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Ian Elwood — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:48:58 -0500

Fannie Mae

apocalypticbeef — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:58:30 -0400

Company Snapshot:

The Federal National Mortgage Association (AKA Fannie Mae) is a public company operating under federal charter and is the US's primary source for mortgage funding, financing one of every five home loans. Fannie Mae buys mortgages from lenders and resells them, transferring risk from lenders and allowing them to offer mortgages to those who may not otherwise qualify. The company was hit hard by the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007 and had to be rescued by the Federal Reserve.

Wal-Mart

Ian Elwood — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:01:08 -0400

Company Snapshot:

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount department stores. It was founded by Sam Walton in 1962, incorporated on October 31, 1969, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. It is the largest private employer in the world and the fourth largest utility or commercial employer, trailing the People's Liberation Army of China, the National Health Service of the United Kingdom, and the Indian Railways.

Votorantim Group

Tonya Hennessey — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:38:33 -0500

Company Snapshot:

One of the largest private economic conglomerates in Brazil, the Votorantim Group has large positions in cement and concrete, mining and metals (aluminum, zinc, nickel and steel), as well as paper and pulp production. Described by the Wall Street Journal as "a tropical style General Electric," Votorantim also produces concentrated orange juice and specialty chemicals, and is involved in a number of electric generation projects (often to service its own industrial operations). Its financial arm is Banco Votorantim.

Nokia

crocodyl — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:07:53 -0400

Company Snapshot:

Nokia, based in Helsinki, Finland, is a global leader in telecommunications and the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer. While it maintains several manufacturing units in Europe and the US, Nokia is shifting some of its production to Southeast Asia, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe in order to keep production costs low and margins and profits high.

ExxonMobil Corporation

Ian Elwood — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:48:14 -0500

Company Snapshot:

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is the largest publicly traded integrated petroleum and natural gas company in the world, and the world's largest company measured by revenues ($404.5 billion in 2007) and market capitalization ($517.92 billion on July 20, 2007).

Dow Chemical

Ian Elwood — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:44:46 -0400

Company Snapshot:

The Dow Chemical Company is the world’s second largest chemical company, behind only BASF. Dow’s primary industries are chemicals, herbicides, pesticides, agricultural sciences and plastics. In 2005 Dow sold $46.307 billion worth of goods and employed 42,413 people.

Blackwater

Pratap Chatterjee — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:07:34 -0400

Company Snapshot:

Blackwater USA is a private military company and security firm founded in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark. It is based in the U.S. state of North Carolina, where it operates a tactical training facility that it claims is the world's largest. The company trains more than 40,000 people a year, from all the military services and a variety of other agencies. The company markets itself as being "The most comprehensive professional military, law enforcement, security, peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world".

Erste Bank

apocalypticbeef — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:25:21 -0400

Fluor

Charlie Cray — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:00:12 -0500

Lenovo Group

apocalypticbeef — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:29:48 -0400

Thales Group

apocalypticbeef — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:28:01 -0400

Isuzu Motors

apocalypticbeef — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:26:55 -0400

Weyerhaeuser Company

Ian Elwood — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:26:21 -0500

Company Snapshot:

Weyerhaeuser imports timber products from Malaysia, Chile, and Brazil, and has timber operations or offices in 44 American states, Canada, and 18 other countries. Weyerhaeuser is one of North America's largest distributors of wood products; it owns more than seven million acres (28,000 km²) of land in the U.S., and holds logging rights to more than 35 million acres (142,000 km²) of land in Canada.

United States Steel

Ian Elwood — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:15:23 -0500

Mitsui OSK Lines

apocalypticbeef — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:24:30 -0400

SABMiller

apocalypticbeef — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:23:32 -0400

LyondellBasell Industries

apocalypticbeef — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:22:23 -0400

Heineken Holding

apocalypticbeef — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:20:16 -0400

Xerox

Ian Elwood — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:14:01 -0500

Company Snapshot:

The Xerox Corporation is a global document management technology and service company founded in 1906. It currently manufactures and sells color and black-and-white printers, photocopiers, laser and solid-ink network printers, and fax machines along with related hardware and software office supplies. Xerox also provides service consulting regarding their products. It is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut and employs 57,400 people worldwide.