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Apple is once again the world’s most valuable public company

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Apple’s market cap overtook Microsoft’s Thursday, if only briefly.

 

Reminder: Market cap = share price x shares outstanding.

My take: Apple and Microsoft could switch places again before the end of the day. Not that it matters.

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