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2. TJX
3. Perini
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5. Gillette
6. Staples
7. OneSource
8. Reebok
9. Bright Horizons
10. State Street
2002 Globe 100

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  Bulls
  1. Clean Harbors
  2. Hologic
  3. NMT Medical
  4. DeWolfe
  5. Indevus Pharm.
  Bears
  1. Sonus Networks
  2. Art Tech. Group
  3. Praecis Pharm.
  4. American Tower
  5. Dusa Pharmaceutical
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  1. Cytyc
  2. Polymedica Corp.
  3. Perini
  4. Tweeter
  5. Boston Private Fin.
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Most highly leveraged companies

Ranked by highest long-term debt to shareholders' equity.

Rank Company Long-term
debt ($ millions) Common equity
($ millions) Debt to
equity ratio

1 Nextera Enterprises Inc. 48.25 2.56 18.88

2 Akamai Technologies Inc. 300.11 17.23 17.41

3 HPSC Inc. 270.01 39.66 6.81

4 Abington Bancorp 205.66 39.15 5.25

5 Bostonfed Bancorp 481.00 93.39 5.15

6 Lionbridge Technologies Inc. 17.32 3.45 5.02

7 Applied Extrusion Technologies Inc. 279.57 74.69 3.74

8 CCBT Financial Cos. 389.31 115.32 3.38

9 Independent Bank Corp. 396.23 133.26 2.97

10 Sonesta International Hotels (class A) 74.12 27.22 2.72

NOTE: Company must have had 2001 sales of at least $25 million and have been a public company since Dec. 31, 2000. Data compiled by Compustat.