About : Fortune Magazine, Forbes Magazine

Fortune (magazine)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_Magazine

Fortune magazine is an American business magazine founded by Henry Luce in 1930. His publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner, the world's largest media conglomerate, before it was acquired by AOL in 2000.[1] Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Forbes, which is also published bi-weekly, and BusinessWeek. Fortune is currently published by the company's Time Inc. subsidiary. The magazine is especially known for its annual features ranking companies by revenue.
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Fortune 500
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_500

The Fortune 500 is a ranking of the top 500 American public corporations as measured by gross revenue, although eligible companies are any for which revenues are publicly available (which is a larger universe than "public companies", as the term is commonly understood, meaning "companies having common stock that trades on a stock exchange"). Fortune magazine compiles and publishes the list annually.The Fortune 100 is a frequently used term used to reference the top 100 firms in this same list.The Fortune 1000 refers to the top 1000 firms ranked according to the same methodology.

Fortune Global 500
Fortune 1000

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Forbes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes

Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, Forbes magazine, is published bi-weekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published bi-weekly, and BusinessWeek. Today the magazine is known for its lists, including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400) and its list of billionaires.

Forbes Global 2000


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