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Originally Posted by BubbaSS
I agree with this 100%, it's evident after the oil spill in the Gulf and BP can throw 41 billion to clean it up...What other company on the planet can throw away 41 billion and still survive? And guess what, they got 13 billion in tax breaks, so we got to pay for the cleanup and higher gas prices as well  |
any of these companies:
RANK COMPANY COUNTRY INDUSTRY SALES ($BIL) PROFITS ($BIL) ASSETS ($BIL) MARKET VALUE ($BIL)
1 HSBC Holdings United Kingdom Banking 146.50 19.13 2,348.98 180.81
2 General Electric United States Conglomerates 172.74 22.21 795.34 330.93
3 Bank of America United States Banking 119.19 14.98 1,715.75 176.53
4 JPMorgan Chase United States Banking 116.35 15.37 1,562.15 136.88
5 ExxonMobil United States Oil & Gas Operations 358.60 40.61 242.08 465.51
6 Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands Oil & Gas Operations 355.78 31.33 266.22 221.09
7 BP United Kingdom Oil & Gas Operations 281.03 20.60 236.08 204.94
8 Toyota Motor Japan Consumer Durables 203.80 13.99 276.38 175.08
9 ING Group Netherlands Insurance 197.93 12.65 1,932.15 75.78
10 Berkshire Hathaway United States Diversified Financials 118.25 13.21 273.16 216.65
10 Royal Bank of Scotland United Kingdom Banking 108.45 14.62 3,807.51 76.64
12 AT&T United States Telecommunications Services 118.93 11.95 275.64 210.22
13 BNP Paribas France Banking 116.16 10.71 2,494.41 81.90
14 Allianz Germany Insurance 139.12 10.90 1,547.48 80.30
15 Total France Oil & Gas Operations 199.74 19.24 165.75 181.80
16 Wal-Mart Stores United States Retailing 378.80 12.73 163.38 198.60
17 Chevron United States Oil & Gas Operations 203.97 18.69 148.79 179.97
18 American Intl Group United States Insurance 110.06 6.20 1,060.51 118.20
19 Gazprom Russia Oil & Gas Operations 81.76 23.30 201.72 306.79
20 AXA Group France Insurance 151.70 7.75 1,064.67 70.33