Im sure this isn't a surprise, but do you know

[NOODLESgoneWILD]

The top 100 companys in the world!

And go figure 5 of the top 10 are Oil/Energy Companys

Rank Company Revenues ($ millions) Profits ($ millions)

1 Wal-Mart Stores 378,799 12,731
2 Exxon Mobil 372,824 40,610
3 Royal Dutch Shell 355,782 31,331
4 BP 291,438 20,845
5 Toyota Motor 230,201 15,042
6 Chevron 210,783 18,688
7 ING Group 201,516 12,649
8 Total 187,280 18,042
9 General Motors 182,347 -38,732
10 ConocoPhillips 178,558 11,891
11 Daimler 177,167 5,446
12 General Electric 176,656 22,208
13 Ford Motor 172,468 -2,723
14 Fortis 164,877 5,467
15 AXA 162,762 7,755
16 Sinopec 159,260 4,166
17 Citigroup 159,229 3,617
18 Volkswagen 149,054 5,639
19 Dexia Group 147,648 3,467
20 HSBC Holdings 146,500 19,133
21 BNP Paribas 140,726 10,706
22 Allianz 140,618 10,904
23 Crédit Agricole 138,155 8,172
24 State Grid 132,885 4,423
25 China National Petroleum 129,798 14,925
26 Deutsche Bank 122,644 8,861
27 ENI 120,565 13,703
28 Bank of America Corp. 119,190 14,982
29 AT&T 118,928 11,951
30 Berkshire Hathaway 118,245 13,213
31 UBS 117,206 -3,654
32 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 116,353 15,365
33 Carrefour 115,585 3,147
34 Assicurazioni Generali 113,813 3,991
35 American International Group 110,064 6,200
36 Royal Bank of Scotland 108,392 15,103
37 Siemens 106,444 5,063
38 Samsung Electronics 106,006 7,986
39 ArcelorMittal 105,216 10,368
40 Honda Motor 105,102 5,254
41 Hewlett-Packard 104,286 7,264
42 Pemex 103,960 -1,675
43 Société Générale 103,443 1,296
44 McKesson 101,703 990
45 HBOS 100,267 8,093
46 International Business Machines 98,786 10,418
47 Gazprom 98,642 19,269
48 Hitachi 98,306 -509
49 Valero Energy 96,758 5,234
50 Nissan Motor 94,782 4,223
51 Tesco 94,703 4,253
52 E.ON 94,356 9,861
53 Verizon Communications 93,775 5,521
54 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 93,527 5,562
55 Deutsche Post 90,472 1,901
56 Metro 90,267 1,129
57 Nestlé 89,630 8,874
58 Santander Central Hispano Group 89,295 12,401
59 Statoil Hydro 89,224 7,526
60 Cardinal Health 88,364 1,931
61 Goldman Sachs Group 87,968 11,599
62 Morgan Stanley 87,879 3,209
63 Petrobras 87,735 13,138
64 Deutsche Telekom 85,570 779
65 Home Depot 84,740 4,395
66 Peugeot 82,965 1,211
67 LG 82,096 2,916
68 Électricité de France 81,629 7,690
69 Aviva 81,317 2,655
70 Barclays 80,347 8,837
71 Fiat 80,112 2,673
72 Matsushita Electric Industrial 79,412 2,468
73 BASF 79,322 5,565
74 Credit Suisse 78,206 6,467
75 Sony 77,682 3,235
76 Telefónica 77,254 12,190
77 UniCredit Group 77,030 8,159
78 BMW 76,675 4,279
79 Procter & Gamble 76,476 10,340
80 CVS Caremark 76,330 2,637
81 UnitedHealth Group 75,431 4,654
82 Hyundai Motor 74,900 1,722
83 U.S. Postal Service 74,778 -5,142
84 France Télécom 72,488 8,623
85 Vodafone 71,202 13,366
86 SK Holdings 70,717 1,505
87 Kroger 70,235 1,180
88 Nokia 69,886 9,862
89 ThyssenKrupp 68,799 2,796
90 Lukoil 67,205 9,511
91 Toshiba 67,145 1,116
92 Repsol YPF 67,006 4,364
93 Boeing 66,387 4,074
94 Prudential 66,358 2,045
95 Petronas 66,218 18,118
96 AmerisourceBergen 66,074 469
97 Suez 64,982 5,370
98 Munich Re Group 64,774 5,275
99 Costco Wholesale 64,400 1,083
100 Merrill Lynch 64,217 -7,777

[diddiyo]

you're missing a fire smiley next to wal-mart (and probably many other companies as well). and FYI, it's six oil companys in the top 10: Total S.A.

[OldTimer]

NOODLESgoneWILD And the point of this is??????

