APPLE (US)

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures consumer electronics and computer software products. The company's best-known hardware products include Macintosh computers, the iPod and the iPhone. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system, the iTunes media browser, the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software, the iWork suite of productivity software, Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products, and Logic Studio, a suite of audio tools. The company operates more than 250 retail stores in nine countries and an online store where hardware and software products are sold.

Trading Hours Mon - Fri 15:00 - 21:00
Reuters Code : AAPL.O
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GAZPROM (RUSSIA)

Gazprom (English: Open Joint Stock Company "Gazprom", Russian: Открытое акционерное общество "Газпром" Otkrytoye aktsionernoye obshchestvo "Gazprom") is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the largest Russian company.
Gazprom was created in 1989 when the Ministry of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union transformed itself into a corporation, keeping all its assets intact. The company was later privatized in part, but currently the Russian government holds a controlling stake.
In 2008, the company produced 549.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas, amounting to 17% of the worldwide gas production. In addition, the company produced 32 million tons of oil and 10.9 million tons of gas. Gazprom's activities accounted for 10% of Russia's gross domestic product in 2008.

Trading hours Mon - Fri 8:30 - 14:30
Reuters Code : GAZP.MM
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BP (BRITISH PETROLEUM)

BP plc is the third largest global energy company, the 5th largest company in the world and UK's largest company,  with headquarters in St James's, City of Westminster, London. The company is among the largest private sector energy corporation in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum product marketing companies). The Company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100

Trading hours Mon - Fri 8:30 - 16:00
Reuters Code : BP.L
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Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, etc. Google has also developed an open source web browser and a mobile operating system.

As of March 31, 2009 (2009 -03-31), the company has 19,786 full-time employees. The company is running millions of servers worldwide, which process hundreds of millions of search requests each day.

Trading hours: Mon - Fri 15:00 - 21:00
Reuters Code: GOOG.O
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2

SBERBANK (RUSSIA)

Sberbank Rossii (MICEX:SBER RTS:SBER) (Russian: Сбербанк России, a contraction of "сберегательный банк"; English: "Savings Bank of the Russian Federation") is the largest bank in Russia and Eastern Europe. The company's headquarters are in Moscow and its history goes back to the financial reform of 1841. In many regions, Sberbank is practically the only bank capable of providing local administrations with complex banking services and rendering significant financial support in implementing investment and social programs.

Trading hours Mon - Fri 8:30 - 14:30
Reuters Code : SBER03.MM
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COCA COLA (US)

Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines internationally. The Coca-Cola Company claims that the beverage is sold in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and is often simply referred to as Coke or Cola. Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century. Coca Cola like the famous brand McDonald is considered a symbol of US capitalism and culture.

Trading Hours : Mon - Fri 14:00-20:00GMT
Reuters Code : KO
Expiry Rule : (Bid + Ask) / 2

HSBC HOLDINGS (LONDON)

HSBC Holdings plc is a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales in 1990, and headquartered in London since 1993.As of 2009, it is both the world's largest banking group and the world's 6th largest company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine. The group was founded from The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation based in Hong Kong, the acronym of which led to the current name. Today, whilst no single geographical area dominates the group's earnings, Hong Kong still continues to be a significant source of its income.

Recent acquisitions and expansion in China are returning HSBC to part of its roots.HSBC has an enormous operational base in Asia and significant lending, investment, and insurance activities around the world. The company has a global reach and financial fundamentals matched by few other banking or financial multinationals.

HSBC is listed on the London, New York, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda Stock Exchanges, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index and the Hang Seng Index.

Trading hours Mon - Fri 8:30 - 16:00
Reuters Code : HSBA.L
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TATA MOTORS (INDIA)

Tata Motors Limited (NSE: TATAMOTORS, BSE: 500570, NYSE: TTM), is a multinational corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. Part of the Tata Group, it was formerly known as TELCO (TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company). Tata Motors has a consolidated revenue of USD 16 billion after the acquisition of British automotive brands Jaguar and Landrover in 2008.

It is India's largest company in the automobile and commercial vehicle sector with upwards of 70% cumulative Market share in the Domestic Commercial vehicle segment, and a midsized player on the world market with 0.81% market share in 2007 according to OICA data. The OICA ranked it as the 19th largest automaker, based on figures for 2007.
Tata Motors is a dual-listed compaany traded on both the Bombay Stock Exchange, as well as on the New York Stock Exchange. Tata Motors in 2005, was ranked among the top 10 corporations in India with an annual revenue exceeding INR 320 billion.

