Global 500

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Companies

Rank	Company ▾	Revenues ($ millions)	Profits ($ millions)
145	Dai-ichi Life Insurance	62,462	258
21	Daimler	148,139	7,880
472	Daiwa House Industry	23,415	421
411	Danone	26,861	2,323
348	Deere	32,013	2,800
374	Delhaize Group	29,365	661
147	Dell	62,071	3,492
308	Delta Air Lines	35,115	854
259	Denso	39,954	1,131
179	Deutsche Bahn	52,808	1,834
104	Deutsche Bank	74,425	5,745
98	Deutsche Post	76,307	1,617
89	Deutsche Telekom	81,554	775
388	Dexia Group	28,540	-16,184
406	DirecTV	27,226	2,609
142	Dongfeng Motor Group	62,911	1,321
156	Dow Chemical	59,985	2,742
270	DuPont	38,719	3,474
334	DZ Bank	33,279	535

From the July 23, 2012 issue

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Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	132
China	73
Japan	68

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Company	2011 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores	2,200,000
China National Petroleum	1,668,072
State Grid	1,583,000

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Company	2011 Profits ($ millions)
Gazprom	$44,459.6
Exxon Mobil	$41,060
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	$32,214.1

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