RANK,PREVIOUS YEAR RANK,SYMBOL,COMPANY NAME,EXECUTIVES NAMES/POSITIONS,ADDRESS,CITY,STATE,POST CODE,COUNTRY,PHONE NUMBER,FAX NUMBER,WEB SITE,INDUSTRY,TYPE,WORLD RANK,EMPLOYEES,EMPLOYEES GROWTH %,SALES,SALES GROWTH %,PROFIT,PROFIT GROWTH %,ASSETS mil,STOCK HOLDERS EQUITY mil,MARKET VALUE mil,EARNINGS PER SHARE USD,RETURN TO INVESTORS %,COMPANY DESCRIPTION
"6","5","NYSE:GE","General Electric Company","Jeffrey R. (Jeff) Immelt - Chairman and CEO | Dennis D. Dammerman - Vice Chairman; Chairman, GE Capital Services | Robert C. (Bob) Wright - Vice Chairman; President and CEO, National Broadcasting Company | Gary L. Rogers - Vice Chairman | Keith S. Sherin - SVP Finance and CFO","3135 Easton Tpke.","Fairfield","CT","06431-0001","USA","203-373-2211","203-373-3131","http://www.ge.com","Diversified Financials","","9","310,000","-1.0","125,913.0","-3.0","13,684.0","7.5","495,023.0","54,824.0","401,498.8","1.37","-15.2","From jet engines to TV broadcasting to power plants, General Electric (GE) is plugged in to several of the businesses that have shaped the modern world. The company produces aircraft engines, locomotives and other transportation equipment, appliances (kitchen and laundry equipment), lighting, electric distribution and control equipment, generators and turbines, nuclear reactors, medical imaging equipment, and plastics. Its financial arm, which includes commercial finance, consumer finance, equipment management, and insurance businesses, accounts for nearly half of the company's sales, making GE one of the largest financial services companies in the US. Other operations include the NBC television network."
"7","6","NYSE:C","Citigroup Inc.","Sanford I. (Sandy) Weill - Chairman and CEO | Robert E. Rubin - Chairman of the Executive Committee and Director | Victor J. Menezes - Senior Vice Chairman | William R. Rhodes - Senior Vice Chairman and Senior International Officer | Michael T. Masin - Vice Chairman and COO","399 Park Ave.","New York","NY","10043","USA","212-559-1000","212-793-3946","http://www.citigroup.com","Diversified Financials","","11","272,000","18.3","112,022.0","0.2","14,126.0","4.5","1,050,000.0","81,200.0","251,112.2","2.72","0.1","Citigroup is more like a Citicrowd. The company is the world's second-largest financial services firm (behind Japan's Mizuho Holdings), its leading credit card issuer, and the first US bank with more than $1 trillion in assets. Citigroup offers banking (mainly through Citibank), asset management, insurance, and investment banking through more than 2,600 locations in the US and some 3,000 offices in about 100 other countries. Subsidiaries include investment bank and brokerage Salomon Smith Barney, insurer Travelers Life and Annuity, consumer lending unit CitiFinancial, and Primerica Financial Services (term life insurance and asset management). Citigroup is also a leader in online financial services."
"56","34","NYSE:MOT","Motorola, Inc.","Christopher B. Galvin - Chairman and CEO | Mike S. Zafirovski - President and COO; President, Personal Communications Sector; and Director | David W. Devonshire - EVP and CFO | Keith J. Bane - EVP; President, Global Strategy and Corporate Development | Robert L. Barnett - EVP","1303 E. Algonquin Rd.","Schaumburg","IL","60196","USA","847-576-5000","847-576-5372","http://www.motorola.com","Network and Other Communications Equipment","","138","111,000","-24.5","30,004.0","-20.2","-3,937.0","-398.7","33,398.0","13,691.0","31,026.7","-1.78","-25.1","Motorola's cell phones go hand to hand with those made by global leader Nokia. The #2 manufacturer of mobile handsets centers its business around personal communications products such as cell phones, pagers, two-way radios, as well as related network products like servers and software. The company is a leading supplier of communications infrastructure equipment including cellular transmission base stations, amplifiers, and switching products. Motorola's semiconductor unit is a top maker of embedded microprocessors. The company's top customers, which include wireless carriers Nextel Communications and Japan-based KDDI, resell many of Motorola's phones; the company owns a stake in Nextel."
