Fortune magazine recently published its famous Fortune Global 500 list. The top 10 companies from the ranking for 2016 are shown in the table below: Source: Fortune US retailer Walmart(WMT) is the world’s largest firm with a revenue of over $482 billion. The second spot went to Chinese utility State Grid. The importance of oil …
The global shipping industry is dominated by a few companies. With more mergers planned, the industry’s concentration among a few players is going to get bigger. The companies in the industry are huge and are critical to global trade as they operate container ships that transport from one part of the world to another. The world’s …
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When picking stocks to hold for the long-term it is important to not only buy dividend payers but also own dividend growers. Companies that consistently raise their dividends year after year or even every few years tend to outperform those firms in terms of stock price growth that do not pay dividends or maintain the same …
The following foreign companies resulted from a stock screen for firms with > $50.0 billion market cap on the NYSE:: Due to the collapse in oil prices, oil firms do not lead with huge market caps. China-based mobile operate China Mobile has the largest market cap followed by alcoholic beverage maker Anheuser Busch Inbev SA.