Linn Energy, LLC

Sector: Energy
Company website: Investor Relations
Key Development News: Linn Energy News

Linn Energy, LLC (NASDAQ:LINE) is an independent oil and gas company focused on the development and acquisition of long life properties in the United States. The Company’s properties are located in the Mid-Continent and California. Proved reserves as of December 31, 2008 were 1,660 One billion cubic feet (Bcfe), of which approximately 51% were gas, 31% were oil and 18% were natural gas liquids (NGL). Approximately 68% were classified as proved developed. As of December 31, 2008, the Company operated 4,453, or 66%, of its 6,716 gross productive wells.

The Company’s properties are located in three regions in the United States: Mid-Continent Deep, which includes the Texas Panhandle Deep Granite Wash formation and deep formations in Oklahoma; Mid-Continent Shallow, which includes the Texas Panhandle Brown Dolomite formation and shallow formations in Oklahoma, and Western, which includes the Brea Olinda Field of the Los Angeles Basin in California.

Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc.

Sector: Financial
Company website: Investor Relations
Key Development News: Federal Citizens Republic Bancorp News

Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc. is a diversified banking and financial services company that is registered as a bank holding company. Citizens provides a range of banking and financial services to individuals and businesses through its subsidiaries Citizens Bank and F&M Bank, Iowa. Citizens Bank was named PLP Lender of the Year and SBA Lender of the Year in Michigan.

These services include deposit products, such as checking, savings, and money market accounts, and loan products, such as business, personal, residential, and commercial mortgage loans, and other consumer-oriented financial services, such as individual retirement account (IRA) accounts and safe deposit and night depository facilities. Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), which provide around the clock banking services to customers, are installed in many locations in the Corporation’s service areas.

Federal Agricultural Mortgage

Sector: Financial
Company website: Investor Relations
Key Development News: Federal Agricultural Mortgage News

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (NYSE:AGM) is a stockholder-owned instrumentality of the United States that was created to establish a secondary market for agricultural real estate and rural housing mortgage loans and to increase the availability of long-term credit at stable interest rates to American farmers, ranchers and rural homeowners.

Farmer Mac conducts these activities through three programs: Farmer Mac I, Farmer Mac II and Rural Utilities. Farmer Mac’s two principal sources of revenue are fees received in connection with outstanding Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and long-term standby purchase commitments (LTSPCs) and net interest income earned on its portfolio of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, mortgage loans and investments.

National Coal Corp

Sector: Energy
Company website: National Coal Crop Investor Relations
Key Development News: National Coal Corp News

National Coal Corp. (NASDAQ:NCOC) is engaged in mining, processing and selling bituminous steam coal from mines located in East Tennessee and North Alabama and, until March 31, 2008, in Southeast Kentucky.

The Company owns the coal mineral rights to approximately 65,000 acres of land and leases the rights to approximately 17,700 additional acres excluding the Southeast Kentucky properties, known as Straight Creek, sold on March 31, 2008. As of December 31, 2008, its mining complexes included three active and two inactive underground mines, one underground mine in the development stage, one inactive and six active surface mines, and one highwall mine. In addition, it had two preparation plants and two unit train loading facilities in Tennessee served by the Norfolk Southern (NS) railroad. It holds seven permits that allow it to open new or re-open existing mines close to its operations.

As of December 31, 2008, it controlled approximately 40.8 million estimated recoverable tons of coal reserves.

SiriusXM

Sector: Media
Company website: SiriusXM Investor Relations
Key Development News: SiriusXM News

Sirius XM Radio Inc. has two principal wholly owned subsidiaries, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Satellite CD Radio Inc.

The Company is engaged in broadcasting in the United States, its music, sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather channels for a subscription fee through its satellite radio systems, the SIRIUS system and the XM system.

On July 28, 2008, its wholly owned subsidiary, Vernon Merger Corporation, merged (the Merger) with and into XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and, as a result, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. became its wholly owned subsidiary.

The SIRIUS system consists of three in-orbit satellites, approximately 120 terrestrial repeaters that receive and retransmit signals, satellite uplink facilities and studios.

The XM system consists of four in-orbit satellites, over 700 terrestrial repeaters that receive and retransmit signals, satellite uplink facilities and studios.

Citigroup Inc.

Sector: Financial
Company website: Citigroup Investor Relations
Key Development News: Citigroup News

Citigroup Inc. (Public, NYSE:C) is a global diversified financial services holding company. The Company is engaged in providing a range of financial services to consumers and corporate customers. As of May 4, 2009, Citigroup had more than 200 million customer accounts and did business in more than 140 countries.

Through its two operating units, Citicorp and Citi Holdings, Citigroup provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management.

Cell Therapeutics, Inc.

Sector: Healthcare
Company website: Cell Therapeutics Investor Relations
Key Development News: Cell Therapeutics News

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:CTIC) develops, acquires and commercializes treatments for cancer. The Company’s research, development, acquisition and in-licensing activities concentrate on identifying and developing new, less toxic and effective ways to treat cancer.

Cell Therapeutics is developing pixantrone (BBR 2778), a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) major groove binder with an aza-anthracenedione molecular structure, differentiating it from anthracycline chemotherapy agents.

A new chemical compound for the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), and various other hematologic malignancies, solid tumors, and immunological disorders, pixantrone is being developed to improve activity and safety in treating cancers treated with the anthracycline family of anti-cancer agents. It is developing OPAXIO (paclitaxel poliglumex), which was previously referred to as XYOTAX, for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and ovarian cancer.