"57","59","NYSE:ALL","The Allstate Corporation","Edward M. Liddy - Chairman, President, and CEO | Dan L. Hale - SVP and CFO | Eric A. Simonson - SVP and Chief Investment Officer; President, Allstate Investments | Michael J. McCabe - VP and General Counsel; SVP and General Counsel, Allstate Insurance | Robert W. Pike - VP and Secretary; EVP and Secretary, Allstate Insurance","Allstate Plaza, 2775 Sanders Rd.","Northbrook","IL","60062","USA","847-402-5000","847-836-3998","http://www.allstate.com","Insurance: P & C (stock)","","144","40,830","-2.3","28,865.0","-0.9","1,158.0","-47.6","109,175.0","17,196.0","26,531.7","1.60","-21.2","Ya gotta hand it to Allstate. The ""good hands"" company is the second-largest US personal lines insurer, behind rival State Farm. The company sells auto, homeowners, and other property & casualty and life insurance products in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The company's life insurance subsidiaries include Allstate Life, Northbrook Life, and Glenbrook Life. Allstate Financial provides life insurance and investment products, targeting affluent and middle-income consumers. Adding to its repertoire, Allstate has launched the nationwide Allstate Bank."
"58","85","NYSE:TXU","TXU Corp.","Erle Nye - Chairman and CEO, TXU Corp., TXU Electric, TXU Gas, TXU Australia, and TXU Europe | Michael J. McNally - EVP and CFO; President, TXU Business Services | Brian N. Dickie - EVP; President, TXU Energy North America | G. Patrich Simpkins - EVP and Chief Risk Officer | Barbara B. Curry - EVP Global Human Resources","Energy Plaza 1601 Bryan St., 33rd Fl.","Dallas","TX","75201-3411","USA","214-812-4600","214-812-7077","http://www.txu.com","Utilities: Gas & Electric","","148","18,000","8.8","27,927.0","26.9","677.0","-26.1","42,275.0","7,956.0","13,740.3","2.52","12.2","TXU! TXU! It sells gas and electricity too! Through its subsidiaries, utility holding company TXU supplies energy to some 5.1 million customers in the US and Australia. The company is the largest utility holding company in Texas, with 2.7 million electric and 1.4 million gas customers. TXU has a generating capacity of some 19,000 MW in the state, and it owns the 7,200-mile Lone Star Pipeline. TXU's Australian subsidiaries provide electricity and natural gas to about 1 million customers in Victoria. Other operations include telecommunications and energy trading and marketing. TXU is exiting its European businesses."
"294","296","","Science Applications International Corporation","J. Robert Beyster - Chairman, President, and CEO | Thomas E. Darcy - EVP and CFO | J. Dennis Heipt - EVP and Secretary | Randy Walker - EVP Commercial and International Business | Duane P. Andrews - EVP Federal Business","10260 Campus Point Dr.","San Diego","CA","92121","USA","858-826-6000","858-826-6800","http://www.saic.com","Computer & Data Services","Private","","40,400","-2.7","6,162.5","","-558.7","","4,815.9","2,701.7","0","-2.45","","It definitely pays to have a rich Big Brother, or an Uncle Sam with deep pockets. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a leading provider of systems integration, engineering, and R&D services to the US government (which accounts for about 60% of sales). SAIC also provides professional services to the commercial sector, including consulting, software implementation, and network engineering. Its Telcordia Technologies subsidiary (formerly the research arm of the Baby Bells) supplies a variety of software and services to the telecommunications sector. SAIC is the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company."
