10/07/2013at 14:56

Maersk among the world’s most profitable companies

The Maersk Group is the only Danish company on Fortune’s list of the 500 most profitable companies in the world, writes dr.dk.

BY JAKOB VESTERAGER

This year, a single Danish company made the American magazine Fortune’s so-called Fortune 500 list. The Maersk Group is listed as the 157th most profitable company with a surplus of 3.7 billion dollars for 2012, writes dr.dk.

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