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top_employer_by_country = {}

countries = f500['country'].unique()

for c in countries:
    
    # select only the rows that have a country name equal to current iteration
    selected_rows = f500[f500['country'] == c]
    
    # sort the rows by employees column in descending order
    sorted_rows = selected_rows.sort_values('employees', ascending=False)
    
    # select the first row from the sorted dataframe
    top_employer = sorted_rows.iloc[0]
    
    # extract the company name from the index label company from the first row
    employer_name = top_employer['company']
    
    # assign the results to dictionary using country name as the key and company name as the        value
    top_employer_by_country[c] = employer_name
    
    
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