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1. Eaton Vance Corp.
2. Analog Devices
3. RSA Security Inc.
4. EMC Corp.
5. Brooktrout Inc.
6. Biogen Inc.
7. Staples Inc.
8. Affiliated Managers
9. Millipore Corp.
10. State Street Corp.

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Ranked by absolute dollar change from loss to profit in one year.

Rank Company 1999 net
Income
(millions)
1998
loss
(millions)
Change
in income
(millions)
1 Boston Scientific Corp. $371.00 -$264.00 $635.00
2 Northeast Utilities $34.22 -$146.75 $180.97
3 LTX Corp. $25.04 -$85.91 $110.94
4 Stone & Webster Inc. $15.34 -$54.61 $69.94
5 Polaroid Corp. $8.70 -$51.00 $59.70
6 Genrad Inc. $47.49 -$9.07 $56.56
7 Primark Corp. $16.89 -$33.37 $50.26
8 Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. $18.12 -$26.18 $44.31
9 Banyan Systems Inc. $26.22 -$11.93 $38.16
10 Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. $25.15 -$11.31 $36.45
Company must have shown a gain from continuing operations in 1999 and a loss in 1998. Data compiled by COMPUSTAT.

 

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