 3M Company -
3M is a diversified manufacturer with one of the highest international presences of any multi-industry company. With products such as Post-It Notes and Scotch Tape as well as... read more |  Abbott Laboratories -
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) is the largest company in the nutritional products market and the second largest company in the worldwide market for diagnostic... read more |
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 Accenture -
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is a management and technology consulting firm. In addition to consulting clients on a range of management, operational and technological issues, Accenture... read more | |
| Acuity Brands -
Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) is the holding company for Acuity Brands Lighting, the world's largest manufacturer of lighting fixtures. Seventy percent of the company's... read more |
 Acxiom - Acxiom Corporation (NASDAQ:ACXM) is a data management and IT outsourcing company, earning revenue of $1.38 billion in fiscal 2008. Acxiom's products and services help clients such... read more |  ADC Telecommunications - ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADCT) manufactures fiber optic and coaxial cables, network connectors, and other physical components used in broadband... read more |
Adecco SA - Adecco SA (VTX:ADEN) is the largest staffing company in the world by revenue-- $33B in 2007.[1] Adecco provides temporary and permanent staffing for industrial, office,... read more | Adidas AG - adidas Group, the parent company of adidas, Reebok and TaylorMade Golf, is the world's second largest maker of athletic footwear, apparel and equipment by sales (2007). ... read more |
 Adobe Systems - Adobe Systems is a software company whose product portfolio includes several ubiquitous consumer technologies, including Flash for rich Internet applications and Acrobat... read more |  Advanced Medical Optics - As its ticker suggests, Advanced Medical Optics (EYE) manufactures medical devices for the eye. Its products range from simple contact lens cleaning solution to... read more |
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Aeropostale -
Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO) sells its own brand of apparel and accessories to the highly targeted--and highly fickle--14 to 17 year old demographic. The company sells its... read more | |
 Aetna -
Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) is the third largest healthcare provider in the United States. Based in Hartford, Connecticut, Aetna sells a wide range of health and life insurance products... read more |  Affymetrix - Affymetrix (NYSE: AFFX) is a biotechnology company that develops and markets research tools in the molecular biology field. Its main product line is the GeneChip microarray... read more |
 AFLAC - Aflac (NYSE:AFL-Founded in 1955 by three brothers (John, Paul, and Bill Amos), AFLAC is a health and life insurance company based in Columbus, Georgia with branches throughout the... read more1679 views |  AGCO - AGCO (NYSE: AG) is the 3rd largest manufacturer of agricultural equipment world-wide. The company makes products such as tractors and combines, and distributes its products through... read more |
 Agilent Technologies -
Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) is the world market leader in the test and measurement (T&M) business with 2006 sales of $5 billion. Its closest but distant... read more |  AGL Resources - AGL Resources operates gas utilities in Georgia and five other Eastern states. As a utilities operator, AGL's businesses are subject to government price regulations that vary... read more |
|  Airgas - Airgas sells gas, welding equipment, and safety supplies to manufacturers and end-users of industrial gases, which include chemical processors, the healthcare industry, and other... read more |
 Air Products and Chemicals - Air Products and Chemicals sells gases such as hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, and oxygen to industrial manufacturers and commercial end-users of industrial and... read more |  Akamai Technologies - Akamai Technologies (AKAM) helps companies speed up their websites by using Akamais own high-speed network to copy clients' websites to servers that are physically... read more |
Akeena Solar, Inc. - Akeena Solar designs and installs solar systems for residential and commercial customers. These systems use photovoltaic cells to convert sunlight into electricity,... read more | |
 Albemarle -
Albemarle (ALB) supplies chemicals used to produce fire retardant safety materials and petroleum products. With sales of $2.34 billion in 2007, Albemarle is the world leader in... read more |  Alberto-Culver Company - Alberto-Culver (NYSE: ACV) owns cosmetics brands such as Nexxus, TRESemme, Alberto VO5, and St. I'ves. Nexxus and TRESemme are responsible for the majority of the... read more |
 Alcatel-Lucent - Alcatel and Lucent merged in 2006 to create one of the largest telecommunications equipment vendors in the world ($16.2 billion in 2006 consolidated revenue). The merger... read more |  Alcoa -
Alcoa (AA) is the world's largest aluminum manufacturer. Although the company has researched a possible diversification of its product line into other metals such as titanium and... read more |
