Follow the money. Nothing new to see here...
://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/18/Banking_Rank_1.html
Rank Name Country Industry Assets ($bil) Market Value ($bil)
1 Citigroup United States Banking 1,494.04 230.93
3 Bank of America United States Banking 1,291.80 184.17
5 HSBC Group United Kingdom Banking 1,274.22 193.32
9 JPMorgan Chase United States Banking 1,198.94 144.13
14 Royal Bank of Scotland United Kingdom 1,119.90 106.41
17 BNP Paribas France Banking 1,227.95 77.73
19 Banco Santander Spain Banking 956.39 91.34
20 Barclays United Kingdom Banking 1,587.06 75.99
www.forbes.com...
Rank Name Country Industry Assets ($bil) Market Value ($bil)
2 General Electric United States Conglomerates 673.30 348.45
61 Siemens Group Germany Conglomerates 96.01 81.70
105 Tyco International Bermuda Conglomerates 62.26 51.95
108 United Technologies United States Conglomerates 45.93 59.31
It's as old as Reagan winning the presidency. At least.
www.reuters.com...
1. Petro China, China, $524 billion
2. Exxon Mobil, USA, $460 billion
3. General Electric, USA, $339 billion
4. Gazprom, Russia, $310 billion
5. China Mobile, China, $290 billion
6. Microsoft, USA, $266 billion
Hiding in plain sight? These people don't feel they need to hide anything.
The "new" world order is greed. Same as its always been.
And we fight it with education, morals and democracy.