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An alphabetical index of all the Most Admired companies and contenders this year.
Company Industry Overall score
BAE Systems Aerospace and Defense 5.73
Ball Packaging, Containers 6.35
Bank of America Megabanks 6.69
Bank of New York Mellon Superregional Banks (U.S.) 6.78
Baosteel Group Metals 6.94
BASF Chemicals 7.06
Baxter International Medical and Other Precision Equipment 6.71
Bayer Chemicals 5.53
BB&T Corp Superregional Banks (U.S.) 5.53
BearingPoint Infotech Services 3.42
Becton Dickinson Medical and Other Precision Equipment 6.78
Bemis Packaging, Containers 5.99
Berkshire Hathaway Insurance: Property and Casualty 7.78
Bertelsmann Entertainment 6.79
Best Buy Specialty Retailers 6.63
BG Group Mining, Crude-Oil Production 5.78
BHP Billiton Mining, Crude-Oil Production 5.90
Black & Decker Household Products 5.55
BlackRock Securities 7.21
Blackstone Group Securities 5.36
BlueLinx Holdings Wholesalers: Diversified 5.50
BMW Motor Vehicles 6.50
BNP Paribas Megabanks 4.89
Bob Evans Farms Food Services 4.89
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals 5.68
Boeing Aerospace and Defense 6.67
Boise Cascade Holdings Forest and Paper Products 3.96
Bombardier Aerospace and Defense 5.47
Boston Scientific Medical and Other Precision Equipment 4.57
Bouygues Engineering, Construction 6.31
BP Petroleum Refining 6.84
Bridgestone Motor Vehicle Parts 5.64
Brightpoint Wholesalers: Electronics 6.60
Brink's Diversified Outsourcing Services 5.02
Brinker International Food Services 6.03
British Airways Airlines 5.77
British American Tobacco Tobacco 7.71
BT Telecommunications 6.46
Bunge Food Production 7.00
Burger King Holdings Food Services 5.85
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroads 7.54
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