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Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. provided health insurance services. It offered health and medical plans and pharmacy products for seniors, employer groups, families, and individuals. The company was founded by Terry O. Hartshorn in 1975 and was headquartered in Cypress, CA.

MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. engages in the provision of financial services. It operates through the following segments: Regional Bank, U.S. Wholesale and Investment Banking, Transaction Banking, MUFG Securities Americas, and Other. The Regional Bank segment offers products and services to individual and business customers through consumer banking, commercial banking, real estate industries, wealth markets, and PurePoint financial. The U.S. Wholesale and Investment Banking segment delivers general corporate credit and structured credit services, including project finance, leasing and equipment finance, commercial finance, funds finance, and securitizations. The Transaction Banking segment includes working capital management and asset servicing solutions, such as deposits and treasury management, trade finance, and institutional trust and custody. The MUFG Securities Americas segment refers to the broker-dealer subsidiary which engages in capital markets origination transactions, private placements, collateralized financings, securities borrowing and lending transactions, and domestic and foreign debt and equity securities transactions. The Other segment consists of MUFG fund services, markets, Asian corporate banking, and corporate treasury. The company was founded in April 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MUFG Union Bank, NA (dba Union Bank) is a private banking firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1953 and in 2021 they became a subsidiary of MUFG Americas Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8306) in Japan. Union Bank provides an array of financial services to wealthy individuals & families, executives, professional service firms, and mission-driven organizations.

Smithsonian National Museum of American History is a museum. It collects, preserves, and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific, and military history. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

US Small Business Administration provides funding and support to entrepreneurs and small businesses. It delivers loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses. The firm’s programs include financial and federal contract procurement assistance, management assistance, and specialized outreach to women, minorities and armed forces veterans. It also provides loans to victims of natural disasters and specialized advice and assistance in international trade. The company delivers its services to people throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands and Guam. US Small Business Administration was founded on July 30, 1953 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The National Trust For Historic Preservation provides leadership, education, advocacy and resources to save America's historic places. The firm helps revitalize neighborhoods, communities, and spark economic development and promote environmental sustainability. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Elmhurst Hospital Center provides general health and nursing home care services. It offers women's and children's health services, ambulatory care, behavioral health, social works and other specialty services. The company was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in Elmhurst, NY.

San Francisco Symphony provides symphony orchestra presentations. The firm enriches, serves, and shapes cultural life throughout the spectrum of bay area communities. It offers performer’s series, south bay, organ and chorus concerts, open rehearsals, chamber music, youth orchestra concerts, family-friendly concerts and special events. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Union Bank has served the Oklahoma City metro area's banking needs for more than 50 years. And now, through its Rose Rock Bank division operates banks in five other Oklahoma communities. It serves the needs and caters to the economic strengths of the communities they serve. Through their associates, it strives to provide a high level of personal and professional customer service in a community bank setting while maintaining their commitment to personal integrity, customer service and community involvement. It offers a wide variety of consumer checking account plans. Whether a student looking to start a new account, or looking for a checking account with a combination of competitive interest with no check writing limitations, it has the account what customers looking for. This variety allows customers to choose the features that most suit their needs. Union Bank offers business checking and savings plans for every size of business account. Business accounts are available for corporations, unincorporated associations, limited liability companies, partnerships, sole proprietorships and fiduciaries.

Oportun, Inc. provides consumer financial services. The firm focuses on offering unsecured credit to under-banked Hispanic families that lack FICO scores, credit histories, and traditional banking relationships. It provides loans without collateral to clients who lack credit history by using its sophisticated risk-scoring system that emphasizes a client's true capacity to afford a loan and engages with customers in their neighborhoods, in their language and with familiar faces from the community to build relationships of trust that lead to a lifetime of growth and prosperity. The company was founded by James Gutierrez and Gabriel Manjarrez in 2005 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Zoosk, Inc. engages in the provision of online social dating network services. It specializes in behavioral matchmaking technology. The company was founded by Shayan Ghazizadeh Zadeh and Alex Mehr in 2007 and is headquartered in Lehi, UT.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum is based in Washington and offers a vast collection of American art, including a Photograph Study Collection with almost a quarter million negatives, photographs, and slides documenting American art from the late 1800s to the mid-20th century. The museum is home to one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of American art globally, showcasing the rise of untrained artists in the 20th century and their personal journeys.