Despite bright spots, like Petrobras' historic $70 billion IPO and a surging market for Brazilian mineral wealth, the region continues to lag all others on The Global 2000, adding only 3 companies to the rankings this year and bringing its total to 157, or only 7.8% of the list. Overall, sales by companies in the Americas, the top-performing region, were up 16%, to $1.7 trillion—$10.2 trillion less than EMEA. Canada, with 67 companies on the list, has the most in the Americas again, but the 4 biggest individual firms are in Brazil: Petrobras, Banco Bradesco, Banco do Brasil and Vale. America Movil of Mexico, controlled by the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, is ranked seventh in the region, with sales up 63%.
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