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Sysco Corp was established in 1969 .It has it’s headquarter in Houston, Texas. The company distributes frozen foods, fruits, vegetables, dessert, various dry foods and fresh meats. Sysco Corp. also operates in one of the most basic of industries which distribute food and related products and services to restaurants, nursing homes, hospitals, hotels, schools, colleges, cruise ships, sports parks and summer camps wherever a meal is prepared away from home. The company provides a full spectrum of foodservice supplies and equipment to complement its broad food product offerings.
 
Customers can receive everything they need for their operations from sparkling front of the house service ware to heavy-duty, back of the house janitorial supplies and everything in between. The company’s specialty brands include ethnic product groupings such as Italian, Mexican and Asian foods, other specialty products marketed to the delicatessen segment and a line of table top sauces and condiments. The brand names include Arrezzio, Jade Mountain, Casa Solana, Block and Barrel, and House Recipe.
 
Sysco Corp is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. The company reported sales of 30.3 billion dollars for its fiscal year 2005 that ended July 2, 2005. For calendar year 2005, Sysco generated 1.4 billion dollars in sales. The company operates 168 distribution facilities, serving around 390,000 customers.
 
Sysco's objective is to ensure that highly differentiated products are effectively produced for their future generations. Sysco strives for excellence in everything that they do including excellent customer service.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  http://www.financialbrowsers.com/articles/Fortune-500-Companies_8190.html Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:13:14 CST Supervalu Inc. is a publicly traded company having a good stock performance result. It operates as a grocery company in the United States. Supervalu Inc. is a fortune 500 stock listed company trading under SVU and holds leading market share position.
 
Supervalu Inc. was established in 1871 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It offers a range of food and nonfood products, including groceries, meats, dairy products, frozen foods, bakery, fresh fruits and vegetables, health and beauty aids, general merchandise, seasonal items, and tobacco products.
 
The company conducts its retail operations under three retail food store formats extreme value stores, price superstores, and supermarkets. As of January 11, 2006, the company had 1,546 retail grocery locations. It provides food distribution and related logistics services, including warehouse management, transportation, procurement, contract manufacturing, logistics engineering and management services for the retail grocery channel. The company’s customers include single and multiple grocery store independent operators, regional and national chains, mass merchants, and the military.
 
Supervalu Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient as of 1-Apr-06 is better than 53.8 percent of Sandamp;P 500 companies and 88.6 percent of Food andamp; Staples Retailing companies. They declared a regular quarterly dividend of 0.1625 dollars per share. The dividend is payable on June 15, 2006 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 31, 2006. As of April 10, 2006, there were about 136.5 million shares outstanding.
 
Supervalu Inc. holds leading market share positions across the U.S. with its 1,381 retail grocery locations including licensed Save-A-Lot locations with annual revenues of approximately 20 billion dollars,. The company ranks no. 113 on this year's list of the Fortune 500 with 19,543.2 million dollars in revenues. This year, Fortune 500 companies overall brought in a record 9.1 trillion dollars in revenues and 610 billion dollars in profits. The Fortune 500 companies did much better, increasing their revenues. The company offers a dividend reinvestment program for shareholders.
 
The company Supervalu Inc. provides the product variety, punctual delivery, competitive rates and services their grocery retail customers. They also provide their customers with value through their products and services with the quality and diversity as per expectation.
  http://www.financialbrowsers.com/articles/Fortune-500-Companies_8189.html Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:06:58 CST Sunoco Inc is publicly traded company having a good stock performance result. It is one of the largest independent refiner-marketers in the United States. Sunoco Inc is a fortune 500 stock listed company trading under SUN.
 
Sunoco was established in 1886 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sunoco, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacturing and marketing of various petroleum products including fuels, lubricants, and some petrochemicals. It operates five domestic refineries with 890,000 barrels per day of crude oil processing capacity and it has over 4,500 miles of crude oil and refined product owned and operated pipelines and 34 product terminals.
 
