Companies to shape the decade
A five-part series of interviews with international companies that will shape the world in the coming decade
General Electric: why the world's largest company still has spark
Companies to shape the decade?
BHP Billiton: the mammoth miner that struck it rich
The world's largest miner has weathered the downturn well after walking away from a mega-merger with Rio Tinto that might have proved disastrous
Wal-Mart, the US retailer taking over the world by stealth
It has recently beefed up its green credentials, but Wal-Mart's stance on unions and sheer scale still provoke as much fear as admiration
Creating competition among mobile operators in China is 'good for consumers'
Chinese ministers reorganised the telecoms sector to promote fairness and prevent monopoly
State owned China Mobile is world's biggest mobile phone operator
China Mobile's 500,000 base stations now cover 98% of the population. Subscribers can make calls from subway trains, distant fields, or the peak of Mount Everest
Russian energy group with the power to plunge Europe into darkness
The first in a five-part series of interviews with international companies that will shape the world in the coming decade, starting with Russian energy group Gazprom
