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  • April 2008
    • Wal-Mart Tops Fortune 500

      Wal-Mart Tops Fortune 500

      (Newser) - Wal-Mart nosed out Exxon Mobil for the second consecutive year to land atop the 2008 Fortune 500, with $37.7 billion in revenues, the magazine said today. In profits, the oil company far outstripped the megaretailer. Three of the top 5 on the list were oil companies, the AP reports. ChevronTexaco (No. 3) and GM (No. 4) swapped places, and ConocoPhillips again rounded out the top 5. More »

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      General Motors   Citigroup   Wal-Mart   Ford   Bank of America   AT&T   ExxonMobil   General Electric   Chevron   ConocoPhillips   Fortune 500

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    • Liz Claiborne Dead at 78

      Liz Claiborne Dead at 78

      (Newser) - Designer Liz Claiborne, whose styles aimed at career women revolutionized everyday fashion sense in America and brought feminine new looks to the workplace, is dead at 78. She was the first woman founder of a Fortune 500 company. Claiborne died Tuesday in New York, after a lengthy battle with bone cancer. More »

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      obituary   women   fashion   fashion designer   clothes   design   Fortune 500   Liz Claiborne   bone cancer

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