Forbes magazine lists the worlds largest corporations by several categories including sales and profitability (profits according to

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Forbes magazine lists the world€™s largest corporations by several categories including sales and profitability (profits according to the financial statements). When ranked by 2004 sales, six U.S. companies, one Japanese company, one British company, one German company, and one Dutch company are in the top 10 as follows (all numbers are in millions of U.S. dollars):

Forbes magazine lists the world€™s largest corporations by severa

When ranked by profits, seven of the top 10 are U.S. companies (no German company and only one Japanese company appears in the top 30). Other than economic factors, what could cause this difference in rankings for sales and reportedprofits?

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