TJX Companies Inc. (The)

TJX Companies Inc. (The) is listed on NYSE (TJX). We are the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the United States and worldwide. Our seven off-price chains are synergistic in their philosophies and operating platforms. We sell off-price family apparel and home fashions through our T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and A.J. Wright chains in the United States, our Winners chain in Canada, and our T.K. Maxx chain in the United Kingdom and Ireland. We sell off-price home fashions through our HomeGoods chain in the United States and our Canadian HomeSense chain, operated by Winners. The target customer for all of our off-price chains, except A.J. Wright, is the middle to upper-middle income shopper, with the same profile as a department or specialty store customer. A.J. Wright targets the moderate income customer. Bob's Stores, acquired in December 2003, is a value-oriented, branded apparel chain based in the Northeast United States that offers casual, family apparel.

TLC Vision Corporation

TLC Vision Corporation is listed on NASDAQ (TLCV). TLC Vision Corporation (formerly TLC Laser Eye Centers Inc.) is a diversified eye care services company dedicated to improving lives through better vision by providing eye doctors with the tools and technologies they need to deliver high quality patient care. The majority of the Companys revenues come from refractive surgery, which involves using an excimer laser to treat common refractive vision disorders such as myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism. The Companys business models include arrangements ranging from owning and operating fixed site centers to providing access to lasers through fixed site and mobile service relationships. In addition to refractive surgery, the Company is diversified into other eye care businesses. Through its Midwest Surgical Services, Inc. (MSS) subsidiary, the Company furnishes hospitals and independent surgeons with mobile or fixed site access to cataract surgery equipment and services.

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