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| Boeing |  | Boeing
7755 East Marginal Way South
Seattle, Washington 98108 | 2000 Sales: $51,321,000,000
2000 Earnings: $2,128,000,000
www.boeing.com |
Boeing is America's premier and giant airplane manufacturer. In addition to being the manufacturer of the majority of commercial airlines, Boeing also makes the F-15, F-18A Hornet, the C-17 cargo plane, the APache Helicopter and the Delta Rocket- all for the military and the government. Boeing recently decided to move its headquarters to Chicago. See Close-up... | | Costco |  | Costco
999 Lake Drive
Issaquah, Washington 98027 | 2000 Sales: $32,164,000,000
2000 Earnings: $631,000,000
www.costco.com |
Costco is the warehouse style wholesaler of discounted goods. When you shop at Costco you pay rock bottom prices and buy in large bulk quantities. Costco has 275 stores across the U.S. and Canada. See Close-up... | | Microsoft |  | Microsoft
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington 98052 | 2000 Sales: $22,956,000,000
2000 Earnings: $9,421,000,000
www.microsoft.com |
Microsoft is the greatest sofware company, and in my opinion the greatest company in the world, period. They have succeeded in getting their operating system and office software on almost every PC in the world. Now they are going to make the PC omnipresent with their .NET service which will bring the PC into your car, into your phone, into your TV, into your video game console, and into your wireless device uniting all your information and allowing it to be with you wherever you go. Although Microsoft will never be able to beat the American Government itself, don't expect it to be broken up any time soon. See Close-up... | | Washington Mutual |  | Washington Mutual
1201 Third Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101 | 2000 Sales: $15,766,000,000
2000 Earnings: $1,898,000,000
www.washingtonmutual.com |
Washington Mutual is America's largest savings and loans bank. And unlike most savings and loans in the financial debacle of 1991, it is quite healthy financially. They have 1200 branches throughout the west (mostly in California) and cater to the consumer. See Close-up... | | Paccar |  | Paccar
777 106th Ave
Bellevue, Washington 98004 | 2000 Sales: $7,919,000,000
2000 Earnings: $441,000,000
www.paccar.com |
Paccar is a manufacturer of heavy-duty and medium-duty trucks. Their two biggest brand names are Kenworth and Peterbilt. They also have operations in Europe and Mexico. See Close-up... | | Vulcan Northwest |  | Vulcan Northwest
110 110th Ave
Bellevue, Washington 98004 | 2000 Sales: $
2000 Earnings: $Foundation
www.paulallen.com |
Vulcan Capital is the venture capital firm of Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen. Through Vulcan Ventures, Paul Allen has bought sports teams such as the Trail Blazers and the Seattle Seahawks. Allen also has stakes in Dreamworks SKG, Charter Communications (cable) and a lot of internet companies. See Close-up... | | Safeco |  | Safeco
Safeco Plaza
Seattle, Washington 98185 | 2000 Sales: $7,118,000,000
2000 Earnings: $114,000,000
www.safeco.com |
Safeco is a diverisfied insurance and financial services company. They offer property and casualty insurance, life insurance, mutual funds, annuities, and other financial services. The company is represented by 8,000 independent agents across the country. See Close-up... | | Nordstrom |  | Nordstrom
1501 Fifth Ave.
Seattle, Washington 98101 | 2000 Sales: $5,528,000,000
2000 Earnings: $101,000,000
www.nordstrom.com |
Nordstrom, located in downtown Seattle, has 99 retail outlets across the U.S. 68 of which are major department stores and 25 are Nordstrom Rack outlet stores. Nordstrom also has an online store. See Close-up... | | Airborne Freight |  | Airborne Freight
3101 Western Ave.
Seattle, Washington 98111 | 2000 Sales: $3,276,000,000
2000 Earnings: $28,000,000
www.airborne.com |
The number 3 carrier after UPS and FedEx. Airborne Express is headquartered on the waterfront just north of downtown seattle. They have 190 planes, 15,000 delivery trucks and even their own airport in Ohio. See Close-up... | | Providence Health System |  | Providence Health System
531 Pike Street
Seattle, Washington 98101 | 2000 Sales: $3,000,000,000
2000 Earnings: $#VALUE!
www.providence.org |
Sisters of Providence is a non-profit healthcare organization. They have a network of 11 hospitals up and down the west coast and provide health plans to about 500,000 people mostly in Oregon and Washington. See Close-up... | | Alaska Airlines |  | Alaska Airlines
19300 Pacific Highway South
Seattle, Washington 98188 | 2000 Sales: $2,200,000,000
2000 Earnings: $-70,000,000
www.alaskaair.com |
Fly the friendly skies? The airline with the smiling eskimo on its tail. It is actually located in Seattle and not in Alaska. Alaska has strived to be budget no-frills value travel. But they have been hit by plane accidents and are probably struggling. Horizon Air is a subsidiary of Alaska. See Close-up... | | Starbucks |  | Starbucks
2401 Utah Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98134 | 2000 Sales: $2,169,000,000
2000 Earnings: $94,000,000
www.starbucks.com |
Starbuck's is the company that has brought class and importance to coffee drinking. The company has 200 retail outlets in the U.S. and worldwide and are expanding rapidly. Starbuck's also sells coffee beans, mugs, pastries, and has developed partnerships with companies like Barnes & Noble and United Airlines. See Close-up... | | Amazon.com |  | Amazon.com
1516 Second Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101 | 2000 Sales: $2,762,000,000
2000 Earnings: $-1,411,000,000
www.amazon.com |
Amazon is the giant of internet ecommerce. Starting out as the first online book store and offering millions of titles online, the company has subsequently expanded into just about every category, thus becoming the Walmart of the internet. Pictured is Amazon's original headquarters in downtown Seattle See Close-up... | | Muzak |  | Muzak
2901 Third Ave., Ste. 400
Seattle, Washington 98121 | 2000 Sales: $192,000,000
2000 Earnings: $-44,000,000
www.muzak.com |
Muzak is a unique company that broadcasts hundreds of radio channels to subscribers linked by satellite dish. The result is elevator music. But the company has significantly upgraded its offerings to provide more appealing rock 'n' roll music. The company has 250,000 businesses subscribing to its service. See Close-up... | | RealNetworks |  | RealNetworks
1111 Third Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101 | 2000 Sales: $241,000,000
2000 Earnings: $-110,000,000
www.realnetworks.com |
Located in Seattle Washington, Real Networks was the first company to offer streaming audio over the internet. Now the company also offers streaming video and has a major portion of the internet market share. However the company is now going head-to-head with Microsoft's Media Player. See Close-up... | | Teledesic |  | Teledesic
2300 Carillon Point
Kirkland, Washington 98033 | 2000 Sales: $0
2000 Earnings: $Private
www.teledesic.com |
Teledesic, located in the suburbs of Seattle, is not really a company yet since it doesn't make any money yet. But it is a venture to put up about 2,000 low earth orbiting satellites that will allow people to transmit large amounts of data from their wireless devices anywhere in the world. It is backed by Microsoft and may eventually succeed in what it has set out to do. See Close-up... |
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