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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Companies With The Worst Press (6/13)

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News that a drought in west Texas could undermine oil and gas production hit Halliburton, Anadarko, and KBR.

Bank of New York Mellon was hit by negative coverage of a problem of how it handled mortgage securities paperwork

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
14 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. BK 23.544 +125  Government probes role in mortgage securities
18 Fannie Mae FNM 21.691 +553  Administration considers complete liquidation
22 Halliburton HAL 20.62 +135  Growing competition from Baker Hughes
25 Comerica CMA 20.181 +768  Federal Reserve may tighten capital rules
33 Raymond James Financial RJF 18.726 +651  Another potential victim of Fed rules
36 Anadarko Petroleum APC 18.533 +446  Drought threatens oil drilling in West Texas
42 KBR KBR 17.916 +341  More concern about Texas production
43 Lowe’s LOW 17.874 +645  Home retailer says it may have too many stores to serve weak market
45 Chevron CVX 17.696 +250  Pulls out of Black Sea drilling venture
49 Valassis Communications VCI 17.366 +113  Major challenge from Groupon

Data and ranking provided by the Flame Index.

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