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The Charles Schwab Corporation NASDAQ: SCHW is one of the world's largest discount brokers. Schwab now offers the same services as traditional brokerages with much lower commissions and fees. Schwab serves some 7 million individual and institutional clients, with over $1.4 trillion in assets (as of Sept. 30, 2007), from some 300 offices in the U.S. Clients can also access its services via telephone, wireless device, and the Internet. Besides discount brokerage, the firm offers a wide range of investment research, mutual funds, annuities, bond trading, and now checking and mortgages through its Charles Schwab Bank.

Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere.

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is the largest cable television company and the second largest Internet service provider in the United States.[1][2]

Countrywide Financial Corporation (NYSE: CFC) is a diversified financial marketing and service holding company engaged primarily in residential mortgage banking and related businesses.

Covington & Burling LLP is an international law firm with offices in Brussels, London, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. Founded in 1919, the firm advises multinational corporations on significant transactional, litigation, regulatory, and public policy matters. Covington & Burling LLP consistently ranks among the top 20 on The American Lawyer’s prestigious "A-List", based on financial performance, pro bono activity, associate satisfaction, and diversity [1]. The firm is also referred to by Chambers Global as "one of the world’s preeminent law firms" [2] and has an overall prestige ranking of 11 by Vault.[3]

E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) is a financial services company based in New York, NY, United States. It is a holding company, the major business of which is an online discount stock brokerage service for self-directed investors. As a discount brokerage, it charges a smaller fee on each trade than a full-service broker. Investors can buy and sell securities such as stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds on E*TRADE's website, http://www.etrade.com. The company also offers banking and lending products such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, credit cards, and mortgages. (wikipedia)

Facebook is a social networking website, launched on February 4, 2004. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, a former Harvard student. The site has more than 62 million active users (including non-collegiate members) worldwide.[4] From September 2006 to September 2007 the site's traffic ranking increased from 60th to 7th, according to Alexa.[5] It is the most popular website for uploading photos, with 14 million uploaded daily.[4]

Considered the founder of the biotechnology industry, Genentech has been delivering on the promise of biotechnology for more than 30 years, using human genetic information to discover, develop, commercialize and manufacture biotherapeutics that address significant unmet medical needs.

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HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The companyÕs offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging & printing.