Global 500

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Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	$ millions	% change from 2007	$ millions	% change from 2007
			REVENUES		PROFITS
1	Ingram Micro	235	34,362	-2.0	-395	-243.1
2	Tech Data	374	24,080	2.8	124	14.2
3	Rexel	490	18,825	28.5	337	72.1

Rank	Company	Revenues %	Assets %
1	Ingram Micro	-1.1	-5.6
2	Tech Data	0.5	2.5
3	Rexel	1.8	2.4

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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