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Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations

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388 Safeco 6,208.8 707.8
55 Safeway 42,286.0 888.4
289 SAIC 9,041.0 415.0
625 Saks 3,282.6 47.5
769 Sally Beauty Holdings 2,513.8 44.5
561 SanDisk 3,896.4 218.4
255 Sanmina-SCI 10,384.3 -1,134.7
203 Sara Lee 13,179.0 504.0
904 Sauer-Danfoss 1,972.5 47.2
500 Scana 4,621.0 320.0
901 ScanSource 1,986.9 42.6
410 Henry Schein 6,001.3 215.2
212 Schering-Plough 12,690.0 -1,473.0
757 Schnitzer Steel Industries 2,572.3 131.3
841 Scholastic 2,179.1 60.9
944 A. Schulman 1,787.1 22.6
402 Charles Schwab 6,063.0 2,407.0
696 Scotts Miracle-Gro 2,871.8 113.4
768 E.W. Scripps 2,518.5 -1.6
639 Seaboard 3,213.3 181.3
494 Sealed Air 4,651.2 353.0
973 Sealy 1,702.1 79.4
45 Sears Holdings 50,703.0 826.0
700 Securian Financial Group 2,852.2 206.5
929 Selective Insurance Group 1,846.2 146.5
232 Sempra Energy 11,448.0 1,099.0
755 Sentry Insurance Group 2,587.8 305.5
808 Service Corp. International 2,327.9 247.7
609 ServiceMaster 3,431.2 -42.4
426 Shaw Group 5,723.7 -19.0
316 Sherwin-Williams 8,005.3 615.6
917 Sierra Health Services 1,909.7 94.1
592 Sierra Pacific Resources 3,601.0 197.3
882 Sigma-Aldrich 2,038.7 311.1
686 Silgan Holdings 2,923.0 122.8
585 Simon Property Group 3,650.8 491.2
552 Sirva 3,969.9 -412.7
616 SkyWest 3,374.3 159.2
286 SLM 9,171.1 -896.4
814 A.O. Smith 2,312.1 88.2
302 Smith International 8,764.3 647.1
222 Smithfield Foods 11,932.6 166.8
852 J.M. Smucker 2,148.0 157.2
334 Smurfit-Stone Container 7,420.0 -103.0
691 Snap-On 2,914.1 181.2
800 Solo Cup 2,353.3 68.2
593 Solutia 3,578.0 -208.0
298 Sonic Automotive 8,849.1 95.5
550 Sonoco Products 4,040.0 214.2
885 Source Interlink 2,031.7 -37.3
166 Southern 15,353.0 1,734.0
750 Southern Union 2,616.7 228.7
267 Southwest Airlines 9,861.0 645.0
851 Southwest Gas 2,152.1 83.2
469 Sovereign Bancorp 5,010.7 -1,349.3
774 Spansion 2,500.8 -263.5
797 Spartan Stores 2,370.4 25.2
487 Spectra Energy 4,742.0 957.0
740 Spectrum Brands 2,653.4 -596.7
891 Spherion 2,021.7 25.3
58 Sprint Nextel 40,146.0 -29,580.0
466 SPX 5,118.1 294.2
574 St. Jude Medical 3,779.3 559.0
727 StanCorp Financial 2,709.2 227.5
661 Standard Pacific 3,087.6 -767.3
506 Stanley Works 4,483.8 336.6
128 Staples 19,372.7 995.7
277 Starbucks 9,411.5 672.6
396 Starwood Hotels & Resorts 6,153.0 542.0
32 State Farm Insurance Cos. 61,611.6 5,463.7
225 State Street Corp. 11,818.0 1,261.0
584 Stater Bros. Holdings 3,674.4 49.4
517 Steel Dynamics 4,384.5 394.6
659 Steelcase 3,097.4 106.9
867 Stewart Information Services 2,106.7 -40.2
522 Levi Strauss 4,360.9 460.4
401 Stryker 6,107.9 1,017.4
988 Sun Healthcare Group 1,658.9 57.5
184 Sun Microsystems 13,873.0 473.0
472 SunGard Data Systems 4,901.0 -60.0
56 Sunoco 42,101.0 891.0
193 SunTrust Banks 13,464.6 1,634.0
675 Superior Essex 2,993.1 63.7
62 Supervalu 37,406.0 452.0
763 Susser Holdings 2,539.2 16.3
461 Symantec 5,199.4 404.4
350 Synnex 7,004.1 63.1
511 Synovus Financial Corp. 4,462.8 526.3
70 Sysco 35,042.1 1,001.1
713 Systemax 2,779.9 69.5
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