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Message no. 1
From: BRUCE gyro@********.co.za
Subject: Big Corps (Re: Disgusting Food)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 09:36:44 +0200
From: Ereskanti@***.com <Ereskanti@***.com>
Date: 14 October 1999 04:27
Subject: Re: Disgusting Food
>In a message dated 10/13/1999 8:51:09 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
>docwagon101@*****.com writes:

>> P.S. Which corp would that be, then?

>At the time of the information, it was Nestle. I don't know if they
actually
>still hold the title of "World's Biggest", but I'm sure they're still
pretty
>high up.
>
>-K

Last year the merger that created the Daimler/Chrysler corporation was
touted as the worlds biggest.

Dunno if that still the case. In what terms do they measure the size
of a corp for these contests anyway? Turnover, assets or profits or
what?

Bruce <gyro@********.co.za>
RULE NO 1:
DONT GET CAUGHT
Message no. 2
From: Frank Pelletier (Trinity) fpelletier@******.usherb.ca
Subject: Big Corps (Re: Disgusting Food)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 06:42:39 -0400
BRUCE <gyro@********.co.za> once wrote,

> Last year the merger that created the Daimler/Chrysler corporation was
> touted as the worlds biggest.
>
> Dunno if that still the case. In what terms do they measure the size
> of a corp for these contests anyway? Turnover, assets or profits or
> what?
>
> Bruce <gyro@********.co.za>
> RULE NO 1:

The world's wealthiest corp, by way of Market Capitalization (i.e. Add up
all it's public/private shares, that's what you get), is General Electric,
and has been for years. Second comes Microsoft.

As for gross net worth (add up all the stuff it owns), I can't quite
remember, but I think it was General Motors or Exxon.

Anyways, just to make a point. We all love those high-tech corps that have
so much influence. But stack 'em up against a true giant (GM, Ford,
Mitsui, etc.), and they're dwarfed. But since most of a high-tech corp
value is brain trust, it's hard to accuratly put a value on them.

Trinity
---------------------------------------------
Frank Pelletier
fpelletier@******.usherb.ca
"Let them hate me, provided they fear me" - Atreus

Trinity- on the Undernet and EFNet
Message no. 3
From: Frank Pelletier (Trinity) fpelletier@******.usherb.ca
Subject: Big Corps (Re: Disgusting Food)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 06:47:49 -0400
Frank Pelletier (Trinity) <fpelletier@******.usherb.ca>

Oh, and the world's biggest merger was Citicorp (Citibank) and some other
financial outfit (Travellers? Can't remember), worth 80+ billion...

And that will be old news, if MCI Worldcom gets cleared to absorb Sprint.
95 billion. Petty change for Bill Gates though. :)

Trinity
---------------------------------------------
Frank Pelletier
fpelletier@******.usherb.ca
"Let them hate me, provided they fear me" - Atreus

Trinity- on the Undernet and EFNet
Message no. 4
From: Sommers sommers@*****.edu
Subject: Big Corps (Re: Disgusting Food)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 08:14:47 -0400
At 09:36 AM 10/14/99 +0200, you wrote:
> >> P.S. Which corp would that be, then?
>
> >At the time of the information, it was Nestle. I don't know if they
>actually
> >still hold the title of "World's Biggest", but I'm sure they're still
>pretty
> >high up.
> >
> >-K
>
>Last year the merger that created the Daimler/Chrysler corporation was
>touted as the worlds biggest.

It was the biggest MERGER in terms of assets being combined. It is not the
even the biggest automotive company, that's still GM, although Ford is
gaining on them fast.

With the announced merger of MCIWorldcom and Sprint, the D/C merger I
believe has been eclipsed. Something like $55 billion (US) has been tossed
around as the figure.

>Dunno if that still the case. In what terms do they measure the size
>of a corp for these contests anyway? Turnover, assets or profits or
>what?

They measure it terms of assets of the company and how much the purchase
price of the exchange (usually stock) is.

Sommers
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Message no. 5
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: Big Corps (Re: Disgusting Food)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 12:08:01 EDT
In a message dated 10/14/1999 2:55:11 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
gyro@********.co.za writes:

> Dunno if that still the case. In what terms do they measure the size
> of a corp for these contests anyway? Turnover, assets or profits or
> what?

Gross Profits and Gross Assets, which actually can include various degrees
and measures of debt, believe it or not. I'm not sure if Turnover could be
construed as part of this or not, my business background doesn't go *that*
far in "Big Company" structuring.

And as far as Daimler/Chrysler is/was concerned, they were touted as the
biggest of the "Car Industry Manufacturers" at the time, *not* the biggest
corporate entity on earth.

-K
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Message no. 6
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: Big Corps (Re: Disgusting Food)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 12:20:16 EDT
In a message dated 10/14/1999 5:50:35 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
fpelletier@******.usherb.ca writes:

>
> Oh, and the world's biggest merger was Citicorp (Citibank) and some other
> financial outfit (Travellers? Can't remember), worth 80+ billion...
>
> And that will be old news, if MCI Worldcom gets cleared to absorb Sprint.
> 95 billion. Petty change for Bill Gates though. :)

All has been agreed to Trinity, catch up to the news ... I don't think its'
gone through yet though. Anyone else have more recent information?

-K
[Hoosier Hacker House]
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Message no. 7
From: Sommers sommers@*****.umich.edu
Subject: Big Corps (Re: Disgusting Food)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 14:25:50 -0400
At 12:08 PM 10/14/99 , Ereskanti@***.com wrote:
>In a message dated 10/14/1999 2:55:11 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
>gyro@********.co.za writes:
>
> > Dunno if that still the case. In what terms do they measure the size
> > of a corp for these contests anyway? Turnover, assets or profits or
> > what?
>
>Gross Profits and Gross Assets, which actually can include various degrees
>and measures of debt, believe it or not. I'm not sure if Turnover could be
>construed as part of this or not, my business background doesn't go *that*
>far in "Big Company" structuring.
>
>And as far as Daimler/Chrysler is/was concerned, they were touted as the
>biggest of the "Car Industry Manufacturers" at the time, *not* the biggest
>corporate entity on earth.

Its not even the biggest Car Manufacturer on Earth. GM still has more sales
every year. And if you compare assets, both GM and Ford blow it away. DC
runs about $160 billion (IIRC) while both Ford and GM are right around $247
billion.


Sommers
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