Message no. 1

From:	shadowrn@*********.com (John Colvard)
Subject:	U.N.: Companies Outrank Some Nations
Date:	Mon Aug 12 13:20:01 2002

Hmmm seems about right on the Shadowrun timeline of things. What other
things has anyone else noticed lately that seems to point to to a
pro-shadowrun future.

NavyMerc


GENEVA (AP)
ExxonMobil Corp. had a greater economic value than at least 27 countries and
ranked 45th on the list of 100 top economic entities in the world, two
places ahead of General Motors Corp., the U.N. Conference on Trade and
Development reported Monday.


Countries were ranked according to gross domestic product
the sum of all goods and services produced within a country
while corporations were ranked based on "value added"
the sum of pretax profits, salaries, amortization and depreciation for the
year 2000.


The United States topped the list with a GDP of $9.8 trillion, more than
double that of No. 2 Japan. Germany, Britain and France rounded out the top
five.


UNCTAD's list of top 100 economic entities in the world includes 71
countries and 29 corporations. ExxonMobil had a value added of $63 billion,
ahead of Pakistan's GDP of $62 billion.


GM, next on the list at No. 47, had a value added of $56 billion.


Other corporations on the list included automakers Ford Motor Co. (No. 55),
Toyota Motor Corp. (No. 59) and Volkswagen AG (No. 71); retailer Wal-Mart
Stores Inc. (No. 69); tobacco company Philip Morris Cos. Inc. (No. 85); and
pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline PLC (No. 99).

The figures are in billions of dollars.


1. United States, 9,810.
2. Japan, 4,765.
3. Germany, 1,866.
4. Britain, 1,427.
5. France, 1,294.
6. China, 1,080.
7. Italy, 1,074.
8. Canada, 701.
9. Brazil, 595
10. Mexico, 575.
11. Spain, 561.
12. South Korea, 457.
13. India, 457.
14. Australia, 388.
15. Netherlands, 370.
16. Taiwan, 309.
17. Argentina, 285.
18. Russia, 251.
19. Switzerland, 239.
20. Sweden, 229.
21. Belgium, 229.
22. Turkey, 200.
23. Austria, 189.
24. Saudi Arabia, 173.
25. Denmark, 163.
26. Hong Kong, 163.
27. Norway, 162.
28. Poland, 158.
29. Indonesia, 153.
30. South Africa, 126.
31. Thailand, 122.
32. Finland, 121.
33. Venezuela, 120.
34. Greece, 113.
35. Israel, 110.
36. Portugal, 106.
37. Iran, 105.
38. Egypt, 99.
39. Ireland, 95.
40. Singapore, 92.
41. Malaysia, 90.
42. Colombia, 81.
43. Philippines, 75.
44. Chile, 71.

45. ExxonMobil Corp., 63.

46. Pakistan, 62.
47. General Motors Corp., 56.
48. Peru, 53.
49. Algeria, 53.
50. New Zealand, 51.
51. Czech Republic, 51.
52. United Arab Emirates, 48.
53. Bangladesh, 47.
54. Hungary, 46.
55. Ford Motor Co., 44.
56. DaimlerChrysler AG, 42.
57. Nigeria, 41.
58. General Electric Co., 39.
59. Toyota Motor Corp., 38.
60. Kuwait, 38.
61. Romania, 37.
62. Royal Dutch/Shell, 36.
63. Morocco, 33.
64. Ukraine, 32.
65. Siemens AG, 32.
66. Vietnam, 31.
67. Libya, 31.
68. BP PLC, 30.
69. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 30.
70. IBM Corp., 27.
71. Volkswagen AG, 24.
72. Cuba, 24.
73. Hitachi Ltd., 24.
74. TotalFinaElf SA, 23.
75. Verizon Communications Inc., 23.
76. Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., 22.
77. Mitsui & Co., 20.
78. E.On AG, 20.
79. Oman, 20.
80. Sony Corp., 20.
81. Mitsubishi Motor Corp., 20.
82. Uruguay, 20.
83. Dominican Republic, 20.
84. Tunisia, 19.
85. Philip Morris Cos. Inc., 19.
86. Slovakia, 19.
87. Croatia, 19.
88. Guatemala, 19.
89. Luxembourg, 19.
90. SBC Communications Inc., 19.
91. Itochu Corp., 18.
92. Kazakhstan, 18.
93. Slovenia, 18.
94. Honda Motor Co., 18.
95. Eni SpA., 18.
96. Nissan Motor Co., 18.
97. Toshiba Corp., 17.
98. Syria, 17.
99. GlaxoSmithKline PLC, 17.
100. BT Group, 17.



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