Forbes: a List of the world's biggest companies

here are a few to start with.
good list to have,to check them against the lobbyists and contributions they make to the warmongering and corporate whores in DC (politicians)

Rank Company Country Industry Sales ($bil) Profits ($bil) Assets ($bil) Market Value ($bil)
1 General Electric United States Conglomerates 182.52 17.41 797.77 89.87
2 Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands Oil & Gas Operations 458.36 26.28 278.44 135.10
3 Toyota Motor Japan Consumer Durables 263.42 17.21 324.98 102.35
4 ExxonMobil United States Oil & Gas Operations 425.70 45.22 228.05 335.54
5 BP United Kingdom Oil & Gas Operations 361.14 21.16 228.24 119.70
6 HSBC Holdings United Kingdom Banking 142.05 5.73 2,520.45 85.04
7 AT&T United States Telecommunications Services 124.03 12.87 265.25 140.08
8 Wal-Mart Stores United States Retailing 405.61 13.40 163.43 193.15
9 Banco Santander Spain Banking 96.23 13.25 1,318.86 49.75
9 Chevron United States Oil & Gas Operations 255.11 23.93 161.17 121.70
11 Total France Oil & Gas Operations 223.15 14.74 164.66 112.90
12 ICBC China Banking 53.60 11.16 1,188.08 170.83
13 Gazprom Russia Oil & Gas Operations 97.29 26.78 276.81 74.55
14 PetroChina China Oil & Gas Operations 114.32 19.94 145.14 270.56
15 Volkswagen Group Germany Consumer Durables 158.40 6.52 244.05 75.18
16 JPMorgan Chase United States Banking 101.49 3.70 2,175.05 85.87
17 GDF Suez France Utilities 115.59 9.05 232.71 70.46
18 ENI Italy Oil & Gas Operations 158.32 12.91 139.80 80.68
19 Berkshire Hathaway United States Diversified Financials 107.79 4.99 267.40 122.11
20 Vodafone United Kingdom Telecommunications Services 70.39 13.30 252.08 93.66
21 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Japan Banking 61.43 6.38 1,931.17 53.63
22 Procter & Gamble United States Household & Personal Products 83.68 14.08 138.26 141.18
23 CCB-China Construction Bank China Banking 42.98 9.45 903.35 119.03
24 Verizon Communications United States Telecommunications Services 97.35 6.43 202.35 81.04
25 Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil Brazil Oil & Gas Operations 92.08 14.12 120.68 110.97
26 Nippon Telegraph & Tel Japan Telecommunications Services 107.02 6.36 179.95 59.07
27 EDF Group France Utilities 89.46 4.73 278.76 71.53
28 IBM United States Software & Services 103.63 12.34 109.53 123.47
29 BNP Paribas France Banking 107.96 4.20 2,888.73 29.98
30 Bank of China China Banking 40.10 7.70 817.84 105.04
31 Telefónica Spain Telecommunications Services 80.70 10.57 129.16 85.56
32 Nestlé Switzerland Food, Drink & Tobacco 103.01 16.91 97.12 118.99
33 Sinopec-China Petroleum China Oil & Gas Operations 154.28 7.43 100.41 93.50
34 Crédit Agricole France Banking 107.75 5.90 2,064.17 21.91
35 Siemens Germany Conglomerates 108.76 8.05 128.46 44.18
36 Hewlett-Packard United States Technology Hardware & Equip 118.70 8.05 109.63 69.57








http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/18/global-09_The-Global-2000_Rank.html

Thanks. Bookmarked.

AFAIK, based on my dealings with several of these companies, this is the short list of the kings of outsourcing.

yeah, the kings of outsourcing.