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FORTUNE 500 2006  
FORTUNE 500    
Lowe's ranks No. 42 on the 2006 FORTUNE 500
The Mooresville-based company is in the top 100 on FORTUNE's latest list of America's largest corporations.
April 4, 2006: 11:44 AM EDT

NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - Lowe's (Research) ranks no. 42 on this year's list of the FORTUNE 500, with $43,243 million in revenues, up 18.6% from the previous year. The Mooresville-based company was ranked no. 43 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $2,771 million, up 27.3% from a year earlier.

This year, FORTUNE 500 companies overall brought in a record $9.1 trillion in revenues and $610 billion in profits. And while the economy as a whole grew 3.5% last year, FORTUNE 500 companies did much better, increasing their revenues by a healthy 15.4%.

FORTUNE 500 2006
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1. Exxon Mobil 6. ConocoPhillips
2. Wal-Mart 7. GE
3. GM 8. Citigroup
4. Chevron 9. AIG
5. Ford 10. IBM
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The FORTUNE 500 list is an annual ranking of America's largest corporations by revenues. Its companies employ more than 24 million people, about 16% of working Americans.

The top 5 companies on this year's list are: Exxon Mobil (Research), Wal-Mart Stores (Research), General Motors (Research), Chevron (Research), and Ford Motor (Research).

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