Inventec, Companhia Concessoes Rodoviarias, and Hyundai Development come in at 2, 012, 2, 023 and 2, 056, respectively, on Forbes Global 2000 scoring.

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Hyundai Development has built a number of highways, dams and railroads throughout Asia, in addition to office buildings and industrial facilities.

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Each company makes it into the top 2, 000 ranking on at least one metric: Rodoviarias in profits, Inventec in sales and Hyundai Development in both profits and sales.

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Chung Ju Yung, Hyundai's 83-year-old founder, cannot know whether it was wise to force his brother to give up an 8.3% stake in Hyundai Motor in exchange for 37.7% of Hyundai Industrial Development and Construction, South Korea's largest builder of apartments.

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Mong Koo also lacks the experience and connections of his uncle, who led Hyundai's development of its own engine in 1991, a first for South Korean automakers.

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The trick, though, is to find the proper angle from which to view the debt of such issuers as China Development Bank, Gazprom, Hyundai Motor, Petroleos de Venezuela, and Telefonos Mexico.

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After a long tenure at Ford, Krafcik joined Hyundai in 2004 as vice president of product development and strategic planning.

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Less obvious to customers, behind the scenes Kia and Hyundai more closely integrated their product lineups to save development costs.

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Among the corporate sponsors of telematics research and development are Samsung, LG Electronics, Hyundai and General Motors, who all have speech-interfaced applications targeting consumer products launching in early 2008.

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South Korean company Hyandai Asan -- affiliated to the carmaker Hyundai -- was involved in the complex's development.

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