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Tesla leads ‘smartest’ companies ranking; Apple, Facebook back on list

Electric car maker Tesla Motors (TSLA) moved up to No. 1 on Massachusetts Technology Review’s 2015 “smartest companies” ranking, as gene-sequencing firm Illumina (ILMN) slipped from first place to No. 3. Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB), neither of which made the 2014 smartest companies list, were back on in the 2015 ranking at Nos. 16 and 29, respectively. The ranking of 50 smartest companies includes technology and non-tech companies. Tesla had been No. 2 in 2014. The other tech companies in the 2015 top 10 were: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi at No. 2, Alibaba Group (BABA) No. 4, Tencent Holdings (TCEHY) No. 7, SolarCity (SCTY) No. 9 and Netflix (NFLX) at No. 10. Tech companies that made the list in 2015 but fell out of the top 10 included Google (GOOGL) and Amazon.com (AMZN). Techs that fell off the list this year included privately held Dropbox, Salesforce.com (CRM) and payments …

IBD 50 Stocks Illumina, Avago Tech In Buy Range

Two IBD 50 stocks are in buy range in the stock market today: Illumina (ILMN) and Avago Technologies (AVGO). Illumina has a highest-possible IBD Composite Rating of 99. On Monday, MIT put the maker of gene sequencing systems at the very top of its “smartest companies list,” which the university says highlights where important innovations are happening right now. Other companies that made the list include Tesla (TSLA), Google (GOOGL) and

Illumina tops MIT ‘smartest’ companies ranking; Apple, Facebook dissed

Apple (AAPL) didn’t make MIT’s “smartest companies” list, but emerging smartphone rival Xiaomi did. Gene mapper Illumina (ILMN) is tops among smartest companies, says the university, followed by electric car maker Tesla Motors (TSLA); Google (GOOGL); Samsung, another Apple rival; and cloud software provider Salesforce.com (CRM). How do editors at MIT’s Massachusetts Technology Review explain the rankings, which also pass over Facebook (FB)? Here’s how: “Familiar names such as Apple and Facebook aren’t on this list because reputation doesn’t matter. We’re highlighting where important innovations are happening right now,” wrote executive editor Brian Bergstein. “We didn’t count patents or Ph.D.s; instead, we asked whether a company had made strides in the past year that will define its field. The biggest of these strides happened at Illumina, which is driving down the price of DNA sequencing to levels that will change the practice of medicine.” Unlike the trailblazing iPhone, the…