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Telling America’s Fortunes

This year’s Fortune 500 has just been released. The top five grossing companies: 1. Wal-Mart 2. Exxon Mobil 3. Chevron 4. ConocoPhillips 5. Fannie Mae If the business of America is business, we are best defined by three pursuits: Big Retail, Big Oil, and Big Houses.
Lewis McCrary
May 5, 2011 1:29 PM

This year’s Fortune 500 has just been released. The top five grossing companies:

1. Wal-Mart

2. Exxon Mobil

3. Chevron

4. ConocoPhillips

5. Fannie Mae

If the business of America is business, we are best defined by three pursuits: Big Retail, Big Oil, and Big Houses.

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