Black Box Corporation Named Among BusinessWeek's Top 200 IT Companies.Business Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 2002 Black Box Corporation (Nasdaq:BBOX) today announced its inclusion in the BusinessWeek BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 (as The Business Week) under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing company at the time. Online bi-annual Information Technology 200. Black Box was ranked 188 in a survey that examined approximately 10,000 publicly traded companies publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. . To qualify, a company must have annual sales of at least $300 million. In addition, companies were divided into eight industry categories, such as hardware, software, and semiconductors. Companies were also ranked according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. four criteria: shareholder return, return on equity, revenue growth, and total revenues. Last year, Black Box reported revenues of $744 million and net income of $62 million. Commenting on BusinessWeek's ranking, Black Box Chief Executive Officer Fred (Friendly Rollabout Engineered for Doctors) A mobile medical conferencing unit. See videoconferencing. 1. FRED - Robert Carr. Language used by Framework, Ashton-Tate. 2. C. Young said, "It's an honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. to be among such select companies. Our accomplishments were especially noteworthy despite the business climate over the last year." Mr. Young added, "Black Box is focused on continued success. We have the business plan and the team on board to take us forward." Black Box is the world's largest technical services company dedicated to designing, building, and maintaining today's complicated network infrastructure systems. Black Box services clients of all sizes in 132 countries throughout the world. |
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