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Article: Saudi Aramco retains top spot on DS100 list.
- Article from:
- Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
- Article date:
- February 14, 2009
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Byline: Khalil Hanware
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco), the world's top oil producer, retained its top spot in the Dinar Standard's 5th annual ranking of the top 100 businesses in the 57-member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) recording an estimated 8 percent rise in its revenues from the year before.
The 2008 DS100 list, which was released yesterday, had 54 publicly traded firms from 13 countries compared to the previous year's 57 firms from 13 countries.
With $1.21 trillion in total revenues, the 2008 DS100 list recorded a respectable 12.3 percent growth in revenue over the previous year. This is down ...