"Everybody's Business: An Almanac compiled, evaluates, and puts at your fingertips a wealth of information about the major corporations that shape the lives of all Americans...In understandable, nontechnical language, this in-depth almanac encapsulates the history of each corporation and reviews the present-day, innermost working of each. Everybodu's business provides: sales and profits; rankings; numbers of employees and main employment centers; services and products offered; brand names used; sales and marketing strategies; important holdings (including property and subsidiaries); reputation (how outsiders feel about the company); who actually owns and runs the company; the presence -- or absence -- of minorities or women on the boards of directors; past history and likely directions for the future; in the public eye (from lawsuits to charitable contributions); stock performance; address and phone number of main office. Interspersed with company profiles are numerous short articles and fillers that give inside information on the business world....Of unique value is the only published index to link all the major brand names with the companies that produce them....Everybody's Business is the one eye-opening and indispensable guide to the people, products, and profits of corporate America" --