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Rank ▾	Company	Revenues ($ millions)	Profits ($ millions)
1	Exxon Mobil	452,926.0	41,060.0
2	Wal-Mart Stores	446,950.0	15,699.0
3	Chevron	245,621.0	26,895.0
4	ConocoPhillips	237,272.0	12,436.0
5	General Motors	150,276.0	9,190.0
6	General Electric	147,616.0	14,151.0
7	Berkshire Hathaway	143,688.0	10,254.0
8	Fannie Mae	137,451.0	-16,855.0
9	Ford Motor	136,264.0	20,213.0
10	Hewlett-Packard	127,245.0	7,074.0
11	AT&T	126,723.0	3,944.0
12	Valero Energy	125,095.0	2,090.0
13	Bank of America Corp.	115,074.0	1,446.0
14	McKesson	112,084.0	1,202.0
15	Verizon Communications	110,875.0	2,404.0
16	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	110,838.0	18,976.0
17	Apple	108,249.0	25,922.0
18	CVS Caremark	107,750.0	3,461.0
19	International Business Machines	106,916.0	15,855.0
20	Citigroup	102,939.0	11,067.0
21	Cardinal Health	102,644.2	959.0
22	UnitedHealth Group	101,862.0	5,142.0
23	Kroger	90,374.0	602.0
24	Costco Wholesale	88,915.0	1,462.0
25	Freddie Mac	88,262.0	-5,266.0
26	Wells Fargo	87,597.0	15,869.0
27	Procter & Gamble	82,559.0	11,797.0
28	Archer Daniels Midland	80,676.0	2,036.0
29	AmerisourceBergen	80,217.6	706.6
30	INTL FCStone	75,497.6	37.3
31	Marathon Petroleum	73,645.0	2,389.0
32	Walgreen	72,184.0	2,714.0
33	American International Group	71,730.0	17,798.0
34	MetLife	70,641.0	6,981.0
35	Home Depot	70,395.0	3,883.0
36	Medco Health Solutions	70,063.3	1,455.7
37	Microsoft	69,943.0	23,150.0
38	Target	69,865.0	2,929.0
39	Boeing	68,735.0	4,018.0
40	Pfizer	67,932.0	10,009.0
41	PepsiCo	66,504.0	6,443.0
42	Johnson & Johnson	65,030.0	9,672.0
43	State Farm Insurance Cos.	64,305.1	845.0
44	Dell	62,071.0	3,492.0
45	WellPoint	60,710.7	2,646.7
46	Caterpillar	60,138.0	4,928.0
47	Dow Chemical	59,985.0	2,742.0
48	United Technologies	58,190.0	4,979.0
49	Comcast	55,842.0	4,160.0
50	Kraft Foods	54,365.0	3,527.0
51	Intel	53,999.0	12,942.0
52	United Parcel Service	53,105.0	3,804.0
53	Best Buy	50,272.0	1,277.0
54	Lowe's	50,208.0	1,839.0
55	Prudential Financial	49,045.0	3,666.0
56	Amazon.com	48,077.0	631.0
57	Merck	48,047.0	6,272.0
58	Lockheed Martin	46,692.0	2,655.0
59	Coca-Cola	46,542.0	8,572.0
60	Express Scripts Holding	46,128.3	1,275.8
61	Sunoco	45,765.0	-1,684.0
62	Enterprise Products Partners	44,313.0	2,046.9
63	Safeway	43,630.2	516.7
64	Cisco Systems	43,218.0	6,490.0
65	Sears Holdings	41,567.0	-3,140.0
66	Walt Disney	40,893.0	4,807.0
67	Johnson Controls	40,833.0	1,624.0
68	Morgan Stanley	39,376.0	4,110.0
69	Sysco	39,323.5	1,152.0
70	FedEx	39,304.0	1,452.0
71	Abbott Laboratories	38,851.3	4,728.4
72	DuPont	38,719.0	3,474.0
73	Google	37,905.0	9,737.0
74	Hess	37,871.0	1,703.0
75	Supervalu	37,534.0	-1,510.0
76	United Continental Holdings	37,110.0	840.0
77	Honeywell International	37,059.0	2,067.0
78	CHS	36,915.8	961.4
79	Humana	36,832.0	1,419.0
80	Goldman Sachs Group	36,793.0	4,442.0
81	Ingram Micro	36,328.7	244.2
82	Oracle	35,622.0	8,547.0
83	Delta Air Lines	35,115.0	854.0
84	Liberty Mutual Insurance Group	34,671.0	365.0
85	World Fuel Services	34,622.9	194.0
86	New York Life Insurance	34,393.5	557.3
87	Plains All American Pipeline	34,275.0	966.0
88	TIAA-CREF	34,079.0	2,388.4
89	Aetna	33,779.8	1,985.7
90	Sprint Nextel	33,679.0	-2,890.0
91	News Corp.	33,405.0	2,739.0
92	General Dynamics	32,677.0	2,526.0
93	Allstate	32,654.0	788.0
94	HCA Holdings	32,506.0	2,465.0
95	American Express	32,282.0	4,935.0
96	Tyson Foods	32,266.0	750.0
97	Deere	32,012.5	2,799.9
98	Murphy Oil	31,446.3	872.7
99	Philip Morris International	31,097.0	8,591.0
100	Nationwide	30,697.8	-793.1

