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| AT&T |  | AT&T
32 Avenue of Americas
New York, New York 10013 | 2000 Sales: $65,981,000,000
2000 Earnings: $4,669,000,000
www.att.com |
AT&T has been one of the icons of corporate America for over a century. And now very sadly it is pretty much no longer existent. Did Michael C. Armstrong over-extend with unnecessary and overpriced acquisitions during the internet boom? Who would have known. Since then it has been dismantled and sold to Comcast and Cingular. The name pretty much no longer exists. See Close-up... | | Prudential |  | Prudential
751 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102 | 2000 Sales: $22,759,000,000
2000 Earnings: $189,000,000
www.prudential.com |
Prudential, located in downtown Newark, is one of the biggest insurance companies in the U.S. They are involved in the businesses of life insurance, annuities, real estate, and financial services. Their Prudential Securities provides retail investment services. See Close-up... | | Lucent Technologies |  | Lucent Technologies
600 Mountain Avenue
Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 | 2000 Sales: $41,420,000,000
2000 Earnings: $1,219,000,000
www.lucent.com |
Lucent Technologies, spun off from AT&T in 1996, makes telecommunicatrions equipment for phone companies. They are trying to expand into data networking though with their acquisition of Ascend. Lucent's enormous headquarters is in suburban New Jersey. See Close-up... | | Merck |  | Merck
One Merck Drive
Whitehouse Station, New Jersey 08889 | 2000 Sales: $40,363,000,000
2000 Earnings: $6,821,000,000
www.merck.com |
Merck is generally considered the premier pharmeceutical company. It almost single-handedly saved people from the scourge of AIDS with its Crixivan protease inhibitor. The company also makes Pepcid AC, Cozaar(for hypertension), Zocor(for cholesterol), Vioxx(for arthritis) and several vaccines. See Close-up... | | Johnson & Johnson |  | Johnson & Johnson
One Johnson & Johnson Plaza
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08933 | 2000 Sales: $29,139,000,000
2000 Earnings: $4,800,000,000
www.johnsonandjohnson.com |
Located in New Brunswick New Jersey, Johnson & Johnson is one of the largest healthcare products companies in the U.S. Some of their products are- Tylenol, Motrin, Reach toothbrushes, Band-Aids, Acuvue contacts , and numerous surgical instruments, replacement joints, and drugs. See Close-up... | | Honeywell International |  | Honeywell International
101 Columbia Road
Morristown, New Jersey 07962 | 2000 Sales: $25,023,000,000
2000 Earnings: $1,659,000,000
www.honeywell.com |
Located in the rolling hills of suburban New Jersey is Honeywell International (formerly Allied Signal). They make a lot of sophisticated electro-mechnical components and sophistacated materials for the Aerospace industry, semiconductor industry, automotive industry and the manufacturing industry. See Close-up... | | American Home Products |  | American Home Products
Five Giralda Farms
Madison, New Jersey 07940 | 2000 Sales: $13,809,000,000
2000 Earnings: $-2,370,000,000
www.ahp.com |
American Home Products has been a star in the Pharmeceutical industries and is generally considered on of the best and biggest. But they had a product called phen phen go terribly wrong and so they had a major liability. AHP also makes Advil, Robutussin, and Preparation H. See Close-up... | | Toys'R'Us |  | Toys'R'Us
461 From Rd.
Paramus, New Jersey 07652 | 2000 Sales: $11,332,000,000
2000 Earnings: $404,000,000
www.toysrus.com |
Toy 'R' Us is America's mega toy store. There are 703 of these stores in the U.S., 453 international stores, and then another 300 clothing stores called Kids 'R' Us and Babies 'R' Us. See Close-up... | | Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. |  | Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
