Calpine Corporation is a Fortune 500 power company founded in 1984 with headquarters in Houston, Texas. The company’s stock was traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CPN until it was delisted on December 5, 2005 due to low share price. On 31 January 2008, Calpine emerged from bankruptcy... 

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs, is a bank holding company that engages in investment banking, securities services and investment management. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street but has its secondary... 

Formed in 1983 as Southwestern Bell Corporation, the companny AT&T Inc., is the largest provider of both local and long distance telephone services in the United States, and also serves digital subscriber line Internet access. It is claimed that the company has over 77 million wireless customers,... 

Known as a stockholder-owned corporation, Fannie Mae was chartered by Congress in 1968 as a government sponsored enterprise (GSE), but founded in 1938 during the Great Depression. In the New York Stock exchange they are listed as Federal National Mortgage Association (FNM). The corporation’s purpose... 

Based in Houston, Texas, Dynegy is a large owner and operator of power plants and a player in the natural gas liquids and coal business. The corporate headquarters are in Suite 5800 in the Wells Fargo Plaza at 1000 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston. Once known as “The Natural Gas Clearinghouse,”... 

Gillette is a brand of Procter & Gamble currently used for safety razors among other personal hygiene products. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, it is one of several brands originally owned by The Gillette Company, a leading global supplier of products under various brands, which was acquired by P&G... 

BASF SE is a German chemical company and the largest chemical company in the world. BASF originally stood for Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory). Today, the four letters are a registered trademark and the company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange,... 

Walmart is an American public corporation that serves a chain of large, discount dept stores. According to the 2008 Fortune Global 500, Walmart is the world’s largest public corporation by revenue. Founded by Sam Walton in 1962, it was incorporated on October 31, 1969, and listed on the New York... 

Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ largest and second oldest brand (Westin being the oldest). Starwood’s headquarters are in White Plains, New York. The origins of the brand date back to 1937 when Ernest Henderson and Robert Moore acquired the Stonehaven Hotel in... 

Reuters Group Limited is a news service and former financial market data provider. It’s core business is providing reports from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters, while news reporting only accounted less than 10% of its income. These included market data, such as share prices and...