Rank ▾	Company	Revenues ($ millions)	Profits ($ millions)
101	Tesoro	29,927.0	546.0
102	3M	29,611.0	4,283.0
103	Time Warner	28,974.0	2,886.0
104	Northrop Grumman	28,058.0	2,118.0
105	DirecTV	27,226.0	2,609.0
106	Publix Super Markets	27,178.8	1,492.0
107	McDonald's	27,006.0	5,503.1
108	Avnet	26,534.4	669.1
109	Tech Data	26,488.1	206.4
110	Macy's	26,405.0	1,256.0
111	International Paper	26,034.0	1,341.0
112	Travelers Cos.	25,446.0	1,426.0
113	Rite Aid	25,214.9	-555.4
114	Staples	25,022.2	984.7
115	Alcoa	24,951.0	611.0
116	Northwestern Mutual	24,861.0	645.1
117	Raytheon	24,857.0	1,866.0
118	Halliburton	24,829.0	2,839.0
119	Eli Lilly	24,286.5	4,347.7
120	Emerson Electric	24,234.0	2,480.0
121	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	24,226.4	877.4
122	Occidental Petroleum	24,216.0	6,771.0
123	AMR	23,979.0	-1,979.0
124	Fluor	23,381.4	593.7
125	TJX	23,191.5	1,496.1
126	Goodyear Tire & Rubber	22,767.0	343.0
127	Xerox	22,626.0	1,295.0
128	Aflac	22,171.0	1,964.0
129	Manpower	22,006.0	251.6
130	Cigna	21,998.0	1,327.0
131	Hartford Financial Services Group	21,918.0	662.0
132	U.S. Bancorp	21,399.0	4,872.0
133	Arrow Electronics	21,390.3	598.8
134	Bristol-Myers Squibb	21,244.0	3,709.0
135	Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	20,880.0	4,560.0
136	Nike	20,862.0	2,133.0
137	Kimberly-Clark	20,846.0	1,591.0
138	Nucor	20,023.6	778.2
139	EMC	20,007.6	2,461.3
140	United States Steel	19,884.0	-53.0
141	Baker Hughes	19,831.0	1,739.0
142	Time Warner Cable	19,675.0	1,665.0
143	Union Pacific	19,557.0	3,292.0
144	United Services Automobile Assn.	19,036.1	2,128.3
145	Exelon	18,924.0	2,495.0
146	Kohl's	18,804.0	1,167.0
147	Whirlpool	18,666.0	390.0
148	Capital One Financial	18,525.0	3,147.0
149	Illinois Tool Works	18,256.8	2,071.4
150	Cummins	18,048.0	1,848.0
151	AES	17,759.0	58.0
152	Southern	17,657.0	2,203.0
153	J.C. Penney	17,260.0	-152.0
154	Apache	16,888.0	4,584.0
155	Colgate-Palmolive	16,734.0	2,431.0
156	Altria Group	16,619.0	3,390.0
157	Jabil Circuit	16,518.8	381.1
158	Danaher	16,476.4	2,172.3
159	Paccar	16,355.2	1,042.3
160	FirstEnergy	16,258.0	885.0
161	TRW Automotive Holdings	16,244.0	1,157.0
162	Computer Sciences	16,144.0	740.0
163	Eaton	16,049.0	1,350.0
164	Medtronic	15,933.0	3,096.0
165	PNC Financial Services Group	15,820.0	3,056.0
166	Bank of New York Mellon Corp.	15,804.0	2,516.0
167	Southwest Airlines	15,658.0	178.0
168	Amgen	15,582.0	3,683.0
169	Progressive	15,508.1	1,015.5
170	HollyFrontier	15,439.5	1,023.4
171	CenturyLink	15,351.0	573.0
172	NextEra Energy	15,341.0	1,923.0
173	Marathon Oil	15,282.0	2,946.0
174	L-3 Communications	15,169.0	956.0
175	Oneok	15,119.2	360.6
176	American Electric Power	15,116.0	1,941.0
177	Viacom	14,963.0	2,136.0
178	Qualcomm	14,962.0	4,260.0
179	PG&E Corp.	14,956.0	844.0
180	PPG Industries	14,885.0	1,095.0
181	General Mills	14,880.2	1,798.3
182	Global Partners	14,835.7	19.4
183	Dollar General	14,807.2	766.7
184	National Oilwell Varco	14,658.0	1,994.0
185	Gap	14,549.0	833.0
186	Duke Energy	14,529.0	1,706.0
187	Dominion Resources	14,379.0	1,408.0
188	CBS	14,245.0	1,305.0
189	Lear	14,156.5	540.7
190	Loews	14,127.0	1,064.0
191	DISH Network	14,048.4	1,515.9
192	Anadarko Petroleum	13,967.0	-2,649.0
193	Navistar International	13,958.0	1,723.0
194	Toys "R" Us	13,909.0	149.0
195	Baxter International	13,893.0	2,224.0
196	Omnicom Group	13,872.5	952.6
197	AutoNation	13,832.4	281.4
198	Community Health Systems	13,817.0	201.9
199	Constellation Energy	13,758.2	-340.3
200	Texas Instruments	13,735.0	2,236.0

