One research company that has created a stock screen of dividend-growth stocks is Value Line, whose list includes stocks that are comparatively low-risk investment choices.

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But whether related to fiscal or technological innovation, brands that understand that real emotional connections can serve as a surrogate for added-value will always top the list.

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So, although the A-List companies are rarely value plays, we just might be catching inflection points.

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To compile our list of the most value-packed green cars, we used cost-of-ownership data from Vincentric, which is based in Bingham Farms, Mich.

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Rowe's funds, including Capital Appreciation and Mid-Cap Value, are on the Forbes Best Buys list.

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In the current list of 25 most valuable companies, the market value winners are all Swiss-based companies.

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While sellers focus on cramming an ever increasing laundry list of features into their products, buyers are looking for deeper, value-centric partnerships.

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Third Avenue Value Fund, run by Martin Whitman, 79, returns to the list after a one-year absence.

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McCaw, the ex-wife of telecom tycoon Craig McCaw, fell off the FORBES list in 2001 after the value of her stakes in Nextel and Nextlink plummeted.

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The second-highest-paid pitcher on our list, Johnson had a FPEN of 10.35, giving him a value differential of one.

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