Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) purchases and roasts whole bean coffees. The company operates 6,705 company-operated stores and 4,082 licensed stores in the United States; and 2,326 company-operated stores and 3,890 licensed stores in Canada, the U.K., China, Germany, Thailand and internationally. … Continue reading →

Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) provides all programmable technologies and devices, which enable both hardware and software programmability, integrate both digital and analog mixed-signal functions, and allow new levels of programmable interconnect in both monolithic and multi-die 3D ICs. The company’s products … Continue reading →

Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX) provides integrated pharmacy benefit management services, including network-pharmacy claims processing, home delivery, specialty benefit management, benefit design consultation, drug utilization review, formulary management, and medical and drug data analysis services. Express Scripts also distributes a complete … Continue reading →

Visa (NYSE: V) is a global payments technology serving consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories. The company’s advanced processing networks–VisaNet– is capable of handling more than 20,000 transactions a second. Visa is not … Continue reading →

IPC The Hospitalist Company (NASDAQ: IPCM) is a premier physician group practice company engaged in delivering hospitalist medicine and related facility-based services. The company’s physicians and affiliated providers practice exclusively in hospitals and other inpatient facilities, including acute, sub-acute, and … Continue reading →

Houston Wire & Cable (NASDAQ: HWCC) is a leading provider of wire and cable and related services to the U.S. market. The company’s comprehensive value-added services include same-day shipping, a knowledgeable sales staff, inventory management programs, just-in-time delivery, logistics support, … Continue reading →

Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) is an enterprise cloud-computing company with more than 100,000 customers. Based on Salesforce.com’s real-time, multitenant architecture, the company’s platform and applications services include the Salesforce Chatter private social network, the Salesforce Sales Cloud, the Salesforce Service Cloud, … Continue reading →

Jarden (NYSE: JAH) is a premier provider of a broad range of consumer products. With a portfolio of more than 100 trusted brands sold around the world, Jarden operates through a number of well-known brands in three primary business segments: … Continue reading →

ICF International (NASDAQ: ICFI) is a leading provider of professional services and technology solutions for the markets of energy, environment and transportation; health, education and social programs; and homeland security and defense. Partnering with government and commercial clients, ICF combines … Continue reading →

DENTSPLY International (NASDAQ: XRAY) is a leading global manufacturer and distributor of professional, high-quality dental products solutions. The company distributes its products, ranging from general dentist consumables and laboratory products to dental specialty market products for orthodontics, endodontics, and implants, … Continue reading →