Graphic showing the countries with the most companies listed in the Fortune 500 list of the biggest corporations, plus the top ten list of firms with the highest revenue in 2011.
China Ascends To Number Two On Fortune 500 -- AFP
Two years after eclipsing Japan as the world's second-largest economy, China stole the number-two spot on the Fortune 500 list of the biggest global companies from its Asian rival.
In its annual revenue rankings, Fortune magazine said that China overtook Japan for the first time, landing 73 companies on the list compared with Japan's 68 companies.
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My Comment: The paragraph that caught my attention was the following ....
.... "Although the US still hosts the lion's share of Global 500 corporations, no country has lost more companies during the last decade. There are 132 US-headquartered businesses on this year's list, down from 197 a decade ago," the US business magazine said.
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