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Re:The rise of the corporate colossus is a giant problem by nonameface on Thursday September 15, 2016 @02:46PM (#12508688)
That is a direct quote from the article. The article states $36B as well, not $360B.

"None of this helps the image of big business. Paying tax seems to be unavoidable for individuals but optional for firms. Rules are unbending for citizens, and up for negotiation when it comes to companies. Nor do profits translate into jobs as once they did. In 1990 the top three carmakers in Detroit had a market capitalisation of $36 billion and 1.2m employees. In 2014 the top three firms in Silicon Valley, with a market capitalisation of over $1 trillion, had only 137,000 employees."

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Re:The rise of the corporate colossus is a giant problem by sharemywin on Thursday September 15, 2016 @02:48PM (#12508706)
I look it up Ford, GM had sales over 100B that year. assuming maybe Toyota as the 3rd.
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Re:The rise of the corporate colossus is a giant problem by hx87 on Thursday September 15, 2016 @03:39PM (#12509147)
Market cap tends to be much lower than revenue for capital-intensive industries. Factories, machine tools, and steel cost a lot of money, after all.
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Re:The rise of the corporate colossus is a giant problem by Eridrus on Thursday September 15, 2016 @03:05PM (#12508859)
Making cars is pretty capital intensive; Ford's Market Cap in 1990 was in the ~20bn range depending on what point you look at.
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Re:The rise of the corporate colossus is a giant problem by AnimalMuppet on Thursday September 15, 2016 @04:15PM (#12509455)
> assuming maybe Toyota as the 3rd.

Chrysler.

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