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50 that climbed
50 that stumbled
Company
500 Rank
2006 Rank
Rank gain
US Airways Group
216
424
+ 208
Hilton Hotels
296
464
+ 168
Chesapeake Energy
325
451
+ 126
Lincoln National
277
396
+ 119
National Oilwell Varco
333
452
+ 119
Google
241
353
+ 112
Freeport-McMoRan Cpr. & Gld
398
480
+ 82
Anadarko Petroleum
233
314
+ 81
eBay
383
458
+ 75
Bank of New York Co.
209
278
+ 69
Liberty Global
340
408
+ 68
Smith International
324
390
+ 66
Bear Stearns
138
202
+ 64
Jacobs Engineering Grp.
322
386
+ 64
Qualcomm
317
381
+ 64
PNC Financial Services Group
231
290
+ 59
Atmos Energy
372
430
+ 58
Marshall & Ilsley Corp.
441
499
+ 58
L-3 Communications
197
253
+ 56
Harrah's Entertainment
254
309
+ 55
Yahoo
357
412
+ 55
Phelps Dodge
206
260
+ 54
Omnicare
353
406
+ 53
CIT Group
335
384
+ 49
Affiliated Computer Svcs.
424
471
+ 47
FPL Group
148
195
+ 47
SLM
284
331
+ 47
CarMax
365
411
+ 46
State St. Corp.
263
307
+ 44
Applied Materials
274
317
+ 43
Mosaic
427
470
+ 43
Regions Financial
312
354
+ 42
Terex
314
355
+ 41
Wesco International
425
466
+ 41
Avnet
172
212
+ 40
Humana
110
150
+ 40
NVR
371
410
+ 39
Apple
121
159
+ 38
Boston Scientific
308
346
+ 38
Whole Foods Market
411
449
+ 38
Peter Kiewit Sons'
446
483
+ 37
Amazon.com
237
272
+ 35
Cablevision Systems
380
414
+ 34
Frontier Oil
462
496
+ 34
SunTrust Banks
183
217
+ 34
Capital One Financial
154
187
+ 33
Baker Hughes
278
310
+ 32
Countrywide Financial
91
122
+ 31
Arrow Electronics
179
209
+ 30
C.H. Robinson Worldwide
349
379
+ 30
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22
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36
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39,500
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22,876
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21,538
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Metals
70.0
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59.2
Telecommunications
48.1
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