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1 Charles Schwab 402 39.7
2 Qualcomm 297 37.2
3 Corning 417 36.7
4 Calpine 318 33.8
5 XTO Energy 436 30.7
6 Devon Energy 221 29.7
7 Franklin Resources 389 28.6
8 Apache 262 28.2
9 Rockwell Automation 450 27.8
10 Microsoft 44 27.5
11 Occidental Petroleum 123 26.7
12 Altria Group 61 25.7
13 Google 150 25.3
14 Anadarko Petroleum 159 23.8
15 Oracle 137 23.7
16 El Paso 486 23.4
17 Halliburton 167 22.9
18 Medtronic 217 22.8
19 Liberty Media 275 22.3
20 Amgen 173 21.4
21 U.S. Bancorp 122 21.3
22 Qwest Communications 187 21.2
23 Cisco Systems 71 21.0
24 Coca-Cola 83 20.7
25 Wyeth 113 20.6
26 BlackRock 475 20.5
27 Federal-Mogul 355 20.4
28 Marsh & McLennan 220 20.4
29 MGM Mirage 323 20.3
30 Spectra Energy 487 20.2
31 Marshall & Ilsley Corp. 425 20.0
32 Chubb 180 19.9
33 Texas Instruments 185 19.2
34 Chesapeake Energy 324 18.6
35 Intel 60 18.2
36 PPL 346 17.8
37 Travelers Cos. 93 17.7
38 Applied Materials 270 17.6
39 Western Union 473 17.5
40 ProLogis 387 17.3
41 Johnson & Johnson 35 17.3
42 Pfizer 47 16.8
43 Stryker 401 16.7
44 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold 140 16.7
45 3M 100 16.7
46 Northwest Airlines 213 16.7
47 Owens-Illinois 314 16.5
48 BB&T Corp. 250 16.3
49 Dominion Resources 161 16.1
50 Eli Lilly 133 15.8
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