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=[|Harley Davidson]=

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What they Produce:
Borrowed from[|Yahoo finace] Harley-Davidson, Inc. engages in the production and sale of heavyweight motorcycles. It operates in two segments, Motorcycles and Related Products, and Financial Services. The Motorcycles and Related Products segment designs, manufactures, and sells cruiser and touring motorcycles for the heavyweight market. This segment offers five categories of motorcycles, including Touring, Dyna, Softail, Sportster, and V-Rod under the Harley-Davidson brand name; various motorcycle parts and accessories comprising replacement parts, and mechanical and cosmetic accessories; general merchandise, such as apparel and riding gear; and related services. It also licenses the Harley-Davidson name and other trademarks. This segment sells its products through a network of independent dealers and distributors primarily in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The Financial Services segment provides wholesale retail financing; and insurance and insurance-related programs primarily to its dealers and their retail customers in the United States and Canada. Its wholesale financial services include floorplan and open account financing of motorcycles, and motorcycle parts and accessories; and retail financial services comprise installment lending for the purchase of its new and used motorcycles. This segment also offers motorcycle insurance, as well as extended service contracts, credit protection, motorcycle maintenance products, gap coverage, and debt protection products to motorcycle owners. The company was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Competitors**:**

 * [|Viper Motorcycle Company]**
 * [|Ultra Motorcycle Company Inc.]**
 * [|Triumph Motorcycles Limited]**



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Stock symbol:CMCSA

Market trade:NASDAQ

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Industry: CATV systems
What they Produce:Comcast Corporation provides entertainment, information, and communications products and services in the United States and internationally. The companys Cable Communications segment provides video, high-speed Internet, and voice services to residential and business customers. As of December 31, 2011, its cable systems served 22.3 million video, 18.1 million high-speed Internet, and 9.3 million voice customers. Its Cable Networks segment operates cable entertainment networks, such as USA Network, Syfy, E!, Bravo, Oxygen, Style, G4, Chiller, Cloo, and Universal HD; cable news and information networks, including CNBC, MSNBC, and CNBC World; cable sports networks comprising Golf Channel and NBC Sports Network; regional sports and news networks; international cable networks, such as CNBC Europe, CNBC Asia, and its Universal Networks International networks; cable television production studio; and digital media properties primarily comprising brand-aligned and other Websites, such as DailyCandy, Fandango, and iVillage. The companys Broadcast Television segment primarily operates NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks; NBC and Telemundo owned local television stations; broadcast television production operations; and related digital media properties, which primarily include brand-aligned Websites. Its Filmed Entertainment segment operates Universal Pictures, which produces, acquires, markets, and distributes filmed entertainment and stage plays worldwide in various media formats for theatrical, home entertainment, television, and other distribution platforms. The companys Theme Parks segment operates Universal theme parks in Orlando and Hollywood. Comcast Corporation also operates the Philadelphia Flyers and the Wells Fargo Center, a multipurpose arena in Philadelphia; provides facilities management services; and offers food services for sporting events, concerts, and other events. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Current P/E Ratio: 20.23

Dividend Information:0.65 (2.20) 52 week high/low High-30.39 Low-19.19

Competitors: [|Time Warner Cable Inc.] [|DISH Network Corporation (DISH)] [|DIRECTV (DTV)]

=[|HESS]=



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Stock symbol: HES

Market Traded on: NYSE

Company RSS feed: [|Hess]

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Industry: Oil and gas Refining and Marketing

What they Produce:Hess Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company. The company operates in two segments, Exploration and Production (E&P) and Marketing and Refining (M&R). The E&P segment explores for, develops, produces, purchases, transports, and sells crude oil and natural gas. This segment engages in exploration and production activities principally in Algeria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Brunei, China, Denmark, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, Ghana, Indonesia, the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Norway, Peru, Russia, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The M&R segment manufactures refined petroleum products; and purchases, markets, and trades refined petroleum products, natural gas, and electricity. This segment serves motoring public, wholesale distributors, industrial and commercial users, other petroleum companies, governmental agencies, and public utilities. As of December 31, 2011, the company had total proved reserves of 1,573 million barrels of oil equivalent; and 1,360 HESS gasoline stations, including stations owned by WilcoHess joint venture in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and South Carolina. It also operates a refining facility, terminals, and retail gasoline stations with convenience stores located on the East Coast of the United States. The company owns 20 terminals with an aggregate storage capacity of 21 million barrels in its East Coast marketing areas, as well a terminal in St. Lucia with a storage capacity of 10 million barrels. Hess Corporation was founded in 1920 and is based in New York, New York.

Current P/E Ratio:12.00

Dividend Information:0.40 (0.70%)

52 week high/low High-87.19 Low-46.66

Competitors: [|BP p.l.c.] [|ConocoPhillips] [|Exxon Mobil Corporation]

=[|HEINZ]=



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Stock symbol: HNZ

Market traded on: NYSE

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Industry:Food- Major Diversified

What they produce:H. J. Heinz Company manufactures and markets food products for consumers, and foodservice and institutional customers in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company primarily offers ketchup, condiments and sauces, frozen food, soups, beans and pasta meals, infant nutrition, and other food products. It sells its products through its sales organizations, independent brokers, agents, and distributors to chain, wholesale, cooperative, and independent grocery accounts; convenience stores; bakeries; pharmacies; mass merchants; club stores; foodservice distributors; and institutions, including hotels, restaurants, hospitals, health-care facilities, and government agencies. The company was founded in 1869 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Current P/E Ratio:17.72

Dividend Info.:1.92 (3.60%)

52 week high/low High:55.00 Low:48.17

Competitiors: [|Campbell Soup Company] [|ConAgra Foods, Inc.] [|NESTLE]

[|Netflix]

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Stock Symbol:NFLX

Market they are on:NASDAQ

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Industry: Music & Video Store

What they Produce:Netflix, Inc. provides Internet subscription services for TV shows and movies in the United States and internationally. The company offers its subscribers to watch unlimited TV shows and movies streamed over the Internet to their TVs, computers, and mobile devices. It also provides standard definition DVDs and Blu-ray discs to its subscribers. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

Current P/E Ratio:28.56

Dividend Info.:N/A (N/A)

52 week high/low

High-304.79

Low-62.37

Competitiors: [|Amazon.com] [|BlockBuster] [|Redbox]