Global 500

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Global 500

Rank	Company	Revenues ($ millions)	Profits ($ millions)
1	Wal-Mart Stores	408,214	14,335
2	Royal Dutch Shell	285,129	12,518
3	Exxon Mobil	284,650	19,280
4	BP	246,138	16,578
5	Toyota Motor	204,106	2,256
6	Japan Post Holdings	202,196	4,849
7	Sinopec	187,518	5,756
8	State Grid	184,496	-343
9	AXA	175,257	5,012
10	China National Petroleum	165,496	10,272
11	Chevron	163,527	10,483
12	ING Group	163,204	-1,300
13	General Electric	156,779	11,025
14	Total	155,887	11,741
15	Bank of America Corp.	150,450	6,276
16	Volkswagen	146,205	1,334
17	ConocoPhillips	139,515	4,858
18	BNP Paribas	130,708	8,106
19	Assicurazioni Generali	126,012	1,820
20	Allianz	125,999	5,973
21	AT&T	123,018	12,535
22	Carrefour	121,452	454
23	Ford Motor	118,308	2,717
24	ENI	117,235	6,070
25	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	115,632	11,728
26	Hewlett-Packard	114,552	7,660
27	E.ON	113,849	11,670
28	Berkshire Hathaway	112,493	8,055
29	GDF Suez	111,069	6,223
30	Daimler	109,700	-3,670
31	Nippon Telegraph & Telephone	109,656	5,302
32	Samsung Electronics	108,927	7,562
33	Citigroup	108,785	-1,606
34	McKesson	108,702	1,263
35	Verizon Communications	107,808	3,651
36	Cr�dit Agricole	106,538	1,564
37	Banco Santander	106,345	12,430
38	General Motors	104,589	--
39	HSBC Holdings	103,736	5,834
40	Siemens	103,605	3,097
41	American International Group	103,189	-10,949
42	Lloyds Banking Group	102,967	4,409
43	Cardinal Health	99,613	1,152
44	Nestl�	99,114	9,604
45	CVS Caremark	98,729	3,696
46	Wells Fargo	98,636	12,275
47	Hitachi	96,593	-1,152
48	International Business Machines	95,758	13,425
49	Dexia Group	95,144	1,404
50	Gazprom	94,472	24,556
51	Honda Motor	92,400	2,891
52	�lectricit� de France	92,204	5,428
53	Aviva	92,140	1,692
54	Petrobras	91,869	15,504
55	Royal Bank of Scotland	91,767	-4,167
56	PDVSA	91,182	1,608
57	Metro	91,152	532
58	Tesco	90,234	3,690
59	Deutsche Telekom	89,794	491
60	Enel	89,329	7,499
61	UnitedHealth Group	87,138	3,822
62	Soci�t� G�n�rale	84,157	942
63	Nissan Motor	80,963	456
64	Pemex	80,722	-7,011
65	Panasonic	79,893	-1,114
66	Procter & Gamble	79,697	13,436
67	LG	78,892	1,206
68	Telef�nica	78,853	10,808
69	Sony	77,696	-439
70	Kroger	76,733	70
71	Groupe BPCE	76,464	746
72	Prudential	75,010	1,054
73	Munich Re Group	74,764	3,504
74	Statoil	74,000	2,912
75	Nippon Life Insurance	72,051	2,624
76	AmerisourceBergen	71,789	503
77	China Mobile Communications	71,749	11,656
78	Hyundai Motor	71,678	2,330
79	Costco Wholesale	71,422	1,086
80	Vodafone	70,899	13,782
81	BASF	70,461	1,960
82	BMW	70,444	284
83	Zurich Financial Services	70,272	3,215
84	Valero Energy	70,035	-1,982
85	Fiat	69,639	-1,165
86	Deutsche Post	69,427	895
87	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	69,295	18,832
88	Archer Daniels Midland	69,207	1,707
89	Toshiba	68,731	-213
90	Legal & General Group	68,290	1,346
91	Boeing	68,281	1,312
92	U.S. Postal Service	68,090	-3,794
93	Lukoil	68,025	7,011
94	Peugeot	67,297	-1,614
95	CNP Assurances	66,556	1,396
96	Barclays	66,533	14,648
97	Home Depot	66,176	2,661
98	Target	65,357	2,488
99	ArcelorMittal	65,110	118
100	WellPoint	65,028	4,746

From the July 26, 2010 issue

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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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