Admiration for Apple

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Fortune Magazine announced their 2007 list of America’s Most Admired Companies, and the Top 20 has some personal notables. General Electric tops the list this year. Even with a diluted experience, Starbucks comes in at number 2 followed by Toyota at number 3. Apple and Google come in at the seventh and eighth spots. Microsoft is number 12. Costco is at 18 and Pepsi and Wal-Mart tied for the 19/20 spot.

I thought Google treated its employees well but the search engine giant came in at number 3 for People Management, beat out by FedEx (#1) and Procter & Gamble (#2).

In the field of Innovation, Apple led the way (and this is before the release of the iPhone!). Google was second, Nike in fifth place, and Starbucks rounding out the top 10.

Not surprisingly, Hawaii had no companies in the Most Admired List with Alexander & Baldwin getting a Contender status. California had top honors followed by New York and Texas. Other states with zero companies on the list are Alaska, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Hey aren’t most of these states members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC)??

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