Ranking of the world's top 500 companies

1 Royal Shell Netherlands Refining 458,361

2 ExxonMobil U.S. Refining 442,851

3 Walmart U.S. General Merchandise Retailing 405,607

4 BP U.K. Refining 367,053

5 Chevron U.S. Refining 263,159

6 Total France Refining 234,674

7 ConocoPhillips US Refining 230,764

8 ABN AMRO Netherlands 226,577

9 Sinopec China Refining 207,814

10 Toyota Motor Japan Automotive 204,352

11 Japan Post Japan Postal Services 198,700

12 General Electric USA Diversified 183,207

13 CNPC China Oil Refining 181,123

14 Volkswagen Germany Automotive 166,579

15 State Grid China Utilities 164,136

16 Dexia Group Belgium Banks 161, 269

17 Eni Italy Oil Refining 159,348

18 General Motors USA Automobiles 148,979

19 Ford Motor USA Automobiles 146,277

20 Allianz Germany Insurance 142,395

21 HSBC Holdings UK Bank 142,049

22 Gazprom Russian Energy 141,455

23 Daimler Germany Automotive 140,328

24 BNP Paribas France Banking 136,096

25 Carrefour France Food, Drug Stores 129,134

26 Ion Germany Energy 127,278

27 Petróleos de Venezuela Venezuelan oil refining 126,364

28 ArcelorMittal Luxembourg Metals 124,936

29 AT&T United States Telecommunications 124,028

30 Siemens Germany Electronics, electrical equipment 123,595

31 Petróleos de México Mexico Crude oil production 119,235

32 Hewlett-Packard USA Computer office equipment 118,364

33 Valero Energy USA Refining 118,298

34 Petrobras Brazil Refining 118,257

35 Banco Internacional de Espa?a Banco de Espa?a 117,803

36 Statoil Norway Refining 116,211

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37 Bank of America U.S. Banking 113,106

38 The Royal Bank of Scotland U.K. Banking 113,087

39 Citigroup U.S. Banking 112,372

40 Samsung Electronics South Korea Electronics, Electrical Equipment 110,350

41 Berkshire Hathaway U.S. Insurance 107,786 <

42 McKesson U.S. Healthcare Wholesale 106,632

43 Société Générale (Société Générale) France Banking 104,378

44 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Japan Telecommunications 103,684

