Apple Is Within Spitting Distance Of Being World’s Most Valuable Company
Thanks to the massive stock selloff today, Apple is within $16 billion of displacing Exxon Mobil as the the world’s most valuable company.
At market close, Exxon Mobil’s stock fell $3.88 (4.9 percent) giving it a market cap of $366 billion. Apple’s stock fell too, but only $15.20 (3.87 percent) for a market cap of $350 billion. That puts Apple within $16 billion of Exxon. Two weeks ago, the gap was $50 billion. Any day now…
Via NYT.
Leander Kahney is the editor and publisher of Cult of Mac, and author of three books about technology culture: 
