I’m not going to sugarcoat it
after preparing for & cleaning up two 🌀 natural disasters, then watching my beloved oak split & crash through my home… all within a month time…
I’m fkn emotionally & physically exhausted
-the idea is a a sinking ship
-there will be a lot of boating accidents
hey, my mind works in strange ways.
I don’t expect everyone to follow my flow of thought haha
list of the five largest American companies by market cap at 25-year intervals since the year 1900…
1900
1. U.S. Steel
2. Standard Oil
3. American Tobacco Company
4. Pennsylvania Railroad
5. Union Pacific Railroad
1925
1. Standard Oil (now divided into smaller companies)
2. AT&T
3. General Motors
4. U.S. Steel
5. DuPont
1950
1. AT&T
2. General Motors
3. Exxon (formerly part of Standard Oil)
4. U.S. Steel
5. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
1975
1. IBM
2. Exxon
3. AT&T
4. General Motors
5. Standard Oil of Indiana (Amoco)
2000
1. Microsoft
2. General Electric
3. Cisco Systems
4. ExxonMobil
5. Intel
2023
1. Apple
2. Microsoft
3. Alphabet (Google)
4. Amazon
5. NVIDIA
the total annual candy sales in the United States are estimated to be around $36 billion
Halloween:
is the largest candy sales holiday, with about $4.6 billion in sales, accounting for roughly 20% of the total annual candy sales
Easter:
the second-highest holiday for candy sales, Easter brings in approximately $4.7 billion, representing another 20% of the year’s candy revenue.
Winter Holidays (Christmas & other December celebrations):
Winter holiday candy sales represent about 18% of annual sales with around $2.7 billion in total sales.
Valentine’s Day:
sees sales of around $4.1 billion, about 15% of the total annual candy market
🍭🍫🍬🍫🍭
these holidays account for approximately 70-75% of total U.S
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