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The world's top 20 brands; ICICI at no. 53

Last updated on: May 10, 2011 12:34 IST
Brand agency has rated top 100 companies.
A software giant has emerged as the world's most valuable brand surpassing search engine major Google, while one company from India features in the list of the top 100 global brands compiled by global agency Millward Brown.

Interestingly, the report says that with a rise of 27 per cent in brand value to $8.2 billion, India's Infosys was one of the most valuable technology brands in the world and is expected to soon rank among the top 100 most valuable global brands across all sectors.

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The world's top 20 brands; ICICI at no. 53

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ICICI is India's largest private bank.

ICICI Bank

Brand value 2011: $14,900 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 3 per cent

ICICI is India's largest private bank, with a network of nearly 3,000 branches and more than 6,000 ATMs in India and presence in 19 countries.

It has been ranked at 53 among top 100 brands.

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The world's top 20 brands; ICICI at no. 53

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Apple boss Steve Jobs.
1. Apple

Brand value: $153,285 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 84 per cent

Apple is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers.

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Larry Page (L) and Sergey Brin, founders of Google.
2. Google

Brand value: $111.498 million

Brand value change 2011-10: minus 2 per cent

Google is an American multinational public corporation invested in internet search, cloud computing and advertising technologies.

Google hosts and develops a number of internet-based services and products.

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The IBM headquarters in Paris.
3. IBM

Brand value: $111.849 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 17 per cent

IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.

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McDonald's is world's largest chain of hamburger fast-food restaurants.
4. McDonald's

Brand value: $81,016 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 23 per cent

McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast-food restaurants, serving more than 58 million customers daily.

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Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer
5. Microsoft

Brand value: $78,243 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 2 per cent

Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions.

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Coca-Cola manufactures non-alcoholic beverages.
6. Coca-Cola

Brand value: $73,752 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 8 per cent

Coca-Cola Company is a beverage retailer, manufacturer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups.

The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola.

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It is the largest provider of fixed telephony in the US.
7. AT&T

Brand value: $69,916 million

Brand value change 2011-10: N/A

AT&T is the largest provider of fixed telephony in the United States, and also provides broadband and subscription television services.

As of 2010, AT&T was the seventh-largest company in the United States by total revenue, as well as the fourth-largest non-oil company in the US.

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A saleswoman stands next to the Marlboro Mix 9 kreteks during its launch in Jakarta.
8. Marlboro

Brand value: $67,522 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 18 per cent

Marlboro is the largest selling brand of cigarettes in the world.

It is made by Philip Morris USA within the US, and by Philip Morris International outside the US.

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China Mobile chairman and CEO Wang Jianzhou (centre) rings the opening bell at the NYSE.
9. China Mobile

Brand value: $57,326 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 9 per cent

China Mobile Limited is a Chinese state-owned telecommunication company that provides mobile voice and multimedia services through its nationwide mobile telecommunications network, the largest of its kind in the world.

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Jeffrey R Immelt, chairman and chief executive of General Electric.
10. General Electric

Brand value: $50,318 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 12 per cent

GE operates through five segments: Energy Infrastructure, Technology Infrastructure, Capital Finance and Consumer and Industrial.

In 2010, Forbes ranked GE as the world's second-largest company after JPMorgan Chase.

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ICBC is the largest Chinese bank.
11. ICBC

Brand value: $44,440 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 1 per cent

ICBC is the largest Bank of China's 'Big Four' state-owned commercial banks (the other three being the Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, and China Construction Bank).

It was founded as a limited company on January 1, 1984.

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Vodafone is world's largest mobile telecom company.
12. Vodafone

Brand value: $43,647 million

Brand value change 2011-10: minus 2 per cent

Vodafone Group is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers.

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Verizon is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
13. Verizon

Brand value: $42,828 million

Brand value change 2011-10: N/A

Verizon Communications is a global broadband and telecommunications company and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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Amazon is largest online retailer in US.
14. Amazon.com

Brand value: $37,628 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 37 per cent

Amazon.com is a US-based multinational electronic commerce company.

It is the largest online retailer in the United States, with nearly three times the Internet sales revenue of the runner up, Staples, Inc, as of January 2010.

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Walmart was the largest public corporation in 2010 by revenue.
15. Walmart

Brand value: $37,277 million

Brand value change 2011-10: minus 5 per cent

Walmart is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores.

The company was the world's largest public corporation in 2010 by revenue.

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Wells Fargo is the fourth-largest bank in the US.
16. Wells Fargo

Brand value: $36,876 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 97 per cent

Wells Fargo is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world.

Wells Fargo is the fourth-largest bank in the US by assets and the second-largest bank by market capitalization.

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UPS is a package delivery company.
17. UPS

Brand value: $35,737 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 35 per cent

UPS is a package delivery company.

Headquartered in Georgia, United States, UPS delivers more than 15 million packages a day to 6.1 million customers in more than 220 countries and territories around the world.

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HP's brand value fell 11 per cent.
18. HP

Brand value: $35,404 million

Brand value change 2011-10: minus 11 per cent

HP was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, and is now one of the world's largest information technology companies, operating in nearly every country.

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It is the largest telecommunications company in Europe.
19. Deutsche Telekom

Brand value: $29,774 million

Brand value change 2011-10: N/A

Deutsche Telekom is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany.

It is the largest telecommunications company in Europe.

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Visa's value rose 15 per cent.
20. Visa

Brand value: $28,553 million

Brand value change 2011-10: 15 per cent

Visa is a global payments technology company headquartered in 595 Market Street in San Francisco, California.

It facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded credit card and debit cards.

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