The TO 10 COMPANIES IN THE WORLD

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The 10 companies listed below are on top of their games.

The TO 10 COMPANIES IN THE WORLD

Rank	Company Name		Revenues ($b)	Profits ($mm)
1		Wal-Mart Stores	469.2	16,999
2		Exxon Mobil	449.9	44,880
3		Chevron	233.9	26,179
4		Phillips 66	169.6	4,124
5		Berkshire Hathaway	162.5	14,824
6		Apple	156.5	41,733
7		General Motors	152.3	6,188
8		General Electric	146.9	13,641
9		Valero Energy	138.3	2,083
10		Ford Motor	134.3	5,665

Wal-Mart retook the No. 1 spot in the Fortune500 companies list with highest profit, Berkshire Hathaway made the top five, and Apple grew enormously.

Wal-Mart Stores

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Get Quote: WMT

Financials: Latest Results

Rank: 1
Previous rank: 2
CEO: Michael T. Duke 

Wal-Mart reclaimed the top spot in the Fortune 500 in 2012 after slipping to No. 2 last year. The retailer’s refocus on low prices continued to attract frugal shoppers into the discounter's U.S. stores.

For fiscal year 2012, sales rose 5.9%, to $443.9 billion. Despite relatively strong sales, Wal-Mart must hold onto its U.S. shoppers, which make up 62% of the chain’s net sales.

Beyond the U.S., Wal-Mart continues to investigate allegations that executives in Mexico paid more than $24 million in bribes to speed the retailer’s expansion there. The probe has widened to Brazil, India and China.

Headquarters:
702 S.W. Eighth St.
Bentonville, AR. 72716
479-273-4000
Website: www.walmart.com

Chevron

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Get Quote: CVX

Financials: Latest Results

Rank: 3
Previous rank: 3
CEO: John S. Watson 

The nation’s second-largest oil company saw another strong year on better performance from its refining business. Chevron’s 2012 earnings of $26.2 billion are the second highest result in company history, behind $26.9 billion in 2011.

But while the San Ramon, Calif.-based company earned more from processing crude into fuels such as gasoline and diesel, it also has plans to spend 12% more in energy exploration and investment in the year ahead. A bulk of that investment is expected to go toward upstream crude oil and natural gas exploration production projects, such as one of the world’s largest natural gas projects in Western Australia.

It also plans to restart business in Brazil, where earlier this year authorities allowed the company to resume production on wells off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Chevron had been banned, after more than 100,000 gallons of crude seeped into the Atlantic Ocean.

While criminal charges against Chevron have been dropped, the company still faces civil lawsuits seeking damages.

Headquarters:
6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd.
San Ramon, CA. 94583
925-842-1000
Website: www.chevron.com