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Teradyne, Inc. (Public, NYSE:TER) decreased -0.91%, to close at $14.15 and its overall traded volume was 2.50M shares during the last session against its average volume of 5.97M. TER opened the day at $14.33, it made an intraday low of $14.10 and an intraday high of $14.33. The stock has a 52 week low of $8.84 and 52 week high of $14.44. TER’s market capitalization is 2.57B and it has 181.40M outstanding shares.

About Teradyne, Inc. (Public, NYSE:TER)

Teradyne, Inc. (Teradyne) is a supplier of automatic test equipment. The Company designs, develops, manufactures and sells automatic test systems and solutions used to test complex electronics in the consumer electronics, automotive, computing, telecommunications, and aerospace and defense industries. The Company’s automatic test equipment products and services include semiconductor test (Semiconductor Test) systems and military/aerospace test (Mil/Aero) test instrumentation and systems, hard disk drive test (HDD) systems, circuit-board test and inspection (Commercial Board Test) systems and automotive diagnostic and test (Diagnostic Solutions) systems, collectively these products represent Systems Test Group.

The AES Corporation (Public, NYSE:AES) decreased -0.66%, to close at $12.09 and its overall traded volume was 2.48M shares during the last session against its average volume of 5.76M. AES opened the day at $12.18, it made an intraday low of $12.04 and an intraday high of $12.20. The stock has a 52 week low of $8.82 and 52 week high of $14.24. AES’s market capitalization is 9.53B and it has 788.10M outstanding shares.

About The AES Corporation (Public, NYSE:AES)

The AES Corporation (AES) is a global power company. As of December 31, 2009, AES owns a portfolio of electricity generation and distribution businesses on five continents in 29 countries, with total capacity of approximately 40,300 Megawatts (MW) and distribution networks serving over 11 million people. In addition, it has more than 2,200 MW under construction in six countries. AES owns and operates two primary types of businesses: Generation business and Utilities business. Generation business owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to wholesale customers, such as utilities and other intermediaries. Utilities business owns and/or operates utilities to distribute, transmit and sell electricity to customers in the residential, commercial, industrial and governmental sectors within a defined service area.

RAIT Financial Trust (Public, NYSE:RAS) increased 2.75%, to close at $2.24 and its overall traded volume was 2.48M shares during the last session against its average volume of 2.62M. RAS opened the day at $2.19, it made an intraday low of $2.11 and an intraday high of $2.24. The stock has a 52 week low of $1.01 and 52 week high of $4.75. RAS’s market capitalization is 221.56M and it has 98.91M outstanding shares.

About RAIT Financial Trust (Public, NYSE:RAS)

RAIT Financial Trust (RAIT) is a self-managed and self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company offers a set of debt financing options to the commercial real estate industry along with fixed income trading and advisory services. It also owns and manages a portfolio of commercial real estate properties and manages real estate-related assets for third parties. RAIT conducts its business through its subsidiaries, RAIT Partnership, L.P. and Taberna Realty Finance Trust, as well as through their respective subsidiaries. During the year ended December 31, 2009, RAIT disposed of its investments in six residential mortgage portfolios and four Taberna CDOs. On July 16, 2009, it sold its residential mortgage portfolio to an affiliate of Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P.

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (Public, NYSE:STJ) increased 0.05%, to close at $42.80 and its overall traded volume was 2.46M shares during the last session against its average volume of 2.99M. STJ opened the day at $42.75, it made an intraday low of $42.46 and an intraday high of $42.90. The stock has a 52 week low of $34.00 and 52 week high of $42.96. STJ’s market capitalization is 14.09B and it has 329.30M outstanding shares.

About St. Jude Medical, Inc. (Public, NYSE:STJ)

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (St. Jude) develops, manufactures and distributes cardiovascular medical devices for the global cardiac rhythm management, cardiology and cardiac surgery and atrial fibrillation therapy areas and neurostimulation medical devices for the management of chronic pain. It operates in four segments: Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM), Cardiovascular (CV), Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Neuromodulation (NMD). The Company’s principal products in each operating segment includes tachycardia implantable cardioverter defibrillator systems (ICDs) and bradycardia pacemaker systems (pacemakers) in CRM segment; vascular closure devices, heart valve replacement and repair products and pressure measurement guidewires in CV segment; electrophysiology (EP) introducers and catheters, advanced cardiac mapping, navigation and recording systems and ablation systems in AF segment, and neurostimulation devices in NMD segment. In July 2010, it acquired LightLab Imaging, Inc.

XL Group plc (Public, NYSE:XL) decreased -0.77%, to close at $22.03 and its overall traded volume was 2.46M shares during the last session against its average volume of 3.71M. XL opened the day at $22.13, it made an intraday low of $21.90 and an intraday high of $22.20. The stock has a 52 week low of $15.59 and 52 week high of $22.51. XL’s market capitalization is 7.12B and it has 323.23M outstanding shares.

About XL Group plc (Public, NYSE:XL)

XL Group plc (XL), through its subsidiaries, is a global insurance and reinsurance company providing property, casualty and specialty products to industrial, commercial and professional firms, insurance companies and other enterprises on a worldwide basis. The Company operates through three segments: Insurance, Reinsurance and Life Operations.