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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20. HSBC Holdings

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Rank: 20 (Previous rank: 22)
CEO: Michael F. Geoghegan
Employees: 322,282
Address: 8 Canada Sq.
London E14 5HQ
Country: Britain
Website: www.hsbc.com

Strong growth in Asia helped the bank to cushion billions of losses it took in the U.S. market due to the subprime mortgage crisis. Overall profit was up 21% from a year ago. As the bank tried to clean up its troubled U.S. mortgage loans, it focused on developing businesses in emerging markets. In 2007, HSBC expanded into Japan, Vietnam, South Korea and India by launching new branches and services.

	$ millions	% change from 2006
Revenues	146,500.0	27.0
Profits	19,133.0	21.2
Assets	2,354,266.0	—
Stockholders' equity	128,160.0	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	13
Assets	1

Industry: Banks: Commercial and Savings

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	ING Group	7	201,516.0
2	Fortis	14	164,877.0
3	Citigroup	17	159,229.0


4	Dexia Group	19	147,648.4
5	HSBC Holdings	20	146,500.0
6	BNP Paribas	21	140,726.5
7	Cr�dit Agricole	23	138,154.6
8	Deutsche Bank	26	122,643.8
9	Bank of America Corp.	28	119,190.0
10	UBS	31	117,206.1
11	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	32	116,353.0
12	Royal Bank of Scotland	36	108,392.0
13	Soci�t� G�n�rale	43	103,442.8
14	HBOS	45	100,267.3
15	Santander Central Hispano Group	58	89,295.2
16	Barclays	70	80,346.7
17	Credit Suisse	74	78,206.3
18	UniCredit Group	77	77,029.6
19	Lloyds TSB Group	111	59,225.7
20	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	118	55,988.4
21	Wachovia Corp.	120	55,528.0
22	Groupe Caisse d'�pargne	124	53,992.2
23	Wells Fargo	126	53,593.0
24	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	133	51,525.5
25	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	134	51,449.0
26	Intesa Sanpaolo	144	48,305.0
27	Rabobank	147	47,387.9
28	China Construction Bank	171	41,306.9
29	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group	173	40,485.9
30	Mizuho Financial Group	182	39,610.0
31	Landesbank Baden-W�rttemberg	185	39,458.8
32	Bank of China	187	38,903.7
33	Royal Bank of Canada	194	37,526.2
34	Commerzbank	196	37,142.7
35	KFW Bankengruppe	199	36,756.7
36	Banco Bradesco	204	36,118.5
37	National Australia Bank	211	35,410.0
38	KBC Group	213	35,223.7
39	Agricultural Bank of China	223	34,059.3
40	DZ Bank	229	33,359.5
41	Danske Bank Group	238	31,982.0
42	Ita�sa-Investimentos Ita�	273	28,972.1
43	Shinhan Financial Group	278	28,728.6
44	Woori Finance Holdings	279	28,678.7
45	Banco do Brasil	282	28,604.7
46	Bayerische Landesbank	297	27,278.1
47	Washington Mutual	318	25,531.0
48	Commonwealth Bank of Australia	319	25,314.7
49	Australia & New Zealand Banking	326	24,463.5
50	Bank of Nova Scotia	336	24,008.2
51	Nordea Bank	354	23,415.4
52	Norinchukin Bank	361	23,115.0
53	Toronto-Dominion Bank	367	22,901.7
54	State Bank of India	380	22,402.2
55	Standard Chartered Bank	390	21,506.0
56	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	400	21,157.4
57	Westpac Banking	402	20,944.1
58	Sberbank	406	20,784.5
59	Nationwide Building Society	414	20,437.7
60	U.S. Bancorp	417	20,308.0
61	Cr�dit Industriel & Commercial	421	20,193.3
62	Capital One Financial	443	18,965.5
63	Erste Bank	447	18,836.1
64	Bank of Montreal	454	18,481.9
65	Kookmin Bank	461	18,084.5
66	Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken	471	17,810.8
67	Bank of Ireland Group	482	17,432.8