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Centex Ranked Among Business Week's '50 Best Performers' DALLAS, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Centex Corporation announced it has been ranked No. 12 on Business Week magazine's eighth annual list of the Top 50 best performing companies in America. To build the list, Business Week compiles a ranking among S&P 500 companies and uses a proprietary screening process that measures growth in revenues, profits and returns to shareholders. The magazine also examines net margins to gauge operatingefficiency and debt levels to ensure performance is not based on debt-financed acquisitions. Basing its ranking on the last three years' performance and weighting averages to better compare large companies to small, Business Week rewards those companies that consistently report improved performances. The list includes those companies that can "go the distance with strong operating and market performances," according to the magazine. The list of Top 50 Best Performers will appear in the Apr. 5 edition Business Week and is available online at http://www.businessweek.com/ . In addition to its Business Week ranking, Centex was recently ranked No. 219 among the Fortune 500. The company also ranks #76 on Forbes' Platinum 400 list of "America's Best Managed Companies" and consistently ranks among FORTUNE magazine's list of "America's Most Admired Companies" in the homebuilding category. A full list of Centex's rankings is available online at http://www.centex.com/ . Through its subsidiaries, Dallas-based Centex consistently ranks among the nation's largest home builders, non-bank-affiliated retail mortgage lenders and commercial contractors. The company also has home services, title and insurance operations. CPLBG DATASOURCE: Centex Corporation CONTACT: Sheila E. Gallagher, Vice President-Corporate Communications, or Gayle A. Goodman, Project Manager, Public Relations, both of Centex Corporation, +1-214-981-5000 Web site: http://www.centex.com/ http://www.businessweek.com/

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