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	Nippon Life Insurance	115	57,859	2	2,264	-13
2	Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance	180	39,863	-1	1,149	-24
3	Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance	242	31,542	5	1,496	-30
4	New York Life Insurance	268	29,280	3	1,142	10
5	Sumitomo Life Insurance	269	29,246	-10	817	11
6	TIAA-CREF	294	27,526	3	1,439	-38
7	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	321	25,268	2	722	-43
8	Northwestern Mutual	374	22,597	9	1,000	21

Rank	Company	Revenues %	Assets %
1	Nippon Life Insurance	57,859	486,130
2	Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance	39,863	320,909
3	Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance	31,542	254,332
4	New York Life Insurance	29,280	179,621
5	Sumitomo Life Insurance	29,246	235,496
6	TIAA-CREF	27,526	420,315
7	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	25,268	172,911
8	Northwestern Mutual	22,597	156,547

From the July 21, 2008 issue