Trading Hours Mon - Fri 4:30 - 10:00
Reuters Code : TAMO.BO
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TEVA PHARMA

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. NASDAQ: TEVA is an international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel. It specializes in generic and proprietary pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. It is the largest generic drug manufacturer in the world  and one of the 15 largest pharmaceutical companies worldwide.

Trading Hours : Sun - Thu   from 08:30 - 13:00

BNP PARIBAS

BNP Paribas is a European leader in global banking and financial services and one of the six strongest banks in the world (Rated AA by Standard & Poor's i.e. 3rd rating on a scale of 22). Present across Europe through all its business lines, the Group has four domestic retail banking markets in France, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg. It has one of the largest international networks with operations in 84 countries and 202,500 employees, including 159,600 in Europe, 15,000 in North America and 11,100 in Asia. (30/09/2010) BNP Paribas has key positions in its three core businesses:

Trading Hours: Mon - Fri from 12:00 - 13:50
Reuters Code: BNP
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TESCO

Tesco plc (LSE: TSCO) is a global grocery and general merchandising retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom.It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues (after Wal-Mart and Carrefour) and the second-largest measured by profits (after Wal-Mart).
It has stores in 14 countries across Asia, Europe and North America and is the grocery market leader in the UK (where it has a market share of around 30%), Malaysia, the Republic of Ireland and Thailand.

Trading Hours : Mon - Fri from 08:00 - 15:30

SAB MILLER

SABMiller plc is one of the world's largest brewers, with brewing interests and distribution agreements across six continents.

The group’s wide portfolio of brands includes premium international beers such as Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Miller Genuine Draft and Grolsch, as well as leading local brands such as Aguila, Castle, Miller Lite, Snow and Tyskie. SAB MILLER is also one of the world’s largest bottlers of Coca-Cola products.

Since listing on the London Stock Exchange over 10 years ago they have grown into a global operation, developing a balanced and attractive portfolio of businesses.

Trading Hours : Mon - Fri from 07:30-15:30

S.BANK INDIA

State Bank of India  is the largest state-owned banking and financial services company with its headquartered in Mumbai, India. The bank traces its ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest commercial bank in the Indian Subcontinent. Bank of Madras merged into the other two presidency banks, Bank of Calcutta and Bank of Bombay to form Imperial Bank of India, which in turn became State Bank of India. The government of India nationalized the Imperial Bank of India in 1955, with the Reserve Bank of India taking a 60% stake, and renamed it the State Bank of India. In 2008, the government took over the stake held by the Reserve Bank of India.

Trading Hours : Mon - Fri  from 05:30 - 10:00

PETROBRAS

Petrobras is the largest company in Latin America by market capitalization and revenue, and the largest company headquartered in the Southern Hemisphere by market value.The company was founded in 1953, mainly due to the efforts of then Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas. While the company ceased to be Brazil's legal monopolist in the oil industry in 1997, it remains a significant oil producer, with output of more than 2 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, as well as a major distributor of oil products.

Trading Hours : Mon - Fri  from 14:30 - 20:00

IBM

International Business Machines (IBM) (NYSE: IBM) is an American multinational technology and consulting firm headquartered in Armonk, New York. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.

Trading Hours : Mon - Fri  from 14:30 - 20:00

GOLDMAN SACHS

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a global investment banking and securities firm which engages in investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869 and is headquartered at 200 West Street in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City, with additional offices in major international financial centers. The firm provides mergers and acquisitions advice, underwriting services, asset management, and prime brokerage to its clients, which include corporations, governments and individuals. The firm also engages in proprietary trading and private equity deals, and is a primary dealer in the United States Treasury security market.

Trading Hours : Mon - Fri  from 14:30 - 20:00

FRANCE TELECOM

France Telecom S.A. is the main telecommunications company in France. France Telecom, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators. With almost 131 million customers.At the end of 2009, France Telecom had sales of 44.8 billion euros (33,7 billion euros at 30 September, 2010).

