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Sixty-five U.S. companies drop out of Fortune 500
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | PUBLISHED: 19:11 EST, 10 July 2012 | UPDATED: 19:46 EST, 10 July 2012 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 07/14/2012 1:59:15 AM PDT by Olog-hai

China now boasts 73 of the biggest global companies – stealing the number two spot on the Fortune 500 list from Japan.

China has landed 73 companies on the list, Japan has 68 and the U.S. has 132.

Although the U.S. has a clear margin, China added 12 companies to the list since last year while the amount of U.S. companies has dropped by 14.

In the last decade, the amount of U.S. companies on the list has fallen from 197 to 132. Conversely, China only had 11 companies on the list in 2002 compared to today’s 73. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: bhoeconomy; fortune500; freetrade; manufacturing; redchina; top10; topten; tradedeficit
Title in full:
SIXTY FIVE U.S. companies drop out of Fortune 500 drop in a decade...as China soars up to second spot on this year's list

1 posted on 07/14/2012 1:59:27 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Well, we all know transferring our manufacturing, technology, and patents and top secrets to China had nothing to do with it. /s

I wonder what the FREE TRAITORS think did account for it.

China up, U. S. down... who could have seen this coming?


2 posted on 07/14/2012 2:04:52 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Remove all Democrats from the Republican party, and we won't have much Left, just a lot of Right.)
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To: Olog-hai

All in a plan right out of the gate


4 posted on 07/14/2012 3:12:19 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (B B)
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To: ronnie raygun

its happen when you don’t grow


5 posted on 07/14/2012 5:40:54 AM PDT by scooby321 (h tones)
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To: ronnie raygun
All in a plan right out of the gate

Can't have a one world government with a strong U.S.A.
6 posted on 07/14/2012 6:34:04 AM PDT by crosshairs
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