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Novartis
Rank: 168 (Previous rank: 177)
Get quote: NVS
Financials: Latest quarterly results
 CEO: Daniel L. Vasella
Employees: 100,735
Address: Lichtstrasse 35, Basel 4056
Switzerland
Phone: 41-61-324-1111
Website: www.novartis.com
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Top 25
Top 25
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Most profitable
Most profitable
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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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Revenues 37,020.0 14.9
Profits 7,175.0 17
Assets 68,008.0 --
Stockholders' Equity 41,111.0 --
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
1 Johnson & Johnson 112 53,324.0
2 Pfizer 115 52,415.0
3 GlaxoSmithKline 147 42,730.6
4 Novartis 168 37,020.0
5 Sanofi-Aventis 169 36,998.4
6 Roche Group 188 34,702.8
7 AstraZeneca 252 26,475.0
8 Merck 308 22,636.0
9 Abbott Laboratories 312 22,476.3
10 Wyeth 346 20,350.7
11 Bristol-Myers Squibb 406 17,914.0
12 Eli Lilly 481 15,691.0
From the July 23, 2007 issue
Footnote:
Figures prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standards.
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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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