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The Sixteenth Annual 2005 Globe 100 | The Best of Massachusetts Business Index of coverage Globe 100 chart
1. Boston Scientific
2. Varian Semi Assoc.
3. Gillette Co.
4. Avid Tech
5. Investors Fncl
No. 6-10
Complete 2005 Globe 100 chart

Life sciences firms are kings of the hill
Aspen Technology endures profit plunge
NStar still delivers
State seeks a few good giants

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The bears

Ranked by one-year percent change in stock price.
RankCompanyPrice on March 31, 2005Price on March 31, 2004Change (%)
1 Ibis Technology Corp. $2.21 $11.64 -81.0
2 LTX Corp. $4.44 $15.07 -70.5
3 Avici Systems $4.30 $13.80 -68.8
4 Dyax Corp. $3.22 $10.29 -68.7
5 EPIX Pharmaceuticals $7.00 $20.75 -66.3
6 Quaker Fabric Corp. $3.25 $8.98 -63.5
7 Oscient Pharmaceuticals $2.34 $5.62 -58.4
8 Implant Sciences Corp. $5.95 $14.20 -58.1
9 Harvard Bioscience $3.89 $9.27 -58.0
10 Viisage Technology $3.37 $7.95 -57.6
11 Oxigene $4.08 $9.30 -56.1
12 Exact Sciences Corp. $3.57 $7.84 -54.5
13 Indevus Pharmaceuticals $2.78 $6.05 -54.1
14 Millennium Pharmaceuticals $8.42 $16.90 -50.2
15 3Com Corp. $3.56 $7.06 -49.6
16 Novell $5.96 $11.38 -47.6
17 Friendly Ice Cream Corp. $8.14 $15.45 -47.3
18 Kopin Corp. $3.07 $5.78 -46.9
19 Skyworks Solutions $6.35 $11.67 -45.6
20 Zoom Technologies $2.82 $5.10 -44.7
21 Zoll Medical Corp. $22.53 $39.76 -43.3
22 Brooktrout $11.25 $19.84 -43.3
23 BTU International $3.32 $5.80 -42.8
24 Edgewater Technology $4.17 $7.25 -42.5
25 NetScout Systems $4.45 $7.71 -42.3
NOTE: Company stock must have traded at $2 or higher per share on March 31, 2004, and company must have traded on March 31, 2005.
SOURCE: Standard&Poor's Compustat
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