Fastest Growing Companies (Fortune magazine) 2012

FORBES FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES 2012

 

Top 100

Rank 6 Company Earnings growth Revenue growth Total return 1 Silver Wheaton 340% 76% 49% 2 Cirrus Logic 450% 39% 88% 3 Baidu 99% 72% 56% 4 HollyFrontier 93% 51% 64% 5 HFF 341% 41% 53% 6 lululemon athletica 81% 45% 109% 7 Northern Oil and Gas 122% 237% 36% 8 Apple 70% 52% 60% 9 IPG Photonics 100% 37% 58% 10 RPC 121% 38% 50% 11 Catamaran 52% 72% 98% 12 3D Systems 272% 26% 112% 13 Impax Laboratories 85% 43% 40% 14 priceline.com 66% 33% 81% 15 Coinstar 74% 43% 37% 16 Bridgepoint Education 187% 57% 9% 17 Alexion Pharmaceuticals 34% 43% 69% 18 American Equity Investment Life 87% 42% 27% 19 Epoch Holding 53% 41% 45% 20 51job 89% 25% 57% 21 Warner Chilcott 72% 51% 23% 22 Hi-Tech Pharmacal 69% 29% 54% 23 Pan American Silver 241% 44% -2% 24 ZAGG 71% 104% 17% 25 United Therapeutics 195% 42% 6% 26 Wynn Resorts 81% 26% 53% 27 Gulfport Energy 89% 26% 44% 28 Questcor Pharmaceuticals 32% 34% 120% 29 Pioneer Natural Resources 95% 23% 51% 30 TransGlobe Energy 40% 38% 50% 31 OYO Geospace 98% 22% 52% 32 Concho Resources 25% 63% 44% 33 MarketAxess Holdings 79% 27% 43% 34 Cliffs Natural Resources 71% 35% 28% 35 Green Mountain Coffee Roasters 78% 78% 3% 36 TPC Group 60% 24% 111% 37 Acme Packet 65% 43% 23% 38 TTM Technologies 105% 40% 6% 39 SciClone Pharmaceuticals 60% 32% 40% 40 Darling International 52% 37% 36% 41 MercadoLibre 59% 30% 42% 42 Hollysys Automation Technologies 110% 32% 14% 43 Opentable 81% 40% 14% 44 Triumph Group 28% 50% 42% 45 Netgear 131% 23% 34% 46 Medifast 59% 40% 20% 47 IAMGOLD 421% 28% 7% 48 Silvercorp Metals 48% 47% 18% 49 Ultratech 84% 25% 37% 50 Intuitive Surgical 41% 28% 50% 51 Under Armour 37% 27% 62% 52 VMware 37% 30% 49% 53 F5 Networks 54% 27% 42% 54 Gentex 83% 28% 24% 55 Coherent 325% 21% 28% 56 Steven Madden 45% 29% 41% 57 Riverbed Technology 85% 32% 12% 58 Ascena Retail Group 38% 33% 38% 59 Materion 86% 30% 0% 60 AmTrust Financial Services 28% 34% 40% 61 ExlService Holdings 53% 30% 30% 62 EZchip Semiconductor 43% 31% 35% 63 Grand Canyon Education 68% 37% 8% 64 BorgWarner 189% 20% 24% 65 Internet Initiative Japan 55% 25% 40% 66 Titan Machinery 33% 34% 34% 67 Rackspace Hosting 45% 25% 47% 68 Cymer 99% 21% 26% 69 Clean Harbors 43% 31% 28% 70 Whiting Petroleum 66% 25% 33% 71 Investors Bancorp 42% 38% 18% 72 NetApp 102% 24% 17% 73 Chipotle Mexican Grill 41% 20% 68% 74 Buenaventura Mining 53% 32% 18% 75 Lam Research 47% 37% 13% 76 SolarWinds 31% 30% 38% 77 Barrick Gold 90% 27% 5% 78 Broadcom 126% 23% 11% 79 East West Bancorp 31% 24% 55% 80 MWI Veterinary Supply 29% 28% 43% 81 NetEase 29% 41% 19% 82 IMAX 22% 28% 44% 83 SVB Financial 70% 23% 29% 84 AsiaInfo-Linkage 34% 51% -12% 85 Cognizant Technology Solutions 27% 32% 31% 86 Fossil 42% 21% 47% 87 Ebix 33% 32% 24% 88 Semtech 78% 25% 15% 89 3SBio 36% 33% 18% 90 Encore Capital Group 56% 23% 31% 91 Celgene 47% 30% 10% 92 HMS Holdings 25% 27% 35% 93 Tempur-Pedic International 62% 21% 21% 94 Southern Copper 49% 24% 23% 95 Rush Enterprises 63% 24% 11% 96 Affiliated Managers Group 40% 26% 0% 97 Vale 45% 29% 7% 98 Super Micro Computer 29% 28% 27% 99 Electro Rent 32% 26% 25% 100 Portfolio Recovery 31% 23% 33%

From the September 24, 2012 issue.

Tax Deductions when Looking for a Job

Job Search Expenses Can be Tax Deductible

Summertime is the season that often leads to major life decisions, such as buying a home, moving or a job change. If you are looking for a new job that is in the same line of work, you may be able to deduct some of your job hunting expenses on your federal income tax return.

Here are seven things the IRS wants you to know about deducting costs related to your job search:

1. To qualify for a deduction, your expenses must be spent on a job search in your current occupation. You may not deduct expenses you incur while looking for a job in a new occupation.

2. You can deduct employment and outplacement agency fees you pay while looking for a job in your present occupation. If your employer pays you back in a later year for employment agency fees, you must include the amount you received in your gross income, up to the amount of your tax benefit in the earlier year.

3. You can deduct amounts you spend for preparing and mailing copies of your résumé to prospective employers as long as you are looking for a new job in your present occupation.

4. If you travel to look for a new job in your present occupation, you may be able to deduct travel expenses to and from the area to which you travelled. You can only deduct the travel expenses if the trip is primarily to look for a new job. The amount of time you spend on personal activity unrelated to your job search compared to the amount of time you spend looking for work is important in determining whether the trip is primarily personal or is primarily to look for a new job.

5. You cannot deduct your job search expenses if there was a substantial break between the end of your last job and the time you begin looking for a new one.

6. You cannot deduct job search expenses if you are looking for a job for the first time.

7. The amount of job search expenses that you can claim is limited. To determine your deduction, use Schedule A, Itemized Deductions. Job search expenses are claimed as a miscellaneous itemized deduction and the total of all miscellaneous deductions must be more than two percent of your adjusted gross income.

For more information about job search expenses, see IRS Publication 529, Miscellaneous Deductions. This publication is available on www.irs.gov or by calling 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676).


Links:

• Schedule A, Itemized Deductions (PDF)
• Publication 529, Miscellaneous Deductions (PDF)