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- FORTUNE MagazineMarch 11, 1991THE MOST ADMIRED & THE LEAST ADMIRED CORPORATIONS
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- THE MOST ADMIRED
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- Three drug companies rank in the top ten. By now Merck has
- squatter's rights on first place; Johnson & Johnson returns
- after four years; and Eli Lilly makes its debut.
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- LAST
- RANK YEAR COMPANY SCORE
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- 1 1 Merck 8.86
- Pharmaceuticals
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- 2 3 Rubbermaid 8.58
- Rubber and plastics products
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- 3 4 Proctor & Gamble 8.42
- Soaps, cosmetics
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- 4 6* Wal-Mart Stores 8.35
- Retailing
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- 5 6* PepsiCo 8.19
- Beverages
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- 6 8 Coca-Cola 8.12
- Beverages
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- 6 3 3M 8.12
- Scientific and photo equipment
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- 8 12 Johnson & Johnson 8.01
- Pharmaceuticals
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- 9 11 Boeing 7.92
- Aerospace
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- 10 29 Eli Lilly 7.90
- Pharmaceuticals
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- 10 13 Liz Claiborne 7.90
- Apparel
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- *Wal-Mart Stores and PepsiCo were tied in score last year.
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- THE LEAST ADMIRED
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- These days you would expect four of the bottom ten to be
- thrifts, but back again by popular demand are Wang,
- Continental Airlines, Unisys, LTV, and Control Data.
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- LAST
- RANK YEAR COMPANY SCORE
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- 306 --- Goldome 2.83
- Savings institutions
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- 305 270 Great American Bank 2.98
- Savings institutions
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- 304 288 CrossLand Savings 3.06
- Savings institutions
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- 303 304 Wang Laboratories 3.10
- Computers and office equipment
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- 302 302 Meritor Savings Bank (1) 3.16
- Savings institutions
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- 301 301 Continental Airlines Hold. (2) 3.33
- Transportation
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- 300 295 Mack Trucks (3) 3.40
- Motor vehicles and parts
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- 299 296 Unisys 3.57
- Computers and office equipment
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- 298 300 LTV 3.81
- Metals
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- 297 303 Control Data 4.00
- Computers and office equipment
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- (1) Name changed from Meritor Financial Group
- (2) Name changed from Texas Air
- (3) Acquired by Renault Vehicules Industriels SA, 10/4/90
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- Source:FORTUNE Magazine, March 11, 1991.
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