Ejection Fraction (EF) is a measurement used by physicians to determine how well your heart is functioning. An EF is a percentage of blood that is pumped out of the heart during each beat. Ejection refers to the amount of blood that is pumped out of the heart's main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, during each heartbeat.
Mervyns was owned by Target Corp., for the most part under Target's previous incarnation as Dayton Hudson Corp., until 2004, when it was sold to a group of investors including Cerberus Capital Management and Sun Capital Partners.
Today, the coupleâs quirky enterprise is owned by the Clorox Company, a consumer products giant best known for making bleach, which bought it for $913 million in November. Clorox plans to turn Burtâs Bees into a mainstream American brand sold in big-box stores like Wal-Mart.