Top Ten Companies in the World 2016
The World's Largest Retailers 2016: Wal-Mart Dominates But Amazon Is Catching Up (Photo credit: Shutterstock) Amid a shifting retail landscape, Wal-Mart Stores still reigns supreme.
China’s State Grid Corporation, the world’s biggest power company, is on an impressive buying binge. As Bloomberg News reports, the company is “actively in bidding” for power assets in Australia, hoping to add them to a portfolio of Italian, Brazilian, and Filipino companies.
China National Petroleum Corporation is state-owned Chinese oil and gas corporation and one of the largest integrated energy groups in the world. Its headquarters are in Dongcheng District, Beijing. CNPC was ranked the fourth in 2017 Fortune Global 500.
A pple has joined the top 10 of the Fortune 500 list of the world’s biggest companies for the first time. The Californian tech giant – one of the world's most valuable companies, with a cash pile of around $215bn (£163bn) – has joined the exclusive list despite reporting a fall in iPhone sales in the last year.
Royal Dutch Shell plc (LSE: RDSA, RDSB), commonly known as Shell, is a British–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom. It is one of the six oil and gas "supermajors" and the sixth-largest company in the world measured by 2016 revenues (and the largest based in Europe).
Both companies have dropped considerably, though, falling nine spots and 12 spots on the Global 2000, respectively. World's Biggest 25 Oil & Gas Companies In 2016 The abundance of cheap oil is the culprit.
A few weeks ago, Volkswagen said it delivered 10.3 million vehicles worldwide in 2016. General Motors releases its global data only quarterly. Until it releases results for the final quarter of 2016 on February 7, we need to estimate, so GM is out of contention.
Toyota today announced global sales of 10,175,000 units in 2016, and global production of 10,213,486 units. A few weeks ago, Volkswagen said it delivered 10.3 million vehicles worldwide in 2016. General Motors releases its global data only quarterly.
When in April Apple announced the first ever decline in iPhone sales, some observers questioned if the company’s best days are behind it. Despite the angst, Tim Cook’s Apple continues to outshine its peers in every metric that counts. Among global tech companies it has the highest revenue ($233 ...