2008 Top 100

37: General Electric Co.
Top 100 Revenue: $579,095,854
Defense Revenue: $555,876,496
Civilian Revenue: $23,219,358
2007 Revenue: $172.7 billion
2007 Earnings: $22.2 billion
2006 Revenue: $163.4 billion
2006 Earnings: $20.8 billion
Number of employees: 300,000
Headquarters: Fairfield, Conn.
Website: www.ge.com
Leadership: Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairman and CEO
Ticker: GE
Lines of business: Commercial finance, health care, industrial, infrastructure, money and NBC Universal
Major customers: Homeland Security Department, Air Force and Army
Major contracts/projects: GE Security was hired by the Transportation Security Administration to provide explosives detection systems for screening of air passenger''s checked bags at airports.