Apple ended 8/10/11 as the most valuable public company in the world.

• hoops23

  

  http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h1Pe2dX4xP4wWs_1bdGcsnWCyAsw?docId=CNG.3f52ef86b556df5220f05bad79855509.3e1
  
  http://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2011/08/10/as-stock-market-burns-apple-most-valuable-company-in-it/
  
  After surpassing Exxon for a brief period of time on Tuesday, Apple closed Wednesday as the most valuable company in the world.
  
  Pretty crazy, given that 15 years ago many people thought they should fold up shop.
  
  Even crazier is many experts feel Apple is actually undervalued.
  
  This comes after the story that Apple had more cash on hand than the US Treasury.
  
  http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/29/business/la-fi-apple-cash-20110730
• justincredible

  

  Steve Jobs. Like a boss.
• Devils Advocate

  

  Looks like it lasted about 13 minutes
  
  http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-exxon-market-cap-2011-8
• WebFire

  I'm not sure it's a good thing anyway. The government will eventually try to split them up somehow.
• sleeper

  

  Most valuable on paper.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  justincredible;858476 wrote:Steve Jobs. Like a boss.

  
  This.
• dlazz

  sleeper;858615 wrote:Most valuable on paper.

  
  yup
• Automatik

  

  sleeper;858615 wrote:Most valuable on paper.

  
  Numbers don't lie.
• dlazz

  Yahoo was one of the most valuable companies in the world at one point, now look at them.
• Automatik

  

  dlazz;858726 wrote:Yahoo was one of the most valuable companies in the world at one point, now look at them.

  
  Apples to oranges. With the rate they are going I see Apple running shit for years to come.
• dlazz

  Automatik;858731 wrote:Apples to oranges.

  
  how so?
• Jawbreaker

  Automatik;858731 wrote:Apples to oranges. With the rate they are going I see Apple running **** for years to come.

  
  Yes, because Steve Jobs will live forever.
• QuakerOats

  Greed .................. let's tax them out of existence.
  
  
  BHO
• Automatik

  

  Jawbreaker;858736 wrote:Yes, because Steve Jobs will live forever.

  
  lol I'm sure with his condition he has a plan of action. Its not like Apple will come to a halt when hes gone,
• justincredible

  

  Jawbreaker;858736 wrote:Yes, because Steve Jobs will live forever.

  
  No, but I'm sure he's really careful with who he surrounds himself with.
• hoops23

  

  Devils Advocate;858581 wrote:Looks like it lasted about 13 minutes
  
  http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-exxon-market-cap-2011-8

  
  Reading comprehension fail. That was from Tuesday, which I explained in my opening post. Apple briefly passed Exxon on Tuesday, but CLOSED Wednesday as the most valuable company.
  
  Also, lol @ the Apple haters. Try to come up with any kind of BS they can.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  dlazz;858734 wrote:how so?

  
  Uhm... because Yahoo never invented the iPod, iPhone, or iPad?!
• Jawbreaker

  justincredible;858742 wrote:No, but I'm sure he's really careful with who he surrounds himself with.

  
  Maybe so, but he is what makes that company tick. Even with his time off from the company. Either way, Apple isn't going anywhere any time soon. All this money they have sitting around makes you think they could give a little more to developers and have some lower cost products.
• Jawbreaker

  Scarlet_Buckeye;858750 wrote:Uhm... because Yahoo never invented the iPod, iPhone, or iPad?!

  
  I believe they did have a chance to buy Google. They really failed at that.
• dlazz

  Scarlet_Buckeye;858750 wrote:Uhm... because Yahoo never invented the iPod, iPhone, or iPad?!

  
  Yahoo was the must-have tech company in the late 90's early 2000's, now it is Apple.
  
  So tell me, how is it any different? What services/products each offers is completely irrelevant.
• sleeper

  

  hoops23;858749 wrote:Reading comprehension fail. That was from Tuesday, which I explained in my opening post. Apple briefly passed Exxon on Tuesday, but CLOSED Wednesday as the most valuable company.
  
  Also, lol @ the Apple haters. Try to come up with any kind of BS they can.

  
  The Apple fan boys who care about being the most valuable company(on paper) are even worse.
• Automatik

  

  dlazz;858754 wrote:Yahoo was the must-have tech company in the late 90's early 2000's, now it is Apple.
  
  So tell me, how is it any different? What services/products each offers is completely irrelevant.

  
  Must have what? What physical products did Yahoo develop and keep rolling out? Yahoo basically got rolled by Google. Who is going to do that to Apple?
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  dlazz;858754 wrote:Yahoo was the must-have tech company in the late 90's early 2000's, now it is Apple.
  
  So tell me, how is it any different? What services/products each offers is completely irrelevant.

  
  If you can't understand the difference between Yahoo! from the late 90s, early 2000s and Apple (present day), then I don't know what to tell you my friend. The two are NOT similar.
• Automatik

  

  Love or hate, you can't deny that Apple has their shit on lock. The best their competitors can do is copy.
• queencitybuckeye

  justincredible;858742 wrote:No, but I'm sure he's really careful with who he surrounds himself with.

  
  He's close friends with Larry Ellison, so not so much.