45 International Business Machines U.S. Information Technology Services 103,630

46 Credit Agricole France Banking 103,582

47 Generali Insurance Italy Insurance 103,103

48 Nestlé Switzerland Foods 101,565

49 JP Morgan Chase US Banks 101,491

50 Metro Germany Food, Drug Stores 101,217

51 Honda Motor Japan Automobiles 99,652

52 Hitachi Japan Electronics, Electrical Equipment 99,544

53 GDF-Suez France Energy 99,419

54 Deutsche Post Germany Postal & Parcel Delivery 98,708

55 Weresun Communications United States Telecommunications 97,354

56 Tesco United Kingdom Food, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals 94,300

57 Electricité de France France Utilities 94,084

58 Crédito Unico Italiano Italiano Bank 94,036

59 BASF Germany Chemistry 91,193

60 Cardinal Health US Wholesale Healthcare 91,091

61 Deutsche Telekom Germany Telecom 90,260

62 Electricità Italia Italian utility 90,005

63 CVS Caremark U.S. food, drugstores 87,472

64 Fiat Italy automobiles 86,914

65 Lukoil Russia oil refining 86,340

66 Telefonica International Spain telecom 84, 815

67 Nissan Motor Japan Automobiles 83,982

68 Procter & Gamble U.S. Household & Personal Products 83,503

69 Lakin Korea Electrical & Electronic Equipment 82,082

70 Deutsche Bank Germany Banking 81,360

71 UnitedHealthcare U.S. Healthcare and Insurance 81,186

72 Sunkyoung Korea Refining 80,810

73 AXA France Insurance 80,257

74 ThyssenKrupp Germany Metals 80,210

75 Peugeot France Automobiles 79,560

76 Repsol YPF Spain Refining 79,177

77 France Telecom France Telecommunications 78,290

78 BMW Germany Automobiles 77,864

79 Panasonic Japan Electronics, electrical equipment 77,298

80 Petronas Malaysia Refining 76,965

81 Sony Japan Electronics, electrical equipment 76,945

82 Kroger USA Food, drug stores 76,. 000

83 Barclays Bank United Kingdom Banks 75,136

84 USPS United States Postal and Parcel Delivery 74,932

85 Nokia Finland Network Communications Equipment 74,224

86 Marathon Oil United States Oil Refining 73,504

87 Hyundai Motor South Korea Automobiles 72,542

88 Costco US Specialty Retail 72,483

89 Rheinland Group Germany Energy 71,851

90 Home Depot US Specialty Retail 71,288

91 Americans Bergen US Wholesale Healthcare 70,594

92 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China China Bank 70,568

93 Archer Daniels Midland USA Food Production 69,816

94 Vodafone UK Telecommunications 69,138

95 Munich Re Germany Insurance 67,515

96 Nippon Life Japan Insurance 66,621

97 Toshiba Japan Electronics, Electrical Equipment 66,239

98 Bosch Germany Automotive Parts 66,052

99 China Mobile China Telecommunications 65,015

100 Target U.S.A. General Merchandise Retail 64,948

201 Walt Disney U.S.A. Entertainment 37,843

202 Intel U.S.A. Semiconductors and Other Electronic Components 37,586

203 Nippon Mining Japan Refining 37,533

204 Sysco U.S. Wholesale Grocery 37,522

205 Vale Brazil Mining 37,426

206 Austrian Oil & Gas Group Austria Refining 37,386

207 Vivendi France Telecommunications 37,166

208 Iverdrola Spain Utilities 36,586

207 Vivendi France Telecom 37,166

208 Iverdrola Spain Vildrola Spain Utilities 36,879

209 French State Railways France Rail Transport 36,867

210 British Telecom United Kingdom Telecommunications 36,626

211 Royal Bank of Canada Canada Banks 36,616

212 Honeywell International U.S.A. Aerospace & Defense 36,556

213 GS Holdings Korea Oil Refining 36,503

214 International Tourism Alliance Group Germany Tourism 36,496

215 Mitsubishi Electric Japan Electronics, Electrical Equipment 36,483

216 Lufthansa Group Germany Airlines 36,402

217 Sumitomo Life Japan Insurance 36,308

218 Lai Bo Group Hong Kong, China Trading 36,090

219 Sprint Nextel US Telecom 35,635

220 Baosteel Group China Metals 35,517

221 Ingenieur UK Insurance 35,506

222 Continental Germany Auto Parts 35,478

223 Enterprise GP Holdings USA Energy 35,470

224 General Motors Financial Services USA Finance 35,445

225 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Japan Bank 35,365

226 Bauer Group Canada Canada Insurance 35,125

227 GasTerra Finland Energy 35,059

228 Mizuho Financial Group Japan Bank 34,983

229 Sumitomo Corporation Japan Trading 34,954

230 AssiBraun & Buffer Switzerland Industrial Agricultural Equipment 34,944

231 Tokio Marine Holdings Japan Insurance 34,870

232 KDDI Japan Telecommunications 34,814

233 Commerzbank Germany Banking 34,776

234 Tyumen-British Petroleum Russia Oil Refining 34,668

235 Ingram Micro U.S. Wholesale Electronic Office Equipment 34,362

236 Danske Bank Denmark Banking 34,291

237 Comcast USA Telecommunications 34,256

238 ITOCHU Japan Trading 34,034

239 Northrop Grumman USA Aerospace & Defense 33,940

240 AIR FRANCE - KLM GROUP FRENCH AIRLINES 33,855

241 ACS Spain Engineering & Construction 33,825

242 China Railway China Engineering & Construction 33,758

243 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Japan Industrial & Agricultural Equipment 33,602

