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The top ten of the largest U.S. corporations

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Here are the top ten of the largest U.S. corporations, this classification was developed by the magazine Fortune 500 and CNN Money. Not surprisingly, the winner of this ranking is Wal-Mart, companies linked to oil, the automobile industry as well as banks.
 
  • 10: AT&T
    Revenues 118,928
    Profits 11,951
  • 9: Bank of America
    Revenues 119,190
    Profits 14,982
  • 8: Citigroup
    Revenues 159,229
    Profits 3,617
  • 7: Ford Motor
    Revenues 172,468
    Profits -2,723
  • 6: General Electric
    Revenues 176,656
    Profits 22,208
  • 5: ConocoPhillips
    Revenues 178,558
    Profits 11,891
  • 4: General Motors
    Revenues 182,347
    Profits -38,732
  • 3: Chevron
    Revenues 210,783
    Profits 18,688
  • 2: Exxon Mobil
    Revenues 372,824
    Profits 40,610
  • 1: Wal-Mart
    Revenues 378,799
    Profits 12,731
As can be seen in the top ten, all americans car companies have negative profits in 2008. The car sector is one of the most affected by the economic crisis and the banking sector. There are also two companies related to telecommunications in the top 100 who obtained negative profits in 2008: Sprint Nextel and Motorola.
All amounts in this article are in millions of dollars.
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January 2, 2009 by marvine28 

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