| Index of coverage | Top Ten 1. Teradyne Inc. 2. Analog Devices Inc. 3. LTX Corp. 4. EMC Corp. 5. Helix Tech. Corp. 6. ACT Manufacturing 7. Millipore Corp. 8. Talbots Inc. 9. Cytyc Corp. 10. FleetBoston Year's Best Company of year Highest Market Value Fastest Growth Biggest Stock Gain Comeback of the Year Highest Sales Contents Overall performance Banking Biotech Growth   1. ACT Manuf.   2. Provant Inc.   3. Analog Devices   4. Sapient Corp.   5. Foilmark Inc. Bulls and Bears   Bulls   1. J. Jill Group   2. Inverness Medical   3. Reebok Intl.   4. Bostonfed Bancorp   5. John Hancock   Bears   1. Aztec Tech.   2. Engage Inc.   3. CMGI Inc.   4. Telaxis Comm.   5. NaviSite Inc. Employment IPOs Profitability Sales The Globe 100 Market value 100 Sales 100 Return on equity 100 Growth 50 Highest leveraged Top employers Most productive Industry summary Biggest profits Biggest losses The Bulls The Bears Top profit margins Debt-free companies Street's darlings Street's wallflowers 2000 Mass. IPOs Recoveries Nose Dives All the charts for this year's Globe 100    | 2000 Globe 100 | Search the Globe: Today Yesterday

2. ENGAGE INC. Hot no longer 5/22/2001     BEARS & BULLS Old economy companies led Bay State Bulls The shining lights of the local investment world were companies that sell sneakers, blood tests, clothes for middle-age women, and life insurance. Continued THE BULLS 1. J. Jill Group 2. Inverness Medical Tech. 3. Reebok Intl. 4. Bostonfed Bancorp 5. John Hancock Financial THE BEARS 1. Aztec Tech. Partners 2. Engage Inc. 3. CMGI Inc. 4. Telaxis Communications 5. NaviSite Inc. The Bulls The Bears All the charts nce hot, now not, Engage has gone the way of many dot-com companies in the last year and a half. In 1999, the Internet advertising firm was one of the top initial public offerings in Massachusetts, ranking 15th in last year's Globe 100 IPO list, with a 154.37 percent increase in price to $38.16. Now, the price is hovering around $1, and the company makes this year's Globe 100 list of bears. Based on year-to-year comparisons, Engage's stock price fell from $38.16 on March 31, 2000, to 72 cents on March 31 this year, for a 98.116 percent drop. That put the Andover-based firm second on the list, behind Aztec Technology Partners Inc. Mark Horan, director of corporate communications, said in an interview that the company has taken steps to turn things around. ''We took some pretty strong measures to restructure the company and refocus,'' Horan said. ''We have a goal of being profitable in the fall of this year.'' He pointed to company earnings statements, which show $119.8 million in cash as of July 2000, the recent acquisition of MediaBridge Technologies, which expands the company's focus to software products, and a 26 percent reduction in worldwide work force. ''We're now very focused on growing revenue in very specific areas,'' Horan said. The company has offices from Andover to London to Tokyo, and serves 10,000 marketers, retailers, newspapers, and other firms in more than 40 countries. Engage allows companies to manage their merchandising and advertising and to profile Internet users who view ads online. DOLORES KONG

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