Publisher's Synopsis
Did you know that American icon 7-Eleven is controlled by Japanese retail giant Ito-Yokado, Miller Beer is brewed by South African brewer SABMiller, and that the Los Angeles Dodgers are owned by The News Corporation, an Australian company?;These and hundreds of other public, private and state-owned companies headquartered outside the United States have had a profound influence on American business and American life. In this handbook there are profiles of 300 of the most influential firms from Canada, Europe and Japan, as well as companies from the fast-growing economies of such countries as Brazil, China and Taiwan. It includes lists of the top global companies from "FORTUNE" and other publications, as well as lists of companies on many of the major foreign stock indexes, such as the British FTSE 100 and Japan's Nikkei 225. Indexes are organized by headquarters location and industry, and by the people, companies and brand names mentioned in the profiles.
