Ahh - OK. But my first hit in Google for Market Capitalisation lists came up with Apple at 4th...
See http://www.corporateinformation.com/Top-100.aspx?topcase=b Looks like Apple is 2nd biggest in US companies... Very interesting. Cheers, Rod On 25/11/10 10:45 AM, "cm" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Rod, > > It depends which measure you use. Peter is talking about market capitalization > -- the product of the number of shares outstanding and the share price. Apple > passed Microsoft earlier this year in terms of market capitalization but was > at the time, still behind it in revenue and profit. More recently Apple passed > Microsoft in revenue but is still behind it in profit. Overall, Apple is the > second largest company in terms of market capitalization behind only Exxon > Mobil. If current trends continue (and who knows with Europe looking shaky), > Apple will pass Exxon some time in 2011. > > It's a pleasure to see that quality and taste sometimes does win out over > market manipulation and connivance. :-) > > Cheers, > Carlo > > > On 2010-11-25, at 10:21, Rod Kevill wrote: > >> >> Hey Peter, according to Fortune Mags global listing of the top 500 >> companies, Apple comes in at 197... >> >> See >> http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2010/full_list/101_200.html >> >> Cheers, >> Rod >> >> On 25/11/10 10:17 AM, "Mark Secker" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 25/11/10 9:38 AM, "Peter Bull" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> While watching Channel 7 last night an ad came on for the Mac Book Air. I >>>> had seen it quite a few times before, but it struck me that a years ago >>>> Wamuggers would excitedly post a message here that they had seen a TV ad >>>> for Mac computers. Back then, it seemed like the ads were only broadcast >>>> a few times, and Macs were "weird" computers owned by geeks and arty >>>> types. >>>> >>>> Now apparently, Apple is the second biggest company in the world after >>>> Exxon Mobil and all things Apple and Mac are household names. >>>> >>>> How the wheel turns..... >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Peter Bull >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>> >>> >>> I concur... It's so hard to be properly elitist today. >>> >>> >>> (note sarcasm is implied) >>> >>> ________________ >>> [email protected] >>> Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) >>> Teaching Facilities Administrator >>> Business School IT Services >>> >>> The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G >>> M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 >>> Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
