• one ExxonMobil: Making money off of the world’s addiction to oil, their massive profits were up 19% in 2008.
• two Wal-Mart: Making money off of the world’s addiction to cheap crap, their profits were up 7% in 2008.
• three Chevron: People like putting gas in their cars, and indirectly, money in Chevron’s cash-lined pockets.
• four ConocoPhillips: see all the stuff we just said about ExxonMobil and Chevron, then apply it here.
• five General Electric: Nobody watches NBC, so we’ll assume it’s because of all the other stuff they make. source

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