Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations |
1 |
Oil and Gas Equipment, Services |
45.0 |
2 |
Homebuilders |
40.5 |
3 |
Petroleum Refining |
35.3 |
4 |
Health Care: Insurance & Managed Care |
35.0 |
5 |
Metals |
33.3 |
6 |
Health Care: Medical Facilities |
33.1 |
7 |
Mining, Crude-Oil Production |
30.7 |
8 |
Food Production |
29.9 |
9 |
Wholesalers: Diversified |
25.4 |
10 |
Insurance: P & C (stock) |
20.7 |
11 |
Entertainment |
20.6 |
12 |
Wholesalers: Food and Grocery |
19.2 |
13 |
Network and Other Communications Equipment |
16.4 |
14 |
Beverages |
16.1 |
15 |
Wholesalers: Health Care |
14.3 |
16 |
Industrial & Farm Equipment |
14.0 |
17 |
General Merchandisers |
13.8 |
18 |
Energy |
13.5 |
19 |
Securities |
12.9 |
20 |
Commercial Banks |
12.6 |
21 |
Insurance: Life, Health (stock) |
12.4 |
22 |
Railroads |
12.3 |
23 |
Food Services |
11.7 |
24 |
Apparel |
11.5 |
25 |
Medical Products & Equipment |
11.0 |
26 |
Specialty Retailers |
10.9 |
27 |
Aerospace and Defense |
10.2 |
28 |
Chemicals |
9.9 |
29 |
Diversified Financials |
9.2 |
30 |
Hotels, Casinos, Resorts |
9.0 |
31 |
Food Consumer Products |
8.8 |
32 |
Household and Personal Products |
8.7 |
33 |
Automotive Retailing, Services |
7.2 |
34 |
Food & Drug Stores |
6.1 |
35 |
Utilities: Gas & Electric |
4.9 |
36 |
Publishing, Printing |
4.8 |
37 |
Motor Vehicles & Parts |
0.7 |
38 |
Wholesalers: Electronics and Office Equipment |
0.2 |
39 |
Electronics, Electrical Equipment |
0.0 |
40 |
Computers, Office Equipment |
-0.4 |
41 |
Pharmaceuticals |
-1.8 |
42 |
Packaging, Containers |
-2.0 |
43 |
Telecommunications |
-8.0 |
44 |
Information Technology Services |
-14.9 |
45 |
Semiconductors and Other Electronic Components |
-20.1 |
46 |
Airlines |
-28.4 |
From the April 17th, 2006 issue
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Most profitable companies |
Women CEOs of FORTUNE 500 companies |
There are more women running FORTUNE 500 companies this year than there were last year. Currently, 10 FORTUNE 500 companies are run by women (up from 9 last year), and a total of 20 FORTUNE 1000 companies have women in the top job (up from 19). (more) |
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