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| Enron |  | Enron
1400 Smith Street
Houston, Texas 77002 | 2000 Sales: $100,789,000,000
2000 Earnings: $979,000,000
www.enron.com |
The company that we all thought was huge, but it turned out to be nothing more than a trading-house for energy. Every trade they made, they got to put on their books as revenue. So no wonder they appeared so huge. Possibly the first theft of the common American investors money by a loose group of auditors, executives, lawyers, investment bankers, who all pumped up the same lie for their personal gain. See Close-up... | | Compaq |  | Compaq
20555 State Hwy. 249
Houston, Texas 77070 | 2000 Sales: $42,383,000,000
2000 Earnings: $569,000,000
www.compaq.com |
The PC manufacturer Compaq thrived in the hey-day of the rise of the PC. But since it has become a more static giant and has only survived under the excellent leadership of its new CEO. A merger with Hewlett-Packard would do well for both the companies making them once again dominant. See Close-up... | | Conoco |  | Conoco
600 N. Dairy Ashford
Houston, Texas 77002 | 2000 Sales: $32,513,000,000
2000 Earnings: $1,902,000,000
www.conoco.com |
Conoco is a large oil company with gas stations across the U.S. Conoco has been undergoing several transformations. First it was spun off from DuPont. Then it had enormous IPO on the stock market. Finally it is now going to be aquired by Philips Petroleum of Oklahoma. See Close-up... | | SYSCO |  | SYSCO
1390 Enclave Pkwy
Houston, Texas 77077 | 2000 Sales: $19,303,000,000
2000 Earnings: $445,000,000
www.sysco.com |
You when you eat chicken or steak or cheese or salad at some ho-hum restaurant? or even in a cafeteria? Well the stuff has got to come from somewhere and the chances are likely that it came from Sysco. Sysco is the largest food distributor in the U.S. They deliver food to 300,000 restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals and retirement homes. See Close-up... | | Shell |  | Shell
One Shell Plaza
Houston, Texas 77002 | 2000 Sales: $Subsidiary
2000 Earnings: $
www.shell.com |
Now a Subsidiary of British Royal Dutch/Shell company. One of the largest oil companies in America. 10,000 gas stations. Involved in all aspects of oil and chemical production. See Close-up... | | Waste Management |  | Waste Management
1001 Fanin, Suite 4000
Houston, Texas 77002 | 2000 Sales: $12,492,000,000
2000 Earnings: $-97,000,000
www.wastemanagement.com |
America's largest trash disposal service. Used to be called USAWaste, but acquired Waste Management of Chicago and adopted its name. See Close-up... | | Reliant Energy |  | Reliant Energy
1111 Louisiana St.
Houston, Texas 77002 | 2000 Sales: $29,339,000,000
2000 Earnings: $447,000,000
www.reliantenergy.com |
Another major electricity and natural gas company with 3.8 million customers in the Texas and Midwestern parts of the country. Has pipeline. Venturing into foreign countries See Close-up... | | American General |  | American General
2929 Allen Pkwy
Houston, Texas 77019 | 2000 Sales: $11,063,000,000
2000 Earnings: $1,003,000,000
www.americangeneral.com |
Located in Houston Texas, American General is a provider of lifetime financial services for individuals and families (as they so eloquently put it themselves). This means they help you prepare for retirement with retirement plans, life insurance and they also offer personal loans. See Close-up... | | Continental Airlines |  | Continental Airlines
2929 Allen Pkwy, Suite 2010
Houston, Texas 77019 | 2000 Sales: $9,899,000,000
2000 Earnings: $342,000,000
www.continental.com |
Continental is the 5th largest airline in the country and doing well. See Close-up... | | Baker Hughes |  | Baker Hughes
3900 Essex Lane
Houston, Texas 77027 | 2000 Sales: $5,233,000,000
2000 Earnings: $102,000,000
www.bakerhughes.com |
Baker Hughes serves the oil industry by making very high-tech drill bits for drillers. They also offer other high-tech drilling solutions including consulting. See Close-up... | | Cooper Industries |  | Cooper Industries
600 Travis Street, Suite 5800
Houston, Texas 77210 | 2000 Sales: $4,459,000,000
2000 Earnings: $357,000,000
www.cooperindustries.com |
Cooper makes all kinds of parts. Electrical parts, automotive parts, and tools and hardware. They have 34 brand names, their best-known being Champion auto parts and crescent wrenches. See Close-up... | | Service Corporation |  | Service Corporation
1929 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019 | 2000 Sales: $2,564,000,000
2000 Earnings: $-1,343,000,000
www.sci-corp.com |
The Service Corporation, located just outside Houston, is involved in the business of death, which surprisingly turns out to be a very profitable business. The company owns 3,700 funeral homes in the U.S. and around the world. See Close-up... | | Kaiser Aluminum |  | Kaiser Aluminum
5847 San Felipe, Suite 2600
Houston, Texas 77257 | 2000 Sales: $2,169,000,000
2000 Earnings: $16,000,000
www.kaiseraluminum.com |
4th largest aluminum company in U.S. 62% owned by tycoon Charles Hurwitz and his Maxxam Corporation which is also in this building. See Close-up... | | Lyondell Chemical |  | Lyondell Chemical
1221 Mckinney Street, Suite 1600
Houston, Texas 77010 | 2000 Sales: $4,036,000,000
2000 Earnings: $437,000,000
www.lyondellchemical.com |
Lyondell has a stake in the largest polyethylene and polypropylene manufacturer in America. They also have an oil refining operation with CITGO (Venezuela). See Close-up... | | Global Marine |  | Global Marine
777 North Eldridge Pkwy.
Houston, Texas 77079 | 2000 Sales: $1,039,000,000
2000 Earnings: $113,000,000
www.globalmarine.com |
Serving oil companies that want to drill deep underwater. They a fleet of 29 drilling platforms and 2 drilling ships that are available for hire. Not a huge company, but high profit margins See Close-up... | | Union Texas Petroleum |  | Union Texas Petroleum, located in Houston Texas, is an explorer and producer of oil worldwide. They have operations in Indonesia, Pakistan, The North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The company was recently acquired by Atlantic-Richfield. See Close-up... | | Pennzoil-Quaker State |  | Pennzoil-Quaker State
700 Milam
Houston, Texas 77002 | 2000 Sales: $3,216,000,000
2000 Earnings: $-86,000,000
www.pennzoil.com |
Pennzoil does 3 things with oil. The produce and refine it, they package it as the motor lubrication products, and they service cars with it through their chain of 1,500 domestic Jiffy Lubes. See Close-up... | | Dynegy |  | Dynegy
1400 Smith Street
Houston, Texas 77002 | 2000 Sales: $29,444,000,000
2000 Earnings: $500,000,000
www.dynegy.com |
Like Enron, Dynergy is a big energy company that is charged to take on the utility industry after deregulation. they have coal, oil, natural gas, pipelines and electricity plants. See Close-up... |
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