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Apr.23
10:38 AM ET
Wednesday, 23 Apr 2008
Biggest Companies: Gazprom On GE's Heels
With the run up in oil and General Electric's [GE
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Here are the current rankings by market cap...
- Exxon Mobile - $502 billion
- Petro China - $383 billion
- China Mobile - $347 billion
- General Electric - $324 billion
- Gazprom - $320 billion
As the chart below shows, Gazprom and its ADR [OGZPY
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