Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	153
Japan	64
France	39

Company	2007 Number of Employees
U.S. Postal Service	785,929
Sinopec	634,011
Hon Hai Precision Industry	550,000

Company	2007 Profits ($ millions)
Exxon Mobil	$40,610
Royal Dutch Shell	$31,331
General Electric	$22,208

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Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	$ millions	% change from 2006	$ millions	% change from 2006
			REVENUES		PROFITS
1	Home Depot	65	84,740	-7	4,395	-24
2	Costco Wholesale	99	64,400	7	1,083	-2
3	Lowe's	145	48,283	3	2,809	-10
4	Best Buy	177	40,023	11	1,407	2
5	Hutchison Whampoa	286	28,035	19	3,922	52
6	Arcandor	394	21,354	13	22	-95
7	Otto Group	397	21,247	10	126	-40
8	Staples	439	19,373	7	996	2
9	Kingfisher	449	18,744	16	549	-12
10	TJX	452	18,647	7	772	5

Rank	Company	Revenues %	Assets %
1	Home Depot	84,740	44,324
2	Costco Wholesale	64,400	19,607
3	Lowe's	48,283	30,869
4	Best Buy	40,023	12,758
5	Hutchison Whampoa	28,035	102,498
6	Arcandor	21,354	20,209
7	Otto Group	21,247	22,213
8	Staples	19,373	9,036
9	Kingfisher	18,744	18,693
10	TJX	18,647	6,600

From the July 21, 2008 issue