World's Top Moneymakers: Apple Aces Again, Autos Crash Out
- China’s banks trail Apple; no drugmaker makes it to Top 15
- Finance firms occupy most spots in the top profit list
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Over the past year, the best way to make money was to be a Chinese bank. Or Apple Inc.
The Cupertino-based smartphone maker led the world for the fourth straight time with $57.2 billion in net income, based on the trailing 12 months through March. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. and China Construction Bank Ltd. ranked next, aided by Beijing’s policy push to spur credit and beat back a deepening economic slowdown.