Business & Technology | Apple market value hits $600B | Seattle Times Newspaper

Sign of the times

"Apple, already the world's most valuable company, hit the $600 billion level for the first time Tuesday.
Only one other company has been worth $600 billion - Apple's old sparring partner Microsoft Corp. It reached that valuation for 13 trading days around the turn of the millennium, at the peak of the technology stock mania.
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Apple's market capitalization is still well below Microsoft's 1999 record if inflation is taken into account. The $619 billion then becomes $846 billion."

Business & Technology | Apple market value hits $600B | Seattle Times Newspaper