Top 50 companies in the Chicago area by market capitalization

Abbott Labs
McDonald's
Kraft Foods
Baxter International
Exelon
Boeing
Potash
Walgreen
Archer-Daniels-Midland
Caterpillar
CME Group
Illinois Tool Works
Deere
Northern Trust
Aon
Allstate
Motorola
Sears Holdings
Sara Lee
W.W. Grainger
Equity Residential
Hospira
Stericycle
Fortune Brands
CF Industries
DeVry
Ventas
Discover Financial Services
Telephone and Data Systems
U.S. Cellular
CNH Global
NiSource
Hewitt Associates
Old Republic
CNA Financial
Molex
Navistar
Alberto-Culver
AptarGroup
Career Education
LKQ
Integrys Energy
Pactiv
Tellabs
Idex
Corn Products
Nalco Holdings
Arthur J. Gallagher
R.R. Donnelley
Morningstar

Useful information for your final presentation and term paper:

Annual report

Quarterly reports

Press releases

Newsletters

Company Web site

Proprietary resources through UIC as discussed in the online research workshop (NetID and password needed if accessed off-campus)