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Top Ten
1. Analogic Corp.
2. State Street Corp.
3. BJ's Wholesale Club
4. Charles River Labs
5. Yankee Candle
6. Staples
7. Gillette
8. TJX Cos.
9. Kronos
10. Investors Fin. Svcs.
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Biggest profits
Ranked by absolute profit from continuing operations.

Rank Company 2002 net income
($ millions) % change
from 2001

1 FleetBoston Financial Corp. 1,506.0 60.0

2 Gillette Co. 1,209.0 32.9

3 State Street Corp. 1,015.0 61.6

4 Raytheon Co. 755.0 4,094.4

5 TJX Cos. 578.4 7.0

6 John Hancock Financial Services 499.5 -18.3

7 Staples 446.1 68.4

8 Boston Scientific Corp. 373.0 790.7

9 Biogen 199.1 -27.0

10 Thermo Electron Corp. 195.3 293.9

Data compiled by Compustat.