Aggregate sales for the Fortune Global 500 hit $37.8 trillion, an increase of 19%—the highest annual growth rate in the list’s history. Walmart landed at No. 1 for the ninth straight year ...

For decades, BP—the U.K.-based oil and gas giant that is No. 25 on the Fortune Global 500—has tried to position itself as an energy company with the bigger picture in mind. From an eight-year ...