list of companies making positve changes because of tax reform.
1. SCIENCE / INNOVATION
4. TECHNOLOGY / MEDIA
5. MANUFACTURING
1. SCIENCE / INNOVATION
- Bayer – investing $8 billion in the U.S. and creating 3,000 jobs
- DOW – creating state of the art innovation center in Michigan
- Amazon – investing creating 100,000 jobs over next 18 months
- Walmart – investing $6.8 billion and creating 34,000 jobs
- Starbucks – $250 million on wage hikes and benefits, and will create 8,000 new retail jobs.
- Home Depot – creating 80,000 new jobs nationwide
- Kroger – planning 2017 expansion adding 10,000 jobs
- SoftBank of Japan – investing $50 billion in the United States, creating 50,000 jobs
- Fifth Third Bancorp – raising minimum wage to $15. Giving 13,500 employees bonuses
- Wells Fargo – increasing minimum wage to $15. Giving $400 million in donations
- Bank of America – giving employees $1000 bonuses
- JP Morgan – spending 20 billion, raising pay, opening 400 new branches
4. TECHNOLOGY / MEDIA
- Apple – creating 20K new jobs, investing 300+ billion jobs
- Comcast – giving $1,000 bonuses to 100,000 “frontline and non-executive employees”
- AT&T – giving $1,000 bonuses to more than 200,000 employees. Investing $1 billion in U.S.
- Sprint – bringing 5,000 jobs back to the U.S. OneWeb creating 3,000 jobs
- IBM investing $1 billion, hiring 25,000 U.S. workers, opening 20 tech vocational schools
- Foxconn – expanding U.S. production, creating 50,000 jobs, investing $7 billion
- TransLux – moving full manufacturing from China back to U.S.
- Exxon Mobil – investing $20 billion and create 47,000 jobs
- Intel – investing $7 billion and create 3,000 jobs in AZ
- Verizon – will give nearly all of its employees 50 shares of restricted stock, worth roughly $53 each
- Disney – giving 125,000 employees $1000 bonuses, investing in employee education
5. MANUFACTURING
- Tesla, Panasonic – making solar cells in Buffalo, New York creating 1,500 jobs and investing $5 billion
- Ford – canceling $1.6 billion Mexico Plant. Expanding in Michigan adding 700 jobs and investing $700 million
- Fiat Chrysler – investing $1 billion and adding 2,000 jobs in Michigan and Ohio
- GM – investing $1 billion in the U.S. and creating/retaining 1,000 jobs
- Hyundai-Kia – investing $3.1 billion in the U.S. over 5 years
- Toyota – investing $10 billion in the U.S. over 5 years
- Stanley Black and Decker – opening $35 million plant in US
- Boeing – spending $300 million on “employee-related and charitable investments”
- U.S. Steel – rehiring laid-off workers, adding 10,000 jobs, investing $10 billion