Rank ▾	Company	Revenues ($ millions)	Profits ($ millions)
201	Ally Financial	13,642.0	-157.0
202	Chubb	13,585.0	1,678.0
203	Waste Management	13,378.0	961.0
204	Aramark	13,244.7	100.1
205	Kellogg	13,198.0	1,231.0
206	Motorola Mobility Holdings	13,064.0	-249.0
207	Dean Foods	13,055.5	-1,575.6
208	US Airways Group	13,055.0	71.0
209	Consolidated Edison	12,938.0	1,051.0
210	Land O'Lakes	12,849.3	182.2
211	Edison International	12,760.0	-37.0
212	PPL	12,756.0	1,495.0
213	Yum Brands	12,626.0	1,319.0
214	Genuine Parts	12,458.9	565.1
215	ConAgra Foods	12,395.5	817.0
216	Parker Hannifin	12,345.9	1,049.1
217	Marriott International	12,317.0	198.0
218	Smithfield Foods	12,202.7	521.0
219	Coventry Health Care	12,186.7	543.1
220	Sara Lee	12,103.0	1,287.0
221	Health Net	11,901.0	72.1
222	Penske Automotive Group	11,869.5	176.9
223	Icahn Enterprises	11,855.0	750.0
224	Monsanto	11,822.0	1,607.0
225	Thermo Fisher Scientific	11,780.2	1,329.9
226	CSX	11,743.0	1,822.0
227	Starbucks	11,700.4	1,245.7
228	eBay	11,651.7	3,229.4
229	Chesapeake Energy	11,635.0	1,742.0
230	Liberty Interactive	11,624.0	912.0
231	Marsh & McLennan	11,526.0	993.0
232	Devon Energy	11,497.0	4,704.0
233	Office Depot	11,489.5	95.7
234	Avon Products	11,291.6	513.6
235	Aon	11,287.0	979.0
236	Textron	11,275.0	242.0
237	Huntsman	11,259.0	247.0
238	Praxair	11,252.0	1,672.0
239	Entergy	11,229.1	1,346.4
240	Public Service Enterprise Group	11,191.0	1,503.0
241	Norfolk Southern	11,172.0	1,916.0
242	Nordstrom	10,877.0	683.0
243	First Data	10,713.6	-516.1
244	H.J. Heinz	10,706.6	989.5
245	SAIC	10,657.0	59.0
246	Xcel Energy	10,654.8	841.2
247	Lincoln National	10,635.6	293.8
248	Ameriprise Financial	10,621.0	1,076.0
249	R.R. Donnelley & Sons	10,611.0	-122.6
250	Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America	10,571.3	209.9
251	Applied Materials	10,517.0	1,926.0
252	Stanley Black & Decker	10,437.6	674.6
253	Synnex	10,409.8	150.3
254	Jacobs Engineering Group	10,381.7	331.0
255	Peter Kiewit Sons'	10,381.0	573.0
256	Limited Brands	10,364.0	850.1
257	Newmont Mining	10,358.0	366.0
258	Genworth Financial	10,344.0	122.0
259	C.H. Robinson Worldwide	10,336.3	431.6
260	Unum Group	10,278.0	235.4
261	Liberty Global	10,246.5	-772.7
262	State Street Corp.	10,207.0	1,920.0
263	EOG Resources	10,126.1	1,091.1
264	Whole Foods Market	10,107.8	342.6
265	Air Products & Chemicals	10,082.0	1,224.2
266	Sempra Energy	10,036.0	1,357.0
267	BB&T Corp.	9,998.0	1,289.0
268	Mosaic	9,937.8	2,514.6
269	Automatic Data Processing	9,879.5	1,254.2
270	CDW	9,602.4	17.1
271	SunTrust Banks	9,602.0	647.0
272	Tenet Healthcare	9,601.0	82.0
273	GameStop	9,550.5	339.9
274	Motorola Solutions	9,549.0	1,158.0
275	URS	9,545.0	-465.8
276	Western Digital	9,526.0	726.0
277	VF	9,459.2	888.1
278	Las Vegas Sands	9,410.7	1,560.1
279	CarMax	9,402.2	380.9
280	KBR	9,261.0	480.0
281	Visa	9,188.0	3,650.0
282	Enbridge Energy Partners	9,109.8	624.0
283	BlackRock	9,081.0	2,337.0
284	NRG Energy	9,079.0	197.0
285	Western Refining	9,071.0	132.7
286	Progress Energy	8,907.0	575.0
287	DTE Energy	8,897.0	711.0
288	Caesars Entertainment	8,834.5	-687.6
289	Reinsurance Group of America	8,829.5	599.6
290	Estée Lauder	8,810.0	700.8
291	Micron Technology	8,788.0	167.0
292	AGCO	8,773.2	583.3
293	Sherwin-Williams	8,765.7	441.9
294	Bed Bath & Beyond	8,758.5	791.3
295	Principal Financial	8,709.6	715.0
296	Crown Holdings	8,644.0	282.0
297	Ball	8,630.9	444.0
298	Owens & Minor	8,627.9	115.2
299	Ross Stores	8,608.3	657.2
300	Discover Financial Services	8,550.3	2,226.7

