Corn Products International, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, manufactures and supplies food ingredients and industrial products derived from the wet milling and processing of corn and other starch-based materials. It offers various sweetener products, such as fructose corn syrup, glucose corn syrups, maltose corn syrups, caramel color, dextrose, polyols, maltodextrins, and glucose and corn syrup solids; and starch-based products, including industrial and food-grade starches.

Gulf Ethanol Corporation engages in the purchase, marketing, sale, and distribution of ethanol. It supplies fuel-ethanol to North American marketplaces. The company primarily markets sugarcane-based ethanol to the CAFTA and CBI nations. Gulf Ethanol was incorporated in 2003. It was formerly known as Land Investors of America, Inc. and subsequently changed its name to U.S. Development Corporation.

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. produces and markets renewable fuels in the western United States. It produces and sells ethanol, and provides transportation, storage, and delivery services through third-party service providers in the western United States, primarily in California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, and Colorado. The company?s co-products include wet distillers grain (WDG). It sells ethanol to gasoline refining and distribution companies, and WDG to dairy operators and animal feed distributors. Pacific Ethanol was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Sacramento, California.

Pioneer Drilling Company, through its subsidiary, Pioneer Drilling Services, Ltd., provides contract land drilling services to oil and gas exploration and production companies in the United States. As of May 11, 2007, the company?s rig fleet consisted of 66 operating drilling rigs, of which 17 were operating in south Texas, 20 in east Texas, 10 in north Texas, 6 in western Oklahoma, and 13 in Rocky Mountain in Utah and north Dakota. In addition, it provides the drilling crews and ancillary equipment for operating its drilling rigs.

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Clean Energy Fuels Corp. provides natural gas as an alternative fuel for vehicle fleets in the United States and Canada. It designs, builds, finances, and operates fueling stations and supplies compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas. The company serves approximately 200 fleet customers operating through 13,000 natural gas vehicles in various markets, including public transit, refuse hauling, airports, taxis, and regional trucking. It owns, operates, and supplies 168 natural gas fueling stations. In addition, the company designs and constructs fueling stations and sells or leases the stations to its customers.

Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. develops autologous cell products for the repair or regeneration of multiple human tissues, based on its proprietary Tissue Repair Cell (TRC) technology. Its TRC-based products are a unique cell mixture containing stem and progenitor cell populations, produced from a small amount of bone marrow taken from the patient.

Forbes Medi-Tech, Inc. engages in the research, development, and commercialization of products for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and related diseases. The company develops cholesterol-lowering agents for use in pharmaceutical compounds, functional foods, and dietary supplements. Its lead drug candidate is FM-VP4, a cholesterol-lowering drug candidate, which completed a Phase II clinical trial in the United States. FM-VP4 is a prescription therapeutic for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease through the reduction of cholesterol.