asset and others, 4%.
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Brasil Ferrovias SA	Rating: 2 / 10
Brasil Ferrovias SA Formerly known as Ferropasa-Ferronorte Participacoes SA. The Company's principal activity is that of a Holding Company with investments in companies related to the railway transportation sectors. The company was formed in June 1998 through the merger of Ferronorte SA and Ferrovia Novoeste SA.
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Broadwing Inc.	Rating: 4 / 10
This company is the parent for high-tech units involved in the Internet, and communications and telecommunications industries.
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BT & T LIFE AG	Rating: 6 / 10
BT & T Life AG. The principal activity of the Group is the investment in significant technology trends and major growth sectors of the 21st century. It applies the investment research and management concept LIFE (global investment in the Life technologies, Information, Food and Entertainment sector). The aim of the Group is to realise the greatest possible total shareholder return over the long term.
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Bt & T Time Ag	Rating: 7 / 10
BT & T Time AG Formerly known as BT & T Telekommunikations & Technologie Aktiengesellschaft. The Group's principal activity is the investment in companies active in the telecommunication, information, media and entertainment industries.
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Cabot Corp.	Rating: 5 / 10
Parent/holding company with global units that provide specialty products including carbon black, fused silica, inkjet colorants, microelectronics materials, plastics, specialty fluids and liquefied natural gas.
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Caim-cie Agricole & Indus. De Madagascar	Rating: 6 / 10
CAIM-Compagnie Agricole et Industrielle de Madagascar SA is a holding company which has interests in firms belonging to various sectors and manages real estate. Its main investments include the following companies: Access France Management (sale, rental of containers & provides storage facilities), Moorings (rental of yachts), L'Lione Participations (holding company) and Agro-Plus (holding company specialized in the food industry). Investment income accounted for 62% of 1994 revenues; interest income, 37% and rental income, 1%.
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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)	Rating: 4 / 10
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Capital One Financial	Rating: 0 / 10
Capital One Financial Corporation. The Group's principal activities are to provide credit card services, credit card loans and certain consumer lending and deposit services. The Group operates through three segments: Consumer lending, Auto finance and International. The Consumer lending segment provides credit card loans and services. The Auto finance segment provides automobile loans. The International segment provides credit card loan and services in the United Kingdom and Canada. The Group operates in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and South Africa. Consumer lending accounted for 86% of 2002 revenues; International, 7%; Auto finance, 6% and other, 1%.
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Careerengine Network, Inc.	Rating: 1 / 10
CareerEngine Network, Inc.. The Group's principal activity is e-recruiting business through its subsidiary CareerEngine Network, Inc. The divisions of the Group, CareerEngine Network and CareerEngine Solutions, provide on and off-line companies with products and services addressed to meeting on-line recruiting problems. The Group operates 6 portal career sites organized by specific job function and diversity. These sites enable employers and recruiters to post job offerings for specific target areas in one or more of our career specific sites. Revenue from the CareerEngine Network Division is derived from job placement advertisements.
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Carlisle Companies, Inc.	Rating: 3 / 10
This company is the parent of numerous operating units which are involved in construction materials, industrial components, data communications, automotive components, and transportation products.
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Cash.life AG	Rating: 3 / 10
Advorga Beteiligungs-AG. The Group's principal activity is to act as a holding company. The Company derives its revenues from interest on bank savings and from share holdings in 2 companies.
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Caumartin Participations Sa	Rating: 6 / 10
Caumartin Participations SA, formerly C.I.C.A., is a distribution company, specializing in automobile, mechanical equipment and office supplies distribution. Prior to 1993 it held the leading position of independant automobile distributors in France. During 93 and 94 it divested its automobile distribution operations. It now holds 8% of Conforama and 2,000 shares in Immobail BTP. Interest income accounted for 98% of 1994 revenues & other income, 2%.
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Cbi Grupo Financiero SA	Rating: 1 / 10
CBI Grupo Financiero SA. The Group's principal activities are the operation of a financial group in accordance to the terms established by the law of financial entities and involves in the acquisition of shares of financial companies and to participate in the supervision of operations. Other activities includes dealing and exchange of currencies, notes and local and international cash pieces (components), silver pieces known as troy ounce and coined commemorative metallic pieces in the form of currency.
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Celanese Ltd	Rating: 7 / 10
Subsidiary/holding company with high-tech divisions involved in chemicals and acetate products.
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Cemepe Investimentos S/a	Rating: 0 / 10
Cemepe Investimentos S/A(CEMEPE). The Company is a holding company with participations as a shareholder or partner. The Company also provides administration, financial and technical services to its subsidiaries.
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Ceninve Sa	Rating: 1 / 10
Ceninve SA is a holding company which derives the majority of its revenues from investments in rental & leasing, financial and other companies. The group mainly operates in France and its main subsidiaries are Duval SA and SPI Monceau XII. Interest income accounted for 3% of 1997 revenues & other operating income (financial services, rental income & goods sold), 97%.
