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<1989Aug16.111307.22118@ka3ovk.uucp>, lake@ka3ovk.uucp (Marshall Lake) writes:
> >Atari is also number 91 as far as all US companies involved in electronic
> >equipment manufacture (not just computers!)  Atari is a relatively large
> >(net income wise) company.
> 
> Aren't these statistics more than a year old?  I had thought they weren't
> true any longer.

The 91 ranking is for calender/fiscal year 1988, so they are about 8 months
old.  The 91 figure appeared in the July 24, 1989 issue of Electronic Business
magazine, where they rated the top 200 electronics companies.

In 1987, Atari's ranking was 82 (ranked according to electronics revenues.)

(By the way, I don't think you can conclude anything from that apparent slip
in ranking -- since it might be entirely due to other companies growing faster,
rather than Atari shrinking.)


Electronic Business also rated Atari:

Third (microcomputer manufactoring) behind Apple and Compaq in revenue per
employee.

Second (against all 200) in return on equity.

Seventh (against all 200) in return on investment.

And fourth (against all 200) in the ratio of foreign versus total revenue
(so surprise here.)

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