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FORTUNE 500

Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations

Top companies: Biggest

Rank	Company	500 Rank	2007 Number of Employees
1	Wal-Mart Stores	1	2,055,000
2	United Parcel Service	46	425,300
3	McDonald's	106	390,000
4	International Business Machines	15	386,558
5	Citigroup	8	380,500
6	Target	31	366,000
7	Sears Holdings	45	337,000
8	General Electric	6	327,000
9	Kroger	26	323,000
10	AT&T	10	309,050
11	Home Depot	22	276,385
12	General Motors	4	266,000
13	Ford Motor	7	246,000
14	FedEx	68	238,935
15	Verizon Communications	17	234,971
16	Berkshire Hathaway	11	232,781
17	United Technologies	39	225,600
18	Bank of America Corp.	9	209,718
19	Aramark	216	207,500
20	Safeway	55	201,000
21	Supervalu	62	191,400
22	Walgreen	40	191,350
23	Lowe's	48	188,000
24	PepsiCo	59	185,000
25	Macy's	91	182,000
26	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	12	180,667
27	Yum Brands	253	174,580
28	Hewlett-Packard	14	172,000
29	Starbucks	277	172,000
30	Delphi	92	169,500
31	HCA	89	161,000
32	CVS Caremark	24	160,000
33	Wells Fargo	41	159,800
34	Boeing	27	159,300
35	Darden Restaurants	415	157,000
36	Starwood Hotels & Resorts	396	155,000
37	J.C. Penney	126	155,000
38	Marriott International	197	151,000
39	Gap	162	150,000
40	Johnson Controls	72	140,000
41	Best Buy	66	140,000
42	Lockheed Martin	57	140,000
43	Electronic Data Systems	115	139,500
44	Procter & Gamble	23	138,000
45	Emerson Electric	111	137,700
46	Walt Disney	67	137,000
47	TJX	132	129,000
48	Northrop Grumman	76	122,600
49	Honeywell International	73	122,000
50	Wachovia Corp.	38	121,890

From the May 5, 2008 issue

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