These were the top ten holdings, by total share value, of the East Setauket-based quantitative hedge fund Renaissance Technologies LLC, according to its most recent federal filing:

   1. Nokia Corp. $937 million
   2. Pfizer Inc. $639 million
   3. Cisco Sys Inc. $521 million
   4. Northgate Minerals Corp. $497 million
   5. General Electric Co. $449 million
   6. Microsoft Corp. $172 million
   7. Intel Corp. $100 million
   8. Sandisk Corp. $99.7 million
   9. Novo-Nordisk A.S. $98 million
  10. Qualcomm Inc. $97 million

By the way, despite the economy's downturn, Renaissance Technolgies is hiring at its East Setauket campus, its website says. Resumes to: careers@rentec.com.

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