How Powerful? :: Just the Facts

• The 2006 revenues of the top 200 corporations were $13.1 trillion. The GDP of the entire world was $61 trillion.
  
  
• The top 5 oil companies control 55% of the U.S. gasoline market.
  
  
• Between 1996 and 2000, 60% of U.S. corporations with at least $250 million in assets reported no federal tax liability to the GAO.
  
  
• Of the world's 100 largest corporations, only one is based in a developing nation.
  
  
• Of the 100 largest economies in the world, 53 are corporations.
  
  
• More than 1 out of every 4 people in the United States logs onto the Internet with AOL-Time-Warner, the largest media corporation in the world.
  
  
• Six corporations sell 80% of all recorded music worldwide.
  
  
• Nearly 70% of goods sold by Wal-Mart, the largest corporation in the world, are imported from China.
  
  
• In 2006, there were 13,903 individuals registered to lobby the federal government.
  
  
• In 2000, the sales of the top 200 corporations were 18 times the combined yearly income of the 1.2 billion people living in “severe” poverty.
  
  
• When asked about their reasons for engaging in unethical business behavior, 70% of employees reported “pressure to meet unrealistic business objectives” as the cause.