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| Economy |
Formerly an agricultural economy dependent mostly on cotton and citrus farming, Phoenix in the last two decades has diversified as rapidly as the population has grown. Many of the area's residents are employed by the state government since Phoenix is the capital of Arizona. Numerous high-tech and telecommunications companies have located in the Valley of the Sun. Arizona State University has enhanced the area's population through education and its growing research capabilities. Due to the warm climate in winter, Phoenix benefits greatly from seasonal tourism and recreation, and has a particularly vibrant golf industry.
Public corporations headquartered in the area
- Allied Waste Industries Inc
- America West Airlines
- Amkor Technology
- Apollo Group Inc
- Arizona Land Income Corp
- Avnet, Inc
- Aztar Corp
- Best Western
- Cold Stone Creamery
- The Dial Corporation
- Discount Tire Co.
- eFUNDS Corp
- FINOVA group inc
- Insight Enterprises Inc
- Inter-Tel Inc
- JDA Software Group Inc
- Knight Transportation Inc
- Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp
- Mesa Air Group Inc
- MicroChip Technology, Inc
- Mobile Mini Inc
- Petsmart Inc
- Phelps Dodge Corporation
- Pinnacle West Capital Corp (Parent Company of APS)
- P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.
- Poore Brothers, Inc. (Goodyear-based Potato Chip maker)
- Swift Transportation Co
- Taser International
- Three-Five Systems Inc
- Trujillo Corp. Industries
- U-Haul
- Viad Corp
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Companies with Large Presence in the Area
- Albertsons
- Amerco Inc (Parent of U-Haul)
- American Express
- Bank of America
- Banner Health Systems (Formerly Samaritan Health System)
- Bashas' Inc (Private)
- Boeing
- Cox Communications
- Cyclone Commerce Inc
- Dial Corporation (Owned by Henkel KGaA)
- Freescale (Spin-off of Motorola)
- Gannett (Arizona Republic)
- General Dynamics
- Honeywell International
- J.P. Morgan Chase (Acquired Bank One)
- Intel
- Kroger (Parent of Fry's Food)
- Motorola
- Pulte Homes, Inc (Owner of Del Webb)
- Qwest Communications
- Shamrock Foods Company (Private)
- Safeway
- Southwest Airlines
- Trujillo Corp. Industries
- UPS
- Wal-Mart
- Wells Fargo
- The Vanguard Group
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| Military |
| The military has a significant presence in Phoenix with Luke Air Force Base located in the western suburbs. At its height, in the 1940s, the Phoenix area had 3 military bases: Luke Field (still in use), Falcon Field, and Williams-Gateway Field, with numerous auxillary air fields located throughout the region. |
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