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HERE ARE A FEW QUICK STATS CULLED FROM THE FP500

Total revenue recorded by FP500 corporations was $1.88 trillion, down $112 billion from last year, and the average reported revenue was $3.76 billion, down from $4 billion. The average profit of the 397 companies that reported such figures was $171.5 million, with 118 companies, or 29.7% of those reporting, recording a loss. The average value of assets for the 426 companies that reported them was $23.8 billion. Co-operators Group Ltd. (No. 117) is pretty representative of the average. The property insurer had revenue of about $3.6 billion, a $156.9-million profit and assets of $13.5 billion.

The FP500 revenue cutoff line this year is $378.6 million, well off the $448.1 million required to make the grade last year. Points International Ltd., a Toronto-based loyalty program services provider that was incorporated in 1999, is No. 500,