Global 500

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Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	$ millions	% change from 2007	$ millions	% change from 2007
			REVENUES		PROFITS
1	Time Warner	159	46,984	0.8	-13,402	-405.5
2	Walt Disney	201	37,843	5.5	4,427	-5.5
3	News Corp.	250	32,996	15.1	5,387	57.2
4	Bertelsmann	347	25,647	-0.1	208	-29.7
5	Maruhan	452	20,465	27.1	213	35.3

Rank	Company	Revenues %	Assets %
1	Time Warner	-28.5	-11.8
2	Walt Disney	11.7	7.1
3	News Corp.	16.3	8.6
4	Bertelsmann	0.8	0.7
5	Maruhan	1.0	7.8

From the July 20, 2009 issue

Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	140
Japan	68
France	40

Company	2008 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores	2,100,000
China National Petroleum	1,618,393
State Grid	1,537,000

Company	2008 Profits ($ millions)
Exxon Mobil	$45,220
Gazprom	$29,864
Royal Dutch Shell	$26,277

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