In a year marked by AI disruption, geopolitical uncertainty and cost-of-living pressures, one indicator remains remarkably clear: talent will still go where it is valued. Forbes’ 2025 list of the World’s Best Employers, produced in partnership with market research firm Statista, offers a global snapshot of which companies are succeeding in turning that principle into reality.

The global economy enters the second half of 2025 with growth stuck at its weakest multiyear pace outside of major crises, as high interest rates, geopolitical tensions, and sluggish productivity continue to weigh on recovery. The World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects 2025 warns that the rebound is “thinner and more fragile than expected,” with widening regional disparities and rising risks from public debt, softening trade, and climate pressures. For businesses worldwide, the report signals the start of a new era defined by slower, more uneven, and more uncertain growth.

Fortune released the 2025 Fortune Global 500(™), the definitive list of the world's largest corporations ranked by revenue for the 2024 fiscal year.

“I’ll be shocked if we don’t see more and more LLM impact on science,” says John Jumper.

Major stock markets across Asia Pacific region sank Monday amid mounting fears of a renewed trade war between the world’s two largest economies, after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose new triple-digit tariffs on Chinese imports.

IME has published its third annual list of the World's Best Companies, in partnership with Statista, a leading international provider of market and consumer data and rankings. The result of this quantitative study: 1,000 companies forging the path into the future. Here's how the winners were selected.