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Allergan (NYSE: AGN), maker of Botox, is a global specialty pharmaceutical company that researches, develops and manufactures prescription and over the counter specialty... read more |
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 Allied Waste Industries -
Allied Waste Industries (NYSE: AW) is the second largest trash company in the United States. The company operates a network of 161 transfer stations, 168 active... read more |  Allstate -
The Allstate Company (ALL) provides a range of insurance products to clients, including auto, homeowner and life insurance. In order to maintain margins in increasingly... read more |
 Alltel -
Alltel was taken private in November 2007 in a $27.5 billion buyout by Atlantis Holdings LLC, a holding company that consists of GS Capital Partners, a subsidiary of... read more |  Altera - Altera Corporation (ALTR) designs and manufactures programmable logic devices (PLDs) and application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) devices. A programmable logic device is an... read more |
 Altria Group - Altria Group (NYSE: MO) is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, the largest U.S. tobacco company. Altria also formerly owned Kraft Foods, but spun the company off in March... read more |  Amazon.com -
If Amazon’s 66 million active customers all lived in the same country, it would be the world’s 19th most populous country, larger than every European country except... read more |
| Ameren - Ameren (AEE) is an electric and natural gas utility in Illinois and Missouri. Like most utilities, Ameren is heavily regulated and may only raise its rates for certain groups of... read more |
| American Commercial Lines - American Commercial Lines (NYSE: ACLI) is the second largest owner and operator of cargo barges in the United States. It owns 14.8% of the country's dry inland... read more |
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 Amgen -
Amgen, the world’s first big biotech company (and, for a while, the largest), rode to prominence thanks to its drugs for treating anemia – a condition caused by the destruction... read more | |
Amsurg - AmSurg Corporation (AMSG) is a hospital operator that owns surgical centers throughout the U.S. It has 164 single-specialty and 12 multi-specialty ambulatory surgical centers... read more | |
 Anadarko Petroleum -
Anadarko Petroleum is an oil and gas company that produces primarily in the U.S. and Algeria. Its product is a commodity good, meaning that it is only differentiated... read more |  Analog Devices -
Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) is a leader in the design and production of high-performance analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing integrated circuits (ICs). The... read more |
 Anheuser-Busch Companies -
Anheuser-Busch generated gross sales of $19 billion and produced over 125 million barrels of beer in 2007[1], ranking it as the largest alcohol brewer in the... read more | |
 AnnTaylor Stores -
Ann Taylor Stores sells women's clothing in the United States and Puerto Rico under the names Ann Taylor, Ann Taylor Loft, and Ann Taylor Factory Store.
Through its... read more |  Apache - Exxon's trash is Apache's treasure. For an independent oil and gas producer, Apache Corporation has a unique strategy: buy up "depleted" reserves from the larger, integrated oil... read more |
|  Apollo Group - The Apollo Group's (NASDAQ:APOL) University of Phoenix is the largest for-profit university by enrollment. The University of Phoenix offers associate, bachelor's and doctoral... read more |
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 Applied Materials -
Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) is the world's leading supplier in the semiconductor equipment market. AMAT sells semiconductor fabrication tools to chip makers and... read more | |
 Arch Coal -
Arch Coal is the second largest coal dealer in the U.S. The company is part of the Powder River Basin oligopoly, where it can mine high quality coal at a low cost. For this... read more | Arden Group - Arden Group operates a chain of supermarkets in Southern California through its subsidiary Gelson's Markets. In fiscal year 2007, Arden managed 18 stores, earning $486... read more |
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 AstraZeneca -
AstraZeneca is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, with FY2006 sales of $26.5 billion and $4.4 billion in profits. AstraZeneca's wide-ranging portfolio of... read more |  AT&T - AT&T Inc. is one of the nation’s largest telecommunications companies. It provides landline, wireless, and directory services in the United States and internationally. Until... read more |
|  Atmos Energy - Atmos Energy is the largest gas utilities company in the U.S. The company operates gas utilities in 12 states: Texas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Colorado, Kansas,... read more |
|  Autodesk -
Autodesk sells Computer Aided Design (CAD) software, which is used by engineers and architects to mock up designs for products and buildings. While Autodesk's competitors sell... read more |
 Automatic Data Processing - Automatic Data Processing (ADP) processes payroll for 585,000 companies,[1] is responsible for paying 1-in-6 non-farm employees in the U.S.,[2] and produced 54... read more |  AutoNation -
