2006 Fortune Global 500 Databank

This report provides in-depth company profiles for companies ranked in the 2006 Fortune Global 500 list. All data is gathered from primary source. Reports are available in easily accessible PDF format and data is consistently presented. Data is regularly tracked and enhanced to ensure data on these high profile companies is accurate and current. This report is an indispensable tool for investors wanting to gather the relevant facts on Fortune Global 500 companies. Research Bank concentrates on a small number of high profile companies using tested and trusted research and editorial methodologies.

Companies Mentioned

• 3M Company
• A P Moller Maersk AS
• ABB Ltd
• Abbott Laboratories
• ABN AMRO Holding NV
• Accenture Ltd
• ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA
• Adecco SA
• AEGON NV
• AEON Company Ltd
• Aetna Inc
• AFLAC Incorporated
• Agricultural Bank of China
• Air France-KLM Group
• Aisin Seiki Co Ltd
• Akzo Nobel NV
• Albertsons Inc
• Alcan Inc
• Alcatel-Lucent
• Alcoa Inc
• Alliance Boots plc
• Allianz AG
• Allstate Corporation (The)
• Alstom
• Altadis SA
• Altria Group Inc
• Amerada Hess Corporation
• America Telecom SA de CV
• American Express Company
• American International Group Inc
• AmerisourceBergen
• AMR Corporation
• Anglo American plc
• Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc
• Apple Computer Inc
• Arcelor SA
• Archer Daniels Midland Company
• AREVA Group
• Asahi Glass Co Ltd
• Assicurazioni Generali SpA
• AstraZeneca plc
• AT&T
• Auchan SA
• Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Limited
• AutoNation Inc
• Aviva plc
• AXA
• BAE Systems plc
• Banca Intesa SpA
• Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
• Banco Bradesco SA
• Banco do Brasil SA
• Banco Santander Central Hispano
• Bank of America Corporation
• Bank of China Limited
• Bank of Nova Scotia (The)
• Barclays plc
• BASF Aktiengesellschaft
• Bayer AG
• Bayerische Landesbank
• Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• BCE Inc
• BellSouth Corporation
• Berkshire Hathaway Inc
• Bertelsmann AG
• Best Buy Co Inc
• Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
• BHP Billiton plc
• BNP Paribas (Groupe)
• Boeing Company (The)
• Bombardier Inc
• Bouygues SA
• BP Plc
• Bridgestone Corporation
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
• British Airways plc
• British American Tobacco plc
• BT Group plc
• Bunge Limited
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
• Canon Inc
• Cardinal Health Inc
• Caremark Rx Inc
• Carso Global Telecom SA de CV
• Caterpillar Inc
• Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd
• CBS Corporation
• Cemex SA de CV
• Cendant Corporation
• Centex Corporation
• Centrica plc
• ChevronTexaco Corporation
• China Construction Bank
• China FAW Group Corporation
• China Life Insurance Company Limited
• China Mobile Communications Corporation
• China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp
• China National Petroleum Corporation
• China Railway Construction Corporation
• China Railway Engineering Group Co Ltd
• China Southern Power Grid Co Ltd
• China Telecom Corporation Limited
• Christian Dior SA
• Chubb Corporation (The)
• Chubu Electric Power Co Inc
• CIGNA Corporation
• Cisco Systems Inc
• Citigroup Inc
• CNP Assurances
• Coca-Cola Company (The)
• Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc
• Coles Myer Ltd
• Comcast Corporation
• Comision Federal de Electricidad
• Commerzbank AG
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
• Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
• Compania Espanola de Petroleos SA
• Compass Group plc
• Computer Sciences Corporation
• ConAgra Foods Inc
• ConocoPhillips Company
• Constellation Energy Group Inc
• Continental AG
• Corus Group plc
• Cosmo Oil Company Limited
• Costco Wholesale Corporation
• Countrywide Financial Corporation
• Credit Agricole SA
• Credit Suisse Group
• CRH plc
• CVS Corp
• D.R. Horton Inc
• Daiei Inc (The)
• Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co
• DaimlerChrysler AG
• Danske Bank Aktieselskab
• Deere & Company
• Delhaize Group
• Dell Inc
• Delphi Corporation
• Delta Air Lines Inc
• Denso Corporation
• Deutsche Bahn Aktiengesellschaft
• Deutsche Bank AG
• Deutsche Lufthansa AG
• Deutsche Post AG
• Deutsche Telekom AG
• Dexia SA
• Dominion Resources Inc
• Dow Chemical Company (The)
• Duke Energy Corporation
• DZ BANK AG
• E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
• E.ON AG
• EADS NV
• East Japan Railway Company
• Eastman Kodak Company
• Edeka Zentrale AG
• Electricite de France
• Electrolux AB
• Electronic Data Systems Corporation
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Emerson Electric Co
• EnCana Corporation
• ENDESA
• ENEL SpA
• ENI SpA
• Exelon Corporation
• Express Scripts Inc
• Exxon Mobil Corporation
• Federated Department Stores Inc
• FedEx Corporation
• Fiat SpA
• Finmeccanica SpA
• Flextronics International Inc
• Ford Motor Company
• Fortis SA NV
• France Telecom SA
• Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH
• Freddie Mac
• Friends Provident plc
• Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd
• Fujitsu Ltd
• Gap Inc
• Gasunie Trade & Supply B.V.
