Here are, according to the AlixPartners Brand Power Index are the 15 most powerful brands today.
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Sony Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue of $68.39 billion (as of 2006) based in Minato, Tokyo
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Johnson & Johnson is a global American pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500.
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Kraft Foods Inc is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second largest in the world after Nestlé SA.
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Procter & Gamble Co is an American global corporation based in Cincinnati, Ohio that manufactures a wide range of consumer goods. Its European Headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Campbell Soup Company (also known as Campbell's) is a well-known American producer of canned soups and related products. Campbell's products are sold in 120 countries around the world. It is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.
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Toyota Motor Corporation or Toyota is a Japanese multinational corporation and the world's largest automaker by sales revenue as of the first sales quarter of 2007 (in front of General Motors).
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Dell Inc. an American computer-hardware company based in Round Rock, Texas, develops, manufactures, sells and supports personal computers, servers, data storage devices, network switches, personal digital assistants (PDAs), software, televisions, computer peripherals and certain other products.
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General Mills is a Fortune 500 corporation, mainly concerned with food products, which is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. The company markets such brands as Betty Crocker, Progresso, Yoplait, Old El Paso, and Pillsbury, as well as numerous well-known breakfast cereals
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The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is currently the world's largest information technology corporation (by revenue) and is known worldwide for its printers, personal computers and related services.
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10

Tylenol is a popular American brand of drugs for relieving pain, reducing fever, and relieving the symptoms of allergies, cold, cough, and the flu.
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