The Top 25 Non-Financial State-Owned Multinational Corporations (MNCs) ranked by Foreign Assets as of 2016 are listed in the table below: Click to enlarge Source: World Investment Report 2017, UNCTAD In the developed world, some of the top multinational firms especially from Europe have substantial state ownership. For example, the Norwegian state owns 67% of oil …

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BusinessWeek magazine recently published a list of 50 companies to watch for next year. Selected from a list of 6,000 global stocks there are some interesting options in this list to consider for investment. Some of the foreign stocks that appear in this list include: BASF SE (BASFY) Danone SA (DANOY) Eni SpA (E) Mercadolibre …

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S&P Global Platts published its annual ranking of the top 250 global energy companies for 2017 this week. The Top 10 Companies from this ranking are shown in the table below: Click to enlarge Source: S&P Global Platts For the full listing of all the 250 firms please visit Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies 2017 …

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Some of the companies trading in the US markets have stock prices that are in the hundreds or even thousands of dollars. As the prices are so high they may not suitable for retail investors especially those that can afford only small funds to invest. For instance, it may not be feasible to easily buy 100 …

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I posted the list of The World’s Top 100 Non-Financial MNEs by Foreign Assets 2016 yesterday from the World Investment Report 2017 published by UNCTAD. In this post, let us take a quick look at the top 100 MNE by foreign assets from transition and developing economies. The attached Excel below also shows how much revenue the top MNEs generate from …

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