Sunoco also engages in the manufacture of chemicals with interests in logistics and coke making. The company operates in five segments which are refining and Supply, Retail Marketing, Chemicals, Logistics, and Coke. The Refining and Supply segment manufactures petroleum products including gasoline middle distillates.
 
It also produces commodity petrochemicals including olefins and their derivatives, refinery grade propylene and aromatics and their derivatives which include benzene, cyclohexane, toluene, and xylene. This segment also manufactures petroleum and lubricant products.
 
It sells its products primarily to wholesale and industrial customers. The Retail Marketing segment engages in the retail sale of gasoline and middle distillates as well as the operation of convenience stores in 24 states, primarily on the East Coast and in the mid west region of the United States.
 
The Chemicals segment manufactures, distributes, and markets commodity and intermediate petrochemicals, such as cumene, phenol, acetone, bisphenol-A, and other phenol derivatives whereas the Logistics segment operates refined product crude oil pipelines and terminals, and conducts crude oil acquisition and marketing activities primarily in the northeast, mid west, and south central regions.
 
As of December 31, 2005, the company owned and operated 2,857 miles of crude oil pipelines and 1,647 miles of refined product pipelines. The Coke segment manufactures metallurgical coke for use in the steel industry. Sunoco Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient as of 1-Apr-06 is better than 98.4 percent of Sandamp;P 500 companies and 99.5 percent of Energy companies. Sunoco also manufactures two million tons annually of high-quality metallurgical-grade coke for use in the steel industry.
 
Due to highly experienced people who are dedicated to customers’ success the company Sunoco Inc. maintains and will continue to maintain their profitable growth. http://www.financialbrowsers.com/articles/Fortune-500-Companies_8188.html Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:01:37 CST Stryker Corp is one of the publicly traded companies having a good stock performance result. Stryker Corp is a fortune 500 stock listed company trading under SYK. Stryker Corp was established in 1941 and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Stephen P. Macmillan is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the company.
 
Stryker Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of orthopedic products and medical specialties worldwide. It operates in two segments, Orthopedic Implants and MedSurg Equipment. The Orthopedic Implants segment sells orthopedic reconstructive, trauma, spine and micro implant systems, bone cement, and the bone growth factor OP-1 products. The MedSurg Equipment segment offers powered surgical instruments, surgical navigation systems, endoscope products, medical video imaging equipment, and hospital beds and stretchers.

The company also provides outpatient physical therapy services that includes physical, occupational, and speech therapy services to patients recovering from orthopedic or neurological illness and injury. Stryker sells its products through local dealers and direct sales force to hospitals, other health care facilities, and doctors.
 
The Company's products include implants used in joint replacement, trauma, cranio maxillofacial and spinal surgeries biologics surgical, neurologic, ear, nose andamp; throat and interventional pain equipment endoscopic, surgical navigation, communications and digital imaging systems with patient handling and emergency medical equipment. Stryker also provides outpatient physical therapy services in the United States.

Stryker is the technology leader in the operating room. Their innovative products help give surgeons more control and patients better outcomes while making surgery easier and more efficient for medical professionals and hospital administrators. They were the first to combine voice activation, infrared technology and high definition capture and display devices to fully integrate the operation room. The company offers a broad range of products that have made it the leader in minimally invasive surgery in today's advanced, and rapidly changing, operation room environments.

Stryker Endoscopy offers a selection of financing options to fit healthcare providers' needs. Their specialty surgical equipment in arthroscopy, laparoscopy, urology and sports medicine offer a comprehensive solution. The Company does not currently offer dividend reinvestment or direct purchase of shares.
 
Stryker Corp.'s Corporate Governance Quotient as of 1-Apr-06 is better than 43.1 percent of Sandamp;P 500 companies and 92.8 percent of Health Care Equipment andamp; Services companies. Stryker Corp not only gives responsive, timely service but also help to make them more efficient.
 
