Asia's Fab 50 Companies

The first place goes to Toyota Motors of Japan which has a market value of $146.2 bn and sales worth $173.1 bn. China's petroleum company Petro China with market value of $143.9 bn and sales of $46.9 bn finds the second place followed by Australian materials outfit BHP-Billiton with market cap of $93.3 bn and sales worth $29.6 bn.

China Mobile, Hong Kong-based telecommunications company, is placed fourth with market value of $85.3 bn and sales amounting to $23.3 bn. At the fifth place is Samsung Electronics of South Korea with market cap of $77 bn and sales worth US $79.2 bn.

1. Toyota Motor
2. PetroChina
3. BHP-Billiton
4. China Mobile (HK)
5. Samsung Electronics
6. Nissan Motor
7. Matsushita Electric Industrial
8. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
9. Yahoo Japan
10. CNOOC

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Selection criteria: Companies with the best aggregate scores for long-term profitability, sales and earnings growth as well as projected earnings and stock-price gains. Editors made final selections.
Companies with at least $5 bn in revenue or market value were considered for the list and some 500 made the grade and met the magazine's definition of "big."


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