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Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (Public, NYSE:NLY) increased 1.00%, to close at $18.26 and its overall traded volume was 11.37M shares during the last session against its average volume of 9.18M. NLY opened the day at $18.17, it made an intraday low of $18.13 and an intraday high of $18.32. The stock has a 52 week low of $14.09 and 52 week high of $18.99. NLY’s market capitalization is 11.36B and it has 621.88M outstanding shares.

About Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (Public, NYSE:NLY)
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (Annaly) owns, manages and finances a portfolio of real estate related investment securities, including mortgage pass-through certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), agency callable debentures, and other securities representing interests in the obligations backed by pools of mortgage loans. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries offer real estate, asset management and other financial services. Fixed Income Discount Advisory Company (FIDAC) and Merganser Capital Management, Inc. (Merganser) manage a number of investment vehicles and separate accounts for which they earn fee income. The Company’s subsidiary, RCap Securities Inc. (RCap) operates as a broker-dealer. In November 2010, the Company announced the formation of Shannon Funding LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary.

KeyCorp (Public, NYSE:KEY) decreased -0.12%, to close at $8.41 and its overall traded volume was 10.94M shares during the last session against its average volume of 13.66M. KEY opened the day at $8.43, it made an intraday low of $8.34 and an intraday high of $8.50. The stock has a 52 week low of $5.37 and 52 week high of $9.84. KEY’s market capitalization is 7.40B and it has 880.47M outstanding shares.

About KeyCorp (Public, NYSE:KEY)
KeyCorp is a bank holding company and a financial holding company. It is the parent holding company for KeyBank National Association (KeyBank), its principal subsidiary, through which its banking services are provided. Through KeyBank and certain other subsidiaries, the Company provides a range of retail and commercial banking, commercial leasing, investment management, consumer finance and investment banking products and services to individual, corporate and institutional clients, through two business groups: Community Banking and National Banking. As of December 31, 2009, the Company’s services were provided through KeyBank’s 1,007 full-service retail banking branches in 14 states, additional offices, a telephone banking call center services group and a network of 1,495 automated teller machines (ATMs) in 16 states. At December 31, 2009, the Company had consolidated assets of $93.3 billion.

Altria Group, Inc. (Public, NYSE:MO) increased 0.72%, to close at $25.17 and its overall traded volume was 10.76M shares during the last session against its average volume of 12.77M. MO opened the day at $25.06, it made an intraday low of $25.00 and an intraday high of $25.22. The stock has a 52 week low of $19.14 and 52 week high of $26.22. MO’s market capitalization is 52.55B and it has 2.09B outstanding shares.

About Altria Group, Inc. (Public, NYSE:MO)
Altria Group, Inc. is a holding company. As of December 31, 2009, Altria Group, Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiaries included Philip Morris USA Inc. (PM USA), which is engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and certain smokeless products in the United States; UST LLC (UST), which through its subsidiaries is engaged in the manufacture and sale of smokeless products and wine, and John Middleton Co. (Middleton), which is engaged in the manufacture and sale of machine-made large cigars and pipe tobacco. Philip Morris Capital Corporation (PMCC), another wholly owned subsidiary of Altria Group, Inc., maintains a portfolio of leveraged and direct finance leases. In addition, Altria Group, Inc. held a 27.3% economic and voting interest in SABMiller plc (SABMiller) as of December 31, 2009. On January 6, 2009, the Company acquired UST Inc. (UST), and its wine business, Ste. Michelle.

Merck & Co., Inc. (Public, NYSE:MRK) increased 0.05%, to close at $36.50 and its overall traded volume was 10.72M shares during the last session against its average volume of 17.43M. MRK opened the day at $36.66, it made an intraday low of $36.37 and an intraday high of $36.67. The stock has a 52 week low of $30.70 and 52 week high of $41.56. MRK’s market capitalization is 112.45B and it has 3.08B outstanding shares.

About Merck & Co., Inc. (Public, NYSE:MRK)
Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck) is a global health care company that delivers health solutions through its medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and consumer and animal products, which it markets directly and through its joint ventures. The Company’s operations are principally managed on a products basis. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products marketed either directly by the Company or through joint ventures. Human health pharmaceutical products consist of therapeutic and preventive agents, sold by prescription, for the treatment of human disorders. The Company sells these human health pharmaceutical products primarily to drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, government agencies and managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers and other institutions. On November 3, 2009, the Company and Schering-Plough Corporation (Schering-Plough) completed their merger.

The Procter & Gamble Company (Public, NYSE:PG) increased 0.25%, to close at $64.97 and its overall traded volume was 10.62M shares during the last session against its average volume of 10.04M. PG opened the day at $64.86, it made an intraday low of $64.67 and an intraday high of $65.31. The stock has a 52 week low of $39.37 and 52 week high of $65.31. PG’s market capitalization is 184.35B and it has 2.84B outstanding shares.

About The Procter & Gamble Company (Public, NYSE:PG)
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is focused on providing consumer packaged goods. The Company’s products are sold in more than 180 countries primarily through mass merchandisers, grocery stores, membership club stores, drug stores and high-frequency stores, the neighborhood stores, which serve many consumers in developing markets. It has on-the-ground operations in approximately 80 countries. As of June 30, 2010, P&G comprised of three Global Business Units (GBUs): Beauty and Grooming, Health and Well-Being and Household Care. Sales to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and its affiliates represent approximately 16% of its total revenue during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 (fiscal 2010). In October 2009, Warner Chilcott Plc completed the acquisition of the Company’s global branded prescription pharmaceutical business. In July 2010, Sara Lee Corporation completed the sale of its air care business to The Procter & Gamble Company.