Apple Is Not The Most Valuable Company In The History Of The World

Re:Apple Is Not The Most Valuable Company In The History Of ... by mpd on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @01:53AM (#4411345)

I'm curious where Standard Oil would stand had it not been broken up.

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Re:Apple Is Not The Most Valuable Company In The History Of ... by ximeng on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @01:57AM (#4411356)

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Re:Apple Is Not The Most Valuable Company In The History Of ... by chmars on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @03:12AM (#4411515)

PetroChina was actually worth more than one billion USD a few years ago when a-shares became available at the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

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Re:Apple Is Not The Most Valuable Company In The History Of ... by ximeng on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @04:52AM (#4411788)

You mean trillion I think.

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Re:Apple Is Not The Most Valuable Company In The History Of ... by Luc on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @08:55AM (#4412445)

A long-scale billion is a short-scale trillion. How I hate this confusion! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales

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Re:Apple Is Not The Most Valuable Company In The History Of ... by chmars on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @11:14AM (#4413025)

Thanks, I never know which one to use if a use English with a mixed audience.

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Re:Apple Is Not The Most Valuable Company In The History Of ... by chmars on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @08:50AM (#4412420)

In numbers, I mean 10^12. As a written word, you are right that for most HN readers, trillion is the probably the correct term.

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