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Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations

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1 Goldman Sachs Group 20 87,968.0 26.8 11,599.0 21.6
2 Morgan Stanley 21 87,879.0 14.6 3,209.0 -57.1
3 Merrill Lynch 30 64,217.0 -9.0 -7,777.0 -203.7
4 Lehman Brothers Holdings 37 59,003.0 26.3 4,192.0 4.6
5 Bear Stearns 156 16,151.0 -2.4 233.0 -88.7
6 Franklin Resources 389 6,205.8 22.9 1,772.9 39.9
7 Charles Schwab 402 6,063.0 3.1 2,407.0 96.2
8 BlackRock 475 4,844.7 130.9 995.3 208.5
9 International Assets Holding 512 4,460.3 4240.5 -4.5 -229.8
10 Legg Mason 524 4,343.7 36.1 646.8 -43.5
11 NYSE Euronext 542 4,158.0 75.0 643.0 213.7
12 A.G. Edwards 655 3,126.1 13.6 331.4 39.0
13 Raymond James Financial 658 3,109.6 18.1 250.4 16.8
14 Jefferies Group 726 2,718.9 38.5 144.7 -29.7
15 TD Ameritrade 746 2,632.4 23.0 645.9 22.6
16 Nasdaq OMX Group 786 2,436.6 47.0 518.4 305.3
17 T. Rowe Price 831 2,233.1 22.7 670.6 26.6
18 E*Trade Financial 833 2,222.6 -42.2 -1,441.8 -329.3
19 Interactive Brokers Group 890 2,023.4 0.0 300.5 0.0
20 CME Group 959 1,756.1 61.1 658.5 61.7
1 Goldman Sachs Group 13.2 1.0 27.1
2 Morgan Stanley 3.7 0.3 10.3
3 Merrill Lynch -12.1 -0.8 -24.4
4 Lehman Brothers Holdings 7.1 0.6 18.6
5 Bear Stearns 1.4 0.1 2.0
6 Franklin Resources 28.6 17.8 24.2
7 Charles Schwab 39.7 5.7 64.5
8 BlackRock 20.5 4.4 8.6
9 International Assets Holding -0.1 -1.1 -12.6
10 Legg Mason 14.9 6.7 9.9
11 NYSE Euronext 15.5 3.9 6.9
12 A.G. Edwards 10.6 6.2 15.8
13 Raymond James Financial 8.1 1.5 14.2
14 Jefferies Group 5.3 0.5 8.2
15 TD Ameritrade 24.5 3.6 30.0
16 Nasdaq OMX Group 21.3 17.4 23.5
17 T. Rowe Price 30.0 21.1 24.1
18 E*Trade Financial -64.9 -2.5 -51.0
19 Interactive Brokers Group 14.9 0.9 73.6
20 CME Group 37.5 3.2 5.4
1 Goldman Sachs Group 0.0 0.0 8.6 30,522 15.3
2 Morgan Stanley 3.7 9.7 -20.6 48,256 -12.8
3 Merrill Lynch 0.0 5.3 -41.2 64,200 14.2
4 Lehman Brothers Holdings 19.9 18.5 -15.5 28,556 10.1
5 Bear Stearns -8.8 8.6 -45.3 14,153 4.3
6 Franklin Resources 15.2 11.2 4.3 8,700 8.8
7 Charles Schwab 24.5 11.7 40.1 13,300 7.3
8 BlackRock 0.0 0.0 45.0 5,952 16.4
9 International Assets Holding 0.0 24.0 -6.0 170 91.0
10 Legg Mason 19.7 15.6 -22.0 4,030 6.1
11 NYSE Euronext 0.0 0.0 -8.9 4,481 73.8
12 A.G. Edwards 7.1 0.0 0.0 15,338 -0.9
13 Raymond James Financial 8.8 12.0 9.1 2,784 4.3
14 Jefferies Group 3.3 21.2 -12.4 2,568 13.9
15 TD Ameritrade 29.0 26.8 24.0 3,882 -1.6
16 Nasdaq OMX Group 0.0 0.0 60.7 891 -0.8
17 T. Rowe Price 15.6 16.2 40.9 5,081 10.3
18 E*Trade Financial 0.0 -4.7 -84.2 3,800 -7.3
19 Interactive Brokers Group 0.0 0.0 0.0 675 0.0
20 CME Group 0.0 0.0 35.4 1,970 37.8
From the May 5, 2008 issue

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