 Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations |
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Kansas
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1
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YRC Worldwide
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263
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8,741.6
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Overland Park
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2
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Seaboard
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652
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2,688.9
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Shawnee Mission
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3
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Payless Shoesource
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654
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2,667.3
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Topeka
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4
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Ferrellgas Partners
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853
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1,843.5
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Overland Park
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5
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Westar Energy
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936
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1,583.3
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Topeka
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Kentucky
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1
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Humana
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150
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14,418.1
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Louisville
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2
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Ashland
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239
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9,860.0
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Covington
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3
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Yum Brands
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257
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9,349.0
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Louisville
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4
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Omnicare
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406
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5,292.8
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Covington
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5
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Lexmark International
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415
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5,221.5
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Lexington
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6
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Kindred Healthcare
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498
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3,978.9
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Louisville
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7
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General Cable
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716
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2,380.8
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Highland Heights
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8
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Brown-Forman
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735
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2,312.0
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Louisville
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From the April 17th, 2006 issue
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| Most profitable companies |
| Women CEOs of FORTUNE 500 companies |
 There are more women running FORTUNE 500 companies this year than there were last year. Currently, 10 FORTUNE 500 companies are run by women (up from 9 last year), and a total of 20 FORTUNE 1000 companies have women in the top job (up from 19). (more) |
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