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Apple Is Now More Than Double the Size of Exxon—And Everyone Else
Wall Street Journal Moneybeat ^ | By KEVIN KINGSBURY | By KEVIN KINGSBURY

Posted on 02/23/2015 11:55:40 PM PST by Swordmaker

Just how ginormous is Apple Inc. now?

As the iPhone-maker’s shares continue to set fresh record highs, its market cap is now above $765 billion. Combined with Exxon Mobil Corp.'s pullback over the past six months, Apple has pulled off the rare occurrence of being worth at least double any other publicly traded U.S. company. No. 2 Exxon’s market cap has eased to $374 billion.

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To: Star Traveler

Your mind reading abilities suck skunk butt.


121 posted on 02/24/2015 10:06:15 AM PST by tacticalogic
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To: tacticalogic

I can SEE the APPLE-HATER CULT posts. I don’t have to guess!


122 posted on 02/24/2015 10:08:07 AM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: BwanaNdege
Which would you rather be - a bank with $2 billion in deposits - or a corporation which owns $2 billion?

Revenue is what comes in, and costs go out - and profit is what’s retained.
AAPL is pretty good at taking in money, but it’s great at keeping it.

It’s called, a “high profit margin."


123 posted on 02/24/2015 10:11:02 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: Star Traveler

No real horse in this game since we use both Apple and alternative products but you and your “hater” bs make me sick. So reminiscent of every left wing fascist who will not tolerate any dissent from their warped positions.


124 posted on 02/24/2015 10:22:49 AM PST by jwalsh07 (E)
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To: Star Traveler
I can SEE the APPLE-HATER CULT posts. I don’t have to guess!

You imagine hatred in anything not sufficiently fawning.

125 posted on 02/24/2015 10:26:16 AM PST by tacticalogic
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To: jwalsh07

When you get these APPLE-HATERS jumping in every Apple thread, telling everyone that they are idiots, that they are stupid for getting Apple Products, that Apple Customers say that it “cures cancer” [yes ... the Apple-Haters ACTUALLY say this!] ... then the label FITS THEM PERFECTLY!

AND ... we do know exactly WHO is in the APPLE-HATER CULT, as it’s the same ones in every Apple thread!


126 posted on 02/24/2015 10:26:39 AM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: tacticalogic

It’s what all the other Apple customers here easily see ... AND ... they tell you the same thing on every thread. I can’t help it if you’re DEAF, too (and/or can’t comprehend it from these Apple Customers).


127 posted on 02/24/2015 10:28:38 AM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

As much as you enjoy entertaining the notion that you do, I don’t think they all anointed you to speak as their collective voice.


128 posted on 02/24/2015 10:35:22 AM PST by tacticalogic
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To: Star Traveler

So you argue like a lefty and are proud of it. Such is life.


129 posted on 02/24/2015 10:50:37 AM PST by jwalsh07 (E)
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To: jwalsh07

I didn’t know it was “lefty” to be agaimst trolls on Free Republic ... LOL ...


130 posted on 02/24/2015 10:57:45 AM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: tacticalogic

I can see what the Apple Customers here on these threads say, and that’s good enough for me.


131 posted on 02/24/2015 11:00:55 AM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: central_va
I am sure the profits would be virtually unaffected if they brought manufacturing home.

You really think that there is an item you buy for $1.00 and the cost of that item goes up to $2.00 that it still will cost the same for you to buy?

Cook explained once the reason the iPhone could not currently be manufactured here is because the labor pool to make rapid change does not exist here.(poor synopsis on my part made sense when Cook said it.)

132 posted on 02/24/2015 11:01:42 AM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. $.98-$.89<$.10)
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To: Star Traveler

Why don’t you go dry hump your mac and then get a life.


133 posted on 02/24/2015 11:03:03 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Try humping some other threads ... it might broaden your outlook on life ... :-) ...


134 posted on 02/24/2015 11:04:17 AM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler
I can see what the Apple Customers here on these threads say, and that’s good enough for me.

You can see what you want to see, and can't see what you don't want to.

135 posted on 02/24/2015 11:05:03 AM PST by tacticalogic
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To: tacticalogic

So ... you’re saying the “claim to cure cancer” [by Apple products] made by the APPLE-HATER CULT member is simply a misunderstanding of the English language? ... LOL ...


136 posted on 02/24/2015 11:07:25 AM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: central_va
Companies like Mercedes and BMW seem to have no trouble finding manufacturing workers in the USA.

But not Detroit?

137 posted on 02/24/2015 11:08:15 AM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. $.98-$.89<$.10)
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To: central_va
There are unemployed college grads out there that could work any job Apple has to offer.

There are unemployed that can't do any job Apple has to offer, or any other job for that matter.

138 posted on 02/24/2015 11:11:33 AM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. $.98-$.89<$.10)
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To: tacticalogic

What is your point of being on this thread?

I can’t see a comment or question that you have pending.

I can see it is the usual group wishing to impede dialog on an Apple thread.

Why not just let it go?


139 posted on 02/24/2015 11:13:29 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Star Traveler
So ... you’re saying the “claim to cure cancer” [by Apple products] made by the APPLE-HATER CULT member is simply a misunderstanding of the English language? ... LOL ...

Now you're going to speak for me, too. Apparently the only way you can win an argument is if you get to have both sides of it.

140 posted on 02/24/2015 11:14:20 AM PST by tacticalogic
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