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From DC Adventures Universe
>Lex Luthor, who established Lexcorp in the city and soon
owned the majority of its real estate as well as many of its
most successful businesses.
>[most of Pittsdale Iowa is controlled by an] agribusiness division of Lexcorp
>America Today: A daily national newspaper created a decade ago by LexCorp’s news division to match target demographics, the paper delivers focused stories told simply, accompanied by color pictures and diagrams
>previously owned TV station WLEX
From Daily Planet Guide to Metropolis
>the LexWing, an experimental plane of [Luthor's] own design,
>Founding his own company, LexCorp, in a two-office suite in the top floor of the Daily Planet building, Luthor didn't have
to wait long to hear from the Department of Defense, awarding LexCorp a $6 billion contract for 18 LexWings as well as his consultation on revitalizing the United States Air Force.
>all work, from construction to development of new technologies for new aircraft would be performed within the city's border
>Luthor bought companies with wild abandon, revitalizing most of th em for the better. Before he was 30, Luthor owned diversified holdings in media communications (LexCom), banking, petroleum (LexOil), resear ch (Advanced Research Laboratories, North American Robotics), and manufacturing
>Technology: Led by LexCorp and S.T.A.R. Laboratories, technological and sciences research greatly advance Metropolis's economy. LexCorp and its subsidiaries and holdings provide jobs for nearly 60 per cent of the city's population.
>Major Employers of metropolis: LexCorp (all subsidiaries and holdings): 3.55 million employees
>many think of Metropolis's Industrial sectors as being owned exclusively by Lex Luthor
>thanks to LexCorp and its holdings, a full three-quarters of Metropolitans are employed
>Heavy manufacturing has been the backbone of Metropolis's economy for years […] LexCorp opened a facility in the Bakerline borough 12 years ago, mainly to build parts for the LexAir fleet, and has since diversified into steel manufacturing, construction of building supplies, and production of components for LexOil's mining efforts.
>Aeronautics: Dominated by LexAir
>Hob's Bay has 57 berthing piers, each with a variable amount of warehouse space and facilities. Piers 1 through 40 are owned and operated by LexCorp,
>home to LexCorp's LexComp computer branch […] Metropolis leads the nation in high-tech jobs and output
> Led by the Luthor Financial Group, which covers personal and professional finance and investments, the city's banking community is second to none in the nation, easily securing Metropolis's position as the wealthiest city in the country and the third wealthiest in the world.
>Additionally, LexNet and Systely, two of the nation's largest ISPs, are headquartered in Metropolis. LexNet has announced that it will soon unveil 30-C, a Web -browsing program that projects a three-dimensional representation of the Web, thanks to LexCorp technology.
From Metropolis Sourcebook
>LexCorp International covers businesses as widespread as fast food (Ralli's Family Restaurants), beverage production (Koul-Brau Breweries), banking (First Metro Security), oil (LexOil), communication (LexCom ), retail (Carlini's Department Stores ), entertainment (LexCom Studios and Fantasyworks Films), and air travel (LexAir).
>Luthor has numerous contracts with the U.S. government, both overt (the W-Lexl51, the latest generation amphibious assault craft) and clandestine (artificial kryptonite development). Luthor remains today, as he has been since shortly before the Gulf War , one of America's largest producers of munitions and armament for th e U.S. military and other nations