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> This is the most valuable company on earth ...and I stopped reading the article. I think the author is being facetious/sarcastic, but I can't tell.
by darkstar999 14y ago
> This is the most valuable company on earth
...and I stopped reading the article.
I think the author is being facetious/sarcastic, but I can't tell.
- sirn 14y agoValuable in terms of market capitalization[1]. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_by_market_capitalization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_by_market_...
- spinchange 14y agoIn terms of market capitalization, it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_by_market_capitalization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_by_market_...
- pooriaazimi 14y agoActually, It's the most valuable publicly traded company by market cap. Saudi Aramco's worth trillions (some estimates go as high as 15 trillion)! :D They have at least 260 billion barrels of oil, most of which are easily recoverable for less than $3 per barrel: http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/09/worlds-biggest-oil-companies-business-energy-big-oil.html http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/09/worlds-biggest-oil-companie... - That's a lot of money...
- spinchange 14y agoThe consensus definition of market capitalization is the value of all outstanding shares of publicly traded companies, expressly. At least that is the context in which I was referring.
- pooriaazimi 14y agoHmm... I guess you're right. My bad!
- mhurron 14y ago> I think the author is being facetious/sarcastic Neither, They're stating a fact. http://www.forbes.com/sites/marketshare/2012/02/16/the-most-valuable-company-in-the-world/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/marketshare/2012/02/16/the-most-...
- morphy 14y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Aramco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Aramco