Companies and Rankings

2008 ranking of some of the world's largest corporations (revenue based)

Company Name -------------------------------Rank------------Country

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL--------------------------1----------NETHERLANDS
EXXON MOBIL----------------------------------2----------------U.S

WAL-MART STORES----------------------------3----------------U.S

TOTAL-------------------------------------------5--------------FRANCE

ING GROUP--------------------------------------8---------NETHERLANDS

TOYOTA MOTOR-------------------------------10---------------JAPAN

JAPAN POST HOLDING-------------------------11---------------JAPAN

GENERAL ELECTRIC---------------------------12----------------U.S

GENERAL MOTORS-----------------------------18---------------U.S

ALLIANZ-----------------------------------------20----------GERMANY

CARREFOUR------------------------------------25--------------FRANCE

PDVSA-------------------------------------------27----------VENEZUALA

AT&T--------------------------------------------29---------------U.S

BANK OF AMERICA CORP.---------------------37----------------U.S

CITIGROUP-------------------------------------39---------------U.S

NESTLE-----------------------------------------48----------SWITZERLAND

HONDA MOTOR-------------------------------- 51 -------------JAPAN

TESCO------------------------------------------ 56------------- FRANCE

PROCTER & GAMBLE-------------------------- 68--------------- U.S

LG-----------------------------------------------69--------- SOUTH KOREA

PEOGEOT-------------------------------------- 75------------- FRANCE

BMW-------------------------------------------- 78----------- GERMANY

SONY------------------------------------------- 81-------------- JAPAN

NOKIA------------------------------------------ 85------------ FINLAND

VODAFONE------------------------------------- 94------------ BRITAIN

DELL------------------------------------------- 115-------------- U.S

BOEING---------------------------------------- 116-------------- U.S

MICROSOFT----------------------------------- 117-------------- U.S

BAYER----------------------------------------- 154----------- GERMANY

FEDEX----------------------------------------- 200-------------- U.S

COCA-COLA----------------------------------- 259--------------- U.S

SHOWA SHELL SEKIYU----------------------- 266------------ JAPAN

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL----------- 345-------------- U.S

GOOGLE--------------------------------------- 423-------------- U.S

AMAZON.COM--------------------------------- 485-------------- U.S

NIKE------------------------------------------- 497--------------- U.S

MITSUI OKS LINES--------------------------- 500------------- JAPAN

** JAPAN POST HOLDING, PDVSA, SHOWA SHELL SEKIYU, PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL, GOOGLE, AMAZON.COM and NIKE have been added to the list this year (2008)

Read more about companies, rankings, newly listed companies and their revenues on http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2009/full_list/.

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