• Gaz de France
• General Dynamics Corporation
• General Electric Company
• General Motors Corporation
• George Weston Limited
• GlaxoSmithKline plc
• Goldman Sachs Group Inc (The)
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The)
• Groupama SA
• Groupe Caisse d'Epargne
• Groupe Carrefour
• Groupe Danone
• GUS plc
• Halliburton Company
• Hanwha Chemical Corporation
• Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (The)
• HBOS plc
• HCA Inc
• Henkel KGaA
• Hewlett-Packard Company
• Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
• Hitachi Ltd
• HOCHTIEF AG
• Holcim Ltd
• Home Depot Inc (The)
• Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
• Honda Motor Co Ltd
• Honeywell International Inc
• HSBC Holdings plc
• Humana Inc
• Hutchison Whampoa Limited
• Hyundai Motor Company Ltd
• IBERDROLA SA
• Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd
• InBev NV/SA
• IndianOil Corporation Limited
• Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
• ING Group
• Ingram Micro Inc
• Intel Corporation
• International Business Machines Corporation
• International Paper Co
• Intesa Sanpaolo SpA
• Isuzu Motors Limited
• Itausa - Investimentos Itau SA
• Itochu Corporation
• J C Penney Company Inc
• J Sainsbury plc
• Japan Airlines Corporation
• Japan Post
• Japan Tobacco Inc
• JFE Holdings Inc
• Johnson & Johnson
• Johnson Controls Inc
• JPMorgan Chase & Co
• Kajima Corporation
• Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (The)
• KarstadtQuelle AG
• KBC Bank and Insurance Holding Company NV
• KDDI Corporation
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation
• Kingfisher plc
• Kobe Steel Ltd
• Koc Holding AS
• Komatsu Ltd
• Kookmin Bank
• Korea Electric Power Corporation
• Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau
• Kroger Co (The)
• KT Corporation
• La Poste
• Ladbrokes plc
• Lafarge SA
• Lagardere SCA
• Landesbank Baden-Wrttemberg
• Lear Corporation
• Legal & General Group Plc
• Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc
• Lennar Corporation
• LG Electronics Inc
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
• Lloyds TSB Group Plc
• Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Loews Corporation
• L'Oreal
• Lowe's Companies Inc
• LUKOIL (OAO)
• Lyondell Chemical Company
• Magna International Inc
• MAN Aktiengesellschaft
• Manpower Inc
• Manulife Financial Corporation
• Marathon Oil Corporation
• Marks & Spencer Group plc
• Marubeni Corporation
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
• Mazda Motor Corporation
• McDonald's Corporation
• McKesson Corporation
• Medco Health Solutions Inc
• Mediceo Paltac Holdings Co Ltd
• Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
• Merck & Co Inc
• Merrill Lynch & Co Inc
• MetLife Inc
• METRO AG
• Microsoft Corporation
• Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund
• Millea Holdings Inc
• Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
• Mitsubishi Corporation
• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
• Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
• Mitsui & Co Ltd
• Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd
• Mittal Steel Company NV
• Mizuho Financial Group Inc
• Morgan Stanley
• Motorola Inc
• Munich Re
• National Australia Bank Limited
• National Grid Transco plc
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
• NEC Corporation
• Nederlandse Gasunie NV
• Nestle SA
• New York Life Insurance Company
• News Corporation Limited (The)
• NIKE Inc
• Nippon Express Co Ltd
• Nippon Life Insurance Company
• Nippon Mining Holdings Inc
• Nippon Oil Corporation
• Nippon Steel Corporation
• Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation
• Nippon Yusen KK
• Nissan Motor Co Ltd
• Nokia Corporation
• Nomura Holdings Inc
• Nordea Bank AB
• Norsk Hydro ASA
• Northrop Grumman Corporation
• Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (The)
• Novartis International AG
• OAO Gazprom
• Occidental Petroleum Corporation
• Office Depot Inc
• Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd
• Old Mutual plc
• OMV AG
