Apple Now Worth More than Google and Microsoft Combined
Apple shares soared yesterday, pushing the company past a significant milestone.
Apple has a lot of money. This we know. However, the company passed a jaw-dropping milestone this week that accurately illustrates just how much the Cupertino-based company is actually worth. Apple shares surged to an all-time high yesterday, passing the $490 mark and closing at $493.17. This is up $16.49 from just one day previously and represents a 3.46 percent increase for the day. More interestingly, it pushed Apple's capitalization to just shy of $460 billion. This is more than rivals Microsoft and Google combined.
AppleInsider's Neil Hughes was the first to notice the achievement, noting that Microsoft's market cap yesterday stood at around $256.7 billion, while Google was valued at around $198.9 billion. This counts for a combined market cap of $455.6 billion. With Apple's stock up more than 3 percent in yesterday's morning trading, the company surpassed the combined totals of both Google and Microsoft. Apple's market cap currently stands at $459.82 billion.
Fortune also points to a great blog called 'Things Apple is Worth More Than' over on Tumblr. So far, the blog lists: The global coffee industry ($70 billion per year); the Apollo space program, twice over ($145 - $170 billion); the entire NFL, thirteen times (all of the teams combined are worth $33 billion); and all the gold at the New York Federal Reserve Bank (a massive 7,000 tonnes as of last August for a total worth of $350 billion). Head over to Tumblr for more, or Fortune, which has also got it's own list going (theirs includes Sweden, which has a gross domestic product of $458 billion).

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I don't need 2-3 news articles about Apple every day.
I think I speak for everyone here when I say I would be happy with 0.01% of what Apple is worth.
yea, i can see apple being woth that much considering why many devices are out there and they all make proffit, and they sell music an that makes more profit, and all that other crap.
is it at suing others in various courts?? o.O
This is about market shares, not their products. Lol.
I think that Apple is at the beginning of a Dynasty that will last at least as long as the Microsoft dynasty that preceded it. I'll have to keep reading all silly posts on this site, it's gonna be fun.
Never mind! Google is my friend:
"For the 2011 fiscal year, Apple reported revenue of $108.25 billion and net profit of $25.92 billion"
It would be great if Foxconn employes got $3.00/hr. What they actually get is more like 4-6 bucks per day. And you know they don't just work 8 hours...