1.   Another place for data on companies are newspapers and magazines that rank companies according to various types of financial performance.

2.   This list ranked companies that make charitable contributions of a half million dollars or more.

3.   But a far different picture emerges when you rank the companies in terms of the change in their market values.

4.   Business Week and Forbes, for example, each year publish editions that rank companies by market value, sales, profits and assets.

5.   Citigroup was the low bidder, but evaluators ranked the company third for its ability to handle the technical demands of the job.

6.   Companies are ranked in descending order according to the percentage chain in same-store sales, or sales in stores open at least a year.

7.   Companies are ranked in descending order according to their same-store sales, or sales in stores open at least a year.

8.   Companies are ranked by ratios including price to earnings, price to book, price to sales and price to cash flow.

9.   Companies are ranked in descending order according to the percentage change in same-store sales, or sales in stores open at least a year.

10.   Companies are ranked in descending order according to the percentange chain in same-store sales, or sales in stores open at least a year.