Rank ▾	Company	Revenues ($ millions)	Profits ($ millions)
301	Family Dollar Stores	8,547.8	388.4
302	Reynolds American	8,541.0	1,406.0
303	Henry Schein	8,530.2	367.7
304	Dover	8,501.9	895.2
305	CenterPoint Energy	8,450.0	1,357.0
306	Gilead Sciences	8,385.4	2,803.6
307	Ashland	8,370.0	414.0
308	Stryker	8,307.0	1,345.0
309	Hertz Global Holdings	8,298.4	176.2
310	Assurant	8,272.8	545.8
311	Kinder Morgan	8,264.9	594.4
312	Energy Transfer Equity	8,240.7	309.8
313	Autoliv	8,232.4	623.4
314	Republic Services	8,192.9	589.2
315	Reliance Steel & Aluminum	8,134.7	343.8
316	Peabody Energy	8,096.0	957.7
317	Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea	8,078.5	-598.6
318	W.W. Grainger	8,078.2	658.4
319	Goodrich	8,074.9	810.4
320	AutoZone	8,073.0	849.0
321	Visteon	8,047.0	80.0
322	AECOM Technology	8,037.4	275.8
323	Steel Dynamics	7,997.5	278.1
324	Coca-Cola Enterprises	7,939.0	749.0
325	Williams	7,930.0	376.0
326	Commercial Metals	7,919.8	-129.6
327	Hormel Foods	7,895.1	474.2
328	Corning	7,890.0	2,805.0
329	TravelCenters of America	7,888.9	23.6
330	Sonic Automotive	7,871.3	76.3
331	MGM Resorts International	7,849.3	3,114.6
332	Thrivent Financial for Lutherans	7,842.8	454.6
333	Becton Dickinson	7,832.1	1,271.0
334	Campbell Soup	7,719.0	805.0
335	Boston Scientific	7,622.0	441.0
336	Dana Holding	7,592.0	219.0
337	Oshkosh	7,584.7	273.4
338	Masco	7,560.0	-575.0
339	Universal Health Services	7,534.1	398.2
340	Ameren	7,531.0	519.0
341	Quest Diagnostics	7,510.5	470.6
342	Darden Restaurants	7,500.2	476.3
343	Regions Financial	7,427.0	-215.0
344	Broadcom	7,389.0	927.0
345	Owens-Illinois	7,358.0	-510.0
346	Eastman Chemical	7,283.0	696.0
347	Pantry	7,271.8	9.8
348	Cablevision Systems	7,252.3	291.9
349	Dole Food	7,223.8	38.4
350	Tenneco	7,205.0	157.0
351	Charter Communications	7,204.0	-369.0
352	Spectrum Group International	7,203.4	3.8
353	Franklin Resources	7,140.0	1,923.6
354	OfficeMax	7,121.2	34.9
355	BorgWarner	7,114.7	550.1
356	Alpha Natural Resources	7,109.2	-677.4
357	Energy Future Holdings	7,040.0	-1,913.0
358	Interpublic Group	7,014.6	532.3
359	DaVita	6,998.9	478.0
360	Barnes & Noble	6,998.6	-73.9
361	Targa Resources	6,994.5	30.7
362	Cameron International	6,959.0	521.9
363	Winn-Dixie Stores	6,929.9	-70.1
364	Calpine	6,800.0	-190.0
365	Ecolab	6,798.5	462.5
366	Cliffs Natural Resources	6,794.3	1,619.1
367	Avery Dennison	6,786.7	190.1
368	Celanese	6,763.0	607.0
369	NII Holdings	6,719.3	198.8
370	MasterCard	6,714.0	1,906.0
371	Jarden	6,679.9	204.7
372	Fifth Third Bancorp	6,673.0	1,297.0
373	Dollar Tree	6,630.5	488.3
374	Weyerhaeuser	6,618.0	331.0
375	Agilent Technologies	6,615.0	1,012.0
376	Sanmina-SCI	6,602.4	68.9
377	NuStar Energy	6,575.3	221.5
378	Advanced Micro Devices	6,568.0	491.0
379	Terex	6,504.6	45.2
380	CMS Energy	6,503.0	415.0
381	AK Steel Holding	6,468.0	-155.6
382	American Family Insurance Group	6,400.2	295.2
383	Dillard's	6,399.8	463.9
384	McGraw-Hill	6,336.0	911.0
385	Amerigroup	6,318.4	195.6
386	Anixter International	6,270.1	188.2
387	Precision Castparts	6,267.2	1,013.5
388	Mattel	6,266.0	768.5
389	Omnicare	6,239.9	86.9
390	Corn Products International	6,219.4	415.7
391	Symantec	6,190.0	597.0
392	Advance Auto Parts	6,170.5	394.7
393	Core-Mark Holding	6,163.4	26.2
394	CC Media Holdings	6,161.4	-302.1
395	Expeditors International of Washington	6,150.5	385.7
396	Mylan	6,129.8	536.8
397	Wesco International	6,125.7	196.3
398	Cognizant Technology Solutions	6,121.2	883.6
399	Consol Energy	6,117.2	632.5
400	PetSmart	6,113.3	290.2

