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Baxter International ranks No. 240 on the 2006 FORTUNE 500
The Deerfield, Ill-based company is on FORTUNE's latest list of America's largest corporations.
 NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - Baxter International (Research) ranks no. 240 on this year's list of the FORTUNE 500, with $9,849 million in revenues, up 3.6% from the previous year. The Deerfield, Ill-based company was ranked no. 237 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $956 million, up 146.4% 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%.
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 other companies in this sector on this year's list are Medtronic (Research), Boston Scientific (Research), Becton Dickinson (Research) and Stryker (Research). See Baxter International's FORTUNE 500 details, including financial stats and contact information.
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