Forbes 2000 The World's Leading Companies Forbes staff, 03.25.04, 6:30 PM ET
2004The Forbes 2000 is our new comprehensive ranking of the world's biggest companies, measured by a composite of sales, profits, assets and market value. The list spans 51 countries and 27 industries. Collectively, the Forbes 2000 account for a healthy chunk of global business: Aggregate sales are $19 trillion; profits, $760 billion; assets, $68 trillion; market value, $24 trillion; and worldwide employees, 64 million. More...
Wall-to-Wall Wal-Mart By Bruce Upbin, Russell Flannery, Joshua Levine, Benjamin Fulford and Kerry A. Dolan The world's biggest retailer--and 30th-largest "economy"--is learning the ropes outside the U.S.
Trading With the Enemy By Matthew Swibel If you want to get around export controls, just sell the product to a front company in Dubai. The middlemen will take it from there.
A Tale of Two Cities By Kerry A. Dolan and Robyn Meredith From techie to truck driver in Silicon Valley. From tea broker to techie in Bangalore. The two sides of offshoring.
Made in America By Kerry A. Dolan Millions of manufacturing jobs are headed overseas. So how is it that,in the U.S., GE's medical-gear factories are thriving?
"Pssst ... Wanna Buy Some Augmentin?" By Richard C. Morais Move over, heroin pushers. Pharmaceutical arbitrage is rapidly emerging as the globe's hottest drug-dealing business.
Madness of Crowds By Michael Freedman Call it soccer or football--the world's most popular game is a study in financial contrasts and often desperation.
Goal, Man U.! By Cecily Fluke and Michael K. Ozanian The world's 20 most valuable soccer clubs.
Small Small Business By Tatiana Serafin Desperate conditions don't stop the world's hopeful microentrepreneurs.
Piracy on the High Plains By Mark Tatge If genetically modified crops are so terrible, then who is stealing Monsanto's technology?
Time Warp By Niall Ferguson Why the Forbes 2000 list would look familiar to J.P. Morgan.
Ringing Up Gains By Mitchell Martin Telecommunications figures prominently when we screen the Forbes 2000 for well-managed, fast-growing tech companies.
The World Tilts Toward China By Mitchell Martin More jobs are headed to China, but other countries will prosper by providing China with goods and services.
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