Top companies: Most profitable

Rank	Company	Global 500 Rank	2008 Profits as % of Assets
1	Delphi	453	29.5
2	Microsoft	117	24.3
3	Philip Morris International	345	20.9
4	TNK-BP Holding	234	20.5
5	BHP Billiton	120	20.3
6	Exxon Mobil	2	19.8
7	Bristol-Myers Squibb	435	17.8
8	Schlumberger	328	17.0
9	Am�rica M�vil	273	17.0
10	Nestl�	48	16.7
11	Merck	378	16.5
12	Occidental Petroleum	365	16.5
13	CVRD	205	16.5
14	Husky Energy	396	16.4
15	BG Group	390	16.0
16	Murphy Oil	326	15.6
17	Johnson & Johnson	103	15.2
18	McDonald's	388	15.2
19	Nike	497	15.1
20	Surgutneftegas	420	15.1
21	Petrobras	34	15.0
22	GlaxoSmithKline	168	14.9
23	Chevron	5	14.8
24	Unilever	121	14.6
25	Petronas	80	14.4
26	Coca-Cola	259	14.3
27	PepsiCo	175	14.3
28	Rosneft Oil	158	14.3
29	TJX	486	14.3
30	Express Scripts	418	14.1
31	Oil & Natural Gas	402	14.1
32	Cisco Systems	191	13.7
33	Accenture	348	13.6
34	Publix Super Markets	373	13.5
35	3M	351	13.5
36	Google	423	13.3
37	Nucor	386	13.2
38	United States Steel	382	13.1
39	AstraZeneca	268	13.0
40	Lukoil	65	12.8
41	Gazprom	22	12.7
42	EnCana	284	12.6
43	Apple	253	12.2
44	Petro-Canada	340	11.9
45	Oracle	408	11.7
46	Roche Group	171	11.6
47	Emerson Electric	350	11.5
48	Abbott Laboratories	294	11.5
49	British American Tobacco	416	11.4
50	International Business Machines	45	11.3

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Wal-Mart Stores	2,100,000
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