Trading Hours: Mon - Fri from 12:00 - 13:50
Reuters Code: FTE.PA
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FIAT

Fiat S.p.A., an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (English: Italian Automobile Factory of Turin), is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial and industrial group based in Turin in the Piedmont region. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli. Fiat has also manufactured railroad vehicles, tanks and aircraft. As of 2009, Fiat (not including Chrysler) is the world's ninth largest car maker as well as Italy's largest car maker.

Trading Hours : Mon - Fri  from 08:00 - 15:30

BRITISH AMERICAN T

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LSE: BATS, JSE: BTI) is a global tobacco company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.It is the world’s second largest quoted tobacco company by global market share (after Philip Morris International), with a leading position in more than 50 countries and a presence in more than 180 countries.Its brands include Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall. Its primary listing is on the London Stock Exchange and it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Trading Hours : Mon - Fri  from 08:30 - 15:00

BIDU

Baidu, Inc. Simply known as Baidu and incorporated on January 18, 2000, is a Chinese web services company headquartered in the Baidu Campus in Haidian District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Baidu provides an index of over 740 million web pages, 80 million images, and 10 million multimedia files.Baidu offers multi-media content including MP3 music and movies, and is the first in China to offer WAP and PDA-based mobile search.

Trading Hours : Mon - Fri  from 14:30 - 20:00

BARCLAYS

Barclays is a global financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. As of 2010, it is the world's 10th-largest banking and financial services group and 21st-largest company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine.[3] It has operations in over 50 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America and around 48 million customers.[4] As of 30 June 2010 it had total assets of €1.94 trillion, the third-largest of any bank worldwide (after BNP Paribas and HSBC).

Trading Hours: Mon - Fri from 12:00 - 13:50
Reuters Code: BARC
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AMAZON

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is a US-based multinational electronic commerce company. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, it is the largest online retailer in the United States, with nearly three times the Internet sales revenue of the runner up, Staples, Inc., as of January 2010.

Trading Hours : Mon - Fri  from 14:30 - 20:00

EXXONMOBIL - XOM.N

Exxon Mobil Company or ExxonMobil, is a multinational oil and gas corporation. It's a lead descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, and was formed on the merger of Exxon and Mobil in 1999. Its head office is in Irving, Texas. It is associated with Imperial Oil from Canada.

ExxonMobil is one of the leading openly invested organisations by business capitalization in the world and is the leading service provider in the country by revenue. The firm is ranked #1 globally in Forbes Worldwide 2000 list in 2012. ExxonMobil is the largest of the six oil “supermajors” along with daily production of 3.921 m BOE (barrels of oil equivalent).

In 2008, this was about 3% of entire world production. It is ranked according to its gas and oil reserves as 14th in the world with less 1% of world’s total.

ALCOA – AA

Alcoa Inc. will be the world’s 3rd largest producer of metal behind, Rio Tinto and Rusal. The head office is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

 Alcoa holds treatments in thirty one countries. Alcoa serves as a world leader in the production and regulation of primary metals, created aluminum, and alumina merged, via its lively and growing involvement in all vital aspects of the industry: technology, mining,, refining, polishing, smelting, fabricating, and reusing. Aluminum and alumina embody more than three-fourths of Alcoa’s earning. Non aluminum goods consist of precision casting and  aerospace and industrial fasteners.

 Alcoa’s products are being used internationaly in aircraft, vehicles, business transit, packaging, expanding and construction, gas and oil, protection, and industrial applications.
 

ALPHA BANK - ALBKF.PK

Alpha Bank is the second largest bank in Greece after National Bank of Greece.  It has 450 branches throughout the nation. It also has a subsidiary and branch office in London, and branches and subsidiaries throughout the Balkans.

ANZ BANK - ASX: ANZ, NZX: ANZ

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ, is the fourth largest bank in Australia.  Australian procedures structure the majority of ANZ's business, with commercial and retail banking leading.  ANZ is also the largest bank in New Zealand, where the legal entity became known as ANZ National Bank Limited in 2004 and where it operates two brands, ANZ and the National Bank of New Zealand. In addition to functions all through Australia and New Zealand, ANZ also extends to twenty-five other countries.

ANZ was called the most sustainable bank internationally in the 2008 by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index making it the 2nd year in a row ANZ has been awarded the title. In 2007 the label was shared with another Australian bank, Westpac, which had held that title for the past five years.

