Apple becomes most valuable company of all time
August 20th, 2012 by admin

(Reuters) – Apple Inc became the most valuable public company of all-time on Monday when the combined value of its shares exceeded a previous record set by Microsoft.

Apple traded at $664.74 to give it a market value of $623.14 billion, above the record set by Microsoft of $620.58 billion set in 1999 at the height of the tech bubble, according to data provided by S&P Dow Jones Indices.

(Reporting By Edward Krudy; Editing by Kenneth Barry)