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Perini Construction
Acme Packet
What's old is profitable again
The top of the Globe 100

Cashing in

Riding a strong book of business swelled by more than $5 billion worth of Las Vegas casino and resort construction contracts, Perini Corp. roared into the Globe 100's top spot.
2007 companies
In with the old and in with the new
Providing a lift to the Massachusetts economy this year were guns, golf balls, and concrete.
Golfballs manufactured in New Bedford
no. 5 clean harbors
Pick-up tricks
For more than two decades, Clean Harbors has been proving that there's good money to be made in handling bad stuff.
Clean Harbors CEO Alan McKim
no. 9 staples
The paper chase
Staples has managed to achieve a certain level of cool for a fairly staid business founded on selling paper clips and other office basics.
Michael and Dwight in The Office
Globe 100 breakdown
Sales 50
2. Staples
3. TJX
Market Value 50
1. EMC
National 25
Acme Packet
Border crossings
As voice traffic moves to the Internet, Acme Packet helps carriers talk to each other.
No. 20 Bitstream
No. 22 State Street
Jonathan Kraft, Larry Fish, and Ted Kelly
Executive roundtable
A conversation about the opportunities and hurdles of doing business in China.
 CEO SURVEY: Bullish on themselves
Kristina Johnson
A work in progress
The number of women on corporate boards of directors is increasing, but slowly.
Rotary phone
Q&A Test your business knowledge
Was the telephone invented in the Bay State? Is Boston Market based here? Take the Globe 100 quiz.
Audio Globe 100 Survey Highlights
Reporter Peter J. Howe discusses highlights of the Globe 100 survey in this audio slideshow.
message boards
Michael Rhodin, IBM general manager
The national 25
These companies may call another state home, but they do a lot of business in Massachusetts.
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