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Slide Show: Europe's Top Performers Globe-straddling innnovators like Nokia and H&M along with some lesser-known names make up this year's list of Europe's best companies

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A look at 50 European companies at the top of their game

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Europe's Top Performers Go Global

Companies, such as retailers Inditex and H&M, are using the resiliency honed in famously inhospitable home markets to succeed overseas
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Slide Show: Europe's Top Performers

For Now, Deutsche Börse Wears the Crown

Last year the German stock exchange broke its losing streak with a couple of smart mergers, but it's being challenged by cheaper, faster electronic competitors

Nokia Delivers, but Cautions on Year

The handset maker comes to terms with the faltering economy and investors get skittish, but operating profits for the quarter were up

Reckitt Benckiser Cleans Up

Profits are high and the household cleaners giant is no longer content to rest in P&G's shadow. A move into health care products could boost sales even more
Slide Show: A Harvest of Household Names

Mining's Glittering Future

A booming market for commodities, and undervalued shares, are two reasons high-fliers BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto made it into the BW 50

Telenor: The Mobile Champ on Mute

The Norwegian telco has kept a low profile, but it's the seventh largest in the world and some consider it vastly undervalued

ASML: A Leading Nanotechnology Innovator

A dip in first-quarter earnings won't hold back the Dutch photolithography equipment maker, which will roll out new technology to produce even finer circuits

How We Picked the Top 50

A decade of refinement has gone into our method for picking Europe's top-performing companies

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