BUSINESS● LOWJul 29 · Jul 29, 2026, 10:00 AM
Why has the China-US profit gap widened on the Fortune Global 500?
South China Morning Post
China’s unaddressed economic structural problems are swallowing profits and leaving its multinationals falling far behind their US peers in the latest Fortune Global 500 list, despite its firms remaining strong in terms of revenue. The profit gap between Chinese and US companies has continued to widen. Chinese companies posted an average profit of US$4.5 billion in 2025, or some 40 per cent of the US$11.24 billion recorded by their US counterparts, according to the list released by Fortune...
GlobeAlert aggregates and classifies open sources; the story above belongs to its publisher. Summaries are machine-generated from the source text.
More in Business
BUSINESSnowMunicipal Securities Underwriters Pay a Total of $325,000 in FinesSECBUSINESSnowSEC CHAIRMAN ARTHUR LEVITT, IOWA OFFICIALS TO HOLD INVESTORS’ TOWN MEETING IN DES MOINESSECBUSINESS15m agoOFS Credit reports Q3 resultsSeeking Alpha TechBUSINESS16m agoData center developer sues city after requiring company to supply renewable energy on-siteThe Independent World