America's Most Admired Companies 2008

Fortune Magazine just released its annual list of America's Most Admired Companies. Many of these companies are industry leaders and have been able to stay competitive through their innovative marketing techniques, creative research & development, and ability to forecast the market. The following companies were ranked by Fortune Magazine and Hay Group who asked over 3,700 experts to list their top 10 most admired companies.

1. Apple
2. Berkshire Hathaway
3. General Electric
4. Google
5. Toyota Motors
6. Starbucks
7. FedEx
8. Procter & Gamble
9. Johnson & Johnson
10. Goldman Sachs
11. Target
12. Southwest Airlines
13. American Express
14. BMW
15. Costco
16. Microsoft
17. UPS
18. Cisco Systems
19. 3M
20. Nordstrom

For further information, please check out the full list at the link provided below.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostadmired/2008/companies/index.html

-james