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Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations

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1 General Electric 6 176,656.0 Fairfield
2 United Technologies 39 54,759.0 Hartford
3 Aetna 85 27,599.6 Hartford
4 Hartford Financial Services 95 25,916.0 Hartford
5 Xerox 144 17,228.0 Norwalk
6 Praxair 278 9,402.0 Danbury
7 Terex 287 9,137.7 Westport
8 Pitney Bowes 399 6,129.8 Stamford
9 Emcor Group 407 6,006.2 Norwalk
10 Northeast Utilities 419 5,823.5 Berlin
11 W.R. Berkley 433 5,553.6 Greenwich
12 Stanley Works 506 4,483.8 New Britain
13 Chemtura 557 3,926.0 Middlebury
14 United Rentals 580 3,731.0 Greenwich
15 Silgan Holdings 686 2,923.0 Stamford
16 Amphenol 702 2,851.0 Wallingford
17 United Natural Foods 717 2,754.3 Dayville
18 Crane 749 2,619.2 Stamford
19 Phoenix 756 2,572.8 Hartford
20 Hubbell 765 2,533.9 Orange
21 Citizens Communications 818 2,288.0 Stamford
22 IMS Health 840 2,192.6 Norwalk
23 Magellan Health Services 849 2,156.0 Avon
24 Applera 861 2,132.5 Norwalk
25 Cenveo 881 2,046.7 Stamford
26 Interactive Brokers Group 890 2,023.4 Greenwich
27 UST 919 1,893.2 Stamford
28 Knights of Columbus 967 1,739.9 New Haven
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