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Top 25
Top 25
Wal-Mart retakes the lead as the world's biggest company. See which other companies top our list.
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Most profitable
Most profitable
Exxon Mobil leads our list of top earners this year. Which other companies are among the most profitable on the planet?
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Money losers
Money losers
Which automaker lost a whopping $12.6 billion last year? And just how far into the red are stalwarts like Coca-Cola and Tyson Foods?
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Hambrecht, Jürgen BASF
Hammergren, John H. McKesson
Han, Joon-Ho Korea Electric Power
Hanway, H. Edward Cigna
Hay III, Lewis FPL Group
Hayward, Anthony B. BP
Heemskerk, Hubertus Rabobank
Hemsley, Stephen J. UnitedHealth Group
Henrikson, C. Robert MetLife
Hess, John B. Hess
Holliday, Steven National Grid
Holliday Jr., Charles O. DuPont
Hornby, Andy HBOS
Hornsby III, Claude A.S. Wolseley
Huang, Tiao-kuei Cathay Financial Holdings
Huillard, Xavier Vinci
Humer, Franz B. Roche Group
Hurd, Mark V. Hewlett-Packard
From the July 23, 2007 issue
How the Countries Stack Up
United States 162
Japan 67
France 38
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Biggest employers
Wal-Mart Stores 1,900,000
State Grid 1,504,000
China National Petroleum 1,086,966
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Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 39,500.0
Royal Dutch Shell 25,442.0
UAL 22,876.0
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Top 5 in Asia
Toyota Motor 204,746.4
Sinopec 131,636.0
China National Petroleum 110,520.2
State Grid 107,185.5
Honda Motor 94,790.5
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