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The 2003 Globe 100
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Born again
Ranked by absolute dollar change from loss to profit in one year.
| Rank |
Company |
2002 net Income (millions) |
2001 loss (millions) |
Change in income (millions) |
| 1 | Boston Scientific Corp. | 373.0 | -54.0 | 427.0 |
| 2 | Nstar | 161.7 | -2.4 | 164.1 |
| 3 | Nextera Enterprises | 4.3 | -119.4 | 123.7 |
| 4 | Iron Mountain | 67.0 | -32.2 | 99.3 |
| 5 | Avid Technology | 3.0 | -38.1 | 41.1 |
| 6 | ScanSoft | 6.3 | -16.9 | 23.2 |
| 7 | Signal Technology Corp. | 16.1 | -2.4 | 18.6 |
| 8 | Hologic | 0.8 | -15.7 | 16.5 |
| 9 | Concord Communications | 2.2 | -11.2 | 13.4 |
| 10 | Dusa Pharmaceuticals | 5.8 | -7.4 | 13.1 |
| Company must have shown a gain from continuing operations in 2002 and a loss in 2001. Data compiled by Compustat. |
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