2 Paragon Dr.
Montvale, New Jersey 07645 | 2000 Sales: $10,623,000,000
2000 Earnings: $-25,000,000
www.andp.com |
A&P, also known as the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., is located in suburban New Jersey and has 936 supermarkets in 19 states. Some supermarkets are under other names such as Dominion's and Kohl's. See Close-up... | | Bestfoods |  | Bestfoods
700 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632 | 2000 Sales: $8,637,000,000
2000 Earnings: $717,000,000
www.bestfoods.com |
Bestfoods is a major U.S. food company. Their products are well known in the U.S., such as Bestfoods Mayonaise, Skippy Peanut Butter, Entemann's doughnuts and bakery goods, Mazola corn oil and Oroweat bread. See Close-up... | | Nabisco |  | Nabisco
7 Campus Drive
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 | 2000 Sales: $
2000 Earnings: $Subsidiary
www.nabisco.com |
Nabisco, located in rural New Jersey, is one of the strongest food brands in the U.S. Their line of products include Oreos, Chip Ahoy!, Ritz Crackers, Newtons and many other cookies and crackers. The company is a subsidiary of RJR/Nabisco. See Close-up... | | Ingersoll-Rand |  | Ingersoll-Rand
200 Chestnut Ridge Road
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey 07675 | 2000 Sales: $9,220,000,000
2000 Earnings: $669,000,000
www.ingersoll-rand.com |
Ingersoll-Rand makes a range of industrial equipment and components as well as a few consumer products. They make air compressors, pumps, mining equipment, BobCat skid-steer loaders, golf carts, Thermo King refrigeration units, and Schlage locks and doors. See Close-up... | | Schering-Plough |  | Schering-Plough
One Giralda Farms
Madison, New Jersey 07940 | 2000 Sales: $9,815,000,000
2000 Earnings: $2,423,000,000
www.schering-plough.com |
Schering-Plough is a pharmeceutical company located in suburban New Jersey. Their biggest product is Claritin accouting for a third of their sales. But they also make Coppertone sunscreen, Dr.Scholls footcare, Lotrimin anti-fungal cream and Afrin nasal spray. See Close-up... | | American Standard |  | American Standard
One Cenntenial Ave.
Piscataway, New Jersey 08855 | 2000 Sales: $7,598,000,000
2000 Earnings: $315,000,000
www.americanstandard.com |
The next time you are taking a whiz, take a look at the toilet or the urinal and see if it is American Standard. This company is mostly known for making plumbing and bathroom fixtures. But they also make the Trane brand of Air Conditioners and WABCO car brakes See Close-up... | | PSEG |  | PSEG
80 Park Plaza`
Newark, New Jersey 07101 | 2000 Sales: $6,848,000,000
2000 Earnings: $764,000,000
www.pseg.com |
PSEG, located in dowtown Newark, is a utility company providing electricity to 2.2 million customers in New Jersey and gas to 1.6 million customers in New Jersey. See Close-up... | | Cendant |  | Cendant
6 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 | 2000 Sales: $4,673,000,000
2000 Earnings: $602,000,000
www.cendant.com |
Cendant, located in rural New Jersey, is a major franchise and direct marketing business. They own travel and real estate franchises such as Avis, Howard Johnson, Ramada Inn, Super 8, Days Inn, Century 21 and Coldwell Banker. See Close-up... | | First Data Corporation |  | First Data Corporation
401 Hackensack Ave.
Hackensack, New Jersey 07691 | 2000 Sales: $5,705,000,000
2000 Earnings: $929,000,000
www.firstdata.com |
First Data is America's biggest processor of credit card transactions. They are the back-end system that authorizes payment any time you use your Mastercard or Visa card. First Data also owns Western Union for money transfers. See Close-up... | | Wakefern Food Corp. |  | Wakefern Food Corp.
600 York St.
Elizabeth, New Jersey 07207 | 2000 Sales: $5,800,000,000
2000 Earnings: $Coop
www.wakefern.com |
Wakefern is the name of the cooperative which runs the chain of 190 grocery stores in the Northeast under the name ShopRite. Wakefern is a cooperative of 43 independent grocers. See Close-up... | | Automatic Data Processing |  | Automatic Data Processing
One ADP Boulevard
Roseland, New Jersey 07068 | 2000 Sales: $6,287,000,000
2000 Earnings: $840,000,000
www.adp.com |
ADP provides payroll and tax services for 425,000 companies in the U.S. and worldwide. ADP also sells computer system solutions to the car dealer industry, the insurance industry and brokerage industry. See Close-up... | | Hertz |  | Hertz
225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656 | 2000 Sales: $5,074,000,000
2000 Earnings: $358,000,000
www.hertz.com |
Hertz is the rental car agency that is 80% owned by Ford Motors. (Most likely the cars you will find there will be Fords.) The company is also the second largest renter of construction equipment. Their headquarters is in rural New Jersey. See Close-up... | | Dun & Bradstreet |  | Dun & Bradstreet
One Diamond Hill Road
Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 | 2000 Sales: $1,417,000,000
2000 Earnings: $206,000,000
www.db.com |
Dun & Bradstreet is an information services company providing credit and profile information on 50 million companies in the U.S. and worldwide. It's Moody's Investor Service division supplies investors with ratings on corporate and institutional bonds. See Close-up... | | Bed Bath & Beyond |  | Bed Bath & Beyond
650 Liberty Ave
Union, New Jersey 07083 | 2000 Sales: $2,396,000,000
2000 Earnings: $171,000,000
www.bedbathand beyond.com |
Bed Bath & Beyond has 150 stores nationwide selling quality dsicount household goods and furniture. See Close-up... |
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