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To: tang who wrote (7208)	3/19/1999 7:50:00 PM
From: wdmak	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 41369

First "Barron's 500" Ranks Largest Companies By Total Return, ROI; America Online Places Number One NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1999--In an era when a company without any earnings can still have a rapidly rising stock price, the March 22nd edition of Barron's, on sale tomorrow, unveils the first annual Barron's 500 company rankings. Barron's 500 offers investors a new yardstick with which to demystify the market. Barron's rankings take the 500 biggest companies in terms of revenues, and then rate them giving equal weight to 12-month total return and return on investment (ROI). By integrating ROI into the formula, the ranking examines management performance apart from stock performance. The top spot of the first Barron's 500 was captured by America Online (AOL) whose ranking was well ahead of the pack. AOL's 12 month total return of 585.5% and relatively modest ROI of 13.8% yielded a rating almost twice that of second place Dell Computer Corporation. While Dell's total return was 251.5%, its ROI was substantially higher than AOL's at 59.4%. Barron's, the Dow Jones Business and Financial Weekly, focuses on the top five companies with in-depth analysis of each and interviews of key executives. After AOL and Dell, the next three companies are Best Buy, EMC Corp., and Apple Computer. In addition to the focus on the top five, there is also a section on Oxford Health Care, which rounds out the ratings at number 500. In addition to Barron's, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE:DJ) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and Interactive editions, SmartMoney magazine and other periodicals, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones Interactive, and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe, and also provides news content to CNBC in the United States. CONTACT: Dow Jones & Company, New York John Buskin, (212) 416-4454 dowjones.com