Although the flagship brand, Pepsi-Cola, has always been second to Coca-Cola, the Frito-Lay division is tentimeslarger than its largest competitor, Diamond Foods, Inc.
The World Bank also notes that, on average, emerging-market companies that tapped international markets were tentimeslarger in assets than their domestic rivals, giving them great strength at home.
The Solyndra case represents less than 2% of total loan commitments made by DOE, and will be easily covered by a capitalization of eight to tentimeslarger than any ultimate losses expected following the bankruptcy proceedings.