Countries

Country Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)	City
1	Nestl�	48	101,565	Vevey
2	UBS	119	59,882	Zurich
3	Credit Suisse	164	45,296	Zurich
4	Roche Group	171	44,268	Basel
5	Novartis	183	41,459	Basel
6	ABB	230	34,944	Zurich
7	Zurich Financial Services	255	32,349	Zurich
8	Adecco	299	29,222	Glattbrugg
9	Alliance Boots	301	28,984	Zug
10	Petroplus Holdings	316	28,048	Zug
11	Xstrata	320	27,942	Zug
12	Migros	379	23,795	Zurich
13	Holcim	393	23,247	Zurich
14	Swiss Reinsurance	398	23,082	Zurich
15	Tyco International	433	21,420	Schaffhausen

From the July 20, 2009 issue

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Country	# of GLOBAL 500 Companies

Australia	9
Austria	2
Belgium	5
Brazil	6
Britain	26
Britain/Netherlands	1
Canada	14
China	37
Denmark	2

Finland	2
France	40
Germany	39
Hungary	1
India	7
Ireland	2
Israel	1
Italy	10

Japan	68
Luxembourg	1
Malaysia	1
Mexico	4
Netherlands	12
Norway	1
Poland	1
Portugal	1
Russia	8

Saudi Arabia	1
Singapore	2
South Korea	14
Spain	12
Sweden	6
Switzerland	15
Taiwan	6
Thailand	1
Turkey	1
U.S.	140
Venezuela	1

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