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| John Hancock |  | John Hancock
200 Clarendon St.
Boston, Massachusettes 02117 | 2000 Sales: $7,506,000,000
2000 Earnings: $838,000,000
www.johnhancock.com |
John Hancock, located in the John Hancock Tower in downtown Boston, is an insurance and financial services company for individuals and companies. They offer a range of life insurance as well as investment packages. See Close-up... | | FleetBoston Financial |  | FleetBoston Financial
1 Federal St.
Boston, Massachusettes 02110 | 2000 Sales: $22,608,000,000
2000 Earnings: $3,420,000,000
www.fleetboston.com |
Fleet Financial, in downtown Boston, is merging with Bank of Boston to become the banking powerhouse of New England. Fleet Finaniancial currently has 1,200 branches and owns Quick & Reilly, the online stock trading company. See Close-up... | | Gillette |  | Gillette
Prudential Tower Building
Boston, Massachusetts 02199 | 2000 Sales: $9,986,000,000
2000 Earnings: $392,000,000
www.gillette.com |
Gillette, with its tower in downtown Boston, is a worldwide producer of such successful products as the Mach and Sensor shavers for men and women, Duracell batteries, Braun Oral-B toothbrushes and papermate pens. See Close-up... | | Liberty Mutual |  | Liberty Mutual
175 Berkeley St.
Boston, Massachusettes 02117 | 2000 Sales: $16,438,000,000
2000 Earnings: $287,000,000
www.libertymutual.com |
Liberty Mutual, located near downtown Boston, is an insurance and financial services company with a specialty in providing workers with disability and workers comp insurance. Liberty also offers property, casualty, life insurance as well as mutual funds and other investment products. See Close-up... | | FMR |  | FMR
82 Devonshire St.
Boston, Massachusettes 02109 | 2000 Sales: $8,845,000,000
2000 Earnings: $1,008,000,000
www.fidelity.com |
FMR is a private holding company headquartered in downtown Boston. Its holdings include Fidelity Investments, the largest mutual fund company. Fidelity also offers several investment and retirement services to companies and institutions. See Close-up... | | IDG |  | IDG
1 Exeter Plaza
Boston, Massachusettes 02116 | 2000 Sales: $3,100,000,000
2000 Earnings: $Private
www.idg.com |
IDG is the largest publisher of computer magazines, ahead of Ziff-Davis. IDG is computer books, such as the "..For Dummies" series. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG provides market research on the computer industry. See Close-up... | | Polaroid Corporation |  | Polaroid Corporation
549 Technology Sq.
Cambridge, Massachusettes 02139 | 2000 Sales: $1,855,000,000
2000 Earnings: $37,000,000
www.polaroid.com |
Everyone knows Polaroid for its instant-film cameras and technology. That's how it made its money and it has done little since. The digital revolution spells big trouble for Polaroid. See Close-up... | | Lotus Development Corp. |  | Lotus Development Corp.
55 Cambridge Pkwy.
Boston, Massachusettes 02142 | 2000 Sales: $Subsidiary
2000 Earnings: $
www.lotus.com |
Lotus Development, located on the banks of the Charles River near Harvard in Boston, makes spreadsheet, word-processing, and communications software for PC users. The company is now a subsidiary of IBM and has seriously suffered at the hands of Microsoft. See Close-up... |
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