Read more Fortune 500 stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3645/fortune-500.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:53:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/59827/xerox-ceo-shuffle-historic-for-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe announcement that Ursula Burns will replace Anne Mulcahy as head of Xerox is brimming with historical significance, writes Patricia Sellers in Fortune . Not only is it the first woman-to-woman CEO handoff in Fortune 500 history, but Burns will be the first black woman to head a Fortune 500 company....http://www.newser.com/story/59827/xerox-ceo-shuffle-historic-for-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 9:14:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56634/exxon-retakes-top-spot-in-fortune-500.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagExxon Mobil snagged a whopping $443 billion in revenue to unseat Wal-Mart from the top spot in this year's Fortune 500 list, CNN reports. The two behemoths thrived on jacked-up oil prices and the recession respectively, but the picture was a lot bleaker for most of the rest of the...http://www.newser.com/story/56634/exxon-retakes-top-spot-in-fortune-500.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 6:00:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25216/wal-mart-tops-fortune-500.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWal-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....http://www.newser.com/story/25216/wal-mart-tops-fortune-500.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Apr 2008 16:07:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20837/buffet-unseats-gates-as-richest-man-on-earth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Gates has passed the gilded torch: Warren Buffett and Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim have ended the Microsoft founder's 13-year reign as richest man on earth, Forbes reports. Buffett's fortune grew $10 billion this year to $62 billion, while Slim weighs in with an estimated $60 billion. Gates trails...http://www.newser.com/story/20837/buffet-unseats-gates-as-richest-man-on-earth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Mar 2008 19:44:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11035/black-fortune-500-ceos-in-short-supply.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe departure of Dick Parsons from Time Warner and Stan O'Neal from Merrill Lynch has reduced the already sparse population of African-American CEOs running Fortune 500 companies to an extremely paltry four, reports AP. CEOs of any color have a short shelf life, and the small numbers of black chiefs...http://www.newser.com/story/11035/black-fortune-500-ceos-in-short-supply.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Nov 2007 9:03:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/3615/liz-claiborne-dead-at-78.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDesigner 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...http://www.newser.com/story/3615/liz-claiborne-dead-at-78.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 Jun 2007 5:03:26 CDT