244 Idemitsu Kogyo Japan Oil Refining 33,522

245 ZDF Germany Bank 33,485

246 Petrobras Spain Refining 33,417

247 ANZ Australia Banking 33,396

248 Worsley UK Diversified 33,084

249 Aurum Petroleum Poland Refining 33,043

250 News Corp US Entertainment 32,996

251 Union Bank of Belgium Belgium Banks 32,606

252 China Railway Construction Corporation China Engineering and Construction 32,538

253 Apple United States Computers, electronics 32,479

254 George Weston Canada Food, drugstores 32,361

255 Zurich Financial Switzerland Insurance 32,349

256 Rice Bank (Lloyds Bank) United Kingdom Banks 32,196

257 CHS United States Food and Drug Stores 32,168

258 Tata Steel India Metals 32,018

259 Coca-Cola United States Beverages 31,944

260 American Express United States Finance 31,877

261 Sainsbury's (Sainsbury's) United Kingdom Food, Drug Stores 31,876

262 DuPont United States Chemistry 31,836

263 China Telecom China Telecom 31,814

264 Sincere Industries (Reliance Industries) India Oil Refining 31,792

265 Ericsson Sweden Networking Communications Equipment 31,792

265 Ericsson Sweden Network Communications Equipment 31,688

266 Showa Shell Petroleum Japan Refining 31,664

267 Commonwealth Bank of Australia Australia Banking 31,654

268 AstraZeneca UK Pharmaceuticals 31,601

269 New York Life US Insurance 31,416

270 Bridgestone Japan Tire Rubber 31,292

271 Denso Japan Automotive Parts 31,282

272 Australian Bank Australia Banking 31,213

273 América Móvil Mexico Telecommunications 31,012

274 Aetna U.S. Health Care 30,951

275 Flextronics Singapore Semiconductors, other components 30,949

276 Manulife Canada Insurance 30,948

277 Spring Group France General Merchandise Retailing 30,663

278 CRH Ireland Building Materials, Glass 30,572

279 BAE Systems UK Aerospace & Defense 30,570

280 France France Post France Post & Parcel Express 30,487

281 Hutchison Whampoa Hong Kong, China Specialty Retail, Diversified 30,240

282 Motorola United States Networking & Communications Equipment 30,146

283 Westpac Australia Banking 30, 108

283 Westpac Australia Banking 30, 108

283 Westpac Australia Banking 30, 108

284 Westpac Australia 108

284 Canadian Energy Canada Mining Crude Oil Production 30,064

285 Arcandor Germany Specialty Retail 30,063

286 PAA Pipelines U.S. Pipeline Transportation 30,061

287 Wesfarmers Australia Food and Drug Stores 30,050

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288 United Nordic Bank Sweden Bank 30,019

289 Bukharat Petroleum India Oil Refining 29,989

290 Suzuki Motors Japan Automobiles 29,911

291 Cathay Financial Holding Taiwan China Insurance 29,852

292 China State Construction Engineering Corporation China Engineering Construction 29,807

293 Kosmos Oil Japan Refining 29,710

294 Abbott US Pharmaceuticals 29,528

295 Goodwill US Insurance 29,394

296 Teachers' Retirement Foundation US Insurance 29,362

297 General Dynamics US Aerospace & Defense 29,302

298 Prudential Financial 29,911

291 Cathay Financial Holding Taiwan Engineering 29,852

292 China Construction & Engineering Corp.

298 Prudential Financial U.S. Insurance 29,275

299 Adecco Switzerland Human Resource Services 29,222

300 Fonterra International Singapore Food Manufacturing 29,145

301 UniBuzz Switzerland Food & Drug Stores 28,984

303 Humana U.S. Healthcare 28,957

304 Humana U.S. Healthcare 28,957

301 Humana U.S. Healthcare 28,957 <

304 Liberty Mutual U.S. Insurance 28,946

305 Korea Electric Power Korea Utilities 28,855

306 PetroChina Taiwan Oil Refining 28,712

307 Deere U.S. Industrial and Agricultural Equipment 28,452

308 HCA U.S. Healthcare 28,438

< p>309 Sharp Japan Electronics, electrical equipment 28,374

310 Federal Reserve Bank Russia Banking 28,341

311 Hindustan Petroleum India Refining 28,309

312 Japan Tobacco Japan Tobacco 28,247

313 Tyson Foods USA Food production 28,141

< p>314 Alcoa USA Metals 28,130

315 Bayerische Landesbank Germany Banking 28,119

316 Petroplus Holdings Switzerland Refining 28,112

317 Mitsubishi Chemical Japan Chemistry 28,048

317 Tesoro Petroleum USA Refining 28, 031

318 China National Offshore Oil Corporation China Crude Oil Production 28,027

319 Hochtief Germany Engineering & Construction 27,961

320 Strata Switzerland Mining 27,942

321 Delhaize Group Belgium Food, Pharmacy 27,874

322 Lafarge Construction Materials France 27,858

323 Formosa Plastics Petrochemicals Taiwan, China Refining 27,769

324 Kansai Electric Power Japan Utilities 27,768

325 Senkor Energy Canada Refining 27,680

326 Murphy Oil USA Refining 27,512

327 China COSCO Shipping Co. Corporation China Marine 27,430

328 Schlumberger US Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 27,163

329 JR East Japan Japan Rail Transportation 26,846

330 Schneider Electric France Electronics, Electrical Equipment 26,802

331 China Minmetals China Metals 26,667

332 Softbank China Metals 26,667

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332 SoftBank Japan Telecommunications, Investments 26,608

