RIM Tops Fortune's List of Fastest Growing Companies August 30, 2009
The BBC reports that Research in Motion (RIM) - the company behind the popular Blackberry device - has topped Fortune's list of the fastest growing companies.
Canada-based RIM has come top of the magazine's latest annual guide to the 100 fastest-growing businesses.
In second place was US chipmaker Sigma Designs, with Chinese internet business Sohu.com coming in third.
Fortune rates a firm's growth on a combination of its profits, turnover and investment return over three years.
The BBC says RIM's profits have soared 84% over the past three years and its revenues have climbed 77%. Fortune's list of the 100 fastest growing companies can be found here.
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