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AXIS BANK 
Axis Bank Limited is an Indian monetary services firm that had started its business in 1994, after the Government of India permitted new independent banks to be recognized. The Bank was endorsed in cooperation by the Administrator of the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (UTI-I), Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), General Insurance Corporation Ltd., National Insurance Company Ltd., The New India Assurance Company, The Oriental Insurance Corporation and United India Insurance Company. UTI-I posses a unique place in the Indian assets markets and has supported many important financial institutions in the state. 

BANCO SANTANDER- STD.N

The Santander Group is a Spanish banking group. It is one of the biggest banks in the globe in terms of market capitalization. According to Forbes Magazine Global 2011, it was the 13th largest corporation in the world. It originated in Santander, Cantabria, Spain.

BHP BILLITON - BHP.N

BHP Billiton is an Anglo-Australian international mining, oil and gas corporation.  The main office is in Melbourne, Australia and with a main administration office in London, England. It is the world's largest mining group calculated by 2011 revenues and as of February 2011 was the world's 3rd -biggest business measured by market capitalization.
BHP Billiton was formed in 2001 through the combination of the Australian Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) and the Anglo-Dutch Billiton plc. The outcome is a dual-listed business. The Australian-based BHP Billiton Limited, which is the leading partner, has a majority listing on the Australian Securities Exchange and is the leading company in Australia measured by market capitalization. The UK-based BHP Billiton Plc has a majority listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a component of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalization of nearly £39.6 billion as of 23 December 2011, the 9th-biggest of any business on the London Stock Exchange.

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CATERPILLAR Inc. – CAT

Caterpillar Inc., is a company from the USA which creates, builds, sells and distributes construction and farming machinery and engines.  They also advertise financial products and insurance to clients via a global merchant system. Caterpillar is the world's biggest producer of construction and mining apparatuses, diesel and natural gas engines and commercial gas turbines. With more than US$70 billion in assets, Caterpillar holds the title as #1 in its industry, and #44 on the 2009 Fortune 500 list of companies. Caterpillar's main office is in Peoria, Illinois, United States.

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DANONE SA - DANOY.PK
 Groupe Danone is a an international food production company based in Paris, France.  It holds the position of world leadership in fresh dairy products, marketed under its corporate name, and also manufactures bottled water all over the world: Volvic, Evian, and Badoit.  Danone owns numerous kinds of water sold and distributed around the world. In Asia, it has obtained Yili, Aqua (Indonesia) and Robust, and has a 51% holdings in China's Wahaha Joint Venture Company, which gives it complete market value of 20%.  This makes it the leader in selling and distributing bottled water in Asia.

They produce cereals and biscuits as well as baby foods products. In the United States, the Danone brand is marketed as Dannon, a subsidiary of Groupe Danone (under the name The Dannon Company).

Dannon is known mainly for its variety of brands of yogurts. T.  About 56% of its 2006 net sales derived from dairy, 28% from beverages, and 16% from biscuits and cereals.

DEUTSCHE TELECOM – Deutsche Telekom  DTEGF.PK

Deutsche Telekom AG (abbreviated DTAG, English: German Telecom) is a German telecommunications business which holds its main office in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the biggest telecommunications corporation in Europe. Deutsche Telekom was created in 1996 from the previous state-owned monopoly Deutsche Bundespost which was later privatized.  The German government still held 15% of the corporation’s shares, in 2008, and another 17% of the company’s stock through the government bank KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau).

 DISNEY - DIS.N

The Walt Disney Company, Disney, is an American international mass media corporation.  The main office is located at the Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California, United States. It is the biggest multi media company in the world in terms of income. The company was formed in 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio.  Walt Disney Productions first became well known for being the main American animation industry leader, then it grew into other markets of media such as television and other real life films.  In 1986 the name was changed to The Walt Disney Company and it grew its current procedures to focus on other aspects such as theatre, radio, music, publishing, and online media. It has also ventured into other aspects for adult audiences, that wouldn’t be considered part of Disney’s family based programs, that one typically thinks of when they hear the word Disney.  Disney is primarily known for its cartoon movies that have enjoyed international success, but it also has major television audiences.  Some of these other ‘adult’ programs include the operations of ABC network, and other cable channels such as Disney Channel, ESPN, A+E Networks, and ABC Family. Disney operates 14 theme parks all over the world.

