** New – For the latest version of this list go here: The World’s Top 100 Non-Financial TNCs Ranked by Foreign Assets 2015 The Top 100 Non-Financial TNCs from Developing and Transition Economies Ranked by Foreign Assets are listed in the below based on 2013 data: Source: UNCTAD Chinese firms located in mainland China and Hong …
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) publishes the voluminous World Investment Report each year discussing the status of global trade and related data. One of the charts in this year’s report is the following showing the top countries that attract Foreign Direct Investment: Click to enlarge – Source: World Investment Report 2014, UNCTAD Contrary to popular …
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A few years ago I wrote an article on the world’s beer market share. The top five global beer makers in 2010 were AB InBev NV (BUD), SABMiller PLC (SBMRY), Heineken N.V. (HINKY), Carlsberg (CABGY) and China-based China Resources Enterprise(CRHKY). The U.S. is the world’s largest beer market. However most of the American beer market is dominated by foreign-owned companies as …
Forbes Asia has published its annual list of Asia’s Feb 50 firms for this year. The companies in this list are selected from publicly-traded companies. Here is the selection criteria from the Forbes article: The Fab 50 is chosen from a pool of 1,300 companies in the region that have at least $3 billion in …
Canadian railroad stocks have performed better than major American railroads over various periods as shown in the charts below. Canadian Pacific (CP) as noted in red color is the best performer of the railroads shown in the charts. a) Stock performance over 10 years: Click to enlarge b) Performance over 5 years: c) Performance year-to-date: Source: …