BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MARCH 29, 1999 ISSUE
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The Best in Profits Growth


TOP TEN (ONE-YEAR)

                            PERCENT INCREASE
EASTMAN KODAK                    27700%
McDERMOTT INTL.                   2430
LINCOLN NATIONAL                  2193
THE LIMITED                        845
FORTUNE BRANDS                     607
ENRON                              570
FRONTIER                           458
AMERICA ONLINE                     440
CVS                                418
LAIDLAW                            390


TOP TEN (THREE-YEAR)

                                   AVERAGE 
                               ANNUAL INCREASE
AMERICA ONLINE                     512.6%
McDERMOTT INTL.                    198.4
KIMBERLY-CLARK                     178.5
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS           119.7
FEDERATED DEPT. STORES             110.1
DARDEN RESTS.                       99.9
TJX                                 98.6
COMPUWARE                           96.1
AIRTOUCH COMM.                      80.8
US AIRWAYS GROUP                    80.0


DATA: STANDARD & POOR'S COMPUSTAT, A DIVISION OF THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES


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