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Sony Corporation ranks No. 65 on FORTUNE's 2006 Global 500
(Fortune) -- Sony Corporation (Charts) ranks no. 65 on FORTUNE's Global 500 this year, with $66.0 billion in revenues, down .9% from the previous year. The Tokyo, Japan-based company was ranked no. 47 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $1.1 billion, down 28.4% from a year earlier. 2005 was a banner year for most Global 500 companies. It took $13.7 billion in revenue just to make this year's list - up from $12.4 billion last year. And profits for the 500 companies jumped 30%. Total revenues for the Global 500 in 2006 add up to $18.9 trillion, a third of the world's GDP. In the Electronics, Electrical Equipment industry, profits were up 7.4% from the previous year. The world's biggest companies in the sector are: Siemens AG (Charts), ranked no. 22 on the Global 500 with $100.1 billion in revenues; and Hitachi, Ltd. (Charts), ranked no. 38 on the Global 500 with $83.6 billion in revenues; and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Charts), ranked no. 46 on the Global 500 with $78.7 billion in revenues; and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Charts), ranked no. 47 on the Global 500 with $78.6 billion in revenues. The Global 500 list is an annual ranking of the world's largest corporations by revenues. Next: Full list: 2006 Global 500 at http://money.cnn.com/global500 Plus: See Sony Corporation's Global 500 details, including financial stats and contact information. Europe's top 50 Asia's top 50 |
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