This year it will be four centuries since Galileo discoveredJupiter's four largesatellites, at a stroke quintuplingthenumberofmoons then known to humanity.
That doesn't sound like much, but it's enough to offset the cost of a quintupling of wirelessnetwork usage, according to Thomas Lee, wireless analyst at Salomon Smith Barney.
We gave special honors to Philweb of the Philippines (top profitability, based on operating income as a share of sales), to Royal Ceramics Lanka of Sri Lanka (return on investment, a near quintupling) and to E-House (China), the real-estate brokerage, for overall best composite score.