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One world; one gigantic marketplace. This year, 60 countries have global 2000 entries vs. 51 in our inaugural list in 2004. The Forbes global 2000 are public companies with the top composite scores based on their rankings for sales, profits, assets and market value. Our justification for using a composite ranking is simple: One metric alone can give a false impression about corporate size.

Although the worldwide real estate market is softening as credit reservoirs dry, some spots are poised for growth.

John J. Ray, Forbes.com
One needs to look no further than the collapse of Bear Stearns to recognize the importance of analytical techniques that can help investors identify companies with aggressive or risky accounting practices. For such advice, we have repeatedly turned to Audit Integrity, a financial analytics company headquartered in Los Angeles.

Your office skills are just as important as your professional knowledge to the success of your career. Here's how to get ahead early in the game.

What India needs to do to survive as the world's back office boils down to this: It must first adjust its value system, and then it must broaden and strengthen its education programs to increase the supply of trained professionals.

A formalized exit interview can be useful, both for the manager and the departing employee. Here's how to go about it.

''Managing Your Boss'' is one of the most popular Harvard Business Review articles of all time. What can today's employees learn from it?

Looking for love--or just a night out--among the jet set?
If you want to mingle with the rich and single you have to know where they are--and when they're there. As the seasons change, so do their hangouts--and, like the economy, this party is global.

The age of the mega city is just beginning. Ready or not, huge metros are growing across the globe. The question is how many are ready, from an infrastructural and environmental standpoint, to handle the load.