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Countries

Country Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	City	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Nestl�	44	Vevey	99,114
2	Zurich Financial Services	83	Zurich	70,272
3	Credit Suisse	150	Zurich	47,658
4	Roche Group	153	Basel	47,109
5	Novartis	160	Basel	45,103
6	UBS	183	Zurich	39,356
7	ABB	237	Zurich	31,797
8	Swiss Reinsurance	251	Zurich	30,745
9	Alliance Boots	262	Zug	29,848
10	Migros	374	Zurich	22,976
11	Xstrata	379	Zug	22,732
12	Adecco	427	Glattbrugg	20,567
13	Holcim	446	Jona	19,462
14	Tyco International	492	Schaffhausen	17,240
15	Coop	493	Basel	17,238

From the July 26, 2010 issue

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Country	# of GLOBAL 500 Companies

Australia	8
Austria	3
Belgium	5
Belgium/Netherlands	1
Brazil	7
Britain	29
Britain/Netherlands	1
Canada	11
China	46
Denmark	2

Finland	1
France	39
Germany	37
India	8
Ireland	2
Italy	11

Japan	71
Luxembourg	1
Malaysia	1
Mexico	2
Netherlands	13
Norway	1
Poland	1
Russia	6

Saudi Arabia	1
Singapore	2
South Korea	10
Spain	10
Sweden	5
Switzerland	15
Taiwan	8
Thailand	1
Turkey	1
U.S.	139
Venezuela	1

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Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	139
Japan	71
China	46

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Company	2009 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores	2,100,000
China National Petroleum	1,649,992
State Grid	1,533,800

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Company	2009 Profits ($ millions)
Gazprom	$24,556
Exxon Mobil	$19,280
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	$18,832

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