In 2010, 12 Turkish companies were listed in the Forbes Global 2000 list-an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world by Forbes magazine.

* In April 2012, Nestlé obtained an A + rating from the Global Reporting Initiative ( GRI ) for their global annual report on Creating Shared Value.

The Competitiveness Team produces a range of annual economic reports ( first published in brackets ): the Global Competitiveness Report ( 1979 ) measures competitiveness of countries and economies ; The Global Information Technology Report ( 2001 ) assesses their competitiveness based on their IT readiness ; the Global Gender Gap Report examines critical areas of inequality between men and women ; the Global Risks Report ( 2006 ) assesses key global risks ; the Global Travel and Tourism Report ( 2007 ) measures travel and tourism competitiveness and the Global Enabling Trade Report ( 2008 ) presents a cross-country analysis of the large number of measures facilitating trade between nations.

In 1999 Wang Global, by then back up to $ 3. 5 billion in annual revenues, was acquired by Getronics of The Netherlands, a $ 1. 5 billion network services company active only in parts of Europe and Australia.

In addition to the annual campus-based Wharton reunion, Wharton partners with its alumni clubs to mount between two and three annual Global Alumni Forums around the world.

Including new subsidiaries Primark Decision Economics ; DAFSA, a European market research company ; and Primark Poland, a software development company ; Global Insight was planned to employ about 500, have 30 offices world wide, and have annual revenue of USD 70 million.

* Polar Bear Splash: an annual effort to raise awareness for Global Warming.

Tesoro Corporation () is a Fortune 100 and a Fortune Global 500 company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with 2008 annual revenues of $ 28. 3 billion, and approximately 5, 600 employees.

* CIBC was named Canada ’ s Best Consumer Internet Bank for the third year in a row by Global Finance magazine in its 11th annual “ World ’ s Best Internet Banks ” competition.

* CIBC was voted the " Best Consumer Internet Bank " in Canada with the " Best Online Consumer Credit Site " in North America for the second year in a row, according to Global Finance magazine in its 10th annual " World's Best Internet Banks " competition.

Popular annual events that take place on the cobblestone streets of Gastown include the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and the Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix international bicycle race.

FEERs annual Asian Innovation Awards was associated with Global Entrepolise @ Singapore, which honored Asia's emerging Technopreneur.

The International NGO Accountability Charter, linked to the Global Reporting Initiative, documents the commitment of its members international NGOs to accountability and transparency, requiring them to submit an annual report, among others.

Symantec is also monitoring the Internet with the Symantec Global Intelligence Network, Deepsight, and publish an annual free report Internet Security Threat Report.

In April 2003, the U. S. Department of State ( DoS ) designated the group as a " terrorist group " in their annual Patterns of Global Terrorism report.

The University also presents the annual Delta Prize for Global Understanding, which recognizes individuals or groups whose initiatives promote peace and cooperation among cultures and nations.

LabourStart holds annual Global Solidarity Conferences.

In 2010, Foreign Policy Magazine placed him in its annual list of the Top 100 Global Thinkers.

In the list of popes given in the Holy See's annual directory, Annuario Pontificio, the following note is attached to the name of Pope Leo VIII ( 963 – 965 ): At this point, as again in the mid-eleventh century, we come across elections in which problems of harmonising historical criteria and those of theology and canon law make it impossible to decide clearly which side possessed the legitimacy whose factual existence guarantees the unbroken lawful succession of the successors of Saint Peter.

The Suffolk Craft Society hold an annual themed exhibition in the Peter Pears Gallery over July and August.

The composer Peter Maxwell Davies founded the annual St Magnus Festival which uses various Kirkwall venues.

Begun in 1814 by Peter Spencer in connection with the " quarterly " meeting ( or " conference ") of the African Union Church -- of the four meetings during the year, the one in August became the " annual conference " of the Church when ministers ' assignments for the next year were announced, among other business -- it was a time for free blacks and slaves alike to come together ( from the multi-state area ) and celebrate their faith with singing, dancing, testifying, and feasting.

Guiscard, now " by the Grace of God and St Peter duke of Apulia and Calabria and, if either aid me, future lord of Sicily ", agreed to hold his titles and lands by annual rent of the Holy See and to maintain its cause.

From 1998 to 2007, the Blue Peter Prom, in partnership with long-running BBC television programme Blue Peter, was an annual fixture.

In between the annual filming of the series Le Mesurier continued to appear in films, including a role as the prison Governor opposite Noël Coward in the 1969 Peter Collinson-directed film The Italian Job.

The Dalgety District and Community Association now holds an annual ' Snowy River Day ' on 31 August to commemorate when the three governments, Victoria, NSW and the Commonwealth with high profile former Australian Conservation Foundation President, and now Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett oversaw the temporary release of water from the Moonbah or Mowamba River, a tributary of the Snowy River.

The Armory is the starting point for an annual road race founded by Peter M. Walsh, the Coogan ’ s Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks 5K, which is run in March.

In 2008, Hnefatafl was revived by Peter Kelly in the island of Fetlar in Shetland, where the annual World Quickplay Hnefatafl Championships are now held each summer under the auspices of the Fetlar Hnefatafl Panel.

