Louis Rukeyser's Business AlmanacWith its unique combination of statistical data, incisive analysis, and lively commentary, this is the definitive business reference for smart people across America. In this new edition, business summaries and analyses have been brought up to date, and the statistical sections have been greatly expanded. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
PEOPLE IN BUSINESS | 25 |
Table | 68 |
THE HAVES | 79 |
THE HEAVY HAND | 129 |
Table 82 Federal Receipts Outlays and Debt | 138 |
Changing the Rules | 147 |
One of the Inevitables | 166 |
Franchises | 446 |
Funerals | 447 |
Greeting Cards | 449 |
Health Care and Services | 450 |
Hotels and Lodging | 456 |
Law | 457 |
Leasing | 460 |
Machine Tools | 461 |
THE BUSINESS OF BUSINESS | 181 |
World War III? | 245 |
THE MONEY GAME | 261 |
Bonds | 283 |
Futures Markets | 292 |
Mutual Funds | 302 |
Insurance | 307 |
Pensions | 314 |
Social Security | 318 |
Real Estate | 320 |
INDUSTRIES IN AMERICA | 327 |
Agriculture | 335 |
Airlines | 341 |
Apparel | 345 |
Appliances | 350 |
Automobiles | 353 |
Auto Rental | 360 |
Banking | 361 |
Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic | 375 |
Book Publishing | 381 |
Chemicals | 384 |
Clubs | 391 |
Computers | 393 |
Construction | 403 |
Cosmetics Soaps and Cleaning Preparations | 407 |
Credit Cards | 410 |
Defense and Aerospace | 413 |
Education | 428 |
Electronics | 432 |
Food | 438 |
Forest and Paper Products | 443 |
Magazines | 462 |
Mining | 465 |
Motorcycles | 469 |
Movies Videocassettes and Movie Theaters | 471 |
Music | 475 |
Newspapers | 480 |
Oil and Natural Gas | 487 |
Packaging and Containers | 503 |
Pets | 505 |
Photography | 506 |
Printing | 508 |
Railroads | 511 |
Restaurants | 513 |
Retail | 515 |
Table | 526 |
Steel | 527 |
Technology | 530 |
Telecommunications | 535 |
Television and Cable | 542 |
Tobacco | 546 |
Toys | 547 |
Travel | 550 |
Trucking | 553 |
Electrical | 556 |
Video Games Jukeboxes and Pinball Machines | 558 |
Wholesale Trade | 559 |
THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN THE WORLD AND THE UNITED STATES | 561 |
32 | 562 |
Acknowledgments | 566 |
Index | 571 |
Copyright | |
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References to this book
The Save Your Business Book: A Survival Manual for Small Business Owners John Goldhammer Limited preview - 1993 |