Fastest Growing Small Companies

From Fortune Small Business:

Lists & Rankings: FSB 100: America’s fastest-growing small companies, 2007

America’s 100 fastest-growing small public companies. See the full results, plus top 25 companies by revenue growth, stock performance, and more

Lists for 2005 and 2006 are also available.

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Hot Growth Companies

From Business Week:

Lists & Rankings: Hot Growth Companies 2007

The companies on this list are among the most innovative and nimble players around. Our interactive table lets you dive into the numbers to explore the financial performance of the Hot Growth 100.

Want to compare the growth of the No. 1 ranked Hot Growth company to that of No. 100? Or sort the list to find out which company has the absolute highest three-year return on invested capital?
You can sort the list using numerous criteria including:
Location
Name
2006 Rank
12-Month Profits
3-Year Profits

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Green Power Partners

From the Environmental Protection Agency -

Lists & Rankings:

EPA’s National Top 25 Green Power Partners


1. PepsiCo
2. Wells Fargo & Co.
3. Whole Foods Market
4. U.S. Air Force
5. Johnson & Johnson
6. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
7. Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
8. Starbucks
9. DuPont Co.
10. U.S. Department of Energy
11. Vail Resorts Inc.
12. HSBC North America
13. Cisco Systems Inc.
14. Staples
15. New York University
16. The World Bank Group
17. University of Pennsylvania
18. IBM Corp.
19. U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
20. NatureWorks LLC
21. Sprint Nextel
22. Safeway Inc.
23. Pennsylvania State University
24. Kohl’s Department Stores
25. Nike Inc.

Fortune's Top Companies

From Fortune Magazine: Top Companies

Fortune 500, 2007

Top 10:

1. Wal-Mart Stores
2. Exxon Mobile
3. General Motor
4. Chevron
5. ConocoPhillips
6. General Electric
7. Ford Motor
8. Citigroup
9. Bank of America
10. American International Group

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Source: Fortune

See Also: Forbes 2000 (World’s Largest Public Companies)

Annual Capital Expenditures - 2005 Report

From the Census Deparment:


Capital Spending Up 10 Percent, Reaches $1.1 Trillion

Businesses invested $1.15 trillion in new and used structures and equipment in 2005, the largest increase since 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau reports.

The 2005 level surpassed the 2004 total of $1.04 trillion by 10 percent, according to the Annual Capital Expenditures: 2005 report, based on the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES).

The report can be accessed at: http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/ace-05.pdf
Spending on new structures and equipment accounted for almost $1.07 trillion or
93.2 percent of the 2005 total. Nearly two-thirds of this spending ($702.2 billion) went for new equipment, with the rest ($365.7 billion) allocated to new structures.

These and other findings are included in the report, which defines capital goods as business assets that have an expected use of more than one year and are usually depreciated. The report shows estimates of investment by all nonfarm businesses, including businesses with and without employees.

Best Corporate Citizens

100 Best Corporate Citizens 2007

Environmental responsibility. Corporate governance and ethics. Fairness toward employees. Accountability to local communities. Providing responsible products and service to customers. Maintaining a healthy rate of return for investors.
Those are just some of the challenges of responsible business in the 21st century, challenges that are being met head-on by the 100 companies listed.
These are the 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2007—companies that are proving that good corporate citizenship and good business go hand in hand.

Top 5

1) Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
2) Advanced Micro Devices
3) NIKE
4) Motorola
5) Intel
Google (29) and Microsoft (40) also made the list.

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+ 2006 Materials
Source: CRO (Corporate Responsibility Officer)