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The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) through the consolidation of The Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, the Computing Scale Company and the Bundy Manufacturing Company. CTR was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924, a name which Thomas J. Watson first used for a CTR Canadian subsidiary. The initialism IBM followed. Securities analysts nicknamed the company Big Blue for its size and common use of the color in products, packaging and its logo.

In 2012, Fortune ranked IBM the second largest U.S. firm in terms of number of employees (435,000 worldwide), the fourth largest in terms of market capitalization, the ninth most profitable, and the nineteenth largest firm in terms of revenue. Globally, the company was ranked the 31st largest in terms of revenue by Forbes for 2011. Other rankings for 2011/2012 include 1 company for leaders (Fortune), 1 green company in the United States (Newsweek), 2 best global brand (Interbrand), 2 most respected company (Barron's), 5 most admired company (Fortune), and 18 most innovative company (Fast Company).

1. How many people work for IBM?
2. Is that just in the US?
3. Where do they work?
4. What is their ranking among American employers?
5. According to whom?
6. When was this announced?
7. When did the business start?
8. What was it named then?
9. What was it lated called?
10. When was the name change?
11. Who was the first to call it by that name?
12. What was its nickname?
13. What was it also called?
14. Why?
15. What was its ranking for leadership?
16. What about innovation?
17. Did it get a high ranking for green energy?
18. By whom?
19. What was it ranked?
20. Who ranked it second in branding?

Numbered answers:
1. 435,000
2. no
3. worldwide
4. second largest
5. Fortune
6. In 2012
7. 1911
8. Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
9. International Business Machines
10. in 1924
11. Thomas J. Watson
12. IBM
13. Big Blue
14. for its size and common use of the color
15. 1
16. 18
17. yes
18. Newsweek
19. 1
20. Interbrand