The complete list of the 1998 Business Week 50 follows:
The 1998 Business Week 50
Rank Company Ticker Location
1 Microsoft Corporation MSFT Redmond WA 2 Dell Computer Corporation [Nasdaq:DELL - news] DELL Round Rock TX 3 Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO San Jose CA 4 Intel Corporation [Nasdaq:INTC - news] INTC Santa Clara CA 5 Compaq Computer Corporation [NYSE:CPQ - news] CPQ Houston TX 6 MBNA Corporation [NYSE:KRB - news] KRB Wilmington DE 7 Tellabs, Inc. TLAB Lisle IL 8 EMC Corporation [NYSE:EMC - news] EMC Hopkinton MA 9 Computer Associates International CA Islandia NY 10 Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter DMWD New York NY 11 Schering-Plough Corporation [NYSE:SGP - news] SGP Madison NJ 12 Pfizer Inc [NYSE:PFE - news]. PFE New York NY 13 Applied Materials, Inc. AMAT Santa Clara CA 14 US Airways Group, Inc. U Arlington VA 15 Merck & Co., Inc. MRK Whitehouse Station NJ 16 Travelers Group Inc [NYSE:TRV - news]. TRV New York NY 17 Gap, Inc. GPS San Francisco CA 18 Schlumberger Limited SLB New York NY 19 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. MER New York NY 20 Sun Microsystems, Inc. SUNW Mountain View CA 21 The TJX Companies, Inc. TJX Framingham MA 22 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company [NYSE:BMY - news] BMY New York NY 23 HBO & Company HBOC Atlanta GA 24 The Chase Manhattan Corporation CMB New York NY 25 Conseco, Inc. CNC Carmel IN 26 MGIC Investment Corporation [NYSE:MTG - news] MTG Milwaukee WI 27 Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc. CCR Pasadena CA 28 Guidant Corporation [NYSE:GDT - news] GDT Indianapolis IN 29 PACCAR Inc PCAR Bellevue WA 30 Omnicom Group Inc [NYSE:OMC - news]. OMC New York NY 31 Northern Telecom Limited NT Brampton, Ontario, Canada 32 The Charles Schwab Corporation SCH San Francisco CA 33 The Progressive Corporation PGR Mayfield Village OH 34 SunAmerica Inc [NYSE:SAI - news]. SAI Los Angeles CA 35 State Street Corporation [NYSE:STT - news] STI Boston MA 36 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc [NYSE:LEH - news]. LEH New York NY 37 Parametric Technology Corporation [Nasdaq:PMTC - news] PTMC Waltham MA 38 The Gillette Company G Boston MA 39 CoreStates Financial Corp. CFL Philadelphia PA 40 Norwest Corp [NYSE:NOB - news]. NOB Minneapolis MN 41 General Electric Company GE Fairfield CT 42 Fannie Mae [NYSE:FNM - news] FNM Washington DC 43 Halliburton Company [NYSE:HAL - news] HAL Dallas TX 44 The Home Depot, Inc. HD Atlanta GA 45 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. FRE McLean VA 46 HealthSouth Corporation HRC Birmingham AL 47 Clear Channel Communications [NYSE:CCU - news], Inc. CCU San Antonio TX 48 Rite Aid Corporation [NYSE:RAD - news] RAD Camp Hill PA 49 The Allstate Corporation ALL Northbrook IL 50 NationsBank Corporation [NYSE:NB - news] NB Charlotte NC |