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Company
Global
500
rank
City
Revenues
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1
Royal Dutch Shell
2
The Hague
285,129
2
ING Group
12
Amsterdam
163,204
3
Aegon
103
The Hague
64,506
4
EADS
111
Leiden
59,520
5
Royal Ahold
184
Amsterdam
38,814
6
Rabobank
225
Utrecht
33,396
7
Royal Philips Electronics
231
Amsterdam
32,232
8
LyondellBasell Industries
249
Rotterdam
30,829
9
GasTerra
326
Groningen
25,449
10
Heineken Holding
430
Amsterdam
20,491
11
Akzo Nobel
450
Amsterdam
19,311
12
Royal KPN
459
The Hague
18,777
13
Randstad Holding
494
Diemen
17,235
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Australia
8
Austria
3
Belgium
5
Belgium/Netherlands
1
Brazil
7
Britain
29
Britain/Netherlands
1
Canada
11
China
46
Denmark
2
Finland
1
France
39
Germany
37
India
8
Ireland
2
Italy
11
Japan
71
Luxembourg
1
Malaysia
1
Mexico
2
Netherlands
13
Norway
1
Poland
1
Russia
6
Saudi Arabia
1
Singapore
2
South Korea
10
Spain
10
Sweden
5
Switzerland
15
Taiwan
8
Thailand
1
Turkey
1
U.S.
139
Venezuela
1
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139
Japan
71
China
46
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Company
2009 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores
2,100,000
China National Petroleum
1,649,992
State Grid
1,533,800
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2009 Profits
($ millions)
Gazprom
$24,556
Exxon Mobil
$19,280
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
$18,832
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