EBAY –EBAY

 eBay Inc. is an American held international company that operates via the internet.  It is a consumer- to -consumer company that allows members to participate in online auctions and shop using their website. Individuals can set up accounts which allow them to purchase and sell items in a variety of items such as goods and services.  eBay is available in 30 countries, after first being founded in 1995, during the dot com boom.  The company currently is a multibillion dollar business, which uses PayPal as a way for its customers to safely transfer money when purchases are made.

GENERAL MOTORS - GM.N

General Motors Company also known as GM, was formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation.  It is an American based company international automotive manufacturing company.  GM is ranked the world’s largest automaker, when compared by the unit sales, as of 2011.

GM employs 202,000 people and does business in some 157 nations. General Motors makes automobiles (cars and trucks) in 31 countries. GM owns and operates the following car companies: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Opel, Vauxhall, and Holden, as well as two joint ventures in China, Shanghai GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security and information services.

GROUPON - GRPN.O

Groupon (a combination of the two words "group and coupon") is a program where members are offered a deal of the day, these come in forms of gift certificates given at a discounted prices, used by local companies.  Chicago was the first city to adapt Groupon, which was then followed by other cities such as Boston, New York and Toronto.  In 2010 there were more than 150 markets in N. America, over 100 in Europe, Asia and S. America and more than 35 million users.

The idea came from the present CEO and Pittsburgh local Andrew Mason.  A former employer of his provided the backing to start the business of $1 million, by 2010 the company is worth $1.35 billion.

Forbes Magazine has rated the company to make more than $1 billion faster than any company has ever done before.  Other reports, such as the Forrester Research, claimed that Groupon’s business model was due to fail, and the company a loss in the fourth quarter of 2011 financial year of $9.8 million on an adjusted basis, which heavily disappointed it’s investors.

LAS VEGAS SANDS – LVS

 Las Vegas Sands Corp. is an integrated resort company based in Paradise (Las Vegas) Nevada, USA. The corporation is one of the leading global developers of destination properties. Its resorts feature high-end accommodations, gaming and entertainment, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants and nightclubs, as well as an art and science museum in Singapore.
It has several resorts in the United States and Asia. Among its properties in the United States are two Five-Diamond luxury resorts on the Las Vegas Strip: The Venetian (Las Vegas) and The Palazzo. Also in the United States is the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

In Asia, the Marina Bay Sands located in Singapore is the most recent addition to the company’s portfolio. Through its majority-owned subsidiary Sands China Ltd, the company owns several properties in Macau, including The Venetian Macao, The Plaza Macao, Four Seasons Hotel Macao and the Four Seasons-branded apartments at the Sands Cotai Central development, as well as the Sands Macao on the Macau peninsula. The company is currently constructing a 6,400-room complex at the Sands Cotai Central, which will feature the Sheraton, St. Regis, Holiday Inn, and Intercontinental hotel brands.

LINKEDIN – LNKD

 LinkedIn is a social networking website for people in professional occupations; it is mainly used for professional networking. As of February 9, 2012, LinkedIn reports more than 150 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories. The site is available in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Czech, Polish, Korean, Bahasa Indonesia, and Bahasa Malaysia. In June 2011, LinkedIn had 33.9 million unique visitors, up 63 percent from a year earlier and surpassing MySpace. LinkedIn filed for an initial public offering in January 2011 and traded its first shares on May 19, 2011.

LOUISVUITTON – LVMHF.PK

 Louis Vuitton Malletier commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton or LV.  Louis Vuitton is one of the world's leading international fashion houses; it sells its products through standalone boutiques, lease departments in high-end department stores, and through the e-commerce section of its website.  The label is well known for its LV monogram, which is featured on most of its products - this ranging from luxury trunks and leather goods to ready-to-wear, shoes, watches, jewelry, accessories, sunglasses, and books. For seven consecutive years (2006-2012) Louis Vuitton has been named the world's most valuable luxury brand. Its 2012 valuation is 25.9 billion USD

MASTERCARD –MA

 MasterCard Incorporated or MasterCard Worldwide is an American international financial services company. The headquarters of MasterCard International Global is in New York, United States. The main business that MasterCard Worldwide provides the process of payments between the banks of merchants and the card issuing banks or credit unions of the purchasers who use the "MasterCard" brand debit and credit cards to make purchases.

MasterCard Worldwide has been a publicly traded company since 2006. Before its initial public offering, MasterCard Worldwide was a cooperative owned by the 25,000+ financial institutions that issue its branded cards.

