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	Pemex	42	103,961	7	-1,675	-140
2	BHP Billiton	183	39,498	23	13,416	28
3	CVRD	235	32,242	64	11,825	81
4	Rio Tinto Group	263	29,700	32	7,312	-2
5	Anglo American	266	29,532	-11	7,304	18
6	Xstrata	272	29,084	65	5,543	185
7	Oil & Natural Gas	335	24,032	25	4,935	26
8	Surgutneftegas	357	23,302	27	3,466	22
9	EnCana	393	21,446	26	3,959	-30
10	China National Offshore Oil	409	20,637	29	3,627	21
11	Occidental Petroleum	420	20,206	6	5,400	29
12	Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	469	17,876	209	2,977	104

Rank	Company	Revenues %	Assets %
1	Pemex	103,961	121,883
2	BHP Billiton	39,498	58,168
3	CVRD	32,242	76,717
4	Rio Tinto Group	29,700	101,391
5	Anglo American	29,532	44,762
6	Xstrata	29,084	52,249
7	Oil & Natural Gas	24,032	31,246
8	Surgutneftegas	23,302	40,358
9	EnCana	21,446	46,974
10	China National Offshore Oil	20,637	42,310
11	Occidental Petroleum	20,206	36,519
12	Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	17,876	40,661

From the July 21, 2008 issue