Here are some net incomes (profits) from big corporations in 2009. I find most of these numbers surprising.
Associated Press 8.8 million. The company would have lost money if it hadn’t liquidated its German language service.
Apple 8.24 Billion. That’s about a 25% growth from 2008. This was largely because of iPhones — Apple sold about twice as many iPhones in 2009 as 2008. And it’s on pace to double that in 2010.
AT&T 12.5 Billion. Another iPhone beneficiary.
General Electric 10.7 Billion. GE has 304,000 employees compared to Apple’s 34,300 employees.
Royal Dutch Shell 12.518 Billion. 102,000 employees.
Sony -437 Million. Killing itself with operating costs.
Wal-Mart 14.33 Billion. 2.1 million employees, the largest employeer in the U.S. or Mexico.
