'The Hoover's 50' for Week of January 15: At a Simmer
Thursday January 18 6:13am EST
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- No big movers and shakers stirred this week's Hoover's Top 50. There was some minor shuffling in the top 10, with Pacific Century CyberWorks losing its #1 spot to newcomer DEKA Research and Development Corp. Sony also debuted this week, at #3. News stories about the mysterious "Ginger" invention by DEKA's president Dean Kamen, and Sony's announcement to form a new semiconductor company out of three of its existing units could best explain both companies' first-time appearances on the Hoover's 50 list. No stranger to the list, Cisco Systems bounced up to #7 this week, from #18. BAE Systems tumbled out the #8 spot, down to #36.
The Hoover's 50 is a weekly list of the companies most often researched on the businessperson's portal Hoover's Online (www.hoovers.com) by more than 3 million regular users. Hoover's Online provides business information, tools and services to help people get their jobs done. The Top 50 list, accessed via powerize.com search, is derived by tracking users' searches of more than 10,000 brand-name sources, including 2,400 newspapers, magazines, journals and newswires.
Gilat Satellite Networks (22) entered the Hoover's Top 50 this week. General Electric owns 20% of the satellite earth station builder. Gilat has received attention for its decision to set up high-speed satellite communications networks for a string of Goodyear tire outlets and Friendly Ice Cream locations.
After making a recent layoff announcement, Motorola jumped from #36 to #16 this week.
The week's top 10 most researched companies: DEKA (1), Pacific Century CyberWorks (2), Sony (3), JDS Uniphase (4), Bio-Technology General (5), FuelCell Energy (6), Cisco Systems (7), Nokia (8), ECRM (9) and Wal-Mart (10).
The Hoover's 50 for Week of January 15, 2001
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