[NOODLESgoneWILD]

Not trying to make a point, just sharing info...I just thought it was Ironic that 5 of the top 10 companies in the world...are Oil Companys...and we sit back and do nothing as they rap us at the pumps everyday!

Thats it...my two cents

[2KZ28_For_Now]

If I could make BILLIONS (literally) in profit every quarter, I'd imagine my company would be on that list too.

The Top 3 OilCo's could probably group together and subsidize (make free) all the personal vehicle gas usage in America for one month and not make a dent in their collective bottom line. Sobering, isn't it?

There needs to be Governmental Regulations that cap the maximum amount of profits for these guys. The rest should be put into a unified escrow with agreed upon arbitrators. The only tricky part would be for everyone to agree where and how these monies should be re-distributed.

Yah, I know, ridiculous idea - but since we're throwing our .2c in here.....

[stovt001]

ergh....nyuhgh....baaaaaahhhhhh can't take the scapegoating anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[2KZ28_For_Now]

Originally Posted by stovt001

ergh....nyuhgh....baaaaaahhhhhh can't take the scapegoating anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whoa!! This is obviously a sore point for you.

Whaddya mean, man? Not being antagonistic -- just curious? You saying we are incorrectly scapegoating oil companies?

[stovt001]

Yeah its been done to death in other threads and its just getting sore for a lot of people. So instead of continuing it here, I had my smiley kill himself and oddly, for some reason, I feel better.

[MAC]

As many issues as ford has had over the years (Pinto, Bronco, Exploder)
..and as many issues Honda hasn't had.. I'm quite surprised they aren't flipped in the ranks.
esp. with the whole Honda popularity thing going on.

[2KZ28_For_Now]

Originally Posted by stovt001

Yeah its been done to death in other threads and its just getting sore for a lot of people. So instead of continuing it here, I had my smiley kill himself and oddly, for some reason, I feel better.

'Nuff said.

[stovt001]

Originally Posted by MAC

As many issues as ford has had over the years (Pinto, Bronco, Exploder)
..and as many issues Honda hasn't had.. I'm quite surprised they aren't flipped in the ranks.
esp. with the whole Honda popularity thing going on.

Actually, I think Honda's smallness is part of the reason they're doing so well. Often (not always) quantity comes at the expense of quality. Honda knows what they're good at and they stick to it. They don't go for cheap fleet sales to boost numbers. They're focused and dedicated, and I respect them a lot for that. They don't cater much to the enthusiast crowd, and the styling doesn't suit my tastes, but I'd recommend them to a friend looking for solid transportation.

[2KZ28_For_Now]

Originally Posted by stovt001

Actually, I think Honda's smallness is part of the reason they're doing so well. Often (not always) quantity comes at the expense of quality. Honda knows what they're good at and they stick to it. They don't go for cheap fleet sales to boost numbers. They're focused and dedicated, and I respect them a lot for that. They don't cater much to the enthusiast crowd, and the styling doesn't suit my tastes, but I'd recommend them to a friend looking for solid transportation.

I was actually thinking of buying an Acura before my 2KZ screamed "BUY ME!!!" I couldn't resist.

[Beyond Limits]

Originally Posted by NOODLESgoneWILD

The top 100 companys in the world!

Hey... I hate to burst your bubble but it is actually worse then you think it it. Here is the top ten largest companies by market cap as of the close of the markets on 7/3/08.

Name Symbol Mkt cap in millions
Exxon Mobil XOM $466,392
General Electric GE $268,223
Microsoft Corp MSFT $241,959
Wal-Mart Stores WMT $223,215
Chevron Corp CVX $202,598
Procter & Gamble PG $194,384
AT&T Inc. T $193,558
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $183,521
Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A $180,746
Google Inc. GOOG $168,668
Int'l Business Mach. IBM $164,186
Apple Inc. AAPL $149,982
ConocoPhillips COP $141,658
Cisco Systems, CSCO $136,573
JPMorgan Chase JPM $120,994
Pfizer Inc. PFE $120,082
Coca-Cola KO $119,578
Intel INTC $118,226
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $107,131
Oracle ORCL $106,791


Exxon is worth nearly half a TRILLION dollars... you can't even imagine that kind of money. I mean think about it. If you born today with a bank account with that much money it in and you were to spend one million dollars a day from the day you were born until the day you turned 100 you would only have spent 36.5 billion dollars which means that you would still have 430 Billion in the bank (assuming you made no interest on the money since you would making more then a million dollars a day in interest at this point as well).

[Beyond Limits]

But the other side of the coin to it that Exxon, as with most oil companies, spend a LOT of money to make the money that they do. It is not like there is just 500 billion floating around waiting to be spent. like most companies they realize that you have to spend money to make money so you do have to take the numbers above with a grain of salt. Sure they are large but they also have operating costs that are astronomical as well.