Rank ▾	Company	Revenues ($ millions)	Profits ($ millions)
401	WellCare Health Plans	6,106.9	264.2
402	CF Industries Holdings	6,097.9	1,539.2
403	UGI	6,091.3	232.9
404	Hershey	6,080.8	629.0
405	Group 1 Automotive	6,079.8	82.4
406	MeadWestvaco	6,079.0	246.0
407	Ryder System	6,050.5	169.8
408	Eastman Kodak	6,022.0	-764.0
409	NiSource	6,019.1	299.1
410	Rockwell Automation	6,000.4	697.8
411	Mutual of Omaha Insurance	5,974.1	130.0
412	Shaw Group	5,937.7	-175.0
413	Harris	5,924.6	588.0
414	Newell Rubbermaid	5,923.4	125.2
415	Pepco Holdings	5,920.0	257.0
416	CBRE Group	5,912.1	239.2
417	Dr Pepper Snapple Group	5,903.0	606.0
418	Avis Budget Group	5,900.0	-29.0
419	PVH	5,890.6	317.9
420	Pacific Life	5,879.0	679.0
421	General Cable	5,866.7	84.1
422	Exelis	5,839.0	326.0
423	Health Management Associates	5,822.1	178.7
424	O'Reilly Automotive	5,788.8	507.7
425	Fidelity National Information Services	5,757.4	469.6
426	SLM	5,756.0	633.0
427	Seaboard	5,746.9	345.8
428	Emcor Group	5,731.7	130.8
429	Auto-Owners Insurance	5,709.5	69.1
430	SanDisk	5,662.1	987.0
431	Ralph Lauren	5,660.3	567.6
432	Mohawk Industries	5,642.3	173.9
433	Sealed Air	5,640.9	149.1
434	Starwood Hotels & Resorts	5,624.0	489.0
435	Foot Locker	5,623.0	278.0
436	Domtar	5,612.0	365.0
437	St. Jude Medical	5,611.7	825.8
438	Spectra Energy	5,602.0	1,184.0
439	Booz Allen Hamilton Holding	5,591.3	84.7
440	CH2M Hill	5,555.2	113.3
441	Kelly Services	5,551.0	63.7
442	Avaya	5,547.0	-863.0
443	Laboratory Corp. of America	5,542.3	519.7
444	Kindred Healthcare	5,523.3	-53.5
445	Western Union	5,491.4	1,165.4
446	SPX	5,461.9	180.6
447	NCR	5,443.0	53.0
448	Allergan	5,419.1	934.5
449	Rock-Tenn	5,399.6	141.1
450	Live Nation Entertainment	5,384.0	-83.0
451	Graybar Electric	5,374.8	81.4
452	Momentive Specialty Chemicals	5,352.0	118.0
453	Centene	5,340.6	111.2
454	Owens Corning	5,335.0	276.0
455	Catalyst Health Solutions	5,329.6	67.0
456	Clorox	5,326.0	557.0
457	Bemis	5,322.7	184.1
458	Harley-Davidson	5,311.7	599.1
459	Con-way	5,290.0	88.4
460	Insight Enterprises	5,287.2	100.2
461	Pitney Bowes	5,278.0	617.5
462	Wynn Resorts	5,269.8	613.4
463	BrightPoint	5,244.4	48.8
464	Frontier Communications	5,243.0	149.6
465	Gannett	5,240.0	458.7
466	Dick's Sporting Goods	5,211.8	263.9
467	Big Lots	5,202.3	207.1
468	Allegheny Technologies	5,183.0	214.3
469	Telephone & Data Systems	5,180.5	200.6
470	Timken	5,170.2	454.3
471	W.R. Berkley	5,156.0	394.8
472	Fidelity National Financial	5,153.7	369.5
473	Casey's General Stores	5,140.2	94.6
474	NetApp	5,122.6	673.1
475	FMC Technologies	5,099.0	399.8
476	Biogen Idec	5,048.6	1,234.4
477	CVR Energy	5,029.1	345.8
478	United Stationers	5,005.5	109.0
479	Host Hotels & Resorts	5,003.0	-15.0
480	SunGard Data Systems	4,991.0	-149.0
481	Meritor	4,990.0	63.0
482	Western & Southern Financial Group	4,986.4	450.4
483	Yahoo	4,984.2	1,048.8
484	Vanguard Health Systems	4,895.9	-10.9
485	Charles Schwab	4,884.0	864.0
486	Susser Holdings	4,873.8	47.5
487	YRC Worldwide	4,868.8	-351.3
488	El Paso	4,860.0	141.0
489	CIT Group	4,855.3	26.7
490	MetroPCS Communications	4,847.4	301.3
491	Alliant Techsystems	4,842.3	313.2
492	Celgene	4,842.1	1,318.2
493	MRC Global	4,832.4	29.0
494	Aleris	4,826.4	161.6
495	J.M. Smucker	4,825.7	479.5
496	Rockwell Collins	4,825.0	634.0
497	Erie Insurance Group	4,824.0	169.0
498	Nash-Finch	4,807.2	35.8
499	KeyCorp	4,780.0	920.0
500	Molina Healthcare	4,769.9	20.8

