Making those dollars

The top 10 businesses on the Fortune 500 list are:

Wal-Mart
Exxon Mobil
Chevron
General Electric
Bank of America Corp.
ConocoPhillips
AT&T
Ford Motor
J.P Morgan Chase & Co.
Hewlett-Packard

As you ponder the billions of dollars they've made during the Great Recession, also consider this:

In 2009, the Fortune 500 shed 821,000 jobs, the biggest loss in its history -- almost 3.2% of its payroll.

And this:

The star of 2009 is undoubtedly health care. The sector's earnings jumped to an all-time high of $92 billion, placing it second behind tech at $94 billion.