FORTUNE 500 2006
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations
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Arrivals
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Employers
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States
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Women CEOs
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FAQ
50/50
Toll Brothers and Apple Computer are two of the companies that rocketed up the list this year, while El Paso watched its ranking fall.
50 that climbed
50 that stumbled
  
CNF 481 339 -142
El Paso 455 314 -141
US Airways Group 424 295 -129
SPX 446 345 -101
OfficeMax 258 159 -99
Barnes & Noble 422 335 -87
CBS 149 69 -80
TransMontaigne 269 193 -76
Tenet Healthcare 236 169 -67
Solectron 227 164 -63
MeadWestvaco 322 267 -55
Mirant 479 424 -55
Ikon Office Solutions 469 415 -54
Safeco 339 285 -54
Winn-Dixie Stores 231 182 -49
Applied Materials 317 270 -47
Pacific Life 441 395 -46
Lexmark International 415 370 -45
J.C. Penney 118 74 -44
Emcor Group 448 406 -42
Saks 362 320 -42
Tribune 388 348 -40
American Electric Power 185 148 -37
CenterPoint Energy 244 209 -35
Calpine 275 242 -33
Dana 234 201 -33
Lincoln National 396 363 -33
Mattel 416 383 -33
Newmont Mining 461 428 -33
TXU 228 195 -33
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 352 319 -33
Crown Holdings 321 289 -32
Duke Energy 117 86 -31
Pathmark Stores 497 467 -30
Agilent Technologies 319 290 -29
Conseco 472 443 -29
Longs Drug Stores 450 421 -29
Unisys 372 343 -29
AutoZone 378 350 -28
Mutual of Omaha Ins. 491 463 -28
Newell Rubbermaid 332 304 -28
Temple-Inland 433 405 -28
Avery Dennison 393 366 -27
Universal Health Svcs. 485 458 -27
AGCO 399 374 -25
Maytag 435 410 -25
Assurant 306 282 -24
Big Lots 465 441 -24
RadioShack 423 399 -24
Charter Communications 413 390 -23
From the April 17th, 2006 issue
How the states stack up
Texas 56
New York 55
California 52
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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
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Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 36,130.0
Citigroup 24,589.0
Bank of America Corp. 16,465.0
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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%
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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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