"295","238","NASDAQ:PCAR","PACCAR Inc","Mark C. Pigott - Chairman and CEO | David J. Hovind - Vice Chairman | Michael A. Tembreull - Vice Chairman | Thomas E. Plimpton - President | Patrick Flynn - VP and CIO","PACCAR Bldg., 777 106th Ave. NE","Bellevue","WA","98004","USA","425-468-7400","425-468-8216","http://www.paccar.com","Motor Vehicles & Parts","","","16,000","-11.1%","6,088.8","-23.1","173.6","-60.7","7,913.9","2,252.6","5,628.3","2.26","38.7","Old PACCARs never die, they just get a new Peterbilt. PACCAR is the world's second-largest manufacturer of big rig trucks, trailing DaimlerChrysler's Freightliner subsidiary. Its lineup of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks include the Kenworth, Peterbilt, DAF, Leyland DAF, and Foden nameplates. The company also manufactures aftermarket truck parts for its Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks. PACCAR's other products include Braden, Carco, and Gearmatic industrial winches. Through subsidiaries, PACCAR also offers truck leasing and financing services."
"296","194","NYSE:GTW","Gateway, Inc.","Theodore W. (Ted) Waitt - Chairman and CEO | Joe Formichelli - EVP, Operations | T. Scott Edwards - EVP, Sales and Marketing, Consumer Segment | Roderick M. Sherwood III - SVP and CFO | Will Headapohl - SVP and CIO","14303 Gateway Place","Poway","CA","92064","USA","858-848-3401","858-848-3402","http://www.gateway.com","Computers, Office Equipment","","","14,000","-43.1","6,079.5","-36.7","-1,033.9","-528.1","2,986.9","1,565.1","1,849.9","-3.20","-55.3","Gateway's trying to Waitt out the PC slump. The company makes desktop and portable PCs and network servers that it sells to consumers and businesses ordering by phone and through its Web site. It also markets products through its own Gateway Country stores. Traditionally its 270-plus stores have not served as retail outlets, rather allowing customers to configure and order systems, but Gateway has begun stocking the outlets with some PC inventory. Gateway sells third-party peripherals such as printers and offers services such as training, support, and financing. Founder and chairman Ted Waitt owns about a third of Gateway."
"496","531","NASDAQ:KIND","Kindred Healthcare, Inc.","Edward L. Kuntz - Chairman and CEO | Paul J. Diaz - President and COO | Richard A. Lechleiter - SVP, CFO, and Treasurer | Richard E. Chapman - SVP, CIO, and Chief Administrative Officer | M. Suzanne Riedman - SVP and General Counsel","1 Vencor Place, 680 S. 4th St.","Louisville","KY","40202-2412","USA","502-596-7300","","http://www.kindredhealthcare.com/","Health Care","","","52,800","1.7","3,081.4","6.7","523.6","","1,508.9","590.5","723.6","9.42","","Kindred's golden oldies aren't the cash cows they once were. Kindred Healthcare (formerly Vencor) is one of the US' largest long-term health care providers, with about 55 long-term acute care hospitals and more than 300 skilled nursing facilities. Services include long-term intensive care, respiratory services, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation therapy, and Alzheimer's disease care. Kindred also operates institutional pharmacies. In 1998, the company split itself into Kindred and Ventas (a REIT, or real estate investment trust, that owns the properties and leases them to Kindred). The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has emerged under a plan of reorganization worked out with Ventas."
