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Monday, March 9, 2009

Top 50 most admired companies





For the 50 most admired companies overall, FORTUNE's survey asked businesspeople to vote for the companies that they admired most, from any industry.



RankCompany
1Apple
2Berkshire Hathaway
3Toyota Motor
4Google
5Johnson & Johnson
6Procter & Gamble
7*FedEx
7*Southwest Airlines
9General Electric
10Microsoft
11Wal-Mart Stores
12Coca-Cola
13Walt Disney
14Wells Fargo
15Goldman Sachs Group
16McDonald's
17IBM
183M
19Target
20J.P. Morgan Chase
21PepsiCo
22Costco Wholesale
23Nike
24Nordstrom
25Exxon Mobil
26Bank of America
27United Parcel Service
28BMW
29American Express
30Hewlett-Packard
31Cisco Systems
32Honda Motor
33Singapore Airlines
34Starbucks
35Caterpillar
36Intel
37Marriott International
38Nestlé
39Sony
40Boeing
41Deere
42Nokia
43Northwestern Mutual
44Best Buy
45General Mills
46Toyota Industries
47Lowe's
48AT&T
49Accenture
50Samsung Electronics


* This year companies whose industry scores are equal when rounded to two places will receive the same rank, i.e., they will tie. In cases of ties, companies are listed in alphabetical order.

Japan's Nikkei Index Closes at 26-Year Low

TOKYO Japan's benchmark Nikkei index has closed at a 26-year low, dragged down by relentless fears about the global economy and financial sector. The Nikkei 225 stock average on Monday lost 87.07 points, or 1.2 percent, to 7,086.03 — the lowest closing level since Oct. 6, 1982 when the index finished at 6,974.35. The broader Topix index fell 1.5 percent to 710.53, also setting a quarter-century low.

England feel Gayle's force

PORT OF SPAIN A gritty unbroken stand of 146 between Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brendan Nash took West Indies to 349-4, 197 behind after three days of the final Test. Resuming 454 adrift at 92-1, they lost run machine Ramnaresh Sarwan (14) who was debutant Amjad Khan's maiden scalp. Chris Gayle reached his 10th Test ton with a quick single but in doing so injured his hamstring and retired hurt. Captain Gayle led from the front before becoming the second player in the match to retire hurt after tearing his hamstring stretching to complete the quick single that brought up his 10th Test match century.Gayle will find out the extent of his injury on Monday after the results of an MRI scan, however early reports suggest he is a huge doubt to compete in the Twenty20 international between the two sides on March 15.

Game On! PML-Q sides with PPP on forming govt in Punjab

LAHORE Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has finally given his nod to Governor Salmaan Taseer for installing a PPP-PML-Q government in Punjab. Both the leaders also finalized modalities of the alliance in a meeting at Shujaat’s residence at Gulberg here on Sunday. According to a source in the Governor House, after the successful outcome of the meeting, Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf was given a go-ahead to declare ‘war’ on PML-N.  The meeting, which lasted for one-and-a-half-hour, was also attended by Pervaiz Ealhi and Moonis Elahi. The source further informed that the PPP-PML-Q alliance would initially be limited to Punjab. At least 10 ministries would be given to the PML-Q. Moonis Elahi will be the senior minister under the new setup.

N. Korea Threatens War if 'Satellite' Is Shot Down

SEOUL, South Korea  North Korea put its armed forces on standby for war Monday and threatened retaliation against anyone seeking to stop the regime from launching a satellite into space in the latest barrage of threats from the communist regime. The warning came as U.S. and South Korean troops kicked off their annual war games across the South, exercises the North has condemned as preparation for an invasion. Pyongyang last week threatened danger to South Korean passenger planes flying near its airspace during the drills. Analysts say the regime is trying to grab President Barack Obama's attention as his administration formulates its North Korea policy. The North also indicated it was pushing ahead with plans to fire a communications satellite into space, a provocative launch neighboring governments believe could be a cover for a missile test. U.S. and Japanese officials have suggested they could shoot down a North Korean missile if necessary, further incensing Pyongyang.

CM NWFP signed ‘Nizam-e-Adl’ summary

Pakistan, PESHAWAR Chief Minister NWFP Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has signed the summary of ‘Nizam-e-Adl’ on Monday, which is sent to governor. According to sources, chief minister has signed the documents of ‘Nizam-e-Adl’ agreement and sent it to the governor. The summary will send to president after approval of the governor. The ‘Nizam-e-Adl’ will be implemented in Malakand division after president’s signature.  Outlawed outfit Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi was pressurizing government for implementation of ‘Nizam Adl’ before March 15.