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CSC
The information-technology giant, formally known as Computer Sciences Corp., faced a number of challenges, including a reduction in the scope of a major contract with the United Kingdom's National Health Service and a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into accounting errors in one of its sectors. The company’s chairman, president and chief executive, Michael W. Laphen, announced in October that he would retire by late 2012. The company also acquired Maricom Systems and CenTauri Solutions.
Trivia
In 1959, founders Roy Nutt and Fletcher Jones pooled $100 to start a company they named Computer Sciences Corporation.
3170 Fairview Park Dr.
Falls Church Va., 22042
703-876-1000
Founded: 1959
Chairman, President and CEO: Michael W. Laphen
Revenue: $16,042,000
Assets: $16,120,000
Employees (local): 96,000 (9,782)
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