The 2008 Fortune Global 500 has 153 U.S. companies with 8 from Minnesota:

World Rank | U.S. Rank | Fortune link | Ticker Symbol and link to company web site

• #81 | #25 | UnitedHealth Group | UNH
• #102 | #32 | Target | TGT
• #157 | #53 | SuperValu | SVU
• #177 | #61 | Best Buy | BBY
• #308 | #96 | The Travelers Companies | TRV
• #327 | #103 | 3M | MMM
• #417 | #128 | U.S. Bancorp | USB
• #490 | #150 | CHS | CHSCP

Going through the U.S. list it is good to see so many of the companies with a significant Minnesota presence including Wells Fargo and Honeywell (HQ’s used to be here) along with McKesson, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Johnson Controls, General Dynamics, Northwestern Mutual, Express Scripts, Oracle and others.