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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by spullara on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @11:48PM (#8958177)
All that is true, but it is also the biggest company in the world.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by icebraining on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @04:30AM (#8958908)
No, it's not. It's not even in the top ten.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by pdpi on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @07:38AM (#8959435)
On what metric? Market cap says they're top dog:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by_...

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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by icebraining on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @07:52AM (#8959490)
Oh, fair enough. But I think that's a poor metric, since it's much more "virtual" than metrics that actually affect the economy, like turnover. I prefer Forbes average of four metrics: http://www.forbes.com/sites/liyanchen/2014/05/07/the-worlds-...
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by spullara on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @01:43PM (#8961664)
That Forbes article was also written when Apple's market cap was "only" $483B. As of today it is $680B.
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