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Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) is a company offering financial advice and products. It is the successor to American Express Financial Advisors (AEFA), which was a subsidiary of the American Express Company. In 2005, American Express launched the spin-off of AEFA as an independent company.

The Charles Schwab Corporation NASDAQ: SCHW is one of the world's largest discount brokers. Schwab now offers the same services as traditional brokerages with much lower commissions and fees. Schwab serves some 7 million individual and institutional clients, with over $1.4 trillion in assets (as of Sept. 30, 2007), from some 300 offices in the U.S. Clients can also access its services via telephone, wireless device, and the Internet. Besides discount brokerage, the firm offers a wide range of investment research, mutual funds, annuities, bond trading, and now checking and mortgages through its Charles Schwab Bank.

Countrywide Financial Corporation (NYSE: CFC) is a diversified financial marketing and service holding company engaged primarily in residential mortgage banking and related businesses.

E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) is a financial services company based in New York, NY, United States. It is a holding company, the major business of which is an online discount stock brokerage service for self-directed investors. As a discount brokerage, it charges a smaller fee on each trade than a full-service broker. Investors can buy and sell securities such as stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds on E*TRADE's website, http://www.etrade.com. The company also offers banking and lending products such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, credit cards, and mortgages. (wikipedia)

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) is one of the oldest financial services firms in the world. The company, headquartered in New York City, is one of the leaders in investment banking, financial services, asset and wealth management and private equity. With assets of $1.4 trillion, JPMorgan Chase is currently the third largest banking institution in the United States,[1] behind Bank of America and Citigroup. The hedge fund unit of JPMorgan Chase is the largest hedge fund in the United States with $34 billion in assets as of 2007.[2] Formed in 2000 when Chase Manhattan Corporation acquired J.P. Morgan & Co., the firm serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and governmental clients.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services worldwide. The firm's world headquarters is located in New York City.

MetLife is the largest life insurer in the United States with more than $2 trillion of life insurance in force. A leader in savings and retirement products and services for individuals, small business, and large institutions. MetLife serves 88 of the Fortune 100 largest companies. It has a large global market in more than 12 countries.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is one of the largest and the most reputable investment banks and global financial services firm that serves a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley's world headquarter is in New York City[3], with regional headquarters in London[4] and Hong Kong[5].

Founded in 1948, Robert Half Finance & Accounting is the world's first and largest specialized financial recruitment service.

Samsung America Inc. is a global trading and investment company. It is a subsidiary of the Korean Conflomerate Group, Samsung Corporation.