#9 Yahoo:

Net Income: Gained $ 3.7 billion through the period January to September.

Revenue Growth: -1 percent fall from Q1 to Q3 in 2012 over Q1 to Q3 in 2011

Stock Performance: Was lying between 0 and -50 percent category of value index, recorded on the first day of trading in 2012

Overall Performance: 12 out of 30 (On 10 point scale; Net Income: 6, Revenue Growth: 1, Stock Performance: 5)

Yahoo came second in this list with respect to its overall performance. The company from a long time was on the down hill run, with plunging market value. With the new CEO, Marissa Mayer, and her attempts to revive the company, it seems Yahoo got a new breather.  

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#8 Amazon.com:  

Net Income: lost $137 million through the period January to September.

Revenue Growth: 27 percent growth from Q1 to Q3 in 2012 over Q1 to Q3 in 2011

Stock Performance: Was in +50 percent category of value index recorded on the first day of trading in 2012

Overall Performance: 13 out of 30 (On 10 point scale; Net Income: 1, Revenue Growth: 4, Stock Performance: 8)

Amazon.com, an American multinational electronic commerce company, is the world's largest online retailer. The company also produces consumer electronics like Amazon Kindle e-book reader and the Kindle Fire tablet computer. And it is a major provider of cloud computing services.