Forbes: Asia’s Fabulous 50 Companies

Forbes magazine has published the sixth annual list of the best big publicly listed companies in the Asia-Pacific region. From the magazine’s report: “How do companies pass muster? We started with 936 that had at least $3 billion in revenue or market capitalization. We looked at the five-year record for revenue, operating earnings and return …

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Interbrand: The Best Global Brands 2010

The global brand management consultancy Interbrand recently published the Best 100 Global Brands for 2010. Beverage giant Coca Cola(KO) continued to maintain the top spot followed by IBM(IBM) and Microsoft(MSFT). The Best Global Brands 2010: Click to Enlarge Most of these top brands listed above belong to European and American companies. Some of the notable …

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As Households’ Income Fall More Americans Depend on Government Benefits

Despite the rise and fall of the hi-tech industry in the 90s, the incredible boom and the subsequent bust of the housing market, the vast majority of Americans are actually worse now than before. Two recent articles in The Wall Street Journal confirms this theory. From an article titled “Obstacle to Deficit Cutting: A Nation …

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Seven Foreign Stocks Paying More Than 7% Dividends

I ran the stock screener with the following conditions: Stocks must trade on the NYSE Market cap. >= $2.0B Must have dividend yields must be at least 7% This search resulted in the six stocks noted below: 1.Company: France Telecom SA (FTE) Current Dividend Yield: 7.16% Sector: Telecom Country: France 2.Company:Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA …

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