Forum Post: TOP 50 -- The Corporate Network -- Who Run (Control) The World

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TOP 50 -- The Capitalist Network That Runs The World

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500-revealed--the-capitalist-network-that-runs-the-world.html

(More Proof) - That a few bankers control a large chunk of the global economy

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The top 50 of the 147 superconnected companies

1. Barclays plc
2. Capital Group Companies Inc
3. FMR Corporation
4. AXA
5. State Street Corporation
6. JP Morgan Chase & Co
7. Legal & General Group plc
8. Vanguard Group Inc
9. UBS AG
10. Merrill Lynch & Co Inc
11. Wellington Management Co LLP
12. Deutsche Bank AG
13. Franklin Resources Inc
14. Credit Suisse Group
15. Walton Enterprises LLC
16. Bank of New York Mellon Corp
17. Natixis
18. Goldman Sachs Group Inc
19. T Rowe Price Group Inc
20. Legg Mason Inc
21. Morgan Stanley
22. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
23. Northern Trust Corporation
24. Société Générale
25. Bank of America Corporation
26. Lloyds TSB Group plc
27. Invesco plc
28. Allianz SE 29. TIAA
29. Old Mutual Public Limited Company
30. Aviva plc
31. Schroders plc
32. Dodge & Cox
33. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc*
34. Sun Life Financial Inc
35. Standard Life plc
36. CNCE
37. Nomura Holdings Inc
38. The Depository Trust Company
39. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
40. ING Groep NV
41. Brandes Investment Partners LP
42. Unicredito Italiano SPA
43. Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan
44. Vereniging Aegon
45. BNP Paribas
46. Affiliated Managers Group Inc
47. Resona Holdings Inc
48. Capital Group International Inc
49. China Petrochemical Group Company

*Lehman still existed in the 2007 dataset used

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This represents that - (Less than 1%) control more than 50% of the worlds wealth...

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500-revealed--the-capitalist-network-that-runs-the-world.html

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