| Toyota Motor Corporation has made it to the list | | | | There were a total of 67 Japanese companies |
| of Fortune’s list of world’s 500 largest | | | | that made it into the Fortune’s list down by |
| companies by revenue for 2006. Toyota was | | | | three from the previous year which is attributed |
| ranked 6th for this year which is two notches | | | | to the depreciation of yen against some of the |
| ascent from last year’s 8th ranked. | | | | world’s major currencies which reduces their |
| The producer of top-of-the-line Toyota Camry | | | | revenues in dollars. |
| parts, Toyota Motor Corp. was the only Asian | | | | Japan has the second largest number of |
| company that made it to the top 10 of Fortune | | | | companies on the list seconded by United States |
| Global 500 rankings. Toyota’s revenue of | | | | which has 162 companies. The combined revenues |
| $204.75 billion has qualified it for the 6th position. | | | | of the US companies included in the 500 list |
| Toyota’s revenue has grown by 10 percent | | | | accounted for more that one-third of the total |
| over the previous year and is expected to grow | | | | revenues of the Fortune Global 500 companies. |
| continuously for the coming years. | | | | China has also 24 companies that made it into the |
| Aside from Toyota, the US retail Wal-Mart Stores | | | | Fortune’s 500 list, up by 20 from the |
| Inc. has returned from the top spot from being | | | | previous year and the second highest number in |
| second the previous year with a revenue of | | | | Asia following Japan. |
| $351.14 billion up by 11 percent. | | | | Among the Japanese firms that made it into |
| Exxon Mobile Corp. still from US came second | | | | Fortune Global 500 list are Honda Motor Co. which |
| with revenue of $347.25 billion followed by the | | | | ranked 37th with $94.79 billion revenue; Nippon |
| British-Dutch oil titan Royal Dutch Shell PLC with | | | | Telegraph and Telephone Corp. ranked 40th with |
| revenue of $318.85 billion. | | | | $92 billion revenue; Nissan Motor Co. on the 45th |
| In fourth position was Britain’s BP PLC with | | | | place with $89.50 billion revenue; and Hitachi Ltd |
| $274.32 billion revenue followed by General | | | | on the 48th place with $87.62 billion. |
| Motors, the world’s largest automaker of | | | | Here the Top 10 of Fortune’s Global 500 list: |
| United States with posted revenue amounting to | | | | 1 Wal-Mart Stores: 351,139.0 |
| $207.35 billion. | | | | 2 Exxon Mobil: 347,254.0 |
| The total revenues of the companies included in | | | | 3 Royal Dutch Shell: 318,845.0 |
| the Fortune Global 500 list came to $21 trillion up | | | | 4 BP: 274,316.0 |
| by 10.4 percent as compared to 2005. | | | | 5 General Motors: 207,349.0 |
| As expected six of the top 10 were oil companies | | | | 6 Toyota Motor: 204,746.4 |
| with three automakers and a retailer. Banks and | | | | 7 Chevron: 200,567.0 |
| brokerage firms have also advanced in their | | | | 8 DaimlerChrysler: 190,191.4 |
| rankings baked by a global boom in merger and | | | | 9 ConocoPhillips: 172,451.0 |
| acquisition activities. | | | | 10 Total: 168,356. |