FORTUNE 500 2006
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations
Newcomers to the list
These newcomers to the 500 include companies that made the FORTUNE 1,000 in 2005 as well as companies that are appearing on the list for the first time.
Atmos Energy 430 4,973.3
Blockbuster 366 5,864.4
BlueLinx Holdings 387 5,622.1
BorgWarner 475 4,293.8
Celanese 356 6,070.0
Chesapeake Energy 451 4,665.3
Constellation Brands 487 4,087.6
eBay 458 4,552.4
Energy Transfer Partners 347 6,274.3
Fiserv 488 4,085.9
Franklin Resources 474 4,310.1
Freeport-McMoRan Cpr. & Gld 480 4,179.1
Freescale Semiconductor 368 5,843.0
Frontier Oil 496 4,001.2
Genworth Financial 223 10,504.0
Google 353 6,138.6
Hexion Specialty Chemicals 462 4,470.0
Huntsman 172 12,986.0
LandAmerica Financial 500 3,959.6
Liberty Global 408 5,284.7
Lubrizol 486 4,098.9
Marshall & Ilsley Corp. 499 3,962.9
Mosaic 470 4,396.7
National Oilwell Varco 452 4,644.5
Peter Kiewit Sons' 483 4,145.0
Ryerson 371 5,782.0
Standard Pacific 493 4,011.4
SunGard Data Systems 495 4,002.0
TEPPCO Partners 267 8,618.5
Viacom 241 9,817.6
Yahoo 412 5,257.7
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
Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 36,130.0
Citigroup 24,589.0
Bank of America Corp. 16,465.0
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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