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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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Medical Devices
Consumer Products
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Top employers

Ranked by worldwide workforce.
RankCompanyEmployees
1 TJX Cos. 113,000
2 Raytheon Co. 79,400
3 Staples 65,078
4 Gillette Co. 28,700
5 EMC Corp. 22,700
6 State Street Corp. 19,668
7 BJ's Wholesale Club 19,600
8 Boston Scientific Corp. 17,500
9 Bright Horizons Family Solutions 16,150
10 Iron Mountain 14,500
11 Friendly Ice Cream Corp. 14,500
12 Talbots 11,500
13 PerkinElmer 10,000
14 Thermo Electron Corp. 9,900
15 Reebok International Ltd. 9,102
16 Five Star Quality Care 9,000
17 UniFirst Corp. 9,000
18 Analog Devices 8,900
19 Keane 8,548
20 Charles River Laboratories International 8,000
21 Genzyme Corp. 7,100
22 Teradyne 6,200
23 Novell 6,186
24 Watts Water Technologies 5,700
25 Parexel International Corp. 4,875
26 Millipore Corp. 4,500
27 Cabot Corp. 4,300
28 Allmerica Financial Corp. 4,300
29 Biogen IDEC 4,266
30 Yankee Candle Co. 4,200
31 Skyworks Solutions 4,200
32 Waters Corp. 4,199
33 Clean Harbors 3,792
34 Tweeter Home Entertainment Group 3,671
35 NStar 3,100
36 Parametric Technology Corp. 3,042
37 J. Jill Group 3,041
38 Casual Male Retail Group 2,950
39 Investors Financial Services Corp. 2,778
40 Mestek 2,683
41 Quaker Fabric Corp. 2,509
42 Stride Rite Corp. 2,500
43 Kronos 2,500
44 Steinway Musical Instruments 2,386
45 MKS Instruments 2,319
46 Sapient Corp. 2,314
47 Commerce Group 2,101
48 Circor International 2,050
49 L.S. Starrett Co. 2,050
50 Avid Technology 2,014
SOURCE: Standard&Poor's Compustat
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