Bear, Stearns Co. Inc. is a leading investment banking and securities trading and brokerage firm. with capabilities in corporate finance, M&A, equity and fixed income sales and trading, private client services, derivatives, securities research, asset management, futures sales and trading, and securities lending and custody.
	Barclays Global Investors has earned a reputation as a leading investment manager, with a record of excellence that began more than 25 years ago when the firm introduced the world's first index fund.
	Over the last three decades, Schwab has emerged as a resource for all levels of investors seeking world-class service, fair pricing and a commitment to objective guidance.
	The investment bank that originated in Silicon Valley as Hambrecht & Quist began operating this week as part of the newly-formed J.P. Morgan, the wholesale banking group of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
	Montgomery Asset Management, L.P. (MAM) is an independent affiliate of Montgomery Securities. MAM uses a quantitative asset allocation model that attempts to maximize expected return for a given risk level.
	Now Banc of America Securities, a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm.
	Robertson Stephens is an international investment banking firm focused exclusively on growth companies. The firm's primary clients are companies for which they offers investment banking services and institutional investors.

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