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| CORPORATE SCOREBOARD
Winners and Losers in Quarterly Profits INDUSTRIES
LEADERS
PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM
1999's SECOND QUARTER
SEMICONDUCTORS 271%
COAL, OIL, & GAS 187
GAS UTILITIES 172
COMPUT. SOFTWARE & SVCS. 133
PETROLEUM SERVICES 113
SPECIAL MACHINERY 92
ALUMINUM 75
INSTRUMENTS 69
APPAREL 59
PAPER 53
MISCELLANEOUS LEISURE 44
MACHINE & HAND TOOLS 36
INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION 34
PAPER CONTAINERS 30
FOOD PROCESSING 28
LAGGARDS
PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM
1999's SECOND QUARTER
STEEL Loss
BROADCASTING -97%
HEALTH-CARE SERVICES -88
BANKS-SOUTH & SOUTHEAST -73
DRUG DISTRIBUTION -71
GLASS CONTAINERS -70
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES -69
PUBLISHING -55
BANKS-MIDWEST -52
BUILDING MATERIALS -47
NONFERROUS METALS -32
INSURANCE -27
FOREST PRODUCTS -21
AIRLINES -18
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS -16
COMPANIES
WHO MADE THE MOST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ORACLE $4912
EXXON MOBIL 4530
GENERAL ELECTRIC 3378
INTEL 3137
CITIGROUP 3005
MICROSOFT *** 2409
PHILIP MORRIS 2171
BANK OF AMERICA 2063
IBM 1941
SBC COMMUNICATIONS 1851
AT&T 1767
GENERAL MOTORS 1751
MERCK 1722
FORD MOTOR 1513
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER 1458
WHO LOST THE MOST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
FIRST UNION -$2199
BANK ONE -1269
SILICON GRAPHICS*** -608
SPRINT PCS GROUP -456
OWENS CORNING -425
JDS UNIPHASE*** -419
CONSECO -405
RITE AID* -403
MARCHFIRST -374
AMAZON.COM -317
HCA-THE HEALTHCARE CO. -272
LTV -272
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS -241
GPU -208
AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS** -193
ALL INDUSTRY AVERAGE: +17%
* FISCAL FIRST QUARTER
** FISCAL THIRD QUARTER
*** FISCAL FOURTH QUARTER
DATA: COMPUSTAT, PROVIDED BY STANDARD & POOR'S MARKET SERVICES
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