"497","541","AMEX:DVN","Devon Energy Corporation","John W. Nichols - Chairman Emeritus | J. Larry Nichols - Chairman, President, and CEO | Duke R. Ligon - SVP and General Counsel | Marian J. Moon - SVP Administration | John Richels - SVP Canadian Division","20 N. Broadway, Ste. 1500","Oklahoma City","OK","73102-8260","USA","405-235-3611","405-552-4667","http://www.devonenergy.com","Mining, Crude-Oil Production","","","2,826","61.5%","3,075.0","10.4","103.0","-85.9","13,184.0","3,259.0","7,233.9","0.72","-36.3","Independent oil and gas producer Devon Energy is buying its way into the big leagues. With its acquisitions of PennzEnergy, Northstar Energy, and Santa Fe Snyder, Devon has become an oil and gas heavyweight. It got even stouter by buying Anderson Exploration, and Mitchell Energy & Development. Devon has proved reserves of 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent, mostly in the US (Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming). The company also has exploration and production assets in the Gulf of Mexico, western Canada and in most of the major oil patches worldwide."
"498","514","NYSE:SEE","Sealed Air Corporation","William V. Hickey - President, CEO, and Director | Robert A. Pesci - SVP | David H. Kelsey - VP and CFO | Jonathan B. Baker - VP | James A. Bixby - VP","Park 80 East","Saddle Brook","NJ","07663-5291","USA","201-791-7600","201-703-4205","http://www.sealedaircorp.com","Packaging, Containers","","","17,700","-0.3","3,067.5","0.0","156.7","-30.5","3,907.9","850.2","3,871.4","1.22","33.8","It's no secret -- Sealed Air keeps its customers' products under wraps. Sealed Air's largest product segment, food packaging, produces Cryovac shrink films, absorbent pads, and foam trays used used by food proocessors and supermarkets to protect meat and poultry. Its protective and specialty packaging segments produce Bubble Wrap, Instapak foam, Jiffy envelopes, and Rapid Fill inflatable packaging systems. Its nonpackaging products include adhesive tape, solar pool covers, and recycled kraft paper. Sealed Air's products reach about 80% of the world's population."
"499","472","NYSE:HLT","Hilton Hotels Corporation","Barron Hilton - Chairman | Stephen F. Bollenbach - President, CEO, and Director | Matthew J. Hart - EVP and CFO | Dieter H. Huckestein - EVP and Director; President, Hotel Operations Owned and Managed | Thomas L. Keltner - EVP; President, Brand Performance and Franchise Development Group","9336 Civic Center Dr.","Beverly Hills","CA","90210","USA","310-278-4321","310-205-7678","http://www.hilton.com","Hotels, Casinos, Resorts","","","74,000","-3.9","3,050.0","-11.6","166.0","-39.0","8,785.0","1,783.0","5,048.3","0.45","4.8","If you need a bed for the night, Hilton Hotels has a few hundred thousand of them. The company's lodging empire includes some 2,000 hotels. In addition to the Hilton brand, other well-known names such as Embassy Suites and Hampton Inn are part of the Hilton family. Hilton's hotels mostly are located in the US, but the company does manage and own some properties in about 15 other countries. Hilton also operates 21 vacation ownership resorts in the US and owns the famed Waldorf-Astoria and Palmer House hotels in New York and Chicago, respectively."
"500","468","NYSE:NYT","The New York Times Company","Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. - Chairman and Publisher, The New York Times | Michael Golden - Vice Chairman, SVP, and Director | Russell T. Lewis - President, CEO, and Director | Leonard P. (Len) Forman - SVP and CFO | Solomon B. Watson IV - SVP and General Counsel","229 W. 43rd St.","New York","NY","10036","USA","212-556-1234","212-556-7389","http://www.nytco.com","Publishing, Printing","","","12,050","-13.9","3,042.5","-12.8","444.7","11.9","3,438.7","1,149.7","7,028.2","2.78","9.3","""All the News That's Fit to Print, Broadcast, or Post Online"" would be a more accurate motto for this media titan. The New York Times Company publishes one of the world's most respected newspapers, The New York Times, as well as large Massachusetts papers The Boston Globe and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette . It also owns 15 smaller newspapers, the International Herald Tribune, and two newspaper distributors and has stakes in two paper mills in the US and Canada. In addition, the company operates eight TV and two radio stations, runs more than 40 Web sites (through New York Times Digital), and offers wire and photo services."