The W.M. Keck Foundation was established in 1954 in Los Angeles by William Myron Keck, founder of The Superior Oil Company. Our Foundation is one of the nation's largest philanthropic organizations, with assets of more than $1 billion. Mr. Keck envisioned a philanthropic institution that would provide far-reaching benefits for humanity. By taking a bold, creative approach to grantmaking, he created a legacy that the Foundation proudly upholds today. In recent years, the Foundation has focused on Science and Engineering Research; Medical Research; Undergraduate Education; and Southern California. Each of our grant programs invests in people and programs that are making a difference in the quality of life, now and for the future.

Litton Loan Servicing collects principal and interest payments on prime and subprime residential mortgages, including Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Administration, and manufactured home loans. The company's loan portfolio includes approximately 400,000 mortgages worth more than $55 billion. Troubled former parent company Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization (C-BASS for short) sold the firm to Goldman Sachs for some $430 million in late 2007 in order to raise capital. At Litton Loan Servicing LP, we are committed to high quality loan servicing and top-notch customer service. Current Founding Director Larry B. Litton, Sr., who is dedicated to serving the families of the Houston area and helping them maintain their dreams of homeownership, founded our company during the economic recession of the 1980s. Our company has grown considerably since then, and we now service customers throughout the United States. However, our dedication to Mr. Litton's vision and mission is as strong as ever.

Farrer & Co is a successful law firm with a distinguished reputation built up over many years, based on the goodwill of numerous close client relationships, outstanding expertise in niche sectors and a careful attention to personal service and quality. Farrer & Co provides legal services to private, institutional, and commercial clients. The London-based law firm is well-known for its private client (the firm represents Her Majesty the Queen), sponsorship, and charity practices. Other practice areas include sports, employment and pensions, media, immigration, intellectual property, agriculture and estates, commercial property, and financial services. Farrer & Co has advised the British Olympic Association, BMJ Publishing, and Queens Moat Houses.

Everything's coming up tulips (and roses and houseplants) at VBN, or the Vereniging van Bloemenveilingen in Nederland. VBN is an association that represents the country's floricultural industry, including its regional flower auctions. VBN serves its members by coordinating activities and issues relating to quality, marketing, logistics, communications, legal affairs, taxation, and lobbying at the national, EU, and global levels. VBN's Linnaeus Project is intended to boost the organization's product coding system beyond its current capacity of 25,000 codes (which are almost exhausted). Cut flowers represent almost two-thirds of VBN members' business.

Best Friends Pet Care company provides pet boarding, grooming, and day care services through some 45 locations in about 20 US states, including California, Illinois, and Florida. It offers dog and cat grooming and boarding, as well as dog training through its Canine College. Doggy Day Camp (daytime dog sitting services) is available at some locations. Best Friends also sells a wide range of pet products (dishes, carriers, collars, treats) and apparel, cards, and accessories adorned with animal images. The company was originally founded as Windsor Pet Care in 1991.

INTAGE is one of the leading market research organizations in Japan. INTAGE Inc. operates three divisions that provide retail sales and consumer intelligence as well as custom research services. INTAGE provides IT services, including the design of business systems for customer relations management, supply chain management, sales force automation, enterprise resource planning, through its Business Intelligence division. INTAGE Inc. also offers research focused on the pharmaceutical industry through its Medical Solutions unit. INTAGE Inc. market intelligence division provides sales and purchase data to consumer goods manufacturers. INTAGE was founded in 1960 as Marketing Intelligence Corporation.

Bonell Ryan Inc. is a unique partner in the ongoing search for executive leadership. We are a team of high energy, passionate consultants who thrive on the challenges of professional recruiting. With our reputation for quickly determining the perfect cultural fit, no matter how demanding the assignment, we have the expertise to attract bold innovators and top talent across a broad array of industries.Our clients are Fortune 1000 industry leaders who continually strive to understand and respond to the customer and her behavior by combining technology and a highly skilled and adaptable work force. Our executive search services are both highly professional and personalized. We take the time to get to know our clients and their organizations. Similarly, we invest the time to get well acquainted with our candidates in order to understand their professional, personal and lifestyle goals.

Law Enforcement Associates manufactures and markets a diverse line of undercover surveillance products including a complete line of audio surveillance equipment. LEA currently markets to the Military, law enforcement, security and corrections personnel throughout the world, as well as governmental agencies, multinational corporations and non-governmental organizations.Law Enforcement Associates is a leading manufacturer of surveillance equipment exclusively for local, state, federal, and international law enforcement agencies. The company has invested heavily in new technologies to provide the very best audio and video products available on the market today. Law Enforcement Associates (LEA) is the largest U.S. developer and manufacturer of undercover surveillance equipment for law enforcement, military and security customers around the world. For nearly 40 years, the company's audio Intelligence Devices (AID) division has supplied a broad line of surveillance products from stealth body wires to disguised micro recorders to thousands of law enforcement professionals working in undercover, narcotics and related fields.LEA also manufactures advanced video camera systems used for a variety of surveillance applications. These include the Under Vehicle Inspection System (UVIS), a ground-based explosive detection platform that captures high-resolution video images of an automobile's undercarriage. Roughly 2,000 of the systems have been installed at high-security locations around the globe. In September 2007, LEA sold its first UVIS for use at a major U.S. airport.

Altedia says "Oui." Through about 60 offices across France and Europe, Altedia provides management consulting services, specializing in corporate communications and human resources. It has a particular focus on serving clients involved in mergers or undergoing restructuring. Through its affliation with Lee Hecht Harrison, the company has a presence in about 40 more countries including Japan, Portugal, Russia, Spain, and the US. Altedia, which has served such clients as Air France, France Telecom, and Renault, is a subsidiary of the largest employment company in the world, Adecco. Altedia was founded in 1992.

ICON is a prominent, specialty finance company and manager of publicly registered funds that invests in business-essential equipment and corporate infrastructure. ICON specializes in providing financing solutions to both private and public companies in asset intensive industries. Our investment capital has aided a diverse group of organizations in the IT/Telecommunications, energy, marine, manufacturing, medical and alternative energy industries. Founded in 1985, ICON is one of the largest independent, privately-held equipment finance companies in the United States. Headquartered in New York City, ICON operates from offices in Boston and London. Specialty finance company ICON Capital buys and manages big-ticket leases through limited partnerships with more than 30,000 investors. The partnerships are managed by ICON Capital, which acquires pieces of equipment to lease to large corporate customers and provides specialty financing. Customers, which have included Continental Airlines, BP, Wal-Mart, J. C. Penney, and FedEx, rent such equipment as airplanes, ocean vessels, drilling rigs, trailer equipment, and telecommunications equipment. ICON has offices in the US, Canada, and the UK.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.