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Corporate Scoreboard
TABLE: Winners and Losers in Third-Quarter Profits
THE INDUSTRIES
PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM
1994's THIRD QUARTER
CONSTRUCTION & ENG. 821%
FOREST PRODUCTS 476
PAPER CONTAINERS 363
ALUMINUM 280
PAPER 176
AIRLINES 106
GAS UTILITIES 69
ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS 68
SEMICONDUCTORS 49
FINANCIAL SERVICES 45
CHEMICALS 44
INSURANCE 38
INSTRUMENTS 38
INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION 37
BANKS-WEST & SOUTHWEST 35
THE LAGGARDS
PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM
1994's THIRD QUARTER
GLASS CONTAINERS LOSS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS -74%
PUBLISHING -58
CARS & TRUCKS -39
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS -38
APPLIANCES -37
COMPUTER SOFTWARE -33
TEXTILES -29
RETAILING -27
TRUCKING & SHIPPING -22
PERSONAL CARE -19
HOTEL & MOTEL -8
BUSINESS MACHINES & SVCS.-7
MACHINE & HAND TOOLS -7
FOOD DISTRIBUTION -6
THE COMPANIES
WHO MADE THE MOST
MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
GENERAL ELECTRIC $1,610
EXXON 1,500
PHILIP MORRIS 1,433
INTEL 931
PROCTER & GAMBLE* 896
CITICORP 877
MERCK 862
COCA-COLA 802
MOBIL 786
DUPONT 769
BANKAMERICA 704
GTE 695
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB 690
GENERAL MOTORS 642
WAL-MART STORES** 634
WHO LOST THE MOST
MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
COMPUTER ASSOC.** -$637
IBM -538
TEXAS UTILITIES -421
BURLINGTON RESOURCES -300
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE -250
TIMES MIRROR -243
MCI COMMUNICATIONS -240
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES -223
CYPRUS AMAX MINERALS -203
BORDERS GROUP** -187
MUSICLAND STORES -145
KERR-McGEE -133
AMERADA HESS -105
TIME WARNER -102
FEDERATED DEPT. STORES** -67
ALL-INDUSTRY AVERAGE: +11% *FISCAL FIRST QUARTER **FISCAL SECOND QUARTER
DATA: STANDARD & POOR'S COMPUSTAT, A DIVISION OF THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES