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Best companies by state
State No. of most admired cos.
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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The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Our survey partners at Hay Group started with the FORTUNE 1,000... More

America's Most Admired Companies 

Industry: Computers
Most Admired
1 Apple 7.42
2 IBM 7.25
3 Hewlett-Packard 7.06
4 Xerox 6.48
5 Sun Microsystems 6.39
6 Canon 6.33
Contenders
7 NCR 6.05
8 Dell 5.58
9 Pitney Bowes 5.33
10 Lenovo Group 5.05
11 Palm 4.82
From the March 17, 2008 issue
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