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

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

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

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409. China National Offshore Oil

Rank: 409 (Previous rank: 469)
CEO: Fu Chengyu
Employees: 53,000
Address: 25 Chaoyangmenbei Dajie
Beijing 100010
Country: China
Website: www.cnooc.com.cn

	$ millions	% change from 2006
Revenues	20,637.3	28.7
Profits	3,626.6	20.6
Assets	42,310.1	—
Stockholders' equity	22,944.3	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	18
Assets	9

Industry: Mining, Crude-oil production

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Pemex	42	103,960.5
2	BHP Billiton	183	39,498.0
3	CVRD	235	32,242.0


4	Rio Tinto Group	263	29,700.0
5	Anglo American	266	29,532.0
6	Xstrata	272	29,084.0
7	Oil & Natural Gas	335	24,032.0
8	Surgutneftegas	357	23,302.4
9	EnCana	393	21,446.0
10	China National Offshore Oil	409	20,637.3
11	Occidental Petroleum	420	20,206.0
12	Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	469	17,876.0