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Liz Claiborne, Inc. (Public, NYSE:LIZ) increased 2.55%, to close at $7.24 and its overall traded volume was 1.39M shares during the last session against its average volume of 2.00M. LIZ opened the day at $7.13, it made an intraday low of $7.11 and an intraday high of $7.28. The stock has a 52 week low of $3.90 and 52 week high of $9.72. LIZ’s market capitalization is 684.00M and it has 94.47M outstanding shares.

About Liz Claiborne, Inc. (Public, NYSE:LIZ)
Liz Claiborne, Inc., incorporated in January 1976, designs and markets a global portfolio of retail-based brands, including JUICY COUTURE, KATE SPADE, LUCKY BRAND and MEXX. The Company also has a group of department store-based brands with consumer franchises, including the LIZ CLAIBORNE and MONET families of brands, MAC & JAC, KENSIE and DANA BUCHMAN and the licensed DKNY JEANS, DKNY ACTIVE and DKNY MENS brands. The Company operates in three segments: Domestic-Based Direct Brands segment, International-Based Direct Brands segment and Partnered Brands segment. Domestic-Based Direct Brands segment consists of the specialty retail, outlet, wholesale apparel, wholesale non-apparel, e-commerce and licensing operations of its three retail-based operating segments: JUICY COUTURE, KATE SPADE and LUCKY BRAND. International-Based Direct Brands segment consists of the specialty retail, outlet, concession, wholesale apparel, wholesale non-apparel e-commerce and licensing operations of MEXX.

Praxair, Inc. (Public, NYSE:PX) increased 1.36%, to close at $94.79 and its overall traded volume was 1.39M shares during the last session against its average volume of 1.27M. PX opened the day at $93.65, it made an intraday low of $93.33 and an intraday high of $94.96. The stock has a 52 week low of $72.70 and 52 week high of $94.96. PX’s market capitalization is 29.04B and it has 306.38M outstanding shares.

About Praxair, Inc. (Public, NYSE:PX)
Praxair Inc. (Praxair) is an industrial gas supplier in North and South America. Praxair’s primary products for its industrial gases business are atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases) and process gases (carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, acetylene). The Company also designs, engineers, and builds equipment that produces industrial gases for internal use and external sale. The Company’s surface technologies segment, operated through Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., supplies wear-resistant and high-temperature corrosion-resistant metallic and ceramic coatings and powders. The Company serves approximately 25 industries, such as healthcare and petroleum refining; computer-chip manufacturing and beverage carbonation; fiber-optics and steel making, and aerospace, chemicals and water treatment. During the year ended December 31, 2009, 94% of sales were generated in four geographic segments (North America, Europe, South America and Asia).

AMB Property Corporation (Public, NYSE:AMB) increased 2.25%, to close at $31.34 and its overall traded volume was 1.39M shares during the last session against its average volume of 1.64M. AMB opened the day at $30.75, it made an intraday low of $30.66 and an intraday high of $31.42. The stock has a 52 week low of $21.80 and 52 week high of $32.18. AMB’s market capitalization is 5.28B and it has 168.39M outstanding shares.

About AMB Property Corporation (Public, NYSE:AMB)
AMB Property Corporation is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust. The Company is a global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, focused on hub and gateway distribution markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The Company’s business is conducted through AMB Property, L.P. (the Operating Partnership). As of December 31, 2009, the Company owned, or had investments in, on a consolidated basis or through unconsolidated joint ventures, properties and development projects expected to total approximately 155.1 million square feet (14.4 million square meters) in 47 markets within 14 countries. As of December 31, 2009, the parent company owned an approximate 97.8% general partnership interest in the operating partnership, excluding preferred units. On July 18, 2008, the Operating Partnership acquired the remaining equity interest (approximately 42%) in AMB Property Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (AMB Property Mexico).

Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (Public, NYSE:PCL) increased 1.99%, to close at $36.30 and its overall traded volume was 1.39M shares during the last session against its average volume of 1.58M. PCL opened the day at $35.80, it made an intraday low of $35.65 and an intraday high of $36.33. The stock has a 52 week low of $33.11 and 52 week high of $43.75. PCL’s market capitalization is 5.87B and it has 161.61M outstanding shares.

About Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (Public, NYSE:PCL)
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (Plum Creek) is a private timberland owner in the United States. As of December 31, 2009, Plum Creek owned 7 million acres of timberlands located in 19 states. The Company’s timberlands are diversified, not only geographically, but also by species mix and age distribution. Plum Creek manages its timberlands in two business segments: the Northern Resources Segment, consisting of timberlands in Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin, and the Southern Resources Segment, consisting of timberlands in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. In addition, the Company’s Other Segment includes its natural resource businesses that focus on opportunities relating to mineral extraction, natural gas production and communication and transportation rights of way resulting from its property ownership.

AEGON N.V. (ADR) (Public, NYSE:AEG) decreased -0.84%, to close at $5.93 and its overall traded volume was 1.39M shares during the last session against its average volume of 982,172.00. AEG opened the day at $6.00, it made an intraday low of $5.92 and an intraday high of $6.02. The stock has a 52 week low of $5.05 and 52 week high of $7.42. AEG’s market capitalization is 10.13B and it has 1.71B outstanding shares.

About AEGON N.V. (ADR) (Public, NYSE:AEG)
AEGON N.V. (AEGON) is a holding company. The Company is a provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management. AEGON’s businesses focus on life insurance, pensions and investment products. AEGON is also engaged in accident, supplemental health, general insurance, and some limited banking activities. The Company operates in four segments: the Americas, which include the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil; the Netherlands; the United Kingdom, and Other Countries, which includes Hungary, Spain, China, Poland, India and a number of other countries. In June 2009, AEGON acquired a 50% interest in BT-AEGON (Romania), a pension fund management company. In May 2009, AEGON completed the acquisition of a 50% (non-controlling) interest in Mongeral SA Seguros e Previdência (Brazil). On August 31, 2009, AEGON completed the sale of its Taiwanese life insurance business to Zhongwie Company Ltd. In April 2010, it completed the sale of its funeral insurance business in the Netherlands.