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These companies made the Global 500 in 2008, but fell off the list in 2009.
Company 2008
Global 500 rank
Country
Aegon 103 Netherlands
Altria Group 190 U.S.
American International Group 35 U.S.
AutoNation 465 U.S.
Bank of Ireland Group 482 Ireland
British Airways 478 Britain
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 400 Canada
Capital One Financial 443 U.S.
Carso Global Telecom 464 Mexico
Coles Group 293 Australia
Countrywide Financial 352 U.S.
Electronic Data Systems 384 U.S.
Endesa 258 Spain
Fortis 14 Belgium/Netherlands
Freddie Mac 162 U.S.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold 469 U.S.
Hartford Financial Services 311 U.S.
Isuzu Motors 497 Japan
J.C. Penney 429 U.S.
Kingfisher 449 Britain
Kookmin Bank 461 South Korea
KT 387 South Korea
Legal & General Group 202 Britain
Lehman Brothers Holdings 113 U.S.
Lenovo Group 499 China
Linde Group 483 Germany
Loews 466 U.S.
Marks & Spencer 460 Britain
Merrill Lynch 100 U.S.
Nationwide Building Society 414 Britain
Norinchukin Bank 361 Japan
Norsk Hydro 472 Norway
Old Mutual 225 Britain
Otto Group 397 Germany
Prudential 94 Britain
Royal Mail Holdings 446 Britain
SABMiller 493 Britain
Sanyo Electric 459 Japan
Shinhan Financial Group 278 South Korea
SHV Holdings 404 Netherlands
Standard Life 419 Britain
Stora Enso 407 Finland
Suez 97 France
Sun Life Financial 433 Canada
Swiss Life 442 Switzerland
Thales Group 498 France
Toyota Industries 479 Japan
Wachovia Corp. 120 U.S.
Washington Mutual 318 U.S.
Weyerhaeuser 496 U.S.
Woori Finance Holdings 279 South Korea
Xerox 489 U.S.
ZF Friedrichshafen 485 Germany
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Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S. 140
Japan 68
France 40
Company 2008 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores 2,100,000
China National Petroleum 1,618,393
State Grid 1,537,000
Company 2008 Profits
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Exxon Mobil $45,220
Gazprom $29,864
Royal Dutch Shell $26,277
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