[DM-MUG] Fwd: [MacLaw] Apple Surpasses Microsoft as Most Valuable Technology Company

[Victoria L. Herring]

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>The New York Times
>Wed, May 26, 2010 -- 3:02 PM ET
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>Apple Surpasses Microsoft as Most Valuable Technology Company
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>Apple, the maker of iPods, iPhones and iPads, overtook Microsoft, the
>computer software giant, on Wednesday to become the world's most
>valuable technology company.
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>In intraday trading in the afternoon session, Apple shares rose 1.8
>percent, which gave the company a value of $227.1 billion. Shares of
>Microsoft declined about 1 percent, giving the company a market
>capitalization of $226.3 billion.
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>This changing of the guard caps one of the most stunning turnarounds
>in business history, as Apple had been given up for dead only a
>decade earlier. But the rapidly rising value attached to Apple by
>investors also heralds a cultural shift: Consumer tastes have
>overtaken the needs of business as the leading force shaping
>technology.
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>Read More:
><http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/technology/27apple.html?emc=na>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/technology/27apple.html?emc=na
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