REPORTS
FT 500 2006
Resources
Suffer for their synergies
Takeovers are back in fashion, though experience shows they are often a drain on company finances. Graham Bowley finds out why companies are still hungry for expansion despite the risks.
FT Global 500
Providing an annual snapshot of the world’s largest companies.
Material differences
Oil dominates the FT Global 500 rankings this year
The profit paradox
Multinationals have had to learn to be careful of boasting too much about profits
Runners and raiders
Companies are under attack again, this time from activist hedge funds
Related content and features
Performance
The numbers puzzle
Every week, it seems, companies unveil startling profits - but how much do these figures actually reveal about corporate performance and efficiency?
Profiles
New kids on the block
The days of the cult CEO have long passed, with the demise of some of the superstars whose faces adorned magazines and business TV shows during the 1990s.
