Comments on: 2009 Fortune 500: Full list

By: Robert, St. Louis, MO

Robert, St. Louis, MO — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:19:23 +0000

How many Statists does it take…?

I rarely see this much commie tripe… you guys really win the prize.

By: Elaine, 6955 Windchase Drive, Rocky Mount, NC

Elaine, 6955 Windchase Drive, Rocky Mount, NC — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:19:18 +0000

To each its own. I want to be fortunate enough to get back to work in a Fortune 500 company again. I happen to be a bio pharmaceutical or health care industry person and a fan for two reasons (1) To work in those industries is probably as close as I will get to the medical community, and it is so important to me that I work for an industry that improves the quality of life for others; (2) Those industries have been able to withstand the economic downturn. So, No bad mouthing from me — especially during our current economic state.

Elaine Harrison

By: Kevin, Raleigh, NC

Kevin, Raleigh, NC — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:20:44 +0000

people are complaining about fortune 500 companies particularly oil industries. They don’t understand that the employees in these companies work way hard to keep the company running. In opposite, people who are complaining are spending the tax payers’ money and drinking beers in the bars. Guys, please be realistic!

By: Andrei Frincu, Iasi, Romania

Andrei Frincu, Iasi, Romania — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:49:44 +0000

How can Earth accept this? Most of these companies, at least the top 50 ones, have more revenues than most COUNTRIES on Earth!

How did this happen? How did we allow them to proceed in this future, yet certain, world domination?

By: Richard, Tampa, FL

Richard, Tampa, FL — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:00:02 +0000

Slowly, but surely, these puppet companies are woven into world domination. The kingdoms of the world united under one leader. Resist! Revolt! Open your eyes! Do not accept unified currency, respect and uphold national borders, stand for your American freedoms. Down with the Euro, the EU, NAFTA, the UN!

By: jean west allis wi

jean west allis wi — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:57:45 +0000

you should have taken the bailout money soon you’ll be unemployed. you should have also talked with the banks to ease up on financing and maybe things would have slowly gotten better but i guess it sucks to be you.

By: Washington DC, Temi

Washington DC, Temi — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:07:33 +0000

Oh My GOD FORTUNE 500!! THey ROCK!!!
yeah yeah temi is been here

By: dallas

dallas — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:28:31 +0000

great job

By: Garfield McMurchie, Kendal Saskatchewan Canada

Garfield McMurchie, Kendal Saskatchewan Canada — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:53:38 +0000

In any democracy the news media must ask the right questions. For example in the 2000 Florida Presidential election scenario no one asked why the Bush Team did not agree to the proposed recounts? I guess that is because no asked if the anomalies that caused the under-vote ballots were not also present in the vote ballots.

The questions for the day are :
1. Why are the Oil companies contributing to the recession instead of contributing to the recovery?
2. Why is the price of deisel higher than gasoline when gasoline is refined from deisel fuel?
3. Have you ever bought anything, goods and or service, that did not have deisel fuel as part of it’s production cost?
4. If the price of deisel fuel had the same relationship with its cost of production that gasoline has would the cost for every other business, every government, every indiviual be reduced significantly??

By: Sarah Walters in Charlotte NC

Sarah Walters in Charlotte NC — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:46:37 +0000

Bank of America in Charlotte NC has only FIVE openings yet you are saying they are hiring over 1000 employees. Please stop getting our hopes up.

By: unemployed in Charlotte NC

unemployed in Charlotte NC — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:44:37 +0000

Bank of America is NOT hiring any administrative positions in the Charlotte area. Thanks for nothing

By: Mini money maker, Melbourne, VIC

Mini money maker, Melbourne, VIC — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:18:06 +0000

This is a response to TX Granny’s remarks about Wal-Mart. Although Wal-Mart has become a hulking corporate monolith, If you divide its profit by the amount of employees, you only come out with six thousand dollars per worker.

By: Juan, Newton, MA

Juan, Newton, MA — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:10:54 +0000

To those of you wondering how Ford and GM can be on this list,
It’s simple: GM sold $149 billion in products and services, which puts them behind only 5 other companies, but it cost them $180 billion to create those products, advertise them, ship them to distribution centers, pay employee salaries & benefits, honor warranties, and everything else that it takes to run the business.

For a list of most profitable companies, you’d have to look elsewhere.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:45:46 +0000

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By: Kate,Ft.Lauderdale, FL

Kate,Ft.Lauderdale, FL — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:56:55 +0000

I prefer to shop at Walgreens over CVS. They (CVS) are more profitable but at the expense of customer service. Walgreens employees are by far more helpful and nicer than those at CVS.

By: John McLain, New Orleans, LA

John McLain, New Orleans, LA — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:41:19 +0000

I do not like what I have been reading about IBM lately. A federal judge in New York ruled on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 that joint actions against the corporations under a US law allowing rights claims from abroad should be addressed in a US court. The judge disagreed with arguments made by the companies that it was not their responsibility to tell clients how to use their products. US Judge Shira Scheindlin allowed lawsuits against IBM for “aiding and abetting arbitrary denationalization and apartheid.” She said “That level of willful blindness in the face of crimes in violation of the law of nations cannot defeat an otherwise clear showing of knowledge that the assistance IBM provided would directly and substantially support apartheid.”

By: Brenda Lincoln, NE

Brenda Lincoln, NE — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:15:24 +0000

seriously? I can’t believe that the companies lining up for a bailout using tax payer dollar made the list. This decreases the value of being a Fortun 500 company.

By: Store Manager, Florida

Store Manager, Florida — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:32:31 +0000

This is a response to a previous comment about CVS salaried employees not getting a raise…. First, that is not true. Positions located in Field Management (District Manager and above) did not take raises. Store Management and below did recive raises based on performance. Second, bonuses were not cut in half. Bonuses are based on individual store performance if you are a Store Manager and DM’s recieve bonuses based on their districts performance. The option to not take raises was right. Think about it… the first thing our President did when he took office was to freeze all White House raises. Companies that make these types of moves are looking at what it takes to make it through the long haul and CVS Caremark was smart enough to freeze raises instead of laying off employees. This is a company that is proactive instead of reactive and they are very aware of what it takes to keep a company above rough water.

By: MRN, St Louis

MRN, St Louis — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:09:36 +0000

Stay with WAGS all the way, the leader now and in the future

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:20:58 +0000

Salaried CVS Caremark employees did NOT receive a raise this year and our bonuses were cut in half. We were told that this was based on the fact that we expect to lose business in 2009, yet the CFO said our profit should increase by 4%. I think we were taken advantage of due to the bad economy.