Global 500 
Europe's top 50
1 3 Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands 318,845
2 4 BP Britain 274,316
3 8 DaimlerChrysler Germany 190,191
4 10 Total France 168,357
5 13 ING Group Netherlands 158,274
6 15 AXA France 139,738
7 16 Volkswagen Germany 132,323
8 18 Crédit Agricole France 128,481
9 19 Allianz Germany 125,346
10 20 Fortis Belgium/Netherlands 121,202
11 22 HSBC Holdings Britain 115,361
12 25 BNP Paribas France 109,214
13 26 ENI Italy 109,014
14 27 UBS Switzerland 107,835
15 28 Siemens Germany 107,342
16 30 Assicurazioni Generali Italy 101,811
17 32 Carrefour France 99,015
18 35 Deutsche Bank Germany 96,152
19 36 Dexia Group Belgium 95,847
20 47 Credit Suisse Switzerland 89,354
21 49 Société Générale France 84,486
22 50 Aviva Britain 83,487
23 52 Gazprom Russia 81,115
24 53 E.ON Germany 80,994
25 54 Royal Bank of Scotland Britain 80,983
26 55 Tesco Britain 79,979
27 56 Nestlé Switzerland 79,872
28 57 Deutsche Post Germany 79,502
29 58 HBOS Britain 79,239
30 60 Deutsche Telekom Germany 76,969
31 62 Metro Germany 75,131
32 63 Électricité de France France 73,939
33 67 ABN AMRO Holding Netherlands 71,218
34 68 Peugeot France 71,006
35 75 Santander Central Hispano Group Spain 68,051
36 77 Telefónica Spain 66,372
37 78 Statoil Norway 66,280
38 79 Prudential Britain 66,134
39 81 BASF Germany 66,007
40 82 France Télécom France 65,899
41 83 Barclays Britain 65,609
42 84 Fiat Italy 65,031
43 85 Zurich Financial Services Switzerland 65,000
44 88 BMW Germany 61,477
45 90 Repsol YPF Spain 60,921
46 95 Vodafone Britain 59,811
47 97 UniCredit Group Italy 59,119
48 99 Mittal Steel Netherlands 58,870
49 100 Munich Re Group Germany 58,183
50 101 ThyssenKrupp Germany 57,927
From the July 23, 2007 issue
How the Countries Stack Up
United States 162
Japan 67
France 38
Biggest employers
Wal-Mart Stores 1,900,000
State Grid 1,504,000
China National Petroleum 1,086,966
Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 39,500.0
Royal Dutch Shell 25,442.0
UAL 22,876.0
Top 5 in Asia
Toyota Motor 204,746.4
Sinopec 131,636.0
China National Petroleum 110,520.2
State Grid 107,185.5
Honda Motor 94,790.5

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