View this article at: http://www.macnn.com/news/18946 Monday, Mar 31, 2003 2:15pm Apple drops in Forbes 500, takes No. 381 Apple has placed No. 381 in the Forbes 500 2003 listing, dropping 92 places from No. 289 last year. Apple is ranked No. 285 by sales, 443 by assets, and 301 by marketvalue (with no ranking given for its profit ranking). General Electric, Citigroup, ExxonMobil, AIG, and Bank of America were among the top 5 companies, while other computer industry players fared much better: IBM is No. 9, Microsoft is No. 15, Dell is No. 50, HP is No. 109, Sun is No. 213, and Gateway is No. 632.