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Am & M Financial Services is a Pittsford, NY-based company in the Financial Services sector.
Our Mission: To promote a fair, orderly and efficient corporate loan market and provide leadership in advancing the interests of all market participants. Since 1995, the Loan Syndications and Trading Association has been dedicated to improving liquidity and transparency in the floating rate corporate loan market. As the principal advocate for this asset class, we aim to foster fair and consistent market practices to advance the interest of the marketplace as a whole and promote the highest degree of confidence for investors in floating rate corporate loans. The LSTA undertakes a variety of activities to foster the development of policies and market practices designed to promote just and equitable marketplace principles and to encourage coordination with firms facilitating transactions in loans and related claims. Building Consensus, Driving Change: The LSTA serves the public interest by providing a forum for market participants to jointly formulate market practices and influence the direction of the industry. By promulgating standard market practices and creating a better flow of information within the loan syndication and trading marketplace, we foster greater market efficiency and liquidity. The LSTA plays a pivotal role in monitoring and bringing consensus to this fast-growing and fast-changing asset class by acting as a forum for the analysis and discussion of issues and developments. The LSTA is a proud member of the SASB Alliance.
Genworth Financial is a leading Fortune 500® insurance holding company dedicated to helping people secure their financial lives, families and futures. Genworth has leadership positions in products and services that assist consumers in protecting themselves, investing for the future and planning for retirement -- including life insurance, long term care insurance, financial protection coverages, and independent advisor-based wealth management -- and mortgage insurance that helps consumers achieve home ownership while assisting lenders in managing their risk and capital. Our products and services are offered through financial intermediaries, advisors, independent distributors and sales specialists. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Genworth traces its roots back to 1871 and became a public company in 2004.
Merit Advisors is a Oklahoma City, OK-based company in the Financial Services sector.
Genetically modified foods (GM foods, or biotech foods) are foods produced from genetically modified organisms (GMOs), specifically, genetically modified crops. GMOs have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. These techniques are much more precise than mutagenesis (mutation breeding) where an organism is exposed to radiation or chemicals to create a non-specific but stable change. Other techniques by which humans modify food organisms include selective breeding and somaclonal variation. Commercial sale of genetically modified foods began in 1994, when Calgene first marketed its Flavr Savr delayed ripening tomato. Typically, genetically modified foods are transgenic plant products: soybean, corn, canola, and cotton seed oil. These may have been engineered for faster growth, resistance to pathogens, production of extra nutrients, or any other beneficial purpose. GM livestock have also been experimentally developed, although as of July 2010 none are currently on the market. While there is broad scientific consensus that food on the market derived from GM crops pose no greater risk to human health than conventional food, critics have objected to GM foods on several grounds, including safety issues,ecological concerns, and economic concerns raised by the fact GM plants (and potentially animals) that are food sources are subject to intellectual property law.