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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by Aunche on Saturday June 06, 2020 @12:30AM (#23436837)
17.5% of the S&P 500 is Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. What percentage of the top European companies are that new?
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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by inopinatus on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:56AM (#23439199)
New? Microsoft was founded 45 years ago, Apple is 44.

Top? The S&P 500 is riddled with mediocrities and rent-seekers.

17.5%? Five out of five hundred is 1%.

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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by Aunche on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:47AM (#23439557)
Microsoft and Apple are still new by European standards. The only newish European megacorp is SAP, which is older than Microsoft and Apple.

17.5% of the market share.

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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by inopinatus on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:28PM (#23442855)
Not sure what that number means to you, but see above about why it’s so low; established money protects itself.
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