Topps Company Inc. (The)

Topps Company Inc. (The) is listed on NASDAQ (TOPP). The Topps Company, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware on February 24, 1987. The Company is the successor to Topps Chewing Gum, Inc., which was established as a partnership in 1938 and was incorporated under the laws of New York in 1947. All references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to Topps or the Company are to The Topps Company, Inc. and its subsidiaries. There are two principle segments of the business, Confectionery and Entertainment. In the Confectionery segment, Topps markets premium confectionery brands including lollipops such as Push Pop, Baby Bottle Pop and Juicy Drop Pop, Bazooka brand bubble gum and certain licensed candy items. The Company also manufactures and markets Ring Pop lollipops. In the Entertainment segment, the Company markets branded products including trading cards and sticker album collections featuring professional athletes and popular television, movie and other licensed characters.

TOR Minerals International Inc

TOR Minerals International Inc is listed on NASDAQ (TORM). TOR Minerals International, Inc. (TOR, We) is a global specialty chemical company engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing mineral products for use as pigments, pigment extenders and flame retardants used in the manufacture of paints, industrial coatings, plastics, catalysts and solid surface applications. We were organized by Benilite Corporation of America (Benilite) in 1973. Benilite, which was incorporated in Delaware in 1969, developed the then patented Benilite process for producing synthetic rutile, the principal ingredient used in the manufacture of HITOX (high-grade titanium dioxide), from ilmenite ore. Benilite licensed and helped design several synthetic rutile plants located throughout the world which utilize this process (including the plant located in Ipoh, Malaysia, owned by the Company, as discussed below).

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Dynamics Research Corporation ..mation technology, engineering, logistics and other consulting services to federal defense, civil and state agency customers. Founded in 1955 and head..

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Erie Indemnity Company ..ion that operates predominantly as the management services company that provides sales, underwriting and policy issuance services to the policyholders..

Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. ..ed States. We operate a diverse group of thirteen mines located in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Illinois. For the year ended December 31, ..

FNB Corporation ..a Virginia corporation, (FNB), was organized in 1996 as a bank holding company for First National Bank, a national banking association formed in 1905...

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Hardinge Inc. ..ated at One Hardinge Drive, Elmira, New York 14902-1507; telephone (607) 734-2281. The headquarters are located in Chemung County, New York, which is ..

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