 
 
  http://www.financialbrowsers.com/articles/Fortune-500-Companies_8187.html Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:55:15 CST State Street Corp is a publicly traded company having a good stock performance result trading under STT. It’s a fortune 500 stock listed company. State Street Corp was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
 
State Street Corporation operates as the holding company for State Street Bank and Trust Company which provides various products and services for institutional investors worldwide. The company operates in two lines of businesses which are Investment Servicing and Investment Management. Investment servicing business provides services for mutual funds and collective investment funds, corporate and public retirement plans, insurance companies, foundations, endowments, and other investment pools.
 
Investment Management business offers a selection of services for managing financial assets, including investment management and investment research services, primarily for institutional investors. These services include passive and active United States and non United States equity and fixed income strategies, as well as other related services, such as securities finance. The company’s customers include mutual funds and other collective investment funds, investment managers, corporate and public pension funds, and others.
 
The company operates in the United States and Australia. With 10.1 trillion dollars in assets under custody and 1.4 trillion dollars under management, State Street Corp is the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors. They offer integrated solutions and trading services to customers who wish to outsource aspects of their investment programs.
 
The company offers fund accounting, fund administration, custody, securities lending, investment operations outsourcing, record keeping, performance and analytics. The company provides specialized investment research and trading in foreign exchange, equities, fixed income, derivatives and money market products. The company's Economic Perspectives are weekly commentaries and quarterly forecasts on global markets written by Dr. Christopher J. Probyn, chief international economist for State Street Corporation. The company’s Clients include mutual fund companies and other investment managers, corporations, public pension funds, unions, non-profit organizations and families and individuals.
 
State Street Corp objective is to improve and safeguard portfolio values for asset managers and asset owners with original flow-based research, innovative portfolio strategies, trade process optimization, and global connectivity across multiple asset classes and markets. http://www.financialbrowsers.com/articles/Fortune-500-Companies_8186.html Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:51:36 CST Southwest Airlines is a publicly traded company having good stock performances results. The experience of flying on Southwest is quite different from that of most other United States airlines. Southwest Airlines is a Fortune 500 stock listed company trading under LUV symbol.
 
Its employees are generally famous for their friendliness, which is often attributed to a exclusive love based corporate atmosphere, which made chairman Herb Kelleher a celebrity in the business world. Jim Parker resigned in July 2004 and was replaced by Chief Financial Officer Gary Kelly. The President of Southwest is former corporate secretary Colleen Barrett, who has been with the company since day one.
 
Southwest has also been a major inspiration to other economical airlines, and its business model has been repeated many times around the world. Europe's easy Jet and Ryan air are two of the best known airlines to follow their business strategy in that continent, while Canada's WestJet is using Southwest's modus operandi in that country. New Zealand's Freedom Air and Thailand's Nok Air are other examples of airlines that are based on their system.
 
One of the reasons for profitability is Southwest's reliance on fuel hedging. Almost since its beginning, they have purchased fuel options for years in advance to smooth out fluctuations in fuel costs. They have significantly increased its hedging in 2001 with response to projections of increased crude oil prices. They are currently paying 50 percent of the market price for its fuel, however that number will increase as hedges from 2001 and 2002 expire and new hedges at higher prices take effect. They have hedges of varying percentages and prices in place through 2009.
 
The other reason for its profitability is that, since inception they have operated one model of aircraft, the Boeing 737, though it has operated with several deviation of this model. It has been argued that operating only one model of aircraft has allowed them to operate more profitably than its competitors that often operate with several aircraft models, since it needs to purchase and stock fewer replacement parts, ground support equipment, and other items necessary to maintain its fleet. They are the basis of the American description of the reality shows Airline. http://www.financialbrowsers.com/articles/Fortune-500-Companies_8185.html Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:46:09 CST Servicemaster Co is a publicly traded company having a good stock performance result trading under SVM. It provides various services to residential and commercial customers primarily in the United States. Servicemaster Co is a fortune 500 stock listed company.
 
