Industries

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	$ millions	% change from 2007	$ millions	% change from 2007
			REVENUES		PROFITS
1	Japan Tobacco	312	28,141	24.2	1,228	-41.2
2	Philip Morris International	345	25,705	N/A	6,890	N/A
3	British American Tobacco	416	22,228	10.9	4,505	5.7
4	Imperial Tobacco Group	461	19,915	208.4	843	-52.7

Rank	Company	Revenues %	Assets %
1	Japan Tobacco	4.4	3.1
2	Philip Morris International	26.8	20.9
3	British American Tobacco	20.3	11.4
4	Imperial Tobacco Group	4.2	1.6

From the July 20, 2009 issue

Top 3

Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	140
Japan	68
France	40

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Company	2008 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores	2,100,000
China National Petroleum	1,618,393
State Grid	1,537,000

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Company	2008 Profits ($ millions)
Exxon Mobil	$45,220
Gazprom	$29,864
Royal Dutch Shell	$26,277

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