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Apple moves up Forbes 2000 list, MS falls slightly

updated 12:40 pm EDT, Thu April 7, 2005

Apple in Fobes 2000

Apple now on Forbes' list of the largest companies worldwide. The company moved up more than 300 positions from 2004, when it ranked 762nd on the list. Forbes lists Apple's sales at $9.76 billion, with profits of $510 million, and a market value of $36.66 billion. Apple now has over $9 billion in assets, and 11,695 employees. The highest ranked technology hardware company was IBM, which ranked 17th overall. HP trailed IBM with a distant 54th. Apple remains ahead of Sun, Nortel, Casio, and other hardware makers. Apple also ranked higher than Yahoo, Google and Adobe. Microsoft lead the Software category, but had fallen to 47th overall from 31st. The highest ranked company worldwide was financial firm Citigroup, with nearly 300,000 employees and assets of over $1.4 trillion.

 
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Wow!

04/07, 02:27pm reply

Apple only a year ago had a market capitalization of $8 billion. At one point they were as low as $6 billion. To be now $36 billion Apple has basically more than quadrupled its worth in just one year. Talk about the iPod revolution!

abrody

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Casio?

04/07, 02:32pm reply

Somehow I don't think beating out Casio is anything to be proud of. Not saying this was not a great achievement, but I'm not sure why the author chose to compare Apple to Casio...

madgunde

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Math quiz

04/07, 02:35pm reply

Q: If Apple moves up 320 positions a year and MS moves down 16 positions a year, how long will it take for Apple to pass MS?

Manthas

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re: math quiz

04/07, 02:45pm reply

A: 2 years. =)

eldarkus

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re: Casio

04/07, 02:50pm reply

i's assume for the reason he stated. Because Casio makes hardware, just like Apple, Sun, Nortel. At least the fields are close.. they could have used Wendy's or something really out there!

on a personal note, it does sound odd. when I think Casio, I think cheap watches and calculators! not a top 500 ranked company! I didnt even know they were still around! Texas Ins falls under the same category for me. =)

eldarkus

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Citigroup

04/07, 04:51pm reply

I would like to know how many Techs it takes to support 300,000 employees @ Citigroup . Must be a huge IT Department.

Faizon318

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Re: math quiz

04/07, 05:21pm reply

"A: 2 years."

If only! Its just too bad that the further up that list you go, the tougher it is to keep moving up!

Manthas

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casio etc..

04/07, 08:09pm reply

....when I think Casio, I think cheap watches and calculators! not a top 500 ranked company! I didnt even know they were still around! Texas Ins falls under the same category.....

Casio makes lots of point-of-sale hardware.
TI is the leader in projected video (DLP) as well as many other products.
The world is not just about comsumer products.

presearch

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Re: Math quiz

04/08, 03:06am reply

395 / 336 = 1.1756

With other words: 1 year, 2 months, and 3 days

;)

Simon

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to presearch

04/08, 07:31am reply

Wow.. thanks for all of that USELESS info, presearch!! You mean theres more than just consumer products? yeah right... and I take it youre going to tell me a bunch of c*** like oil is used in factories and not just cars. D'UH!!!

I'm well aware of TI and Casios business. I actually had to contact TI for a replacement part a few months ago. I was merely making a joke. Take your phaser off "serious" for a second and lighten up! =P

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