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  • Sep 10, 2024 | fortune.com | Lydia Belanger

    The youngest of this year’s first-time companies, delivery platform DoorDash, was founded in 2013. It entered the Fortune 1000 at No. 769 in 2021 and rose at a steady clip to make the 500 three years later (today, it’s No. 443). Gig economy peers Uber and Airbnb had joined the Fortune 500 ranks in 2020 and 2021 respectively. The oldest member of the Class of 2024, meanwhile, has been around for more than a century and a half: New York Community Bancorp (No. 457), founded in 1859.

  • Sep 10, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com | Lydia Belanger

    Earlier this year, 14 companies made the Fortune 500 list for the first time. The idea of a Fortune 500 debut may conjure images of fast-growing tech startups or otherwise nascent corporations. But not all of the ranking’s newcomers fit that profile. The youngest of this year’s first-time companies, delivery platform DoorDash, was founded in 2013. It entered the Fortune 1000 at No. 769 in 2021 and rose at a steady clip to make the 500 three years later (today, it’s No. 443).

  • Aug 27, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com | Lydia Belanger

    For the past five years, the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the Fortune 500 have reflected a head-to-head retail rivalry. Walmart, which has ranked in first or second place on the list of America’s biggest companies by revenue every year of the 21st century and has been No. 1 for 12 years in a row, began competing with Amazon for the top spot beginning with the 2020 list, published that spring.

  • Aug 27, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Lydia Belanger

    For the past five years, the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the Fortune 500 have reflected a head-to-head retail rivalry. Walmart , which has ranked in first or second place on the list of America’s biggest companies by revenue every year of the 21st century and has been No. 1 for 12 years in a row, began competing with Amazon for the top spot beginning with the 2020 list , published that spring.

  • Aug 27, 2024 | fortune.com | Lydia Belanger

    The 2020 edition of the Fortune 500 was published amid COVID pandemic lockdowns; however, its rankings reflected results from 2019—so, pre-pandemic financial performance. But from that point, Amazon’s ascent to runner-up status, which had long been in the works, seemed sure to be a fixture of the list for years to come, as consumer behavior during a stay-at-home era fueled online shopping out of both necessity and boredom.

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Lydia Belanger
Lydia Belanger @LydiaBelanger
12 Nov 24

John Stankey, @ATT CEO, predicts that as the rise of AI increases the demand for power, Americans are going to see the effects on their utility bills—the same Americans that may be swayed to vote one way or another when gas prices hit $5/gallon #FortuneGlobalForum https://t.co/zcO6sqoSmk

Lydia Belanger
Lydia Belanger @LydiaBelanger
12 Nov 24

“I’m absolutely convinced that it would be a disaster for the world if Ukraine were to go down,” Boris Johnson said at #FortuneGlobalForum. “I nonetheless cling to my memory of Trump when he was in office, where actually he was pretty tough on Putin.” https://t.co/SRNDYHYlaw

Lydia Belanger
Lydia Belanger @LydiaBelanger
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