Wal-Mart tops Fortune 500 list
Wal-Mart returned to the top of the Fortune 500 list this year, trading places with Exxon Mobile, which topped the 2009 list. Wal-Mart had previously topped the list in 2008 and 2007.Though Wal-Mart 's sales were flat at stores open at least a year — a key metric of retail success — its profits climbed 7 percent from 2008 to 2009, to $14.3 billion. Wal-Mart 's revenues gained only 0.6 percent ...
2010-04-15 -
Chicago Sun-Times