America’s top 10 most profitable companies

By Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor 8/21/08


Company	2007 Profit
1. Exxon Mobil	$40.6 billion
2. General Electric	$22.2 billion
3. Chevron	$18.7 billion
4. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	$15.4 billion
5. Bank of America Corp.	$14.9 billion
6. Microsoft	$14.0 billion
7. Berkshire Hathaway	$13.2 billion
8. Wal-Mart Stores	$12.7 billion
9. AT&T	$11.9 billion
10. ConocoPhillips	$11.9 billion

Source: Fortune Magazine

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