Global 500 
Quick Climbers
Dexia Group 55 291 +236
Sears Holdings 107 306 +199
Danske Bank Group 284 480 +196
Legal & General Group 85 261 +176
Hon Hai Precision Industry 206 371 +165
Wellpoint 117 280 +163
Sanofi-Aventis 159 321 +162
Federated Dept. Stores 262 387 +125
Constellation Energy 370 492 +122
PTT 265 373 +108
Banco Bradesco 269 376 +107
EnCana 396 499 +103
Banco Do Brasil 323 419 +96
Lehman Brothers Holdings 176 270 +94
Plains All Amer. Pipeline 186 275 +89
Countrywide Financial 351 439 +88
Hutchison Whampoa 259 347 +88
Lloyds TSB Group 89 177 +88
Hess 263 349 +86
Société Générale 67 152 +85
Bank Of China 255 339 +84
Dominion Resources 360 440 +80
Washington Mutual 297 374 +77
Accenture 379 455 +76
Reliance Industries 342 417 +75
From the July 24, 2006 issue
How the Countries Stack Up
United States 170
Japan 70
Britain, France (tied) 38
Biggest employers
Wal-Mart Stores 1,800,000
China National Petroleum 1,090,232
State Grid 844,031
Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 36,130
Royal Dutch Shell 25,311
Citigroup 24,589
Top 5 in Asia
Toyota Motor 185,805
Sinopec 98,784
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 94,869
Honda Motor 87,510
State Grid 86,984

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