The branding consultancy Interbrand recently published the top 25 Brazilian brands for 2010. The brand values are estimated based on various factors such as financial data, Economic Value Added (EVA), strength of brand, etc. The Top 25 Brazilian Brands 2010: [TABLE=522] Itau(ITUB) is the top Brazilian brand with a value of R$ 20,651 millions. Other …
Switzerland-based food and nutrition company Nestle SA(OTC: NSRGY) is the world’s top dairy company based on sales. In the “Global Dairy Top-20” list published by the Dutch financial services provider Rabobank Group, European and US players dominate the top 10 ranks. Global Dairy Top-20 [TABLE=518] Source: Rabobank From the research report: “Changing diets and strength …
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Recently Canadian Business magazine published its 11th annual ranking of Canada’s 500 largest publicly-traded companies. This list is grouped by various categories such as best value stocks, best dividend stocks, mid caps, small caps, etc. In this post lets review the companies that earned the largest profits. The Top 15 Canadian companies based on profits: …
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The table below lists Bloomberg Businessweek‘s ranking of 50 companies in the S&P 500 index with the best total returns for shareholders over the last five years as of Mar. 31, 2010: [TABLE=516] Of all the companies in the S&P 500 it is surprising to see Priceline.com(PCLN), a dot-com company, top the list with the …
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Last month Apple (APPL) overtook Microsoft(MSFT) in market capitalization. Since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill BP’s (BP) market cap has decreased dramatically. So I wanted to see which US-listed foreign companies had the largest market capitalization. The following foreign companies have market cap of over $100B as of market close today: 1. PetroChina Company Limited …
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