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Country Rank ▾	Company	Global 500 rank	City	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Glencore International	14	Baar	186,152
2	Nestlé	71	Vevey	94,405
3	Novartis	157	Basel	59,375
4	Zurich Insurance Group	178	Zurich	52,983
5	Roche Group	192	Basel	49,714
6	Credit Suisse Group	204	Zurich	48,227
7	UBS	215	Zurich	45,978
8	ABB	273	Zurich	37,990
9	Alliance Boots	274	Zug	37,977
10	Xstrata	325	Zug	33,877
11	Coop Group	364	Basel	30,022
12	Adecco Group	387	Glattbrugg	28,567
13	Swiss Re	394	Zurich	28,083
14	Migros Group	396	Zurich	28,015
15	Holcim	474	Jona	23,378

From the July 23, 2012 issue

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Country	# of GLOBAL 500 Companies

Australia	9
Austria	1
Belgium	4
Brazil	8
Britain	26
Britain/Netherlands	1
Canada	11
China	73
Colombia	1
Denmark	1

Finland	1
France	32
Germany	32
Hungary	1
India	8
Ireland	2
Italy	9

Japan	68
Luxembourg	2
Malaysia	1
Mexico	3
Netherlands	12
Norway	1
Poland	1
Russia	7

Saudi Arabia	1
Singapore	2
South Korea	13
Spain	8
Sweden	4
Switzerland	15
Taiwan	6
Thailand	1
Turkey	1
U.S.	132
United Arab Emirates	1
Venezuela	1

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Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	132
China	73
Japan	68

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Company	2011 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores	2,200,000
China National Petroleum	1,668,072
State Grid	1,583,000

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Company	2011 Profits ($ millions)
Gazprom	$44,459.6
Exxon Mobil	$41,060
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	$32,214.1

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