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Global 500 2013

May 15, 2014

Is China serious about reform?

By Scott Cendrowski

November 6, 2013

Tragedy in Switzerland: What drove two top executives to suicide?

By Vivienne Walt

September 23, 2013

Shell’s big surprise: van Beurden to replace Voser as CEO

By David Whitford and Peter Elkind

July 9, 2013

Are Apple’s best days behind it?

By Adam Lashinsky

July 8, 2013

Apple soars from 55th to 19th place in Fortune’s Global 500

By Philip Elmer-DeWitt

July 8, 2013

Leadership

Unilever’s CEO Has a Green Thumb

By Marc Gunther

May 23, 2013

Volkswagen: Das auto giant

By Alex Taylor III

July 10, 2012

The Global 500: No borders, no boundaries

By Richard McGill Murphy

July 9, 2012

International

Streep’s Iron Lady shows us how to win a crowd

By Patricia Sellers

December 29, 2011

International

Hear them roar: Global 500’s women CEOs

By Colleen Leahey

July 12, 2011

Careers

Is a B-school with no U.S. campus really global?

By Fortune Editors

July 11, 2011

Why Nestlé can win over China’s consumers

By Nin-Hai Tseng

July 7, 2011

The world’s largest companies

By Penelope Patsuris

July 7, 2009

Most ‘Accountable Companies

By Gabrielle Solomon

November 13, 2008