Most companies based in the USA are in contraction mode laying off people, cutting expenses, postponing projects, etc. to survive this downturn. On Jan 23, 2009 the Financial Times reported: “McDonald’s is planning to this year create 12,000 jobs and open 240 new restaurants across Europe, it emerged on Friday, as the fast-food chain shows …
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Investors are attracted to HealthCare stocks during recessions as these healthcare companies perform better when compared to other companies in other industries. For example in 2008, the S&P 500 Index was down 38.49% but the healthcare components in the index were off only 24.48%. Consumer staples was the best performing group with a negative return …
Recently CanadianBusiness magazine of Canada published a list of the largest 500 US companies by revenue. Just for reference, I am listing the companies below: The Top 500 US Stocks: [TABLE=132] Source: CanadianBusiness Note: All data is as of June 6, 2008. To download the above list in Excel format for easy sorting and analysis, …
The December 22nd edition of BusinessWeek published an article titled “The World’s Most Influential Companies”. As per BusinessWeek, “they are the innovators and front-runners that are shaping business today”. The following is a brief overview of the the top ten companies from the list. These 10 companies “have devised winning strategies in their industries. They …
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