The Final Lesson Of Steve Jobs (That Nobody Is Talking About)

There is no pie.

When you feel frozen in a moment, it can be impossible to see tomorrow or remember yesterday.  This is the moment of Steve Jobs death and right now we are trapped by sadness, pride, admiration, and total lack of understanding for the untold lesson of an American genius.

What if I told you that Steve Jobs has given us the answer to the greatest political and economic questions of the day?

Today and tonight thousands of young (and many not so young) Americans believe themselves to be trapped in a box.  Dare I say... 'a dogma'.  They have gathered and will gather in larger numbers over the coming weeks to express anger, disenfranchisement, expletives, but most of all - delusion.  

Q. Where is our wealth; what have you done with it?

A. Wealth is not static. 

If you asked a protester sleeping tonight in Battery Park if wealthy people or corporations were taking too much of the pie - the universal answer would be 'Damn Right!'

The Jobs example: Damn wrong!

The same group would freely admit that their lives were changed for the positive by the genius of Steve Jobs. They would say that the hard earned or hard borrowed money that they spent on Apple products were for their betterment and that they would be worse off without them (we all would).  They couldn't be more right.

That is the moment of truth - wealth is not static.  Wealth is created and need not be taken from one to share with another.  The creation of technology, efficiencies, and concept adds not to the individual but to all. Sound like a model for a Communist Utopia?  Nope, just a plain utopia.

The amount of money and wealth in the United States of America is not static; it grows and sometimes it shrinks. But over time the amount of wealth of America has skyrocketed. Collective wealth is increased every time a new idea is put forth to save energy.  Collective wealth is manifested every single time a new technology creates a synergy where none existed before.  Collective wealth is generated every single time one additional person participates in the ultimate capitalistic venture of... demand meeting supply. 

Steve Jobs made America and the world wealthier than it could have been without him.  No person or company (including Microsoft) went without so Steve Jobs could have more .  While we all went along for the ride, no person gave so he could take.  This is the nature of all free market business; the result of innovation, the reality of competition, the risk of investment.

The enemy to innovation and the foil to wealth is corruption. But corruption cannot create wealth; it can only imprison it and destroy it.  The Protesters believe they are called to action to right the wrongs of corporate abuse; after all, where is their piece of the pie?

