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We compile our Global 2000 list using data from FactSet Research systems to screen for the biggest public companies in four metric: sales, profits, assets and market value.

These 25 retailers dress billions of people around the globe.

Forbes' annual Global 2000 list includes publicly-traded companies from 60 countries. Collectively, the companies on this list account for $39.1 trillion in sales, $3.2 trillion in profit, $189 trillion in assets and $56...

The banking industry still dominates the Forbes Global 2000, still elbowing out today's red hot tech stocks like Facebook, Alibaba, Amazon, Apple, Google and Netflix. When it comes to moving money, China and the U.S. dom...

Ongoing tension in the European Union and a fraught global trade crisis haven't stopped Europe's largest public companies from getting even bigger. The 2018 Global 2000 features more than 500 European firms that claim ne...

Marriott leads the pack again while France's Accor continues its acquisition spree and jumps up.

The 54 telecom firms on the Global 2000 list claim more than $3.4 trillion in assets and totaled nearly $1.5 trillion in revenue last year. But they're not immune to broader industry tepidness; only one-fifth of the top ...

Apple remains the top player in the tech scene, not only ranking as the largest tech company in the world, but also the 8th largest company in the world on Forbes' Global 2000 list.

A low profile hasn't stopped the Canada's Brookfield from amassing some 400 million square feet of commercial space or from outperforming other global real estate investment firms on nearly every financial metric that co...

The best advice for food company CEOs looking for growth: Buy what you know, don't lean too much on cost-cutting and watch out for quickly changing consumer tastes.

Trump announced a return of sanctions against Iran a month ago. Who's in and who's out of Iran so far?

The collaborative workspace industry is witnessing exponential growth. As enterprises look for efficient workspace solutions which are managed externally, and startups and freelancers explore better infrastructure to wor...

The fortune of the US airline companies took a drastic upturn when crude oil prices, which form the core of their operating costs, crashed in mid-2014. Since then, these companies have earned huge profits, which they hav...

The move will allow banks and other institutional investors to differentiate between states based on their financial performance which is likely to induce more competition among the states

Chipotle Mexican Grill's (NYSE: CMG) new CEO, Brian Niccol, has had an upbeat start to his tenure as the company posted revenues that were largely in-line with consensus estimates, as well as an earnings beat. Price hike...

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-B) has had a positive 2017, with strong growth across multiple revenue streams. As a result of revenue growth and an increase in earnings through the year, its stock price (class B shares) su...

The shift of the Social Security Trust fund into a deficit is the latest factor that will put pressure on the U.S. Treasury market.

The Assistant AG of the antitrust division of the U.S. Justice Department, Makan Delrahim, who is in charge of reviewing the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint , indicated that he wasn't necessarily opposed to the fact t...

Last month, Bloomberg reported that Qualcomm was mulling an exit from the server business, either shuttering the operations or selling them to another company.

DDR approved the spin-off of certain continental U.S and Puerto Rico real estate assets into separate company Retail Value. The separation will occur on July 1 and the spin will be taxable. Spin-Off Research is the marke...

With a portfolio of over ₹2,000 crore, Annapurna is one of the leaders in microfinance in eastern India and serves over 1.2 million borrowers through a network of more than 400 branches across 14 states

The sale of chip designer Arm Holdings' China unit to a Chinese-led consortium illustrates the challenge the U.S. faces in pushing back against Beijing's appetite for intellectual property.