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The Monday Morning Memo

These are the 11 companies profiled in Good to Great (2001) and how they looked in 2010.

  1. Abbott Laboratories → Stock up 0%
  2. Circuit City → Bankrupt
  3. Fannie Mae → Placed in conservatorship
  4. Gillette → Bought by P&G
  5. Kimberly-Clark → Stock up 1%
  6. Kroger → Stock up 0%
  7. Nucor → Stock up 4-fold
  8. Philip Morris → Stock down 20%
  9. Pitney Bowes → Stock down 20%
  10. Walgreens → Stock up 0%
  11. Wells Fargo → Stock up 0%

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