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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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