M&A Activities for The Global 5000 Companies – November 2013

Each month we track the corporate activity for the Global 5000 companies as they acquire new businesses or divest of various operations.  These ‘comings and goings’ are interesting and shape markets over time. In the short run, there are real implications for companies serving these large organizations and national account programs where various teams are […]

China’S Growing Business Influence

Each year, Fortune magazine has published a list of the 500 largest public companies in the world.  We match this list to our Global 5000 and show the rank of the 500. Looking back 5 years on this same list, it is amazing to see the impact that the growth of China has had on […]

M&A Activities for The Global 5000 Companies – July 2013

Each month we track the corporate activity for the Global 5000 companies as they acquire new businesses or divest of various operations.  These ‘comings and goings’ are interesting and shape markets over time. In the short run, there are real implications for companies serving these large organizations and national account programs where various teams are […]

M&A Activity For Global 5000 Companies – May 2013

Each month we track the corporate activity for the Global 5000 companies as they acquire new businesses or divest of various operations.  These ‘comings and goings’ are interesting and shape markets over time. In the short run, there are real implications for companies serving these large organizations and national account programs where various teams are […]

New Fortune 500 Company Rankings are Included in The Global 5000

This week, CNNMoney posted their annual Fortune 500 rankings for 2013. These rankings are for US public companies and these 500 firms are included in the broader Global 5000 database. As has been the case over the past few years, Wal-Mart and Exxon Mobil were #1 and #2.  Both GM and Ford were in the […]

Global M&A Activity – April 2013

Each month we track the corporate activity for the Global 5000 companies as they acquire new businesses or divest of various operations.  These ‘comings and goings’ are interesting and shape markets over time. In the short run, there are real implications for companies serving these large organizations and national account programs where various teams are […]

Global M&A Data for March 2013

Each month we track the corporate activity for the Global 5000 companies as they acquire new businesses or divest of various operations.  These ‘comings and goings’ are interesting and shape markets over time. In the short run, there are real implications for companies serving these large organizations and national account programs where various teams are […]

Global M&A Activity for February 2013

Each month we track the corporate activity for the Global 5000 companies as they acquire new businesses or divest of various operations.  These ‘comings and goings’ are interesting and shape markets over time. In the short run, there are real implications for companies serving these large organizations and national account programs where various teams are […]

The Top 10 Airlines – and if American and US Air were to merge

With the current talk of an imminent deal between US Air and American Airlines (AMR) we took a look at the largest airline companies in the world by revenue. 2011 is the last full year of reported figures with 2012 not yet fully released.  Assuming these 2 got together back then, the top 10 lineup […]