Global 500 
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Top companies
Highest Returns on Revenues
1 UAL* 366 118.3
2 Pfizer 115 36.9
3 CVRD 359 33.2
4 Rio Tinto Group 313 33.1
5 EnCana 431 33.1
6 BHP Billiton 205 32.5
7 Microsoft 139 28.5
8 Petronas 121 25.2
9 Gazprom 52 25.1
10 U.S. Bancorp 373 24.9
11 Sabic 301 23.5
12 GlaxoSmithKline 147 23.2
13 Nordea Bank 430 23.0
14 AstraZeneca 252 22.8
15 Occidental Petroleum 377 22.0
16 Coca-Cola 285 21.1
17 Johnson & Johnson 112 20.7
18 Toronto-Dominion Bank 360 20.6
19 Wyeth 346 20.6
20 Oil & Natural Gas 369 20.4
21 China Construction Bank 230 20.4
22 Vivendi 270 20.1
23 Cisco Systems 232 19.6
24 Merck 308 19.6
25 British American Tobacco 404 19.4
26 Novartis 168 19.4
27 Schlumberger 370 19.3
28 China National Offshore Oil 469 18.7
29 Anglo American 195 18.7
30 América Móvil 330 18.3
31 Roche Group 188 18.1
32 Bank of America Corp. 21 18.1
33 Petrobras 65 17.7
34 Wells Fargo 126 17.7
35 Bank of China 215 17.5
36 Royal Philips Electronics 161 17.4
37 China Mobile Communications 180 17.4
38 Altria Group 71 17.1
39 Eli Lilly 481 17.0
40 3M 302 16.8
41 Industrial & Commercial Bank of China 170 16.8
42 Travelers Cos. 271 16.8
43 Wachovia Corp. 131 16.6
44 McDonald's 329 16.4
45 Rosneft Oil 323 16.1
45 PepsiCo 184 16.1
47 KBC Group 246 16.0
48 Bank of Nova Scotia 357 15.9
49 Capital One Financial 492 15.9
50 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria 163 15.5
From the July 23, 2007 issue
*Company emerged from bankruptcy, Feb. 1, 2006. Net income includes a large credit from bankruptcy reorganization.
How the Countries Stack Up
United States 162
Japan 67
France 38
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Biggest employers
Wal-Mart Stores 1,900,000
State Grid 1,504,000
China National Petroleum 1,086,966
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Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 39,500.0
Royal Dutch Shell 25,442.0
UAL 22,876.0
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Top 5 in Asia
Toyota Motor 204,746.4
Sinopec 131,636.0
China National Petroleum 110,520.2
State Grid 107,185.5
Honda Motor 94,790.5
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