Servicemaster was founded by Marion E. Wade in 1929 and is headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois. The company operates in seven segments like as TruGreen ChemLawn, TruGreen LandCare etc. The TruGreen ChemLawn segment provides lawn care services. The TruGreen LandCare segment offers landscape maintenance services. The Terminix segment provides termite and pest control services. The American Home Shield segment offers home warranty contracts for systems and appliances in the United States. It provides residential customers with contracts to repair or replace electrical, plumbing, central heating, and central air conditioning systems hot water heaters and appliances that break down due to normal wear and tear and administers those contracts through independent repair contractors.
 
The American Residential Services segment offers plumbing, drain cleaning, heating, ventilation, electrical services and air conditioning. The American Mechanical Services segment provides heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and electrical services. The Other Operations segment provides residential and commercial disaster restoration and cleaning services, domestic house cleaning services, and on-site furniture repair and restoration services. As of December 31, 2005, ServiceMaster provided services through a network of over 5,500 company owned locations and franchise licenses.
 
Servicemaster is dedicated to maintaining high standards related to their accounting and reporting processes and internal accounting controls. This commitment must be supported by the high ethical standards of their financial employees. This Financial Code of Ethics embodies these principles and has been approved pursuant to ServiceMaster's Financial Code of Ethics Policy.
 
The company's Corporate Governance Quotient as of 1-Apr-06 is better than 99.5 percent of Russell 3000 companies and 98.8 percent of Commercial Services andamp; Supplies companies. Each director and member of senior management is expectant to maintain ownership of Servicemaster's common stock. The Company provides service to residential and commercial customers in the United States where they serve 10.5 million homes and businesses each year. Jonathan P. Ward is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

With the past performance of the company in mind and the expertise and dedication of the management and staff the company is expected go to far greater heights in the near future.
  http://www.financialbrowsers.com/articles/Fortune-500-Companies_8184.html Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:41:34 CST Safeway Inc is a publicly traded company having a good stock performance result trading under SWY. Its stores offer food and general merchandise, as well as feature various specialty departments, such as bakery, delicatessen, floral, and pharmacy. Safeway Inc is a fortune 500 stock listed company.
 
Safeway Inc was established in 1915. It was formerly known as SSI Holdings Corporation in 1986 and changed its name to Safeway Stores Incorporation. Further, it changed its name to Safeway Inc. in 1990. Safeway is based in Pleasanton, California. Safeway Inc. and its subsidiaries operate as food and drug retailers in North America.
 
The company’s stores also offer Starbucks coffee shops and adjacent fuel centers. Safeway’s line of products include salsas bagged salads whole bean coffees line of cookies and other sweets the Verdi line of frozen pizzas, frozen pastas, pasta sauces, and olive oils Artisan fresh-baked breads the Primo Taglio line of meats, cheeses, and sandwiches and Signature brand soups, sandwiches, and salads. It also offers ice creams, frozen yogurts, and sorbets cereals and low-fat cereal bars and Gourmet Club frozen entrees and hors d’oeuvres.
 
The company ranked no. 129 on this year's list of the fortune 500, with 16,816.4 million dollars in revenues, up 1.3 percent from the previous year. Its 2005 profits were 302.5 million dollars, up 263.1 percent from a year earlier. The company employs more than 24 million people, about 16 percent of working Americans. Safeway announced recently that it has settled a federal income tax refund claim with the Internal Revenue Service, under which Safeway expects to receive approximately 315 million dollars in cash in the second half of 2006. The expected federal tax refund of approximately 259 million dollars will be recorded in the second quarter of 2006 as an increase to additional paid-in capital and will not be recorded in the income statement. David F. Bond has been Senior Vice President, Finance and Control, of Safeway since July 1997. In this capacity, he also serves as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer.
 
