Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	153
Japan	64
France	39

Company	2007 Number of Employees
U.S. Postal Service	785,929
Sinopec	634,011
Hon Hai Precision Industry	550,000

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Company	2007 Profits ($ millions)
Exxon Mobil	$40,610
Royal Dutch Shell	$31,331
General Electric	$22,208

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Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	$ millions	% change from 2006	$ millions	% change from 2006
			REVENUES		PROFITS
1	BASF	73	79,322	20	5,565	38
2	Dow Chemical	128	53,513	9	2,887	-23
3	Bayer	155	44,664	12	6,448	205
4	Sabic	227	33,678	46	7,211	33
5	DuPont	252	30,653	6	2,988	-5
6	Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings	317	25,655	14	1,437	68
7	Hanwha	329	24,373	28	241	-16
8	Evonik Industries	368	22,783	12	1,199	-9
9	Akzo Nobel	455	18,481	7	12,771	783
10	Linde Group	483	17,342	11	1,303	-44
11	LyondellBasell Industries	492	17,073	30	1,032	197

Rank	Company	Revenues %	Assets %
1	BASF	79,322	68,428
2	Dow Chemical	53,513	48,801
3	Bayer	44,664	75,118
4	Sabic	33,678	68,322
5	DuPont	30,653	34,131
6	Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings	25,655	27,788
7	Hanwha	24,373	66,786
8	Evonik Industries	22,783	28,949
9	Akzo Nobel	18,481	28,134
10	Linde Group	17,342	36,486
11	LyondellBasell Industries	17,073	40,616

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