Statistics from a well-known company’s 2008 annual report:
2008 Company Highlights
- Earnings were $18.1 billion, the third highest in Company history
- Revenues grew 6% to a Company record of $183 billion
- Global revenues grew 13%
- Infrastructure and Media segments grew operating profit 10%
- Total equipment and services backlog grew to $172 billion, an increase of 9%
- Services grew 10% with a backlog of $121 billion
- Industrial organic revenues grew 8%
- Invested $15 billion on the intellectual foundation of the Company, including products, training, marketing, and programming
- Filed 2,537 patent applications in 2008, an increase of 8%
- Named the 4th most valuable brand in the world by BusinessWeek
Guess what Mr. Market did to the stock price…
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