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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
Additional Resources
- 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...
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- 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...
- Research articles 1991-09-02
- 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...
- Research articles 2002-04-08
- 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...
- Research articles 2005-07-26
- 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...
- Research articles 2005-04-05
- Travel Roundup: Fortune 500's MGM Mirage and Harrah's, Norwegian's Passenger Overboard, Discovery's Losses and More
- Despite money woes, MGM Mirage and Harrah's make Fortune 500 -- Casino operators Harrah's Entertainment Inc. and MGM Mirage Inc. were listed as some of the nation's largest companies, making the Fortune 500 list. Fortune magazine released its 2009 rankings on Sunday, based on 2008 revenue. Harrah's, with $10.1 billion, ranked No. 263...
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Time Inc. New Media Gives Online Fortune 500 Radical New Look
- SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--April 27, 1998-- Pathfinder Network Integrates PerspectaR SmartContentTM System to Create an Innovative Way to Organize, Deliver and Present Fortune 500 Information The Fortune 500 gets a radical new look today. As...
- Research articles 1998-04-27
- Will The Fortune 500 Save the Solar Industry?
- The economy may be giving renewable energy companies plenty to fear in the year to come, but not all the forecasts are gloomy. At a time when analysts are predicting shrinking venture capital investment and companies are shelving plans for new factories, some industry insiders are predicting at least one...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Butler Rubin Named a 'Go-To Law Firm' for the Fortune 500® by Incisive Media
- CHICAGO -- The Chicago-based law firm Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP has been named as a "2009 Go-To Law Firm for the Top 500 Companies" by Incisive Media. According to Incisive Media, "This honor puts [Butler Rubin] in an exclusive group of [law] firms that perform exceptional work...
- Research articles 2008-10-17
- Higher Ranked Fortune 500 Companies Significantly More Likely to Have Libraries - Special Libraries Association survey - Brief Article
- A SLA study reveals that in 1998, corporations that were ranked higher on the Fortune 500 list were significantly more likely than those ranked lower to have a corporate library or information center (r=,257; y.000l; accurate 99 times out of 100). [1] When examining the Fortune 500 companies by...
- Research articles 2000-03-01
- Oracle Distributing The New York Times to Fortune 500 Executives
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--April 18, 2001 The New York Times and the Oracle Corporation are working together to distribute copies of The Times to 2,500 senior executives of the Fortune 500. The "Oracle CXO" effort began this month, with Oracle sponsoring six months of weekday delivery...
- Research articles 2001-04-18
- Enron Near Top of Fortune 500
- Enron Near Top of Fortune 500 Enron Near Top of Fortune 500
- Research articles 2002-04-04
- ExxonMobil at top of Fortune 500 ranking. (Top of The News).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Exxon Mobil, Irving, Texas, vaulted into the top spot on the annual Fortune 500 ranking of the largest American companies, replacing 15-year veteran General Motors. Exxon Mobil, Irving, Texas, vaulted into the top spot on the annual Fortune 500 ranking of the largest...
- Research articles 2001-05-01
- P-s label converter York Label installs a new HP Indigo ws4000 digital press at its York, PA, headquarters plant to convert on-demand labels for its customer base of Fortune 500 companies.(Applications Watch)(Brief Article)
- P-s label converter York Label installs a new HP Indigo ws4000 digital press at its York, PA, headquarters plant to convert on-demand labels for its customer base of Fortune 500 companies. "The ... P-s label converter York Label installs a new HP Indigo ws4000 ...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- EPA Recognizes Best Workplaces for Commuters from the Fortune 500 Companies
- BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA today announced its first list of Best Workplaces for Commuters from the Fortune 500 companies. Sixty-nine companies are being recognized for their environmental comBETHESDA, Md., Sept. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA today...
- Research articles 2004-09-29
- Big firms pushed for more green power; EPA challenges Fortune 500 companies to increase alternative energy usage.(News)
- Byline: Bruce Geiselman Fortune 500 companies are being encouraged to double their current level of green power purchasing. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched its Green Power Challenge on Dec. 4, encouraging the nation's l ...
- Research articles 2006-12-18
- New intellectual property facilities;Aon, Marsh target Fortune 500.
- The world's two largest insurance brokers have developed new intellectual property insurance programs for Fortune 500 companies, but it remains to be seen whether buyers are interested. Chicago-based Aon Corp. earlier this month introduced a new i The world's two largest insurance brokers...
- Research articles 2000-02-28
- P-C ins. rate of return lags behind Fortune 500.(Insurance Services Office Inc. report on the property and casualty insurance industry)
- The property-casualty insurance industry achieved an after-tax net income of $20.1 billion in 1995, but the industry's 8.2 percent return on average net worth still trailed the Fortune 500 companies' estimated 14.8 percent median return, an industry, sThe property-casualty insurance industry achieved an after-tax net income...
- Research articles 1996-07-01
- Wal-Mart tops fortune 500 list.
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. topped the Fortune 500 list for the second consecutive year, showing enough worldwide growth to possibly secure the position permanently. In 2002, a year in which aggregate revenue slid for only the sixth time in the list's 49-y Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. topped the...
- Research articles 2003-04-07
- FORTUNE 500 COMPANY ESTABLISHING PRESENCE IN DALIAN
- According to fdi.gov.cn: Convergys, the pioneer of global HR outsourcing service, celebrated the opening of a branch in Dalian Software Park. Convergys was the first Fortune 500 Company to have settled into the park since the beginning of this year and alAccording to fdi.gov.cn: Convergys, the pioneer of global HR...
- Research articles 2006-01-18