McDonald's – MCD

 McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants in the world.  They proudly serve around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries. A McDonald's restaurant is operated by a franchisee, an affiliate, or the corporation itself. The corporation's revenues come from the rent, royalties and fees paid by the franchisees, as well as sales in company-operated restaurants.

MICROSOFT – MSFT

 Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States.  Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. It is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.
The company’s first public offering were in 1986, and with the rise in its share prices it has made and estimated 3 billionaires and over 12,000 millionaires out of Microsoft’s employees.  In the 1990’s Microsoft continued to grow and diversify from operating system market by making a number of corporate acquisitions. In May 2011, Microsoft purchased Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion, which is its largest acquisition to date.

As of 2012, Microsoft is market dominant in both the PC operating system and office suite markets, such as Microsoft Office. There are many other software programs for desktops and servers provided, and it is active in areas including internet search (with Bing), the video game industry (with the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles), the digital services market (through MSN), and mobile phones (via the Windows Phone OS). In June 2012, Microsoft announced that it would be entering the PC vendor market for the first time, with the launch of the Microsoft Surface tablet computer.

NETFLIX – NFLX

Netflix Inc. is an American provider of on-demand Internet streaming media in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, United Kingdom and Ireland. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. It started its subscription-based digital distribution service in 1999 and by 2009 it was offering a collection of 100,000 titles on DVD and had surpassed 10 million subscribers. On February 25, 2007, Netflix announced the billionth DVD delivery. In April 2011, Netflix announced 23.6 million subscribers in the United States and over 26 million worldwide. By 2011, the total digital revenue for Netflix reached $1.5 billion.

PUBLICIS GROUPE S.A. – PGPEF.PK

Publicis Groupe is a French multinational advertising and public relations company, headquartered in Paris, France. It is one of the world's three largest advertising holding companies (the others being Omnicom, and WPP). Its current president is Maurice Lévy. Publicis Groupe S.A. provides digital and traditional advertising, media services, and specialized agencies and marketing services (SAMS) to national and multinational clients.

RIO TINTO GROUP - Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian international metal and mining corporation with headquarters in London, UK and a holds a management office in Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto, in Huelva, Spain from the Spanish government.

Since then, the company has grown through a long series of mergers and acquisitions to place itself among the world leaders in the production of many commodities, including aluminum, iron ore, copper, uranium, coal, and diamonds. Although primarily focused on extraction of minerals, Rio Tinto also has significant operations in refining, particularly for refining bauxite and iron ore. The company has operations on six continents but is mainly concentrated in Australia and Canada, and owns gross assets valued at $81 billion through a complex web of wholly and partly owned subsidiaries.

Rio Tinto Group is a dual-listed company traded on both the London Stock Exchange where it is a component of the FTSE 100 Index and the Australian Securities Exchange where it is a component of the S&P/ASX 200 index. As of March 2009, Rio Tinto is the fourth-largest publicly listed mining company in the world with a market capitalization of approximately $134 billion, and was listed in Fortune magazine's 2008 Global 500 ranking of largest worldwide companies by revenue at number 263. In 2007, the company was valued at $147 billion.

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TELEFONICA – TEF.N

Telefónica is a Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider to Europeans, North and Central Americans. Operating globally, it is the sixth largest mobile network provider in the world. The company is the former public monopoly of telecommunications in Spain.  Its head office is in the Distrito Telefónica in Madrid.

Telefónica is a supporter of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) an initiative that is promoting and establishing an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface.  

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UBS - UBS

UBS AG is a Swiss global financial services company headquartered in Basel and Zürich, Switzerland. It provides investment banking, asset management, and wealth management services for private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland.
UBS operates in more than 50 countries and has about 65,000 employees globally as of 2012. It is considered the world's second largest manager of private wealth assets, with over CHF 2.2 trillion in invested assets a leading provider of retail banking and commercial banking services in Switzerland.

UNILEVER – UNILEVE.LG

Unilever is a British–Dutch multinational consumer goods company. Its products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's third-largest consumer goods company measured by 2011 revenues (after Procter & Gamble and Nestlé) and the world's largest maker of ice cream.