The company is good at what ever they do and that is demonstrated by the fact that they have one of the highest client retention rates in the technology services industry. Their clients' success is reflecting in the company’s own financial performance. For the past five years, the company has achieved record growth.
 
  http://www.financialbrowsers.com/articles/Fortune-500-Companies_8183.html Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:38:23 CST Motorola, Incorporation is a publicly traded company having a good stock performance result. It’s a fortune 500 stock listed company trading under the symbol MOT.
 
Motorola’s role as pioneer, innovator and visionary in mobile communications is well-known. Motorola has proven its self a global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies and embedded electronic products, and has become well-known for its dedication to ethical business practices and revolutionary role in important innovations. Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, it had sales of 36.8 billion dollars in 2005. 

Earnings from continuing operations of .47 dollars per share, including earnings of .12 dollars per share from significant items, Global Mobile Device market share anticipated at 19.0 percent, up 3.1 percentage points against the year-ago quarter, Record Mobile Device shipments of 44.7 million units, Positive operating cash flow of 2.1 billion dollars.
 
In 2005 Financial Sales went up 18 percent, record sales of 36.84 billion dollars, compared to 2004 sales of 31.32 billion dollars. Earnings per share from continuing operations went up by 102 percent. Earnings from continuing operations of 1.82 dollars per share, compared to 2004 earnings from continuing operations of 0.90 dollars per share, record mobile device shipments of 146.0 million units, went up by 40 percent versus 2004, positive operating cash flow of 4.6 billion percent.
 
During the quarter, the company continued to strengthen its balance sheet, generating operating cash flow of 2.1 billion dollars, its 20th consecutive quarter of positive operating cash flow. For the full year, the company generated operating cash flow of 4.6 billion dollars and ended the year with a record net cash1 position of 10.5 billion dollars.
 
Innovation is at the heart of Motorola. Their multidisciplinary group of scientists and engineers are working on breakthrough technology that connects people and information in ways the world has never seen before.

They are devoted to the health and safety of their customers, employees and neighbors as well as to the world in which they work, play and live.
  http://www.financialbrowsers.com/articles/Fortune-500-Companies_8182.html Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:32:10 CST Monsanto Corporation is a publicly traded company having a good stock performance result. It’s a fortune 500 stock listed company trading under the symbol MON.

Monsanto is a comparatively new company. Although they share a name and history with a different company established in 1901, this newly created corporation is with a very special focus on developing agricultural solutions. Monsanto is a leading provider of agricultural products and solutions. They use matchless innovation in plant biotechnology, genomics and breeding to improve productivity and to reduce the costs of farming.

They produce leading seed brands, including DEKALB and as grow, and they develop biotechnology traits that put together insect control and weed control into the seed itself. They make roundup, the world’s best-selling herbicide, and other herbicides, which can be combined with their seeds and traits to offer farmers integrated solutions. Through their Holden’s/Corn States business, they also provide other seed companies with genetic material and biotechnology traits for their seed brands. They manage their business in two segments of Seeds and Genomics, and Agricultural Productivity.

The company now expects that 20 cents per share of its full year on both a reported and ongoing basis will occur in the first quarter. The company revised its first quarter guidance upward from its earlier approximation for the quarter of about 10 cents per share.
 
They now expect that its full year 2006 guidance will be toward the upper end of its previously announced range of 2.35 to 2.50 dollars, on a reported and ongoing basis. The company confirmed that its guidance for free cash flow in fiscal year 2006 remains the same in the range of 825 million to 900 million dollars.
 
On 7 June 2005 Driven by strong sales of biotech traits in the United States, increased cotton trait revenues in India, increased corn seed sales, and favorable timing of roundup sales in the United States and Europe.
 
Monsanto was incorporated as a subsidiary of Pharmacia in 2000, and spun off as a separate company in 2002. In the 21st century, they have dedicated that the innovation in plant biotechnology, genomics and breeding to improve productivity and to reduce the costs of farming.