Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	153
Japan	64
France	39

Company	2007 Number of Employees
U.S. Postal Service	785,929
Sinopec	634,011
Hon Hai Precision Industry	550,000

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Company	2007 Profits ($ millions)
Exxon Mobil	$40,610
Royal Dutch Shell	$31,331
General Electric	$22,208

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41. Hewlett-Packard

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Rank: 41 (Previous rank: 41)
CEO: Mark V. Hurd
Employees: 172,000
Address: 3000 Hanover St.
Palo Alto, California 94304
Country: U.S.
Website: www.hp.com

	$ millions	% change from 2006
Revenues	104,286.0	13.8
Profits	7,264.0	17.2
Assets	88,699.0	—
Stockholders' equity	38,526.0	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	7
Assets	8

Industry: Computers, Office Equipment

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Hewlett-Packard	41	104,286.0
2	Dell	106	61,133.0
3	Fujitsu	149	46,679.5


4	NEC	174	40,429.9
5	Canon	189	38,059.9
6	Apple	337	24,006.0
7	Quanta Computer	344	23,664.5
8	Asustek Computer	363	22,992.5
9	Ricoh	438	19,439.3
10	Xerox	489	17,228.0
11	Lenovo Group	499	16,787.9

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