Globalization

Deloitte & Touche

Tonya Hennessey — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:09:19 -0400

Company Snapshot:

Deloitte & Touche is one of the Big Four accounting firms. It is made up of a series of national partnerships owned by the partners in each country. The local firms are affiliated through a global network that administers the sharing of a common brand name, standards and procedures. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss verein, or membership organization, oversees Deloitte's international organization. Deloitte Touche Tomatsu doesn't perform any audits or other services for outside clients.

KPMG

Tonya Hennessey — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:06:28 -0400

Company Snapshot:

KPMG is one of the Big Four accounting firms. KPMG LLP, is the U.S. limited liability partnership and a member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative.

Through its member firms, KPMG provides audit, tax and other advisory services.

Archer Daniels Midland

Ian Elwood — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:43:09 -0400

Company Snapshot:

Decatur, Illinois-based Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is one of the world's largest agricultural conglomerates, with its share of controversy around environmental and other issues. Operating 270+ facilities world-wide, ADM is in the business of agricultural processing, storage and transportation. It is also rapidly moving into biofuel production, particularly ethanol and biodiesel -- a development that led Corporate Accountability International to induct ADM into its 2008 Corporate Hall of Shame.

ABN AMRO

minhaaj — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:15:49 -0400

Company Snapshot:

ABN AMRO is an international bank with European roots. Focus is on consumer and commercial clients in local markets and global markets on selected multinational corporations and financial institutions, as well as private clients. ABN amro is active in four principal customer segments: Personal Banking, Private Banking, Business and Commercial and Corporate and Institutional.

Barrick Gold

sakura — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:34:53 -0400

Company Snapshot:

Barrick Gold Corporation is the largest pure gold mining company in the world, with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and four regional business units (RBU's) located in Australia, Africa, North America and South America. Barrick is currently undertaking mining and exploration projects in Papua New Guinea, the United States, Canada, Australia, Peru, Chile, Russia, South Africa, Argentina and Tanzania. On January 20, 2006, Barrick acquired a majority share of Placer Dome.

Perenco SA

Phil Mattera — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:01:19 -0500

Company Snapshot:

Perenco (annual revenues about $3 billion) is a privately held independent oil & gas exploration and production company with its main offices in Paris and London. It has activities in Africa, Central and South America, Turkey and the North Sea. In 2007 it signed an exploration deal with the regional government of Kurdistan in Iraq.

Tenaris

Tonya Hennessey — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:27:12 -0500

Company Snapshot:

Tenaris [TS: NYSE, Buenos Aires, Mexico and TEN: MTA Italy] is a company that is a global manufacturer and supplier of seamless and welded steel pipe products and provider of pipe handling, stocking and distribution services to the oil and gas, energy and mechanical industries. It is also a leading regional supplier of welded steel pipes for gas pipelines in South America.

Anglo American

Ian Elwood — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:14:43 -0500

Caterpillar

Bodhi Harnish — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:21:11 -0500

Company Snapshot:

Caterpillar Inc. is the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines. Famous for their products featuring caterpillar tracks and a distinctive yellow paint scheme, Caterpillar produces a wide range of heavy equipment, mainly engineering and demolition vehicles, including the Caterpillar D9 bulldozer. Among other controversies Caterpillar has been accused of human rights abuses in the Israeli Palestinian conflict by selling demolition equipment to the Israeli Defense Force.

United Technologies

Ian Elwood — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:44:01 -0500

Company Snapshot:

One of the last remaining powerful U.S. conglomerates, United Technologies Corporation (UTC) is the parent company of Pratt & Whitney, one of the most famous names in jet engines; Sikorsky, a leader in helicopter production, including the famous (or infamous) Black Hawks; Carrier Corp., the largest supplier of heating and air conditioning systems; Otis, the world’s largest elevator company; and Hamilton Sundstrand, a leading producer of aerospace products. UTC also has a large fire-safety products business based on its acquisition of British firms Chubb PLC and Kidde PLC.