Global 500 
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Top industries
Revenues per employee
1 Health Care: Pharmacy and Other Services 2,156,798
2 Petroleum Refining 2,150,842
3 Wholesalers: Health Care 1,737,146
4 Insurance: Life, Health (stock) 1,447,214
5 Securities 1,321,290
6 Energy 1,004,739
7 Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care 960,383
8 Insurance: P&C (stock) 958,394
9 Trading 888,837
10 Utilities 820,639
11 Chemicals 670,435
12 Banks: Commercial and Savings 581,140
13 Network and Other Communications Equipment 570,524
14 Mining, Crude-oil production 552,687
15 Diversified Financials 527,608
16 Metals 489,231
17 Tobacco 463,220
18 Industrial and Farm Equipment 438,901
19 Motor vehicles and Parts 404,236
20 Pharmaceuticals 403,831
21 Telecommunications 385,211
22 Entertainment 370,466
23 Airlines 334,717
24 Household and Personal Products 317,322
25 Railroads 307,022
26 Beverages 303,445
27 Computers, Office Equipment 301,496
28 Aerospace and Defense 283,000
29 Building materials, Glass 281,051
30 Specialty Retailers 276,879
31 Food and Drug Stores 251,326
32 Electronics, Electrical Equip. 241,607
33 Engineering, Construction 235,927
34 Food Consumer Products 209,149
35 General Merchandisers 184,810
36 Mail, Package, Freight Delivery 145,227
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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