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Cengage Learning Holdings II, Inc. is an education and technology company, which engages in the provision of content, print and digital teaching and learning solutions, software, and associated educational services. It operates through the following segments: Learning, Gale, and International. The Learning segment involves in producing a digital and print educational solutions and associated services for the academic, skills, and school markets. The Gale segment offers research platforms which provide access to original content, collections of primary source materials, and aggregated periodicals to learners at libraries, colleges, universities, schools, and businesses. The International segment consists of distributing educational solutions in academic disciplines. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Forrester Construction Co. provides commercial general construction services. It offers general contracting, preconstruction, construction management, design build, and sustainable construction services. The company was founded by David Forrester, Rick Forrester, and Scott Forrester in 1988 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Iridium Communications Inc. is the only satellite communications company that offers truly global voice and data communications coverage. A technology innovator and market leader, Iridium is advancing the way global enterprises conduct daily mission-critical activities through reliable, near real-time, communications services. Iridium's 66 low-Earth orbiting (LEO) cross-linked satellites – the world's largest commercial constellation – operate as a fully meshed network that is supported by multiple in-orbit spares. Reaching over oceans, through airways and across the Polar Regions, Iridium solutions are ideally suited for industries such as maritime, aviation, government/military, emergency/humanitarian services, mining, forestry, oil and gas, heavy equipment, transportation and utilities. Iridium provides service to subscribers from the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as other civil and government agencies around the world. Iridium sells its products, solutions and services through a network of service providers and value-added dealers. Iridium NEXT: Expanding the Possibilities Iridium is constantly finding new ways to expand possibilities, including our next-generation constellation, Iridium NEXT. Anticipated to begin launching in 2015, Iridium NEXT will bring enhanced and entirely new services and capabilities to our customers. Connecting People, Businesses and Organizations Iridium voice services are provided via various handsets and installed communications systems onboard ships, aircraft and land-based vehicles. Iridium's short burst data (SBD) transceiver, incorporated into an ever-increasing number of applications, provides data connections to every corner of the Earth, transferring location information, weather reports, email, or any other data requiring a reliable, global, two-way connection. Iridium proactively addresses new and emerging markets, with its most rapidly expanding business segment as the machine-to-machine (M2M) market and the two-way, satellite-based location, tracking and messaging market. Iridium OpenPort provides complete voice and data coverage for ships at sea over the world’s largest and only complete global commercial satellite constellation.