Global 500

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Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	$ millions	% change from 2007	$ millions	% change from 2007
			REVENUES		PROFITS
1	Nokia	85	74,224	6.2	5,837	-40.8
2	Cisco Systems	191	39,540	13.2	8,052	9.8
3	L.M. Ericsson	265	31,688	14.1	1,710	-47.1
4	Motorola	282	30,146	-17.7	-4,244	N/A
5	Alcatel-Lucent	360	24,859	0.9	-7,633	N/A

Rank	Company	Revenues %	Assets %
1	Nokia	7.9	10.6
2	Cisco Systems	20.4	13.7
3	L.M. Ericsson	5.4	4.7
4	Motorola	-14.1	-15.2
5	Alcatel-Lucent	-30.7	-20.1

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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