333 National Power Supply UK Utilities 26,606

334 Alstom France Industrial and Agricultural Equipment 26,461

335 COFCO China Trading 26,446

336 Anglo American UK Mining, Diamonds 26, 311

336 Schneider Electric UK Mining, Diamonds 26, 311

334 China Minmetals Group China Metals 26,667 311

337 Laidlaw USA Food, Drug Stores 26,290

338 Christian Dior France Clothing & Apparel 26,248

339 Italy Post Italy Post & Parcel Express 26,129

340 Petro-Canada Canada Oil Refining 26,054

341 China Communications Co. Group China Engineering & Construction 25,983

342 Quanta Computer Taiwan, China Computers 25,967

343 Scotiabank Canada Banks 25,944

344 William Morris Supermarkets United Kingdom Food, Drug Stores 25,909

345 Philip Morris Tobacco United States 25,705

346 L'Oréal France Household chemicals 25,676

347 Bertelsmann Germany Publishing, entertainment 25,647

348 Accenture USA Information technology services 25,314

349 T&D Holdings Japan Insurance 25,282

350 Emerson Electric USA Electronics, Electrical Equipment 25,281

351 3M U.S. Diversified 25,269

352 Mazda Motor Japan Automobiles 25,242

353 Onex Canada Semiconductors, Other Components 25,207

354 Toronto TD Bank Canada Banking 25,070

355 Hyundai Heavy Industries Korea Industrial and Agricultural Equipment 25,004

356 Chubu Electric Power Japan Utilities 24,984

357 Great Falls Power Sweden Utilities 24,957

358 Macy's U.S. General Merchandise Retailing 24,892

359 SAIC Motor Corporation China Automobiles and Parts 24,882

360 Alcatel-Lucent France Networking & Telecommunications Equipment 24,859

361 International Paper U.S.A. Forest Products, Paper Products 24,829

362 Hanwha Group Korea Chemistry 24,782

363 State Bank of India India Bank 24,578

364 Mediceo Paltac Holdings Japan Wholesale Healthcare 24,522

365 Occidental Petroleum US Mining Crude Oil Production 24,480

366 Travelers Insurance US Insurance 24,477

367 Samsung Life Korea Insurance 24,420

368 MAN Group Germany Automotive & Parts 24,275

369 Fujifilm Japan Diversified 24,232

370 National Power Company (Federal Power Commission) Mexico Utilities 24,196

371 Nippon Yusen Japan Marine 24,188

372 Sinosteel China Metals 24,164

373 Publix Super Markets U.S. Food, Drug Stores 24,110

374 Tech Data U.S. Wholesale Electronic Office Equipment 24,080

375 Hebei Iron & Steel Group China Metals 24,034

376 Michelin France Tire & Rubber 24,016

377 Baden-Württemberg Energy Germany Utilities 23,866

378 Merck (Merck Sharp & Dohme) USA Pharmaceuticals 23,850

379 Migros Switzerland Food and Drug Stores 23,795

380 CMT China Engineering and Construction 23,767

381 American Airlines USA Airlines 23,766

382 United States Steel Corp. Steel Corporation U.S. Metals 23,754

383 Evonik Industries Germany Chemistry 23,718

384 Magna Canada Automotive Parts 23,704

385 FAW Group China Automotive 23,664

386 Nucor Steel U.S. Metals 23,663

387 Budweiser Ingredients Belgium Budweiser InBev Beverages 23,568

388 McDonald's U.S. Foodservice 23,522

389 Standard Chartered Bank U.K. Banks 23,438

390 British Gas U.K. Mining Crude Oil Production 23,396

391 Edeka Germany Food Wholesale 23,349

392 Heraeus Holding Germany Metals 23,664

392 Heraeus Holding Germany Metals 23,292

393 Hausmann Switzerland Construction Materials 23,247

394 Manfred Group Spain Insurance 23,186

395 Raytheon US Aerospace & Defense 23,174

396 Husky Energy Canada Mining Crude Oil Production 23,162

397 Staples U.S. Specialty Retail 23,084