At the end of 1968, the United States contained about 1.6 million active, profit-seeking corporations and about 200 million people—one corporation fo… - Neil H. Jacoby

The largest corporations, like companies of lesser size, are a changing rather than a static group. Their annual turnover rate reflects the rise or decline of management and the vagaries of business fortune. Of the hundred largest industrial corporations in 1909, only thirty-six remained on this list in 1948. And, of the top hundred companies in 1948, only sixty-five continued to hold this ranking in 1968.

The revelation that American companies were making payments to foreign political parties and government officials touched a sensitive nerve in the post-Watergate era. Although most knowledgeable people were aware of the bribery of domestic government officials, they felt more keenly about the payment of millions of dollars to foreign officials.

During the war years, the United States government gave serious thought to acquiring a direct interest in Arabian [oil] reserves.