Google Leads Company-Reputation Poll as Berkshire Slips to No. 4
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Google Inc. led Harris Interactive’s annual poll of corporate reputations and Johnson & Johnson kept its No. 2 ranking after a year of product recalls.
The two companies beat Warren Buffett’s Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which fell from first place to fourth in the annual survey even as its score rose. While the public’s view of top banks improved, the financial industry still placed ahead of only tobacco companies.