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This list has all global annual earnings of all time, limited to earnings of more than $40 billion in "real" (i.e. CPI adjusted) value. Note that some record earning may be caused by nonrecurring revenue, like Vodafone in 2014 (disposal of its interest in Verizon Wireless) [1] or Fannie Mae in 2013 (benefit for federal income taxes).
This required an exponentially growing number of investors to afford the lease payments. The fraud was the largest corporate scandal in German history and caused financial damages of about 4.9bn DM (≈€3.3bn). Equitable Life Assurance Society: United Kingdom: 8 Dec 2000: Insurance
By 1925, his company town boasted of a school, an infirmary, a community recreation facility, a company store and several churches in addition to homes for the miners with running water, electricity and steam heat. The Buck Run colliery was located outside of Pottsville, in Schuylkill County.
The largest civil-damage award in business history was first rendered in 1985 in the case of v. Pennzoil. However, it was far from certain that the $10.53 billion judgment would stand on appeal
The following is a list of all people who have lost over US$50 billion of net personal wealth in a one-year period. Many of these losses were due to a change in value tied to stock ownership, and so were unrealized losses. [1]
The restaurant chain that brought affordable shrimp and lobster to middle-class America and grew to become the largest seafood restaurant chain in the world filed for bankruptcy in May. Years of ...
PFSweb: A B2B company whose stock price doubled after its IPO. Pixelon: Streaming video company that hosted a $16 million dot-com party in October 1999 in Las Vegas with celebrities including Chely Wright, LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill, Dixie Chicks, Sugar Ray, Natalie Cole, KISS, Tony Bennett, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, and a reunion of The Who ...
Oct. 22, 2008: Widespread corporate losses, which include a $24 billion quarterly loss from Wachovia, point to a 10% year-over-year decline in third-quarter profit. The Dow closes at 8,519.21 ...