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Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	$ millions	% change from 2007	$ millions	% change from 2007
			REVENUES		PROFITS
1	Archer Daniels Midland	93	69,816	58.6	1,802	-16.7
2	Bunge	138	52,574	38.9	1,064	36.8
3	Wilmar International	300	29,145	77.0	1,531	163.8
4	Tyson Foods	313	28,130	4.6	86	-67.9

Rank	Company	Revenues %	Assets %
1	Archer Daniels Midland	2.6	4.9
2	Bunge	2.0	5.3
3	Wilmar International	5.3	8.6
4	Tyson Foods	0.3	0.8

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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