# Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Nokia - Among Top 10 Brands for 2006

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**Created:** [August 7, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-ibm-intel-nokia-among-top-10-brands-for-2006/196372 "2006-08-07T22:42:44Z")\
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[[U]http://bwnt.businessweek.com/brand/2006/[/U]](http://bwnt.businessweek.com/brand/2006/)

A brief snippet of how the brand value is determined:

> To even qualify for the list, each brand must derive about a third of its earnings outside its home country, be recognizable outside of its base of customers, and have publicly available marketing and financial data.

:beam: