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Rank Company 500 Rank 2008 $
1 International Assets Holding 140 245.44
2 Continental Airlines 167 145.15
3 Tenet Healthcare 283 92.17
4 Lear 195 68.23
5 Avis Budget Group 411 64.34
6 Global Partners 291 62.87
7 CB Richard Ellis Group 464 44.73
8 Sonic Automotive 337 39.45
9 Celanese 368 37.49
10 World Fuel Services 137 30.45
11 OfficeMax 313 28.51
12 AutoZone 380 28.40
13 AmerisourceBergen 26 26.05
14 Delta Air Lines 111 25.97
15 Pilgrim's Pride 304 24.24
16 Crosstex Energy 479 22.82
17 Dean Foods 216 22.31
18 Asbury Automotive Group 486 21.49
19 Pantry 317 20.75
20 Express Scripts 115 20.43
21 Enterprise GP Holdings 65 19.22
22 Dole Food 329 19.19
23 Goodyear Tire & Rubber 127 19.07
24 TravelCenters of America 332 19.04
25 YRC Worldwide 293 18.85
26 Brightpoint 496 18.59
27 Sunoco 41 18.17
28 Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea 360 16.65
29 McKesson 15 16.62
30 Hershey 463 16.13
31 Avon Products 255 15.84
32 ArvinMeritor 346 15.53
33 Penske Automotive Group 225 15.21
34 Lockheed Martin 54 14.91
35 Kroger 22 14.68
36 CH2M Hill 436 14.55
37 Dell 33 14.31
38 Rite Aid 100 14.27
39 Tech Data 102 14.00
40 Nash-Finch 492 14.00
41 Targa Resources 323 13.75
42 TRW Automotive Holdings 169 13.26
43 Western Refining 253 13.22
44 Sanmina-SCI 292 12.94
45 Ingram Micro 67 12.94
46 Land O'Lakes 224 12.32
47 NCR 446 12.08
48 Cardinal Health 18 11.76
49 Synnex 328 11.43
50 Sysco 62 11.01
Issue date: May 4, 2009
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