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| Mobil Corporation |  | Mobil Corporation
3225 Galllow Rd.
Fairfax, Virginia 22037 | 2000 Sales: $210,392,000,000
2000 Earnings: $Subsidiary
www.mobil.com |
Mobil, with an impressive headquarters in Fairfax Virginia, is America's second largest oil company. Mobil is in involved in all aspects of production and marketing of oil. They have 15,000 gas stations and 25 refineries worldwide. See Close-up... | | Fannie Mae |  | Fannie Mae
3900 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20016 | 2000 Sales: $44,088,000,000
2000 Earnings: $4,447,000,000
www.fanniemae.com |
A quasi-government company with huge revenues of 31 billion. They purchase home loans from banks and repackage them as bonds. The company is backed by the U.S. government. See Close-up... | | Lockheed Martin |  | Lockheed Martin
6801 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20817 | 2000 Sales: $25,329,000,000
2000 Earnings: $-519,000,000
www.lockheedmartin.com |
Lockheed is the second largest defense contractor behind Boeing and makes fighter planes, cargo planes, stealth planes, missiles, rockets, and satellites. They make everything from F-117 to the Strategic Defense Initiative. See Close-up... | | Freddie Mac |  | Freddie Mac
8200 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102 | 2000 Sales: $30,000,000,000
2000 Earnings: $2,547,000,000
www.freddiemac.com |
Freddie Mac is a quasi-government sponsored corporation founded in 1970 to finance home mortagage loans. (The company was orignally named the Federlal Home Mortgage Loan Corporation). The company finances 1 out of every 6 homes in the U.S. See Close-up... | | Mars, Inc. |  | Mars, Inc.
6885 Elm St.
McLean, Virginia 22101 | 2000 Sales: $15,300,000,000
2000 Earnings: $1,100,000,000
www.mars.com |
Mars is the 2nd largest candy company after Hershey. Their products are Snickers, Milky Way, M&Ms, 3 Musketeers, Skittles and Starburst. They also make Uncle Ben's rice, Dove ice cream bars, and pet foods Kal Kan, Pedigree, Sheba, and Whiskas. See Close-up... | | Marriott International |  | Marriott International
10400 Fernwood Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20058 | 2000 Sales: $10,017,000,000
2000 Earnings: $479,000,000
www.marriott.com |
This is Marriott's headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. Marriott runs America's second largest hotel business with 1,800 hotels either owned or franchised. In addition to the Marriott brand name, its brand names include Ritz-Carlton, Courtyard, Renaissance, Residence Inn and Fairfield Inn. See Close-up... | | Gannett |  | Gannett
1100 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, Virginia 22234 | 2000 Sales: $6,244,000,000
2000 Earnings: $1,719,000,000
www.gannett.com |
America's largest newspaper corporation and a major media company. Their flagship newspaper is USA Today which has the highest circulation in the U.S. with 2.2 million subscribers. They also own 74 other local newspapers and 21 TV stations. See Close-up... | | General Dynamics |  | General Dynamics
3190 Fairview Park Drive
Falls Church, Virginia 22042 | 2000 Sales: $10,359,000,000
2000 Earnings: $901,000,000
www.generaldynamics.com |
General Dynamics is a major military systems producer and defense contractor. They make amazing pieces of military equipment such as Attack and Seawolf Nuclear submarines, navy destroyers(Arleigh Burke Class), and the mighty M1 Abrams tank. See Close-up... | | GEICO |  | GEICO
One Geico Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20076 | 2000 Sales: $5,610,000,000
2000 Earnings: $Subsidiary
www.geico.com |
This is Warren Buffett's auto insurance company. The company, which originally offered insurance to government employees, now focuses on auto insurance for the general public. See Close-up... | | U.S. Office Products |  | U.S. Office Products
1025 Thomas Jefferson St.,Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20007 | 2000 Sales: $2,499,000,000
2000 Earnings: $-193,000,000
www.usofficeproducts.com |
An office supplies retailer which caters to small and medium sized businesses. They offer office supplies, furniture, and break room supplies. The company also owns the chain store MailBoxes Etc. See Close-up... | | America Online |  | America Online
22000 AOL Way
Dulles, Virginia 20166 | 2000 Sales: $6,886,000,000
2000 Earnings: $1,232,000,000
www.aol.com |
America Onine still dominates the internet in the U.S. with almost 30 million subscribers It is one of the few companies that can really hold its ground against Microsoft. And now it has purchased Time-Warner making whole new kind of media company. See Close-up... | | Washington Post |  | Washington Post
1150 15tth Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20071 | 2000 Sales: $2,412,000,000
2000 Earnings: $136,000,000
www.washingtonpost.com |
Washington D.C.'s news media company. Their two main puiblications are the Washington Post and Newsweek. They also own 30 regional newspapers. And a small cable venture. The company is 60% owned by Katherine Graham. See Close-up... | | Nextel Communications |  | Nextel Communications
1505 Farm Credit Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102 | 2000 Sales: $5,714,000,000
2000 Earnings: $-815,000,000
www.nextel.com |
Nextel is a major player in the digital wireless phone service market. Operating out of McLean Virginia, they currently have almost 3 million subscribers and cover almost all major metropolitan areas in the U.S. See Close-up... | | Booz, Allen, Hamilton |  | Booz, Allen, Hamilton
8283 Greensboro Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102 | 2000 Sales: $1,800,000,000
2000 Earnings: $Private
www.boozallen.com |
Booz, Allen, & Hamilton is a consulting company helping Fortune 500 companies achieve world-class performance. They also consult the U.S. government and allied governments on defense, aerospace, and technology issues. See Close-up... | | Discovery Communications |  | Discovery Communications
7700 Wisconsin Ave.
Bethesda, Maryland 20814 | 2000 Sales: $1,730,000,000
2000 Earnings: $Private
www.discovery.com |
Discovery Communications is one of America's leading producers of nature and educational programming for Cable TV. Discovery programming includes the Discovery Channel (its core operation), The Learning Channel, Animal Planet, and The Travel Channel. See Close-up... | | Network Solutions |  | Network Solutions
505 Huntmar Park
Herndon, Virginia 20170 | 2000 Sales: $Subsidiary
2000 Earnings: $
www.networksolutions.com |
Located in Herndon Virginia, Network Solutions is the company that issues domain names (www.yourname.com) to everyone on the internet. They sell, .com, .org, .net and .edu names. 4 million domain names have been registered so far. See Close-up... | | UUnet Technologies |  | UUnet Technologies
3060 Williams Drive
Fairfax, Virginia 22031 | 2000 Sales: $Subsidiary
2000 Earnings: $
www.uunet.com |
UUNet, located in Fairfax Virginia, is a subsidiary of MCI Worldcom and handles its internet backbone services. It provides these services to 70,000 businesses, to ISP's, and to major internet companies such as America Online and MSN. See Close-up... |
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