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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: The Companies With The Most Negative Press (6/7)
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Halliburton coverage moved negative after courts approved a class action suit by shareholders. GE and Capital One were hurt because of plans to buy ING Direct. An Airbus move to increase competition with Boeing drive negative press.
The Flame Index started as a research tool in 2008 at the NY Innovation Design Lab (nyidlab). It was used as a general metric to evaluate companies and their risk in the media. Publicly traded Fortune 500 companies are used as a measure to calculate an overall market of negative news and the companies are ranked within that market.
| Rank | Company | Ticker | Score | Change in Rank | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massey Energy | MEE | 70.907 | 0 | Finally sold, mine safety still issue |
| 2 | Halliburton | HAL | 62.453 | +214 | Shareholder class action suit gets green light |
| 3 | Alpha Natural Resources | ANR | 55.709 | -1 | Closes deal to buy troubled Massey |
| 4 | Sony Corporation | SNE | 49.423 | +6 | Playstation network still under attack |
| 5 | GOOG | 42.846 | +2 | Chinese hack Gmail? | |
| 6 | Boeing | BA | 37.216 | +33 | Rival Airbus may launch improved A350 |
| 7 | Bank of America Corp. | BOA | 35.629 | +16 | Concerns about mortgage portfolio |
| 8 | Goldman Sachs Group | GS | 35.4 | +9 | Federal government probe |
| 9 | Temple-Inland | TIN | 35.186 | +556 | International Paper takeover bid |
| 10 | Office Depot | ODP | 31.448 | +4 | May sales poor |
| 2 | Halliburton | HAL | 62.453 | +214 | Lawsuit worries |
| 9 | Temple-Inland | TIN | 35.186 | +556 | Rejects IP takeover bid |
| 15 | Capital One Financial | COF | 25.009 | +290 | May bid for ING Direct |
| 16 | American Eagle Outfitters | AEO | 24.81 | +211 | Worries about solvency |
| 19 | General Electric | GE | 24.612 | +607 | May join bid for ING Direct |
Data and ranking provided by the Flame Index.
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