* The Festival of Saint Peter is the annual celebration of the patron saint of fishermen.

Emmanuel and Harvard maintain relations, with student exchanges through the Herchel Smith scholarships, and the annual Gomes lecture at Emmanuel in honour of Peter Gomes, erstwhile minister at Harvard's Memorial Church.

The final annual was the only one not to be written in its entirety by John Ney Reiber, coming part way into Peter Gross ' run on the ongoing series.

Nothing further is known about Fust save that, on October 30 ( c. 1471 ), Peter Schöffer, Johann Fust ( son ), and Schöffer's presumed partner Conrad Henlif ( variantly, Henekes or Henckis ) instituted an annual mass in the abbey-church of St. Victor of Paris, where Fust was buried.

Situated close to the castle, the Church of Saint Peter ( Igreja de São Pedro ) is used as the venue of Leiria's annual festival of music.

Sexologist Peter Sándor Gardos argues that his research suggests that "... the men who get most turned on by watching cum shots are the ones who have positive attitudes toward women " ( on the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex in 1992 ).

An annual fair in honour of Saint Peter the Apostle is held in late June to early July every year.

Known for his campaigning commitment and skill-and once described by the Mail on Sunday ( 25 July 1999 ) as, with Peter Stothard, editor of The Times, and Peter Mandelson, one of " three men with a formidable combination of power and influence "-he secured a saving of £ 240 million in the annual NHS drugs budget following a successful campaign to regulate pharmaceutical company practices ( 2001 ).

The Little League International Complex hosts the annual Little League Baseball World Series at Howard J. Lamade Stadium and Little League Volunteer Stadium, and is also the site of the Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum, which provides a history of Little League Baseball and Softball through interactive exhibits for children.

Like most Filipinos, Ormocanons are predominantly Roman Catholic, and the city celebrate its annual fiesta in honour of the patron saints Saint Peter and Saint Paul on June 28 and 29.

Sexologist Peter Sándor Gardos argues that his research suggests that "... the men who get most turned on by watching cum shots are the ones who have positive attitudes toward women " ( on the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex in 1992 ).

The privileges that were conceded to the nascent Portuguese population by various monarchs outlines the geographic importance of attracting settlement to the northern frontier: Afonso III created an annual fair in 1272 and Fernando establishes a free-trade fair in 1383, which was renovated or reformulated by successive monarchs ( John I in 1392 and 1413, the Regent Peter in 1439 and Afonso V in 1455 ).

In 2011, HP Enterprise Business, along with participating independent user groups, combined its annual HP Software Universe, HP Technology Forum and HP Technology @ Work into a single event, HP Discover.

Brundtland at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in 1989

He developed bilateral links with Australia's neighbours – he frequently said there was no other country in the world more important to Australia than Indonesia – and took an active role in the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum ( APEC ), initiating the annual leaders ' meeting.

The creation of the Consultative Council in the early 1990s did not satisfy demands for political participation, and, in 2003, an annual National Dialogue Forum was announced that would allow selected professionals and intellectuals to publicly debate current national issues, within certain prescribed parameters.

Founded in 1971, the World Economic Forum is one of the major annual meetings in the world

In 1982, along with his friend Gerald Ford, he co-founded the annual AEI World Forum.

In 1982, along with his friend Gerald Ford, he co-founded the annual AEI World Forum.

The World Social Forum ( WSF ) is an annual meeting of civil society organizations, first held in Brazil, which offers a self-conscious effort to develop an alternative future through the championing of counter-hegemonic globalization.

In 1982, along with his friend Gerald Ford, he co-founded the annual AEI World Forum.

The Forum is best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland.

Starting at the annual meeting in January 2003 in Davos, an Open Forum Davos, co-organized by the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches, was held in parallel, opening up the debate about globalisation to the general public.

It is a counter-event to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) in Davos.

Davos is an Alpine city in eastern Switzerland which became famous in the 1990s for hosting the World Economic Forum, an annual gathering of international politicians and financiers who represented a transnational elite.

This is achieved through annual or biannual Zonal Forum meetings together with development visits to NA groups and members in other countries.

One example of this was the hosting, by Abilene Christian University ( also founded in 1906 ), of the annual Restoration Unity Forum for 2006, as part of ACU's annual Bible Lectureship.

The third annual European Social Forum ( ESF ) took place on 15 – 17 October 2004 in London, the main venue being Alexandra Palace.

The Stagg-Tolbert Forum for Biblical Studies is an annual event named in his honor.

The largest forum for alter-globalization activity is the annual World Social Forum.

Before the European Left was founded, most of its members already held annual meetings together as part of the New European Left Forum ( NELF ), which still exists.

His responsibilities included coordinating the prestigious annual meeting of the Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which brings together prominent corporate leaders, heads of State and government, as well as respected personalities from the academic, cultural and religious world.

* The Forum ( journal ), an annual historical publication by students at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

* The annual RISE ( Redefining Investment Strategy Education ) Forum is the largest student investment conference in the world.

* CIRF: Contact Improvisation Research Forum organization based in San Francisco, CA, USA, curates year-round CI training, mentorship services and annual exchange ( WeCITE ) for teachers, performance and Jam programs, and, since 1987, annual WCCIF festival / symposium each July.