Only 3 companies in Forbes Global top 25 are NOT giants in banking/insurance, oil/gas
 

http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/...0m_6796db7.jpg

ATT, Toyota and Wal-Mart.

The winners of globalization and war mongering in the world: bankers and their oil buddies.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/18/...2000_Rank.html

The plot thickens...

hah. The rape hand is strong.

Huh.. How the heck are they ranking those ?

I see many companies with more sales, profit, assets & market value than HSBC Holdings, so why are they listing them as no. 1 ?

Looks to be just a random list of 100 companies.. :helpme