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                                        2000 REVENUES    CHANGE
COMPANY     LOCATION         SECTOR      (millions)     FROM 1999



ACCENTURE   Chicago          Services     $10,300          10%



SEAGATE     Scotts Valley,   Comp.        6,600           -2
            Calif.



SAIC        San Diego        Services     5,900            7



GRAYBAR     Clayton, Mo.     Distrib.     5,200            21
ELECTRIC



SYNNEX      Fremont,         Contr.       3,700            24
            Calif.



BLOOMBERG   New York         Services     2,500            25



DYNCORP     Fairfax, Va.     Services     1,800            29



KINGSTON    Fountain         Contr.       1,600            7
TECHNOLOGY  Valley, Calif.



COMARK      Bloomingdale,    Distrib.     1,560            1
            Ill.
SHI         Somerset, N.J.   Services     1,391            53






COMPANY       COMMENT



ACCENTURE     The newly named tech consulting and services company is on
              its own and doing just fine after splitting from its parent,
              Arthur Andersen.



SEAGATE       Bye-bye, public markets. The manufacturer of hard-disk drives
              thinks its private status will help its long-term planning,
              including possible acquisitions to drive growth.



SAIC          Government contracts for tech outsourcing services helped
              this former defense contractor grow during a tough year. And
              investment gains from its venture-capital arm helped profit
              more than triple, to $2.1 billion.



GRAYBAR       Age didn't slow this 132-year-old company. It continued to
ELECTRIC      grow on demand for its telecom and data equipment--copper
              cables, fiber-optic cables, and connectors.



SYNNEX        A contract manufacturer that distinguishes itself with its
              distribution system. A shakeout in the distribution sector
              during 2000 helped boost growth for survivors like Synnex.



BLOOMBERG     Provider of financial info over the Web keeps on growing.
              But uncertainty may lie ahead as founder Michael Bloomberg
              hands over the chairman's duties and embarks on a political
              career.



DYNCORP       The highflier that made its name in aircraft servicing won a
              $752 million contract to offer simulated training to the U.S.
              Army and Marine Corps.



KINGSTON      Dropped its networking and peripheral-products divisions in
TECHNOLOGY    April to focus on memory chips. Memory for high-end servers
              and workstations helped drive growth in 2000, despite a tough
              market.



COMARK        Resells hardware, software, and peripherals and provides
              e-business consulting services.



SHI           The 11-year-old company has leveraged the Internet to win
              procurement outsourcing contracts.






Data: OneSource Information Services, company reports, BusinessWeek