The most profitable publicly-listed companies in Germany that appear in the Forbes Global 2000 list for this year are listed below: [TABLE=497] Source: Forbes Electric and natural gas utility E.ON (OTC: EONGY) topped the list with profits of $12.05 B. Currently E.ON ADR has a 5.80% dividend yield. The second and third most profitable companies …

Continue reading ‘The 57 Most Profitable German Companies’ »

The current sovereign-debt crisis in Europe offers excellent opportunities for investors with a long-term horizon. The Greek debt crisis is way overblown. Greece has been the poorest country in Western Europe for many years and continues to remain so. The Greek economy is very small compared to other countries. To put this in perspective, the …

Continue reading ‘European Blue Chips Offer Excellent Investment Opportunities’ »

Millward Brown Optimor has published the Top 100 Global Brands for 2010. Google tops the ranking this year. The Top 10 global brands are: Google (GOOG) IBM (IBM) Apple (APPL) Microsoft (MSFT) Coca Cola (KO) McDonald’s (MCD) Marlbaro (MO) China Mobile (CHL) GE (GE) Vodafone (VOD) In the financial sector, some of the top brands …

Continue reading ‘Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2010’ »

From the “Numbers” section of the latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek: Click to Enlarge The foreign companies with huge cash and short-term cash equivalents include Telefonica (TEF), Nokia(NOK), Pansonic (PC), Sony (SNE), Samsung Electronics and China Mobile (CHL).