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W illiam Mitchell, chief executive of Long Island's largest company, the components distributor Arrow Electronics Inc. in Melville, thought he had seen the worst of times when the dot-com bubble burst in 2001 and stocks and companies tanked. But these...

Shares of NBTY Inc., one of the country's largest makers of nutritional supplements, plunged 20 percent in trading Wednesday, a day after the Hauppauge-based company reported a sharp drop in profits in its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Sept. 30,...

NBTY Inc. Shares of the nutritional supplements maker plunged almost 22 percent yesterday, a day after the Hauppauge-based company reported a sharp drop in profits in its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Sept. 30, compared with the same period last...

NBTY Inc., the Hauppauge-based nutritional supplement maker, said Wednesday it has swallowed another company -- the United Kingdom's largest independent specialty natural foods manufacturer -- for about $25 million. NBTY said it has acquired Julian...

NBTY Inc., one of the country's largest nutritional supplement makers, said Friday profits fell in its fiscal third quarter, but still beat analysts' estimates by two cents. Hauppauge-based NBTY, Long Island's eighth-largest company in terms of sales,...

It is not hard to see why Stanley Bergman, chief executive of Henry Schein Inc. of Melville, smiles a lot these days. Sales at the dental and medical equipment distributor were up 11.2 percent last year, and profits rose 17.2 percent. The company, Long...

Pall Corp. has seen plenty of growth in the past five years. As the East Hills-based filtration company made numerous acquisitions across the country, it simultaneously spread its reach across the globe. And Pall also has made a significant effort to move...

90 Orville Dr., Bohemia, 11716 631-567-9500 www.nbty.com Revenue: $1.8 billion Income: $71.2 million Stock: NTY (NYSE) Industry: Nutritional supplements CEO: Scott Rudolph Employees: 11,000; local, 2,384 Hoping to make new inroads in the health-...

90 Orville Dr., Bohemia, 11716 631-567-9500 www.nbty.com Revenue: $1.7 billion Profit: $97.7 million Stock: NTY (NYSE) Industry: Global manufacturer, distributor of nutritional supplements CEO: Scott Rudolph Employees: 10,700; local, 2,700 The...

Why an Island Elite 25? It's a matter of apples and oranges. When Newsday puts together the Top 100 list, we strive to make the list as directly comparable as possible, following the old rule of statistics that you want to compare apples to apples. And...

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