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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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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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An alphabetical index of all the most admired companies and contenders this year.
Paccar Motor Vehicles 6.14
Pactiv Packaging, Containers 7.37
Palm Computers 4.82
Parker Hannifin Industrial and Farm Equipment 6.24
Patterson Wholesalers: Health Care 5.74
Patterson-UTI Energy Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 5.45
Paychex Financial Data Services 6.45
Peabody Energy Mining, Crude-Oil Production 7.55
Penn National Gaming Hotels, Casinos, Resorts 5.88
Penske Automotive Group Automotive Retailing, Services 5.84
Pepsi Bottling Group Beverages 7.20
PepsiAmericas Beverages 5.82
PepsiCo Consumer Food Products 6.66
Performance Food Group Wholesalers: Food and Grocery 7.13
Perini Engineering, Construction 5.23
Perot Systems Information Technology Services 6.00
Peter Kiewit Sons' Engineering, Construction 6.20
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals 5.31
PG&E Corp. Electric and Gas Utilities 6.57
Phillips-Van Heusen Apparel 6.48
Pilgrim's Pride Food Production 6.79
Pitney Bowes Computers 5.33
Plains All American Pipeline Pipelines 6.93
Plum Creek Timber Forest and Paper Products 5.68
PNC Financial Services Group Superregional Banks 7.39
Polo Ralph Lauren Apparel 7.67
Potlatch Forest and Paper Products 4.91
PPG Industries Chemicals 5.40
Praxair Chemicals 6.34
Pride International Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 5.48
Principal Financial Insurance: Life and Health 6.70
Procter & Gamble Soaps and Cosmetics 8.20
Progressive Insurance: Property and Casualty 6.22
ProLogis Real Estate 8.09
Prudential Financial Insurance: Life and Health 6.69
PSS World Medical Wholesalers: Health Care 6.44
Public Service Enterprise Group Electric and Gas Utilities 6.85
Publix Super Markets Food and Drug Stores 7.58
Pulte Homes Homebuilders 5.22
From the March 17, 2008 issue

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