There is no pie.

The call to tax one at a higher rate than another demands the corruption of thought that wealth is static. It demands and implies that the concept of real demand meeting actual supply can't possibly be fair. Certainly the omnipresent nature of greed must be righted by a third party; a third party that need not participate in any fair market for its own success or failure.   

Steve Jobs added tremendous wealth to the human experience.  Even after he was thrown from his own kitchen, he baked his own delicious pie and all 99% of us get to eat it.   

We are the 99%. We can only be trapped by our own dogma.   

Here's Why Perry/Christie Will Beat Obama/Biden 305 to 233 In The 2012 Electoral College

Extra Extra - The 2012 Election Just Took Shape
Jul.22.2011. The Plastico.

People like maps - so lets get right on it.  First immediately below is the 2008 Map that a Republican has to re-paint:

How Does the Perry Team Change the Minds of 10 Million Americans?

First off, Obama absolutely dominated McCain down the stretch of the 08' election.  The map indicates a strong sweep in which Obama received 7 million more votes than any person in U.S. history.

 

How Does Perry Make that 2012 Map A Reality?

1. Take back the easy reds.  Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia are red leaners that immediately swap 57 Electoral Votes.  Virginia will be tough because huge increases in federal spending have made the northern part of state a quasi DC extension of government money grubbers .  But while the DNC chose North Carolina for their convention they have no chance to hold it and it will prove a wasted opportunity to hold a crucial state such as Virginia, Ohio, Colorado, Wisconsin or even Nevada.  The RNC chose Tampa and that will in part help win Florida back (which is a must).  This leaves Perry down 236 to 302.
2. Indiana. 11 key electoral votes and Obama won the state in 08 despite 9 straight previous GOP wins.  A key opportunity for Perry and a border state to Illinois. This leaves Perry down 247 to 291
3. Nevada. Just 6 EC votes but it will be highly contended. Harry Reid won re-election against the tide last November.  However, Reid barely won against a Tea Party candidate that was rough on the eyes and on the campaign trail. Perry is a bit closer to Nevada's heart and he wont miss a chance to exploit the nations worst housing market. This leaves Perry down 253 to 285
4. Iowa and Colorado.  Both difficult States to judge and both highly in play.  Colorado had gone red 9 of 10 elections prior to 08'.  Iowa is a true swing state but will be turned by the heavy primary work being done by Republicans who will have framed the '12 election into a shape that doesn't fit any picture of Barack Obama. This closes the gap to 270-268 in favor of B.O.
5. CHAOS. Tim Russert will roll over in his grave for missing the chance to put this scenario on the chalk board (but the truth is that if it's a tie - Perry wins). Nebraska has a split vote policy and McCain won 4/5ths of the state in '08.  If Perry gets 5/5 of the red state... then the electoral college would be tied and The House of Representatives (As per the 12th Amendment) would elect Perry based on a likely GOP majority.
6. The Road to 305.  Surely you must have noticed that New Jersey was still on the block. Enter Christie, who is finally able to hand NJ to the GOP.  Ohio, also still on the table, is more likely to recant their 08' votes than Indiana or Virginia and they will.  New Hampshire has been blue for 4 of the last 5 but Christie strikes again and his appeal should bring the 'Live Free or Die' state back in a year that will have long forgotten the hope and change of '08.  Don't think that scenerio is reasonable? It is and it is exactly the 2004 Bush re-election map minus NM and plus NJ and NH.

The final story of 2012

Obama and Perry will circle Obama's home state of Illinois.  But the fighting over Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan is a battlefield of Political death for Obama.  The dirty secret is that a Perry/Christie team could lose all of those and still take the election 270-268 or 269-269 (hereafter dubbed the Perry tie).  New Mexico might simply be forgotten by both candidates and we left it unchanged from '08.  

Uh... OK-

We hear you, back that ass up J-Lo... How did we get here to begin with???

What happened to Romney vs. Bachman? 

The news stories of July '11 will be just a mere headache in 16 months.  Here is a short time-line on how it came to be:

August 2011: Rick Perry announces his candidacy and provides a certificate of live birth. Within days his poll numbers match or beat Romney and Bachman in Iowa. 

February 2011: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada = Perry, Romney, Perry (or something close to that).  Romney has essentially led the Republican Primary for the past 3 years but not in a way that a health care busting primary season would prefer and thus...it's Perry time to tell a patriotic story about his job creating, housing market fixing, deficit reducing future. 

Why New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for VP?

