Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations |
Kansas
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1
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YRC Worldwide
|
263
|
8,741.6
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Overland Park
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2
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Seaboard
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652
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2,688.9
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Shawnee Mission
|
3
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Payless Shoesource
|
654
|
2,667.3
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Topeka
|
4
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Ferrellgas Partners
|
853
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1,843.5
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Overland Park
|
5
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Westar Energy
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936
|
1,583.3
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Topeka
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Kentucky
|
1
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Humana
|
150
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14,418.1
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Louisville
|
2
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Ashland
|
239
|
9,860.0
|
Covington
|
3
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Yum Brands
|
257
|
9,349.0
|
Louisville
|
4
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Omnicare
|
406
|
5,292.8
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Covington
|
5
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Lexmark International
|
415
|
5,221.5
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Lexington
|
6
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Kindred Healthcare
|
498
|
3,978.9
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Louisville
|
7
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General Cable
|
716
|
2,380.8
|
Highland Heights
|
8
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Brown-Forman
|
735
|
2,312.0
|
Louisville
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From the April 17th, 2006 issue
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Most profitable companies |
Women CEOs of FORTUNE 500 companies |
There are more women running FORTUNE 500 companies this year than there were last year. Currently, 10 FORTUNE 500 companies are run by women (up from 9 last year), and a total of 20 FORTUNE 1000 companies have women in the top job (up from 19). (more) |
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