Assignment #10

Assignment 10

SONY
1. Rick Claney, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications
2. Howard Stringer, CEO.
Sony Corp.
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075, Japan
3. News that might affect or concern the company might have to do with a best seller, the Playstation game system.
4. sales and operating income for 2006: $63,893 million
operating income for 2006: $1,635
5. http://www.ireviewelectronics.com/images/sony-playstation-2.jpg
6. http://www.sony.com/index.php

LEVI & STRAUSS CO.
1. Jeff Beckman, director or corporate communications.
2. John Anderson, CEO.
1155 Battery St.
San Francisco, CA 94111
3. News that might affect or concern the company might include things such as jeans ripping or fading in a short amount of time after purchasing. Jeans are the core sales for Levi.
4. gross profit for 2006: $498 million
net income for 2006: $87 million
5. http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/photos/levi_courtesy.jpg
6. http://www.us.levi.com/lsco/levi/home/l_home.jsp

FORD MOTOR CO.
1. Charles B. Hollera, Chief Communications Officer
2. William Clay Ford Jr., Executive Chairman of the Board of Ford Motor Co.
P.O. Box 685
Dearborn, MI 48126-0685
3. News that might affect or concern the comapny might include an enitre array of defects on many of the kinds of cars they sell. Maybe things like aribags not working.
4. Revenue for 1st qtr. of 2007: $43 billion
net income for 1st qtr. of 2007: $282 million
5. http://www.quest-online.com/NewFiles/images/Ford_Corporate_Logo.jpg
6. http://www.ford.com/en/company/default.htm?referrer=home


DELL
1. Lynn A. Tyson, Vice President of Investor Relations
2. Michael S. Dell, CEO.
Headquarters located in Round Rock Texas (could not find exact address)
3. News that might affect or concern the company could be things like battery recalls, or computer defects.
4. net revenue for 2006: $55,908 million
GAAP net income for 2006: $3,573 million.
5. http://dangoetz.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/___dell%20logo.jpg
6. http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/en/home?c=us&l=en&s=corp

MAC CO.
1. Katie COtton, Vice President of World Wide Corporate Communications
2. Steve Jobs, CEO.
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014
3. News that might affect or concern the company might inlcude problems with computers or ipods. Things like ipods breaking in a short amount of time after buying them.
4. Revenue for 2nd quarter of 2007: $5.26 billion
net quarterly profit: $770 million
5. http://images.apple.com/itunes/home/images/2007/01/ipod+itunes-tv-ad_top1_20070109.jpg
6. http://www.apple.com/