Two main goals have to be met for the selection of a Vice President in a highly competitive effort to unseat a sitting President.  Can a candidate be found who can both excite the base and appeal to swing voters to win key states. Tim Pawlenty, Scott Brown, Dave Petraeus, Michelle Bachman, John Huntsman, and Mike Pence get about 50-75% of that formula - only Chris Christie is a slam dunk on both.  He wont accept a VP nomination if he thinks Perry can't win because he would smartly wait to run for President in 2016.  So if Christie joins, it's a curtain call for Obama.  Also, as Dick Cheney proved, you can be a little fat and ugly and still be VP. Christie would likely argue that he's not all that ugly.

Wont it be a liability to be 'another Governor from Texas'?

Perry has to win the Republican primary and then win the Electoral College.  If he could boast his same resume while being the governor of Michigan or Ohio then he would be the ideal Obama buster.  But being from Texas wont be the problem that Democrats will say it's going to be.  When Obama talks about the jobs that actually were created, Perry can claim that half of them (yes half) were created in Texas under his Governorship.  So Perry can take credit for a chunk of the good and yet still plaster Obama on stimulus, health care, debt, and the Californication of the country.

Being from Texas might make Democrats like him less, but all Perry needs is the strongest Republican base turnout since 2000 plus 53-55% of Independents and he will sweep his way to D.C.  By no metric will Obama increase his 08' voter turnout and enthusiasm from Democrats, Independents, and young voters. 

The Herman Cain effect might even help him narrow the 08' Black vote down from 96% to... well never-mind. 

One last note on the Texas subject - Perry and W are not the closest of friends; in fact, Perry severed that relationship some time ago with some criticism that did not set well with the Bushy clan but will indeed sit well with voters in 2012. 

What about this Secession thing?

True.  Rick Perry did have some uncomfortable statements a while back concerning a states right or lack thereof to secede.  However, 150 years after the Civil War this issue will probably fall flat with most voters as being simply irrelevant. 

And for those still holding out hope that Caribou Barbie will enter the race and save the world... keep hope alive and send in your tea party dollars where she asks you to send them (she will be a fundraiser and not a candidate).

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SURPRISE! Stanley Ann Dunham (Obama's Mother) Was Statutorily Raped By His Father

Need Proof.  Count Back The Months On The Recently Released Birth Cert.... (according to wikipedia - Obama's mother was born on NOV.29.1942 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Dunham)  and our current Pres was born on Aug.04.1961.

 

But is it really statutory rape if they were married?  In this case yes.  It turns out that it is very likely that Barrack Hussein Obama Sr. was actually still legally married to another woman in Kenya.  However, that issue aside - nobody denies that Ann Dunham and Barack Obama Sr. were 'married' 3 months after Ann became pregnant. 

But... hang on... the Hawaii law for statutory rape is 16 and under- even when one of the couple is 5 or more years older as in the case of Obama's parents.  You can review that law here: http://www.cga.ct.gov/2003/olrdata/jud/rpt/2003-r-0376.htm .

So if indeed our President was conceived in the State of Hawaii, as all indications show, then the conception of Barack Hussein Obama II (our President) may have been a legal act even if it would have been highly illegal in many other States.   

Update:  Had Ann Dunham been a bit younger... Obama Sr. could have hit the slammer for 20 years:

Hawaii § 707-730

First-degree sexual assault to knowingly engage in sexual penetration (1) with someone under age 14 or (2) with someone between age 14 and 16 when the offender is more than five years older.

An indeterminate term of 20 years in prison

Blake Griffin Hires Agent; Declares For NBA Draft

Scouts Believe The First Year Power Forward Could Be A Top 5 Selection

Griffin Was Invited To Several NBA Sanctioned Events

Los Angeles (CHN) - Vinny Del Negro could only smile and shrug his shoulders Thursday morning after his star, 6' 10" Blake Griffin, officially announced that he would forgo his remaining contract and enter the 2011 NBA Draft.

"I think he's ready," said Del Negro who helped recruit the youngster from Oklahoma. "We have had NBA talent come through this franchise from time to time in the past but Blake is a cut above; I really think he can be successful at the next level," boasted Del Negro.

Griffin, who averaged a double double for the Clippers, says he's up for the challenge. "I'm excited, I mean, what can I say... everyone who has ever played for the Los Angeles Clippers has dreamed of playing in the NBA. For me, it's really happening - I am just going to go through the process and see where it takes me".

Scouts took notice of Griffin uncanny athleticism, size, and dunking ability; all unusual attributes for a Clipper Player of any age.

But critics remain. "We've seen it before," said former NBA Coach and 1992 Dream Team star Larry Bird. Bird continued, "Danny Manning, Bo Kimble, Michael Olowokandi... These guys all tried to jump from the Clippers to the NBA and it just never seems to happen. I would tell this Griffin kid to stay in school or go back to school and finish his contract; He may be the most talented Clipper of all time; but lets be realistic, this is the NBA".

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