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The article provides a list of the top 2000 leading companies in the world. Wal-Mart Stores; Ford Motor; Bank of America; Unilever; Citigroup; ExxonMobil; General Electric; Cicsco Systems; Pepsi Co.; JP Morgan Chase; Others.

The Forbes 2000 recognizes the world's biggest and most powerful companies, as measured by a composite ranking for sales, profits, assets and market value. See forbes.com/forbes2000 for a searchable version of this global list, an interactive world map and expanded editorial content.

Informs about top 100 companies of the United States. Information on sales profit, assets and market value of these companies; Report on the Forbes Super 500 firms with the best composite scores; Information on the low-fare carrier Southwest Airlines's rating in Forbes Super 500 list; Information on Pfizer, which is going to become the world's biggest drug company; Information on the Website, providing information on all 802 companies of the Forbes 500s.

Presents an alphabetical ranking of companies on the Forbes 500s index, with rank numbers for sales, profits, assets and market value. Companies such as Abbott Laboratories, Adams Resources & Energy, ADC Telecommunications and others.

Presents a list of the world's largest public corporations based on a composite ranking of sales, assets, profits and market value as of July 2000. How Citigroup surpassed General Electric to take the number one spot; Merger of Exxon and Mobil that put them in third place; List of largest public corporations for industrialised nations.

Presents the Forbes magazine list of the top 500 international corporations. Revenue figures; Net income; Market values; Stock prices.

Presents `Forbes' 1999 list of information on estimated earnings and dividends for the top companies in the United States as of March 12, 1999. What was excluded from the list; A listing of firms expected to show significant long-term earnings growth.

Presents `Forbes' 1999 list of companies in the United States that experienced the best stock market gain over the previous 12 months ending March 12, 1999. How Internet companies topped the list; The biggest losers; Companies with the highest market value.

Presents the `Forbes' 1999 ranking of the top 799 companies in the United States based on sales, net profits, assets, and market value. Additional information on cash flow, number of employees and how they ranked in 1998.

Takes a look back at merger activity within the business community during the twentieth century. Trust-busting efforts in the 1910s; How merger action picked up slightly during the 1940s; What drove the rise of colossal industry-straddling companies in the 1960s; The biggest deals of each decade since the 1950s.

Discusses the difficulty of predicting turnarounds in the stock market, in light of the economic downturn in the United States. Success of technology stocks; Comparison of the downturn to other downturns in history; Predictions for the market; Thoughts of investors concerning the market.

Presents a timeline of the success of the technology market. Initial public offerings of companies such as Apple and EDS; Advancements in the technology industry, including video games, hand-held computers and electronic mail systems.

Presents `Forbes' 1999 list of the 100 largest corporations in the United States based on a composite ranking of sales, profits, assets and market value. How the list is compiled; Companies that appeared on the list in 1998 but are missing in 1999.

Presents a ranking of companies in the Forbes 500s index, based on sales. Sales of companies in 2000, including ExxonMobil, Wal-Mart Stores, General Motors and others.

Presents a map of the United States which shows the geographic location by state of companies in the Forbes 500s index. Sales, profits, assets and market value of various companies.

Presents a ranking of companies on the Forbes 500s index, based on their assets. Assets of companies in 2000, including Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Fannie Mae and others.

Presents a ranking of companies on the Forbes 500s index, based on profits. Profits of companies in 2000, including ExxonMobil, Citigroup, General Electric and others.

Discusses Internet companies on the 2000 Forbes Market Value 500 index. Failure of many of the companies; Discussion of several companies on the index, including Akamai Technologies, Priceline.com and Sycamore Networks.

Presents a ranking of companies on the Forbes 500s index, based on their market value. Market value of companies such as General Electric, Microsoft, ExxonMobil and others.

Presents a list of 100 companies, according to 'Forbes,' which are worth investing in based on sales, profits, assets and market value. Statement that Citigroup has moved to first place on the list, partly due to its acquisition of Associates First Capital.

Presents information on stocks, in light of the economic downturn in the United States. Prices of shares of stock for various companies; Charts related to the success and value of companies.

Discusses the value of stocks in the market during the economic downturn in the United States. Problems with overvalued stocks; Relationship of value and earnings; Investment practices of Warren Buffett; Issue of returns from stocks.

Examines the top ten corporate executives in the United States who have made the most money since 1994. The aggregate amount of their compensation; The part that stock options have played in their compensation; Amount that Michael Eisner of Walt Disney, Stephen Hilbert of Conseco, Stephen Case of America Online and others have made.

Introduces a section on a survey of the Forbes 500 stocks. Their combined market value; How stocks are getting more expensive despite weaker growth in both sales and profits; The median price/earnings ratio.

Introduces a section of articles concerning the effect of the economic downturn in the United States on stock exchanges. Success of companies in the U.S.; Mention of an article concerning the decline in technology stocks.

Offers a preface to a series of articles on the top paid 800 chief executive officers.