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Multinational Companies' Presence Grows
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 15:15:58 -0500
NEW YORK (AP) -- The multinational companies with the largest U.S. operations, according to a recent Wharton School of business study. Ranked by Sales [ this has to be in thousands djf] 1) Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands) $21,711,000. 2) The British Petroleum Co. PLC (U.K.) $15,193,620. 3) Sony Corp. (Japan) $10,000,000 4) Hanson PLC (U.K.) $9,285,534 5) Unilever NV (Netherlands) $9,216,777 6) Nestle SA (Switzerland) $9,210,630 7) Petroleos de Venezuela (Venezuela) $9,192,093 8) Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Japan) $8,132,453 9) Hoechst AG (German) $7,096,000 10) Aramco Oil (Saudi Arabia) $6,825,000 Ranked by number of employees 1) Hanson PLC (U.K.) 82,584 2) BAT Industries, Inc. (U.K.) 60,200 3) Siemens AG (German) 46,444 4) Philips Electronics NV (Netherlands) 45,468 5) BTR PLC (U.K.) 45,436 6) Bridgestone Corp. (Japan) 40,000 7) Nestle SA (Switzerland) 39,100 8) The British Petroleum Co. PLC (U.K.) 33,000 9) Hoechst AG (Germany) 31,198 10) Rhone-Poulenc SA (France) 30,100
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