"Montblack" wrote in message
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("Tom S." wrote)
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I notice that Microsoft and Wal-Mart don't have oppulent trappings in
their
corporate HQ, and 220 of the 1990 Fortune 500 aren't there anymore.

I wonder how many of those 1990 Fortune 500 companies went belly up vs.
how
many were purchased, or mergers, etc?


Mergers and purchases are typically "distress" sales. Just going out and
buying a Fortune 500 company isn't a common practice.