Investors are attracted to the Nordic countries for many reasons some of which include low to zero budget deficits, strong social and political systems, tradition of research and innovation, advancement in green technologies, sound banking systems, etc. Norwegian firms are leaders in crude oil exploration and drilling, Danish companies excel in the wind power and …
The ICIS Chemical Business magazine published its annual ranking of the World’s Top 100 Chemical Firms based on sales in 2009. The top 10 chemical firms are: BASF (BASFY) Dow Chemical (DOW) ExxonMobil (XOM) Sinopec (SHI) LyondellBasell Industries Shell (RDS.A,RDS.B) SABIC Mitsubishi Chemical DuPont (DD) INEOS The complete list of ICIS Top 100 Chemical firms …
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As part of its annual ranking of the top 100 chemical companies in the world, the ICIS Chemical Business magazine published the top 15 global chemical players over the last decade. The graphic below shows the top 15 companies based on turnover: Click to Enlarge A few observations on this ranking: The German chemical giant …
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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 …
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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