You just bought the asset-gatherers like Merrill, Travelers, then Primerica and Franklin Resources, as well as SunAmerica.

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When I look at the big investment pools in the country -- Magellan, Vanguard and Franklin Resources, nobodys outperforming.

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The stock is held in large percentage interests by several major institutions, including Wells Fargo (10.9%), Fidelity (4.96%), Franklin Resources (6.3%) and the Bass Family, among others.

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Franklin Resources is a global investment management organization.

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Among the largest underlying components of VIG, in trading today Lowes Companies Incorporated ( NYSE: LOW) is up about 1%, Franklin Resources Incorporated ( NYSE: BEN) is up about 0.5%, and Illinois Tool Works Incorporated ( NYSE: ITW) is higher by about 1.4%.

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"Much of the world's population in North America, Europe, most of China and large portions of Russia live near temperate forests, so what happens in these forests has global importance, " said Jerry Franklin, a professor of forest resources at the University of Washington whose work was instrumental in maintaining the research plots.

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Shirley Franklin, the mayor of Atlanta, bleakly predicts that litigation will divert resources from fighting crime.

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