In global terms, the company is the second-biggest retailer, beaten only by US giant Walmart.
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Formerly in the rayon business, the company has in recent decades established a global lock on the manufacture of aerospace-grade carbon fiber.
It put John Compton, the current head of Americas Foods, in charge of all the company's global groups, making him an heir apparent in the newly created role of president.
With the joint venture strategically based in China, the global manufacturing hub, we believe the company is eying robust growth in shipments from this division and consequently higher margins.
"The board has decided that Andrew is the right person to lead BHP Billiton in a changing global environment, " the company said in a statement.
North America, where rigs have grown from 40 in the beginning of the year to over 100 currently, is the only global region where the company's revenue increased in the third quarter.
MasterCard is the second largest global payment solutions company in the world after Visa, and processes approximately 21 billion transactions each year.
After Coca-Cola rolled out the transmedia campaign it saw a 4% spike in global sales, according to the company.
In September 2012, Birchbox acquired Paris-based JolieBox, gaining business units in France, the UK, and Spain to take the company global and become the international market leader in discovery commerce.
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The success of several new drugs, including Invega Sustenna and Risperdal Consta, drugs that treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, contributed to a 7.5% increase in global pharmaceutical sales, the company said.
Go to the North Pole and fret about global warming, preferably in the company of a furry animal.
Visa is the largest global electronic payment solutions company in the world and has the largest network of credit and debit cards in circulation.
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Visa is the largest global electronic payment solutions company in the world and makes money by providing information and resources to complete transactions between the customer, merchant and their respective banks.
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In addition to the company's growth in global market shares, ZTE sustained its strength in patent applications.
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Edwards Lifesciences Corp. a leader in advanced cardiovascular disease treatments, is the number-one heart valve company in the world and the global leader in acute hemodynamic monitoring.
And in January, the company trimmed its global 2012 earnings forecasts in part to reflect the chance the plant wouldn't reopen in 2012.
However given that Colgate has historically underspent in media and not competed with the other global players in advertising spending and so we do not see the company launching into a massive ad campaign which might not bear fruit.
Germany-based financial firm Munich Re was named the greenest company in the world in the Global Green Rankings 2011 list with a green score of 83.6.
In addition, CEO Ghosn named Mr. Dodge "chief recovery officer" amid the onset of the global financial crisis in 2009, a year when the company's world-wide sales slid 9.4%.
However, determined to be the frontrunner in the global technology revolution and focused to stay abreast changing consumer preferences, the company marked its entry in the lucrative smartphone and tablet markets earlier this year.
The iron ore and coal company said the decline in the global market during and after its roadshow had convinced management to shelve the listing.
"Apple welcomes an objective examination of the US corporate tax system, which has not kept pace with the advent of the digital age and the rapidly changing global economy, " the company said in testimony released Monday.
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Mark Little, the head of GE Global Research, the company's in-house research division, says putting scientists and researchers into other countries enables GE to come up with products it would not have thought of before.
Ingram Micro ( NYSE:IM) The global IT company based in Santa Ana, California has traded from 14 up to 18 in the last 7 months.
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In the second quarter, the South Korean company accounted for 32.6% of global smartphone shipments, up from 29% in the quarter ending in March, according to the research firm IDC.
Part of whatever it's saving via job cuts may now get pumped into the company's new "Zero Carbon Initiative" to not only become the greenest technology company in the world, but reduce its global carbon emissions by 15% by 2012.
In October the company launched its global area network (GAN), which offers a mobile integrated services digital network (ISDN), ideal for video conferencing, image transfer and high-quality voice transmission.
Earlier in the trading session, global agricultural company Monsanto saw its shares hit a fresh 52-week high on solid earnings as Latin American demand for its products helped the bottom line.
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Today, a dozen factories in the country churn out 4% of the company's global garments production, up from 2% five years ago.
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