Multinational Companies' Presence Grows

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

   NEW YORK (AP) -- The multinational companies with the largest U.S.
operations, according to a recent Wharton School of business study.


   Ranked by Sales [ this has to be in thousands djf]
   1) Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands) $21,711,000.
   2) The British Petroleum Co. PLC (U.K.) $15,193,620.
   3) Sony Corp. (Japan) $10,000,000
   4) Hanson PLC (U.K.) $9,285,534
   5) Unilever NV (Netherlands) $9,216,777
   6) Nestle SA (Switzerland) $9,210,630
   7) Petroleos de Venezuela (Venezuela) $9,192,093
   8) Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Japan) $8,132,453
   9) Hoechst AG (German) $7,096,000
   10) Aramco Oil (Saudi Arabia) $6,825,000


   Ranked by number of employees
   1) Hanson PLC (U.K.) 82,584
   2) BAT Industries, Inc. (U.K.) 60,200
   3) Siemens AG (German) 46,444
   4) Philips Electronics NV (Netherlands) 45,468
   5) BTR PLC (U.K.) 45,436
   6) Bridgestone Corp. (Japan) 40,000
   7) Nestle SA (Switzerland) 39,100
   8) The British Petroleum Co. PLC (U.K.) 33,000
   9) Hoechst AG (Germany) 31,198
   10) Rhone-Poulenc SA (France) 30,100