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Business Definition for: Fortune 500

  • a list of the 500 largest industrial companies in the United States, compiled annually by Fortune magazine

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Abbott laboratories: 2001 PGMS grand award winner for industrial or office park. (award-winning landscape management).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
How do you maintain the grounds of a Fortune 500 company? The Fortune 500 way, of course. How do you maintain the grounds of a Fortune 500 company? The Fortune 500 way, of course.
Tags: Abbott Laboratories Inc.
Research articles 2002-08-01
Fortune 500 Getting on the Blogging Bandwagon
You know a trend is going mainstream when it takes hold among the biggest companies in the country. You can add blogging to the list, as a full 10% of the Fortune 500 now maintain some number of blogs about their companies and products. This insight comes...
Tags: Jon Greer, Internet, Blogging, John, Fortune 500, Blog
Blog posts 2008-02-12
Two market indexes mark Fortune's 70th.
* In concert with its 70th anniversary edition, Fortune magazine has created two stock market indexes, the Fortune 500 Index and the Fortune e-50 Index. The Fortune 500 Index is based on Fortune's 45-year-running index of America's 500 biggest comp * In concert with...
Tags: Fortune 500, Fortune Magazine
Research articles 2000-02-28
CDW Climbs 29 Places on FORTUNE 500 List, Ranks in Top Ten Percent in Key Categories
VERNON HILLS, Ill. -- For the fourth consecutive year, CDW Corporation (NASDAQ: CDWC) improved its position on FORTUNE magazine's "FORTUNE 500" list, climbing 29 places to No. 347 from No. 376 last year. In addition, the company scored within the top ten percent of all FORTUNE 500 companies in several...
Tags: CDW Corp.
Research articles 2005-04-05
Henry Schein Named One of 'Top 50 Movers' in 2008 Fortune 500 Ranking and Number 53 in 2008 Barron's 500 Ranking
Company moves up 28 spots to number 410 in Fortune 500 and up 140 spots in the Barron's 500
Research articles 2008-05-20
Wal-Mart tops Fortune 500. (Business briefs).(Brief Article)
Only 40 years after its birth as a small-town Southern retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. tops the Fortune 500 list to become the world's largest company ... Only 40 years after its birth as a small-town Southern retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. tops the Fortune 500...
Tags: Fortune 500, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Research articles 2002-04-08
Baton Rouge-based Shaw Group listed in Fortune magazine's top 500
For the second year in a row, Baton Rouge-based Shaw Group has been included in Fortune magazine's list of the top 500 U.S. companies ranked according to revenue. The Shaw Group ranked No. 488 on the Fortune 500 list, with 2003 revenues of $3.3 billion, down from No. 479 last...
Tags: Fortune Magazine
Research articles 2004-03-29
Wal-Mart Tops FORTUNE Global 500 for Fourth Consecutive Year; Revenues for Global 500 Companies up 13%, Profits Up 27%
NEW YORK -- FORTUNE announced today that Wal-Mart, the Arkansas-based retailer, tops the FORTUNE Global 500 for the fourth year in the row. Rounding out the top ten are No. 2 BP Britain; No. 3 Exxon Mobil (U.S.); No. 4 Royal Dutch/Shell Group (Britain/Netherlands); No. 5 General Motors (U.S.); No....
Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Research articles 2005-07-12
The Principal Financial Group Again Named to FORTUNE 500, Ranked in the Top Third for Total Return to Investors
DES MOINES, Iowa -- For the eleventh year, the Principal Financial GroupR has been named to the FORTUNE 500, the publication's annual ranking of America's largest corporations based on company revenues.
Tags: Principal Financial Group
Research articles 2006-04-17
Fiserv, Inc. Joins Fortune 500; Technology Provider Enters Prestigious Group at Number 488
BROOKFIELD, Wis. -- Fiserv Inc. (Nasdaq:FISV) has entered the Fortune 500 ranking of the largest companies in the United States. The Brookfield-based provider of financial and health benefits technology ranked 488 on the 2006 listing with $4.1 billion in total revenues, up 22 places from 510 in 2005. The annual...
Tags: Fiserv Inc.
Research articles 2006-04-05
Avnet Rises to No. 163 on Fortune 500
PHOENIX -- Avnet, Inc., (NYSE:AVT) a global technology distribution and services company, climbed nine places to No. 163 on the annual Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations. With $15.68 billion in sales in fiscal 2007, Avnet was also ranked second among companies based in its home state - Arizona.
Tags: AvNet Inc.
Research articles 2008-04-28
Fortune 500 CEOs take Professorial Turn at University of Oregon Business College
EUGENE, Ore. -- Students at the University of Oregon's Charles H. Lundquist College of Business have a rare opportunity this spring to learn from leaders of some of America's top corporations in a class that features five current and previous Fortune 500 CEOs.
Tags: University of Oregon
Research articles 2005-05-20
Hoover's 500 — the first complete ranking of Who's Who in American Business
AUSTIN, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 9, 1997--FORTUNE 500 and Forbes 500 just got some company.
Tags: Hoover's Inc.
Research articles 1997-01-09
Fortune 500 company makes move to Stamford from Westchester County. (Hewlett-Packard Co. relocates to Stamford, Connecticut)
Fortune 500 company makes move to Stamford from Westchester County STAMFORD -- Hewlett-Packard Co., a Fortune 500 firm, as part of an ongoing reorganization plan, will be moving out of its offices in Darien, Conn. and Purchase, N.Y., to new space in Fortune 500 company...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co.
Research articles 1991-09-02
Shaw Climbs 38 Spots on Fortune 500 List
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) announced today that it has been recognized as one of the largest corporations in the U.S., placing No. 426 on the 2008 Fortune 500 list. Shaw's ranking, based on its fiscal 2007 revenues, is the company's highest since first appearing...
Tags: Shaw Group Inc.
Research articles 2008-04-21
APEX Analytix Adds 42 New Clients in 2006
Accounts Payable Software and Recovery Audit Services Provider Signs 11 of the Fortune 100; 22 of the Fortune 500
Tags: Apex Analytix Inc.
Research articles 2007-02-19
Forbes magazine ranks Entergy Corp. as La.'s only Fortune 500
Entergy Corp. is Louisiana's only Fortune 500 company, according to the latest Forbes magazine rankings.
Tags: Entergy Corp., Forbes
Research articles 2005-04-11
Atmos Energy Corporation Named to the FORTUNE 500
DALLAS -- Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE:ATO) was named to this year's FORTUNE 500 rankings for the first time. In the new list, Atmos Energy ranks No. 430 based on revenues of $4.9 billion, moving up 150 places from the previous year.
Research articles 2006-04-12
CHINA: FAW LISTED ON FORTUNE 500 FOR THE FIRST TIME, RANKING NO.448.
According to fdi.gov.cn: US Fortune magazine recently produced a latest ranking of World Fortune 500. Top on the list remains the US retail giant Wal-Mart, followed by BP British Petroleum and Exxon Mobil, two petrochemical firms. First Auto Works According to fdi.gov.cn: US Fortune magazine...
Tags: British Petroleum Co plc, Fortune 500
Research articles 2005-07-26
Citrix Announces Customer Penetration in 100 of Fortune 100, 95 Percent of Fortune 500
Business Editors/High Tech Writers
Tags: Citrix Systems Inc.
Research articles 2002-05-20
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