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California 39
New York 38
Texas 32
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Most admired for people management
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Medco Health Solutions 1
BMW 1
Walt Disney 1
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Most admired for innovation
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Apple 1
Nike 1
Medco Health Solutions 1
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Industry champions
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Nestlé Consumer Food Products
BMW Motor Vehicles
McDonald's Food Services
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America's Most Admired Companies 

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An alphabetical index of all the most admired companies and contenders this year.
Baker Hughes Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 6.61
Ball Packaging, Containers 6.50
Bank of America Megabanks, Credit Card Cos. 7.38
Bank of New York Mellon Superregional Banks 7.49
BASF Chemicals 6.71
Baxter International Medical and Other Precision Equipment 6.74
Bayer Chemicals 6.33
BB&T Corp Superregional Banks 6.00
Bear Stearns Securities 5.05
Beazer Homes USA Homebuilders 3.56
Becton Dickinson Medical and Other Precision Equipment 7.22
Belo Publishing: Newspapers and Magazines 4.82
Bemis Packaging, Containers 6.45
Berkshire Hathaway Insurance: Property and Casualty 8.07
Bertelsmann Entertainment 7.11
Best Buy Specialty Retailers 7.45
BJ Services Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 6.29
Black & Decker Household Products 5.91
BlueLinx Holdings Wholesalers: Diversified 4.94
BMW Motor Vehicles 7.93
Boeing Aerospace and Defense 7.04
Boise Cascade Holdings Forest and Paper Products 5.29
Boston Scientific Medical and Other Precision Equipment 4.63
Boyd Gaming Hotels, Casinos, Resorts 6.51
BP Petroleum Refining 6.48
Bridgestone Motor Vehicle Parts 5.34
Brightpoint Wholesalers: Electronics 6.28
Brink's Diversified Outsourcing Services 5.44
Brinker International Food Services 6.85
Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals 5.44
British American Tobacco Tobacco 7.79
Broadcom Semiconductors 6.72
Brown-Forman Beverages 4.14
Bunge Food Production 7.08
Burger King Holdings Food Services 5.14
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroads 8.34
From the March 17, 2008 issue
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