Toyota 8th, Honda 18th in ranking of 100 best global brands

NEW YORK —
Toyota moved down by two notches to eighth place and Honda advanced to 18th from 20th in BusinessWeek’s annual ranking of the Best Global Brands for 2009, according to the latest edition of the business magazine. Coca-Cola retained its top slot for the ninth consecutive year, followed by IBM in second and Microsoft in third, both unchanged.

GE ranked fourth and Nokia fifth, both also unchanged from 2008, the magazine said. Google climbed from 10th to seventh, with its brand value rising 0.25 percent in the past year, the largest percentage increase among the 100 brands. Toyota saw its ranking fall for the first time since BusinessWeek started releasing the report in 2001. Among other Japanese companies, Honda ranked 18th, up from 20th, Sony 29th, down from 25th, Canon 33rd, up from 36th, Nintendo 39th, up from 40th, and Panasonic 75th, up from 78th.

Source;
http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/toyota-8th-honda-18th-in-ranking-of-100-best-global-brands

Here's the link to the actual list;
http://www.interbrand.com/best_global_brands.aspx