FORTUNE 500 2006
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations
Companies
57 Wachovia Corp. 35,908
2 Wal-Mart Stores 315,654
45 Walgreen 42,202
792 Walter Industries 2,054
968 Warnaco Group 1,505
542 Warner Music Group 3,502
586 Washington Group Intl. 3,189
99 Washington Mutual 21,326
534 Washington Post 3,554
170 Waste Management 13,074
903 Watsco 1,683
917 Watson Pharmaceuticals 1,646
668 WCI Communities 2,602
754 Weis Markets 2,223
842 WellCare Health Plans 1,880
38 Wellpoint 45,136
46 Wells Fargo 40,407
516 Wendy's International 3,783
816 Werner Enterprises 1,972
466 Wesco International 4,421
957 West 1,524
936 Westar Energy 1,583
473 Western & Southern Financial 4,314
525 Western Digital 3,639
501 Western Gas Resources 3,959
90 Weyerhaeuser 23,000
762 WGL Holdings 2,186
943 Wheeling Pittsburgh 1,561
152 Whirlpool 14,317
449 Whole Foods Market 4,701
850 William Lyon Homes 1,856
180 Williams 12,584
537 Williams-Sonoma 3,539
231 Winn-Dixie Stores 10,210
510 Wisconsin Energy 3,836
264 World Fuel Services 8,734
603 Worthington Industries 3,079
318 WPS Resources 6,963
482 Wm. Wrigley Jr. 4,159
119 Wyeth 18,756
From the April 17th, 2006 issue
How the states stack up
Texas 56
New York 55
California 52
Best employers
These companies appear on both the FORTUNE 500 and our 2006 ranking of the Best Companies to Work For.
FedEx 212,241
Intel 48,655
Starbucks 91,056
Best investments
Best Investments By Industry: Total Return to Shareholders (1 Year)
Petroleum Refining 60.7%
Mining, Crude-Oil Production 53.6%
Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 51.6%
Women CEOs of FORTUNE 500 companies
Andrea JungThere 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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