IBM / General Electric / Verizon Communications / Verizon Networks / BP / AT&T / Wal-Mart / Southern Company / Chrysler Group / CVS Caremark / General Motors / Universal Studios / Exxon Mobil / Kroger / Walt Disney / Motorola / Twitter / Google / Facebook / Dow Chemical / ConocoPhillips / Comcast / Toyota / Ford Motor / Occidental Petroleum / HCA Holdings / Time Warner Cable / Disney / DuPont / New York Times / WalMart / Hess / Boeing / Exelon / Samsung / Mobil / DirecTV / FedEx / Sprint Nextel / Intel / Microsoft / Enterprise Product Partners / Chevron / U.S. Capital Expenditure* Rank Company / Apple / Bloomberg / /
Continent
America / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Funding / M&A / /
Facility
Progressive Policy Institute The Progressive Policy Institute / Billion Plant / PROGRESSIVE POLICY INSTITUTE / /
IndustryTerm
streaming wireless data / non-energy list / broadband networks / cable communications / speed 4G networks / radical policy solutions / natural gas pipelines / retail / broadband infrastructure / Internet services / technology upgrades / natural gas / communications equipment / wireless data services / smart devices / oil / smart device manufacturers / energy / broadband services / software applications / deeper natural gas wells / chip manufacturing facility / wireless infrastructure / /
Organization
Internal Revenue Service / PROGRESSIVE POLICY INSTITUTE / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / /
Person
Obama / MICHAEL MANDEL / Ian King / DIANA G. CAREW / Barack Obama / /
PoliticalEvent
presidential election / /
Position
economist / President / chief economic strategist / /
POLICY BRIEF Investment Heroes: Who’s Betting on America’s Future? BY DIANA G. CAREW AND MICHAEL MANDEL