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Coca-Cola, UPS among most-admired companies

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March 3, 2011

Coca-Cola Co. and UPS are among the 50 most admired companies in the world, according to Fortune Magazine's ranking for 2011.

The ranking, based on a survey of business people, had Apple at the top of the list of the world's most admired companies. But Coca-Cola came in at No. 6 and UPS came in at No. 30. Both of the Georgia companies ranked No. 1 in their industries.

Other Georgia companies that scored at the top of their industries were Delta Air Lines, ranked No. 1 among airlines, and Southern Co., which ranked first among electric and gas utilities.

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