top 25 companies in the world

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Top 25 companies in the world

The Forbes Global 2000 are public companies

with the top composite scores based on theirrankings for sales, profits, assets and market value


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Exxon Mobile

Country: U.S.Industry: Oil & Gas OperationsExxon Mobil supplanted JP Morgan Chase as the

world's biggest company in our composite ranking this year. Its double-digit growth in sales and

profits helped propel it to the top spot for the first time in the Forbes Global 2000's nine-year

history.


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JPMorgan Chase

Country: U.S. Industry: Banking After a two-year reign as the world's biggest company on our

list, JPMorgan Chase took a back seat to Exxon Mobil. Despite a slight decline in sales in 2011,

it is the most profitable U.S. bank on our list.


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General Electric

Country: U.S.Industry: Conglomerates Broad-based economic softness, especially in parts of

Europe, appears to be hurting most of GEs operating segments. Despite that, there appear to

be numerous pockets of strength that the conglomerate is poised to capitalize on. Infrastructure

orders have picked up considerably in the past few quarters, and have even enabled thecompany to expand its backlog to a record level of about $200 billion.


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Royal Dutch Shell

Country: Netherlands Industry: Oil & Gas Operations .Royal Dutch Shell claims the top spot in

sales with 28% sales growth, knocking off perennial leader Wal Mart-Stores. It operates in more

than 80 countries, producing 3.2 million barrels of gas and oil a day.


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ICBC

Country: China Industry: Banking Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is one of four Chinese

banks among the Top 25. They rose two spots from a year ago and is the biggest Asia-Pacificcompany.


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HSBC Holdings

Country: U.K. Industry: Banking 2011 was a year of major progress for HSBC, gaining traction in

the 1st year of 3-year strategy to reshape the Group, improve returns and position itself for

growth. HSBC recorded a strong performance in faster-growing markets and had a record yearin commercial banking.


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PetroChina

Country: China Industry: Oil & Gas Operations.The most valuable Asian company on the list. In

2011, produced 2.4 million barrels of oil per day, surpassing Exxon Mobil for the first time.


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Berkshire Hathaway

Country: U.S. Industry: Diversified Financial sIts major businesses did well last year. In fact,

each of their five largest non-insurance companiesBNSF, Iscar, Lubrizol, Marmon Group

and MidAmerican Energydelivered record operating earnings.


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Wells Fargo

Country: U.S. Industry: Banking .The second biggest U.S. bank on our list behind JPMorgan

Chase. Wells Fargo reported record earnings in 2011 and jumped two spots on our list this year.


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Petrobras

Country: Brazil Industry: Oil & Gas Operations. The fourth largest energy company and also

the biggest company in Brazil. A leader in the Brazilian oil industry, they have expanded

operations aiming to be among the top five integrated energy companies in the world by2020.


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BP

Country: U.K.Industry: Oil & Gas Operations The scope of this turnaround ranks among the more

incredible corporate comeback stories in business history. Since last year BP has risen a

remarkable 379 spots to 11th place on The Forbes Global 2000. Key to the climb is a return toprofitability in 2011, reversing 2010's $3.3 billion net loss to posting $26 billion in net income.


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Chevron

Country: U.S. Industry: Oil & Gas Operations Chevron reported record earnings in 2011 thanks to

rising oil prices. This enabled the second-biggest U.S. energy company on our list to move upfour places this year.


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China Construction Bank

Country: China Industry: Banking The second biggest Chinese bank on the list moved up four

spots on the strength of double-digit growth in sales and earnings. It rolling out a major

expansion of its domestic branch network in an effort to reach more consumers. The bank plansto open about 2,000 new branches over five years through mid-2016, or roughly 400 a year.


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Citigroup

Country: U.S. Industry: Banking Dropped out of the top ten this year. Citigroup's sales are

down 8% from 2010 and the stock price is down 16% over the past year.


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Gazprom

Country: Russia Industry: Oil & Gas Operations Gazprom is among Russias five largest oil

producers and it is the largest owner of power generating assets in the country. These assets

account for 17 % of the total installed capacity of the national energy system.


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Wal-Mart Stores

Country: U.S. Industry: Retailing Wal-Mart was knocked out of the top sales spot by Royal

Dutch Shell this year, falling two spots in overall ranks. It is by far the biggest employer on our

list with 2.2 million associates worldwide.


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Volkswagen Group

Country: Germany Industry: Consumer Durables Volkswagen jumped seven places this year

on the strength of triple-digit earnings growth in 2011. It is the world's biggest automakeron the Global 2000.


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Total

Country: France Industry: Oil & Gas Operations Total is Europe's sixth biggest company and one

of nine oil & gas companies in the Top 25. Despite its double-digit growth in sales and earningsin 2011, Total only moved up one spot from a year ago.


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Agricultural Bank of China

Country: China Industry: Banking The third biggest Chinese bank on our list behind ICBC and

China Construction Bank. Ag Bank saw double-digit growth in three of our four metrics; sales,

profits and assets.


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BNP Paribas

Country: France Industry: Banking With a presence in 80 countries, BNP Paribas is committed

to its four domestic marketsFrance, Belgium, Italy and Luxembourgwhich boast a population

of 140 million.In 2011, outstanding loans made by the Group in its four domestic markets grew 5.1%.


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Bank of China

Country: China Industry: Banking .This is the fourth biggest Chinese bank and stayed at No. 21

this year. In 2011, BOC ranked 9th among the world's top 1,000 banks by tier one capital (acore measure of a bank's financial strength), according to The Banker magazine.


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Banco Santander

Country: Spain Industry: Banking In 2011, saw earnings decline 37% from 2010. This led to the

biggest drop in overall rank on our Top 25 from No. 13 to No. 23.


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Sinopec-China Petroleum

Country: China Industry: Oil & Gas Operations China's second biggest energy company . Asia's

biggest oil refiner. It is now fourth in overall sales, sitting right behind Exxon Mobil.


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Toyota Motor

Country: Japan Industry: Consumer Durables Toyota is the second biggest automaker and

biggest Japanese company. Its sales and earnings growth last year was good enough for it

to jump 30 spots in ranks to rank among the Top 25 this year.

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