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Apple stock breaks $500 a share barrier
15 Feb 2012
Given its ability to dominate any market it enters, Apple provides investors all they need to spurn conventional wisdom
SingTel posts 9.6 per cent fall in 3Q earnings
14 Feb 2012
Apple's value beats sum of Google + Microsoft, overtakes ExxonMobil
13 Feb 2012
Apple Inc last week became the world’s most valuable company, toppling oil giant Exxon Mobil, and a higher market cap than rivals Google and Microsoft combined
Coca-Cola posts $1.65 billion net income for Q4
08 Feb 2012
Panasonic warns of net loss at $10 billion
04 Feb 2012
Facebook readies $10-bn IPO, valuation at $100 bn
28 Jan 2012
The IPO, which would be one of the largest offerings ever, and the largest by any technology or internet company, would place Facebook’s market capitalisation ahead of Boeing’s $56 billion and on par with McDonald's of $101 billion
Oil prices resume upward march as dollar weakens
18 Jan 2012
Chevron warns 4Q profit to be lower than Q3
12 Jan 2012
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