INCOME TODAY

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
INCOMETODAY!	SECURIAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	400 Robert Street North St. Paul MN 55101	INCOME TODAY!;Annuity underwriting; investment management of and distribution of annuities; issuance and administration of annuities;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

An apparatus and process (collectively the "system") for conducting and managing the primary offering of fixed income securities, specifically, but not exclusively, fixed rate municipal bonds at different prices for like maturities over electronic networks, particularly, but not exclusively, the Internet, is disclosed. A differential commission method for the distribution of primary market fixed income securities, including the steps of: (a) purchasing from an issuer, by an underwriter, at least one fixed income security on the primary market; (b) offering the at least one fixed income security to at least one investor; (c) setting, by a first offerer, a price, including a commission, for the at least one fixed income security; (d) setting, by a subsequent offerer, a different price, including a different commission, for the at least one fixed income security; and (e) purchasing, by the at least one investor, the at least one fixed income security. The system includes the steps of: (1) building and maintaining an inquiry database; (2) building and maintaining a syndicate inputs database; (3) comparing the inquiry database with the syndicate inputs database; and (4) identifying matches between the data in the inquiry and the syndicate inputs database.