
I would think that the majority of people (over 50%) use online search engines versus the Yellow Pages. However, we need to also realize that not everyone has a computer (or access to one) and of those who do have a computer, not all of them go online with it. There are still people who believe the internet is a scary place for sinners and criminals. Although laughable to us, it's a sad reality. :-)
The last time I used the yellow pages was at a hotel that didn't have internet.... it was annoying to do something manually.
Do you still use yellow pages?
Why boys dont like going shoping with girls?
Girls shop. They don't necessarily buy. Some just like the act of shopping. If they don't buy anything, they can feel like they accomplished something.
Men buy. In order to do this, they go shopping. And then they buy. If a man does not buy anything, they do not feel as if something has been accomplished.
These two things are opposed. But women can deal with a man's way, but men cannot deal with a woman's way.
But! There are some boys who love going shopping with girls... Not just too many. The ones don't like it, don't like it because guys are more technical, and on the spot, if they need something, they go buy it. Unlike girls, they won't walk around for hours and check every single store for fun.
What's your opinion?
The biggest and richest company in the world
According to the Fortune 500 list, the top ten are, in order:
1 Walmart
2 Exxon Mobile
3 General Motors
4 Chevron
5 ConocoPhillips
6 General Electric
7 Ford Motor Company
8 Citigroup
9 Bank of America
10 American Intl. Group
However, if you are looking for world companies, and not just American companies, here is the top ten: [This lists in order: Position, Company name, Revenue (US$ Billions), Year to, Employees, What exchange/country it is traded in, CEO, compensation]
1. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. $351.1 2006 1,500,000 United States (NYSE: WMT) H. Lee Scott, Jr., $12.44M
2. ExxonMobil Corp. $347.2 2006 88,300 United States (NYSE: XOM) Rex W. Tillerson, $4.12M
3. Royal Dutch Shell plc $318.8 2006 112,000 UK, Netherlands, Jeroen van der Veer, รข‚¬ 7.509.244
4. BP $253.6 2005 103,700 UK,(LSE: BP), (NYSE: BP) John Browne, $4.73M
5. Chevron Corp. $198.2 2005 61,533 United States (NYSE: CVX) David O'Reilly, $7.82M
6. DaimlerChrysler AG $193.0 2005 362,063 Germany (FWB: DCX), United States (NYSE: DCX), Singapore, Canada, Argentina, Netherlands, France, Austria, Switzerland, UK Dieter Zetsche
7. General Motors Corp. $192.6 2005 323,000 United States, 32 other countries (list omitted) (NYSE: GM) G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., $8.51M
8. ConocoPhillips $183.3 2005 39,000 United States (NYSE: COP) James Mulva, $6.88M
9. Toyota Motor Corp. $179.0 2006 285,977 Japan, United States WORLDWIDE(NYSE: TM) Fujio Cho
10. Total S.A. $178.3 2005 111,401 France, United States (NYSE: TOT) Thierry Desmarest, $3.79M
[note: this list is based upon revenue, not market capitalization, or total assets, which would produce a wholy different list!]
By the way, Microsoft is #62, Coca-Cola is #96, Haliburton is #104

