• Onex Corporation
• Otto GmbH & Co KG
• PACCAR Inc
• PepsiCo Inc
• PETROBRAS Petroleo Brasileiro SA
• Petroleos de Venezuela S.A
• Petroleos Mexicanos
• Petroliam Nasional Berhad
• Pfizer Inc
• Pinault-Printemps-Redoute SA
• Plains All American Pipeline LP
• Pohang Iron & Steel Co Ltd
• Poste Italiane SpA
• Power Corporation of Canada
• Procter & Gamble Company (The)
• Progressive Corporation (The)
• Prudential Financial Inc
• Prudential plc
• PSA Peugeot Citroen SA
• PTT Public Company Limited
• Publix Super Markets Inc
• Pulte Homes Inc
• Quanta Computer Inc
• Qwest Communications International Inc
• Rabobank Group
• RAG Aktiengesellschaft
• RALLYE SA
• Raytheon Company
• Reliance Industries Limited
• Renault SA
• Repsol YPF SA
• Ricoh Co Ltd
• Rio Tinto plc
• Rite Aid Corporation
• Robert Bosch GmbH
• Roche Holding AG
• Rosneft Oil Company
• Royal Ahold NV
• Royal Bank of Canada
• Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (The)
• Royal Dutch Shell Group of Companies
• Royal KPN NV
• Royal Mail Holdings plc
• Royal Philips Electronics NV
• RWE Aktiengesellschaft
• Safeway Inc
• Samsung Corporation
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Life Insurance Co
• Sanofi-Aventis
• SANYO Electric Co Ltd
• Sara Lee Corporation
• Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
• Schlumberger Limited
• Schneider Electric SA
• Scottish and Southern Energy plc
• Scottish Power plc
• Sears Holdings Corporation
• Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd
• Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (Group)
• Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation
• Sharp Corporation
• SHV Holdings NV
• Siemens AG
• Sinochem Corporation
• Sinopec Corporation
• SK Corporation
• SK Networks Co Ltd
• Skanska AB
• Societe Generale
• Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais
• Sodexho Alliance SA
• Sompo Japan Insurance Inc
• Sony Corporation
• Sprint Corporation Corporation
• Standard Life Assurance Company (The)
• Staples Inc
• State Bank of India
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
• State Grid Corporation of China
• Statoil ASA
• Stora Enso Oyj
• Suez
• Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
• Sumitomo Corporation
• Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
• Sumitomo Life Insurance Co
• Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
• Sun Life Financial Inc
• Sunoco Inc
• SUPERVALU Inc
• Surgutneftegas (OJSC)
• Suzuki Motor Corporation
• Swiss Life Holding
• Swiss Re
• SYSCO Corporation
• T&D Holdings
• Taisei Corporation
• Target Corporation
• Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund
• Tech Data Corporation
• Telecom Italia SpA
• Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Telefonica SA
• Telstra Corporation Ltd
• Tesco plc
• Tesoro Corp
• ThyssenKrupp AG
• Time Warner Inc
• TJX Companies Inc (The)
• TNT NV
• Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc
• Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc (The)
• Toronto-Dominion Bank
• Toshiba Corporation
• Total SA
• Toyota Motor Corporation
• Travelers Companies Inc (The)
• TUI AG
• Tyco International Ltd
• Tyson Foods Inc
• UAL Corporation
• UBS AG
• UniCredit SpA
• Unilever plc -- Unilever NV
• United Energy Services of Russia
• United Parcel Service Inc
• United States Postal Service
• United States Steel Corporation
• United Technologies Corporation
• UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
• US Bancorp
• Valero Energy Corporation
• Vattenfall AB
• Veolia Environnement SA
• Verizon Communications Inc
• VINCI
• Visteon Corporation
• Vivendi Universal SA
• Vodafone Group Plc
• Volkswagen AG
• Volvo AB
• Wachovia Corporation
• Walgreen Co
• Wal-Mart Stores Inc
• Walt Disney Company (The)
• Washington Mutual Inc
• WellPoint Inc
• Wells Fargo & Company
• WestLB AG
• Westpac Banking Corporation
• Weyerhaeuser Company
• Whirlpool Corporation
• William Hill plc
• Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
• Wolseley plc
• Woolworths Limited
• Wyeth
• Xerox Corporation
• Zurich Financial Services Group