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Ilena Rose - 16 Apr 2007 19:31 GMT
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2007/full_list/index.html

Interesting post ... when I looked further, I found Pfizer with
revenues of $52 billion and profits of over $19 BILLION!

Merck had revenues of "just" $22 BILLION and PROFITS on that of $4.4
BILLION.

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/QuackWatchWAtch.htm
Hawki - 16 Apr 2007 21:16 GMT
> http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2007/full_list/index.html
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> www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/QuackWatchWAt

if you had read farther you would have noticed that the industry that makes
the "most bang for its buck"(their term) is the wholesale food industry...

funny that only pharma is supposed to be profit free..
The One True Zhen Jue - 22 Apr 2007 15:58 GMT
> http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2007/full_list/inde...
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> www.QuackWatch.org

Here's a list of the industries whose profits are the fasting
growing.  Note that the pharmaceutical industry is # 33.

Top industriesFastest Growing Industries: Growth in Profits (1 Year)

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2007/performers/industries/gro
wth_in_profits/1yr.html


Industry Rank Industry 2006 % Growth in Profits
1 Packaging, Containers 96.0
2 Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 77.6
3 Wholesalers: Diversified 61.4
4 Semiconductors and Other Electronic Components 56.1
5 Metals 51.0
6 Securities 46.6
7 Mining, Crude-Oil Production 46.4
8 Hotels, Casinos, Resorts 46.3
9 Engineering, Construction 37.3
10 Insurance: P & C (stock) 34.1
11 Pipelines 30.9
12 Petroleum Refining 30.4
13 Entertainment 26.7
14 Aerospace and Defense 26.4
15 Health Care: Insurance & Managed Care 25.6
16 Energy 23.1
17 Wholesalers: Electronics and Office Equipment 22.1
18 Computers, Office Equipment 19.6
19 Railroads 19.4
20 Chemicals 15.4
21 Food Services 15.2
22 Medical Products & Equipment 15.2
23 Industrial & Farm Equipment 14.9
24 Commercial Banks 13.9
25 Food & Drug Stores 12.3
26 Insurance: Life, Health (stock) 10.9
27 General Merchandisers 10.9
28 Beverages 9.4
29 Utilities: Gas & Electric 8.4
30 Publishing, Printing 7.8
31 Electronics, Electrical Equipment 7.5
32 Health Care: Pharmacy and Other Services 7.3
33 Pharmaceuticals 6.2
 
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