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Coca-Cola Enterprises ranks No. 346 on FORTUNE's list of the World's Largest Companies
(Fortune) -- Coca-Cola Enterprises (Charts) ranks no. 346 on FORTUNE's Global 500 this year, with $18.7 billion in revenues, up 3% from the previous year. The Atlanta, Georgia-based company was ranked no. 334 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $0.5 billion, down 13.8% from a year earlier. 2005 was a banner year for most Global 500 companies. It took $13.7 billion in revenue just to make this year's list - up from $12.4 billion last year. And profits for the 500 companies jumped 30%. Total revenues for the Global 500 in 2006 add up to $18.9 trillion, a third of the world's GDP. In the Beverages industry, profits were down 6.6% from the previous year. The world's biggest companies in the sector are: Coca-Cola (Charts), ranked no. 267 on the Global 500 with $23.1 billion in revenues; Anheuser-Busch (Charts), ranked no. 448 on the Global 500 with $15 billion in revenues; and Inbev, ranked no. 472 on the Global 500 with $14.5 billion in revenues. The Global 500 list is an annual ranking of the world's largest corporations by revenues. Next: Full list: 2006 Global 500 at http://money.cnn.com/global500 Plus: See Coca-Cola Enterprises's Global 500 details, including financial stats and contact information. Europe's top 50 Asia's top 50 |
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