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Cerus-compagnies Europeennes Reunies Sa	Rating: 4 / 10
Cerus-Compagnies Europeennes Reunies SA is the industrial holding company for Carlo De Benedetti's European operations which has holdings in the industrial, financial, banking and service sectors. Interest income accounted for 70% of 1998 revenues; investment income, 8% and other operating income, 22%.
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Cftr Sa	Rating: 9 / 10
CFTR SA, formerly called Screg, now a financial company, derives its revenues from investment holdings in the construction industry.
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Charles Schwab Corp.	Rating: 4 / 10
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Chemed Corp.	Rating: 1 / 10
Parent/holding company with a high-tech unit involved in Internet access services.
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Chevron Corp.	Rating: 5 / 10
Parent/holding company with units involved in petroleum exploration, production, transportation, refining and marketing, chemical production and sales, and natural gas production.
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China Entertainment & Land Invt Hldg Ltd	Rating: 2 / 10
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Christiani & Nielsen A/s	Rating: 3 / 10
Christiani & Nielsen A/S constructs roads, tunnels, bridges and other infrastructure works, commercial, industrial and other buildings, harbours, jetties and other marine works and airport installations. The company is also involved in civil engineering. The company operates in Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom.
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Cie Financiere Jean Paul Elkann Sa	Rating: 9 / 10
Compagnie Financiere Jean Paul Elkann (CFJPE) SA, formerly Gan Participations SA, is a diversified investment holding company which has a broad portfolio of investments chiefly in the financial, plastics processing, computer services, agri-food, thermal, textile, transportation and other industries. It consolidates Banque Jean Paul Elkann, Industrie et Developpement and GES Gestion and other major investments include 47% of Sidel, 57% of Schroeder & Schyler and 35% of Quadral. Investment income accounted for 60% of 1994 revenues; interest income, 24% and other income, 16%.
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Cie Financiere Saint-honore	Rating: 7 / 10
Cie Financiere Saint-Honore. The Company's principal activity is operating as a financial holding company. It has a diverse portfolio which includes holdings in banking (private management, commercial management and business banking), insurance brokerage and real estate (promotion and investment operations) in France, the UK and the USA. The Company (formerly known as Compagnie Financiere Holding Benjamin et Edmond de Rothschild) is the head of the Edmond de Rothschild group in France and its main holdings are the Rothschild group companies and additional investments in companies providing financial services, land and real estate and other.
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Cie. Des Tramways DE Rouen SA	Rating: 7 / 10
CIE. des Tramways de Rouen SA. The Company's principal activity is to act as a holding company which holds interests in various companies in the Rouen Area (France). Interest income accounted for 99% of 2001 revenues and income from affiliates, 1%.
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Clinical Cell Culture Limited	Rating: 6 / 10
Clinical Cell Culture Limited Formerly known as Ecat Development Capital LimitedClinical Cell Culture Ltd. The Group's principal activity is the development and distribution of tissue engineered cellular products for autologous cell replacement. Their products include CellSpray, ReCell, CellRepair, SiteCell, EpiGrow, C3 - ACR, and Composite Tissue Placement. The Group's products are used for the treatment of burns, other epidermal trauma, previous scarring, chronic wounds and for cosmetic procedures.
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CMG CH CHINA INVESTMENTS	Rating: 10 / 10
CMG CH China Investments. The Company's principal activity is to invest in the equity of companies whose assets and businesses are located predominantly in China.
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Coastal Corporation (The)	Rating: 10 / 10
Subsidiary holding company with high-tech units involved in natural gas marketing, transmission, storage, gathering and processing; petroleum refining and marketing; oil and gas exploration and production; chemicals; power production; and coal. This company was capitalized by private investment.
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Cobepa - Compagnie Benelux Paribas Sa	Rating: 8 / 10
Cobepa - Compagnie Benelux Paribas SA(COBEPA). Financial investor (managing a portfolio of financial and holding companies with equity interests) as well as provider of financial advisory services (traditional merchant banking) to companies and their shareholders in the Benelux and in Canada.
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COE GROUP PLC	Rating: 3 / 10
COE Group PLC Formerly known as Timeload PLC. The Group's principal activity is a holding company that provides the capital and management support to the Group. It is currently a cash shell and the Group has no turnover generating activities. On 01-Aug-2002, the Group completed the disposal of the Scoot UK business to British Telecommunications PLC followed by changing the name of the Group into Timeload PLC.
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Cofibel Sa	Rating: 1 / 10
Cofibel SA is a holding company which derives its revenues from financial, insurance, industrial and energy holdings such as Cofimines (89% held), Paramer (80% held), Eucofi, (50% held) and Abay TS (26% held). Investment income accounted for 96% of 1994 revenues; interest income, 3% and other income, 1%.
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Cole National Corp.	Rating: 5 / 10
This company is the parent of a high tech unit involved in manufacturing optical products. They are also the holding company of gift retail stores.