tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45447238569914286492024-11-01T03:36:10.161-07:00Latest Online UpdatesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15428128025555983520noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544723856991428649.post-54217110126184863902012-08-20T17:22:00.000-07:002012-08-20T17:44:19.212-07:00Apple becomes most valuable company of all time<b>Record Market Capitalization</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> On August 20, 2012 Apple closed at a record share price of $665.15. With 936,596,000 outstanding shares (as of June 30, 2012), it had a market capitalization of $622.98 billion. This is the highest nominal market capitalization ever reached by a publicly traded company.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> On December 30, 1999 Microsoft reached an intraday high share price of $119.94. With 5,160,024,593 outstanding shares (as of November 30, 1999), it had a market capitalization of $618.9 billion. This was the second highest nominal market capitalization ever reached by
a publicly traded company. Adjusting for inflation to 2012, Microsoft's market capitalization would be $846 billion.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Apple Inc. <img alt="increase" height="11" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" width="11" />559,002.1</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span class="flagicon"></span></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Apple Inc. <img alt="decrease" height="11" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" width="11" />546,076.1</td></tr>
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