Unilever is a dual-listed company consisting of Unilever N.V. in Rotterdam, Netherlands and Unilever PLC in London, United Kingdom. Both Unilever companies have the same directors and they operate as a single business.  Unilever PLC had a market capitalization of £27.3 billion as of 23 December 2011, the 18th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange

VIVENDI SA – VIV.PA

Vivendi SA (formerly known as Vivendi Universal) is a French multinational mass media and telecommunication company headquartered in Paris, France. The company has activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications, the Internet, and video games.

VODAFONE – VOD.L
 Vodafone is a British international telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.[2] It is the world’s second largest mobile telecommunications company measured by both subscribers and 2011 revenues (in each case it falls behind China Mobile) and had 439 million subscribers as of December 2011.

Vodafone owns and operates networks in over 30 countries and has partner networks in over 40 additional countries. Its Vodafone Global Enterprise division provides telecommunications and IT services to corporate clients in over 65 countries. Vodafone also owns 45% of Verizon Wireless, the largest mobile telecommunications company in the United States measured by subscribers.

Vodafone has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalization of approximately £89.1 billion as of 6 July 2012, the third-largest of any company listed on the London Stock Exchange. It has a secondary listing on NASDAQ.

WYNN RESORTS – WYNN

Wynn Resorts Limited is a publicly traded corporation based in  Paradise, (Las Vegas) Nevada that is a developer and operator of high end hotels and casinos. It was formed on October 25, 2002 by former Mirage Resorts Chairman and CEO Stephen A. Wynn.

The company's first project, Wynn Las Vegas, opened on April 28, 2005.Wynn Macau, the company's second project started construction on June 28, 2004. It opened September 5, 2006.
Encore, an extension to Wynn Las Vegas, broke ground on April 28, 2006, the first anniversary of the opening of Wynn Las Vegas. Steve Wynn announced a planned redevelopment of the golf course at Wynn Las Vegas, called Wynn Golf and Country Club, into two separate resorts, and a large lake, connected by the "Wynn Parkway".

Encore at Wynn Macau, the company's second project in Macau Peninsula, Macau, People's Republic of China, opened on April 21, 2010.Wynn bought 52 acres (21 ha) of the Cotai Strip in Macau where he hopes to break ground in 2012 for Wynn Cotai for a 2013 or early 2014 opening.

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TATA STEEL – TISC.NS

Tata Steel Limited (formerly TISCO and Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited) is an Indian multinational steel company headquartered in Mumbai, India and subsidiary of Tata Group. Tata Group is the world's fifth largest steel maker.

 It is the eighth most-valuable Indian brand according to an annual survey conducted by Brand Finance and The Economic Times in 2010. It has also been listed as World's most ethical companies by Forbes. The company is listed on Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India, and employs about 80,000 people.

STARBUCKS – SBUX

Starbucks is the largest coffee house company in the world, with 19,763 stores in 59 countries, including 12,848 in the United States, 1,264 in Canada, 973 in Japan, 778 in Great Britain, 621 in China, 441 in South Korea, 350 in Mexico and 269 in Taiwan. The company headquarter is in Seattle, Washington.

The Starbucks Entertainment division and Hear Music brand, also markets books, music, and film. Many of the company's products are seasonal or specific to the locality of the store. Starbucks-brand ice cream and coffee are also offered at grocery stores.

From Starbucks' founding in later forms in Seattle as a local coffee bean roaster and retailer, the company has expanded rapidly. In the 1990s, Starbucks was opening a new store every workday, a pace that continued into the 2000s. The first store outside the United States or Canada opened in the mid-1990s, and overseas stores now constitute almost one third of Starbucks' stores.

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JP MORGAN CHASE - JPM.N

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American international banking corporation. It was formed in 2000, when Chase Manhattan Corporation merged with J.P. Morgan & Co. They handle securities, investments and retail. JP Morgan Chase is the largest bank in the United States by assets held. It is a major provider of financial services, with assets of $2 trillion.  The hedge fund unit of JPMorgan Chase is one of the largest hedge funds in the United States.

The J.P. Morgan brand is used by the investment banking as well as the asset management, private banking, private wealth management and treasury & securities services divisions. The Chase brand is used for credit card services in the United States and Canada, the bank's retail banking activities in the United States, and commercial banking.

JPMorgan Chase is one of the Big Four banks of the United States with Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo. According to Bloomberg, as of October 2011 JPMorgan Chase surpassed Bank of America as the largest U.S. bank by assets.

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