BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JULY 12, 1999 ISSUE: GLOBAL 1000
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THE BUSINESS WEEK GLOBAL 1000

RANKED LIST OF COMPANIES
The number preceding each company is its Global 1000 rank. Company names are linked to corporate profiles on S&P Personal Wealth. More statistics for a company can be found in the country listings.
1-100  101-200  201-300  301-400  401-500  501-600  601-700  701-800  801-900  901-1000
1999
RANK		 1998
RANK		 COMPANY NAMECOUNTRYMARKET VALUE
Billions of U.S. dollars
MICROSOFT U.S. 407.22
GE U.S. 333.05
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES U.S. 214.81
EXXON U.S. 193.92
ROYAL DUTCH / SHELL GROUP Neth./Britain 191.32
WAL-MART STORES U.S. 189.55
AT&T U.S. 186.14
INTEL U.S. 180.24
CISCO SYSTEMS U.S. 174.09
BP AMOCO Britain 173.87
COCA-COLA U.S. 168.99
MERCK U.S. 159.80
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE Japan 156.77
MCI WORLDCOM U.S. 152.24
CITIGROUP U.S. 150.94
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES U.S. 150.34
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP U.S. 141.62
PFIZER U.S. 138.37
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB U.S. 136.53
AMERICA ONLINE U.S. 129.07
JOHNSON & JOHNSON U.S. 124.64
PROCTER & GAMBLE U.S. 124.05
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM Germany 115.02
BANK OF AMERICA U.S. 112.87
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY U.S. 109.37
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS Britain 107.14
27 NR NTT DOCOMO Japan 106.14
ROCHE HOLDING Switzerland 103.72
NOVARTIS Switzerland 101.63
GLAXO WELLCOME Britain 101.53
SBC COMMUNICATIONS U.S. 100.32
TOYOTA MOTOR Japan 99.83
HEWLETT-PACKARD U.S. 95.73
34 39 HSBC HOLDINGS Britain 93.69
PHILIP MORRIS U.S. 93.55
BELLSOUTH U.S. 89.38
DELL COMPUTER U.S. 87.34
NOKIA Finland 87.20
DAIMLERCHRYSLER Germany 86.87
BELL ATLANTIC U.S. 84.99
HOME DEPOT U.S. 83.64
TIME WARNER U.S. 81.19
FRANCE TELECOM France 79.93
MOBIL U.S. 79.29
ELI LILLY U.S. 78.67
AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS U.S. 75.95
DUPONT U.S. 73.74
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM Britain 72.92
AMERITECH U.S. 72.33
-->LLOYDS TSB GROUP Britain 71.95
NESTLE Switzerland 71.58
TYCO INTERNATIONAL U.S. 71.33
ASTRAZENECA Britain 70.89
FANNIE MAE U.S. 69.57
FORD MOTOR U.S. 69.17
ABBOTT LABORATORIES U.S. 68.70
BANK ONE U.S. 66.80
TELECOM ITALIA Italy 66.45
SCHERING-PLOUGH U.S. 66.35
WELLS FARGO U.S. 66.11
-->ALLIANZ Germany 66.06
TELSTRA Australia 63.89
N.V. / PLC Neth./Britain 63.77
-->UBS Switzerland 63.41
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI Japan 61.80
GTE U.S. 61.11
CHASE MANHATTAN U.S. 61.10
CHEVRON U.S. 60.46
WALT DISNEY U.S. 59.72
VODAFONE GROUP Britain 58.97
71 143 AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS U.S. 57.80
GILLETTE U.S. 56.47
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER U.S. 55.06
AMERICAN EXPRESS U.S. 54.52
-->MANNESMANN Germany 53.67
WARNER-LAMBERT U.S. 52.75
L.M. ERICSSON Sweden 52.57
PEPSICO U.S. 52.39
McDONALD'S U.S. 52.28
TELEFONICA Spain 51.15
ING GROEP Netherlands 50.76
EMC U.S. 50.64
ENI Italy 50.48
NORTEL NETWORKS Canada 49.85
MOTOROLA U.S. 49.85
86 NR ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP Britain/Switz. 49.05
SPRINT FON GROUP U.S. 48.49
CREDIT SUISSE GROUP Switzerland 48.11
AEGON Netherlands 47.87
MEDIAONE GROUP U.S. 46.21
SUN MICROSYSTEMS U.S. 46.08
BARCLAYS BANK Britain 45.83
GENERAL MOTORS U.S. 44.82
FIRST UNION U.S. 44.70
-->TIM Italy 43.84
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS U.S. 42.87
CHARLES SCHWAB U.S. 42.87
MEDTRONIC U.S. 41.57
AXA France 41.36
100 110 L'OREAL France 41.24