Economic Comparisons

General Electric ( http://www.ge.com/investor/ )

Time Period	Revenue	Net Income	Profit Margin
3Q 2000	$32.0 billion	$3.18 billion	10.0%
2Q 2000	$32.9 billion	$3.38 billion	10.3%
1Q 2000	$30.0 billion	$2.59 billion	8.6%
FY 1999	$112 billion	$10.7 billion	9.6%
4Q 1999	$32.9 billion	$3.09 billion	9.4%
3Q 1999	$27.2 billion	$2.653 billion	9.8%
2Q 1999	$27.4 billion	$2.82 billion	10.3%

IBM ( http://www.ibm.com/investor/financials/irfiqe.phtml )

Time Period	Revenue	Net Income	Profit Margin
3Q 2000	$21.8 billion	$2.0 billion	9.2%
2Q 2000	$21.7 billion	$1.9 billion	8.8%
1Q 2000	$19.3 billion	$1.52 billion	7.9%
FY 1999	$87.5 billion	$7.7 billion	8.8%
4Q 1999	$24.2 billion	$2.1 billion	8.7%
3Q 1999	$21.1 billion	$1.8 billion	8.5%
2Q 1999	$21.9 billion	$2.4 billion	11.0%

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