How the Giants Stack Up MARKET VALUE (BILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS) 1 GENERAL ELECTRIC $198.09 2 COCA-COLA 169.86 3 ROYAL DUTCH/SHELL GROUP 168.99 4 NIPPON TELEGRAPH&TELEPHONE 151.57 5 MICROSOFT 148.59 5 EXXON 147.15 7 INTEL 124.08 8 TOYOTA MOTOR 108.67 9 MERCK 108.49 10 PHILIP MORRIS 106.58 SHARE-PRICE GAIN (PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM 1996 IN U.S. DOLLARS) 1 DELL COMPUTER 306% 2 TSIM SHA TSUI PROPERTIES 205 3 AES 159 4 COMPUWARE 136 5 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 127 6 HENNES & MAURITZ 123 7 COMPAQ COMPUTER 122 8 CONSECO 120 9 ALTERA 119 10 RAILTRACK GROUP 118 SALES (BILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS) 1 GENERAL MOTORS $164.07 2 FORD MOTOR 146.99 3 MITSUI & CO. 140.14 4 MITSUBISHI CORP. 135.50 5 ROYAL DUTCH/SHELL GROUP 134.28 6 ITOCHU 131.04 7 MARUBENI 119.97 8 EXXON 116.73 9 SUMITOMO CORP. 115.34 10 TOYOTA MOTOR 105.04 PROFITS (BILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS) 1 ROYAL DUTCH/SHELL GROUP $9.31 2 EXXON 7.51 3 GENERAL ELECTRIC 7.28 4 PHILIP MORRIS 6.30 5 GENERAL MOTORS 5.89 6 IBM 5.86 7 AT&T 5.61 8 INTEL 5.16 9 HSBC HOLDINGS 5.09 10 FORD MOTOR 4.45 DATA: MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, BUSINESS WEEK Return to main story

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