AutoNation, Inc. sells new and used cars through its 331 franchises located primarily in U.S. metropolitan areas of the Sunbelt region (Southeast and Southwest United States).... read more |
 AutoZone -
AutoZone is the largest U.S. retailer of automotive parts and accessories to do-it-yourself (DIY) customers. Founded in 1979, the company operates over 4,000 stores, the vast... read more |  AvalonBay Communities -
AvalonBay Communities builds and rents apartment buildings in the U.S. The company focuses on developing upscale housing for higher-income families in 10 states and... read more |
| Avis Budget Group - Avis Budget Group is the largest publicly-traded car rental company in the U.S. It manages a fleet of approximately 410,000 cars and trucks through 6,700 locations and... read more |
 Avon Products -
Avon Products Inc. is the world's largest direct seller of beauty and personal care products. Avon products are marketed in 63 countries through over 5.3 million... read more |  AVX -
AVX Corporation manufactures and distributes passive electronic components that are used in all types of electronic devices ranging from cell phones and computers to automobiles.... read more |
Axis Capital Holdings - AXIS Capital was one of several insurance carriers formed to meet growing insurance capacity needs post 9/11, when many insurers fled the market and those in it... read more |  Baidu.com -
Touted as the Google of China, Baidu has risen to become the number one Chinese language search provider and the most trafficked website in China since its launch six years... read more |
|  Ball - Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) is a manufacturer of metal and plastic packaging for beverages and foods.[1] Most of Ball Corporation's customers are breweries and soft drink bottlers,... read more |
 Bank of America - Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) is one of the world's leading bank holding companies, with 2007 net interest and non-interest incomes of $34.4 billion and $31.8... read more | Bank of China -
Bank of China (HKG:3988) is a joint stock commercial bank, meaning it combines features of a partnership, with features of a corporation. It is one of four banks owned... read more999 views |
 Barclays -
Barclays (NYSE: BCS)(LON: BARC), based in London, is a leading global financial services firm, netting over $45 billion in revenue for 2007. The company is the top debt issuer in... read more |  Barnes & Noble - Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) is the largest bookseller in terms of sales in the United States. In 2007 B&N's sales topped $5.4 billion for the year, up nearly 3% from... read more |
Barnes Group -
Barnes Group (B) makes parts used in a range of manufacturing and industrial applications, from parts for jet engines to mechanical springs. The company's customers are found... read more |  Barr Pharmaceuticals -
Barr Pharmaceuticals is the parent company for Barr Laboratories and Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Through its two subsidiaries the company produces roughly 75... read more |
 Bausch & Lomb -
The private equity firm Warburg Pincus purchased Bausch & Lomb in 2007 for $65.00 per share. The Company specializes in eye health products, including contact lenses,... read more |  Baxter International -
Headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, Baxter International (NDAQ: BAX) is a global diversified medical products and services company with expertise in medical... read more |
 Bear Stearns Companies -
The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE:BSC) is a leading investment bank and provider of broker-dealer trading services. Through its three principal Capital... read more |  Bebe stores - Bebe Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEBE) produces and sells clothing and accessories to women between 21 and 35 years of age who follow the latest fashion trends. Sales of sweaters,... read more |
 Becton, Dickinson and Company -
Becton, Dickinson and Company(NYSE:BDX) is a leading hospital supply company with 2007 revenues of $6,360 million. BDX generates revenues through three... read more |  Bed Bath & Beyond - Bed Bath & Beyond Incorporated (NYSE: BBBY) is the leading U.S. decorative home furnishing and domestic merchandise company with approximately US$ 7.0 billion in... read more |
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Big 5 Sporting Goods - Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (NASDAQ: BGFV) sells sporting goods through its network of 363 stores in 11 states in the western U.S.A. On average, each store... read more |  Big Lots -
Big Lots is the third largest off-price retailer in the U.S. The company runs about 1400 stores in 47 states and focuses on obtaining "closeout" inventory from suppliers, which... read more |
|  BJ's Wholesale Club - BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE: BJ) sells food and general merchandise, including appliances and other household goods, in bulk and at heavily discounted prices.... read more |
| Blackboard - Blackboard designs and licenses course management software to schools in the United States. Blackboard's software lets instructors and students collaborate over the internet,... read more |
 BlackRock -
BlackRock, Inc. is a financial services firm that manages assets for both large institutional clients and private individual investors. In 2006, the company merged with... read more | |
