Rank: 36
Profits ($millions): $15,103
Change from 2006: 28.4%
Buoyed by strong growth in Asia and the developing world, RBS earned $15.1 billion in 2007, or nearly $500 per second, in spite of writedowns linked to the credit crises.
However, the bank's massive $101 billion takeover of ABN Amro in October 2007 is yet to make any contributions to its bottom line.
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