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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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Nosedives

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

Rank Company 1999 net
loss
(millions)
1998 net
income
(millions)
Change in
income
(millions)
1 Millennium Pharmactcls Inc. -$379.90 $10.34 -$390.24
2 Thermo Electron Corp. -$14.58 $114.68 -$129.26
3 Thermo Ecotek Corp. -$59.51 $25.02 -$84.53
4 Summit Technology Inc. -$23.03 $36.73 -$59.76
5 Hologic Inc. -$8.65 $10.36 -$19.02
6 Mac-Gray Corp. -$5.55 $7.03 -$12.58
7 Excelon Corp. -$7.14 $4.82 -$11.97
8 Interleaf Inc. -$4.66 $7.27 -$11.93
9 Dynamics Research Corp. -$8.89 $0.49 -$9.38
10 Atlantic Data Services Inc. -$0.23 $9.00 -$9.23
Companies must have shown a loss from continuing operations in 1999 and a gain in 1998. Data compiled by COMPUSTAT.

 

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