Talk:Koch Industries

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Koch Industries, the largest privately-held oil company in the United States, has frequently been taken to task for its environmental infractions. In September 2000, the United States government brought a 97-count indictment against the company; after the inauguration of George W. Bush, the number of counts dropped from 97 to 9; two more charges were dropped in March, and the case was finally settled by the Justice Department two days before it would have gone to trial.

[edit] Who is the biggest ?

Please note this entry for Cargill:

Cargill, Incorporated is a privately held, multinational corporation, and is based in the state of Minnesota in the United States. It was founded in 1865, and has grown into the world's largest privately held corporation (in terms of revenue).

A search on Google also gave this info (in a chached page):

With more than $350 billion in assets plus another $650 billion in outstanding mortgage-backed securities, the Federal National Mortgage Association—better known as Fannie Mae— is the largest private corporation in America.

As well as this one:

In today's ever demanding economy, Wal-Mart has recently become the front runner in the race to be the largest private corporation in America.

KeyStroke 19:19, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Cargill is, although Koch will be. Once Koch completes its acquisition of Georgia-Pacific, it will surpass Cargill as the largest private corporation, as measured by revenue. That's according to Forbes magazine's annual list of the largest private corporations. Fannie Mae and Wal-Mart are "private companies" only in the sense that they are not government-owned. In the sense used in this article, Fannie Mae and Wal-Mart are "public companies" because their stock is traded on major stock exchanges. Lobosolo 01:06, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Purina

The link to Purina makes no mention of Koch Industries.