Saudi-owned Aramco will replace Apple as most valuable company in the world
The Saudi Arabian state-owned oil company is going public next week with a record-breaking initial public offering of 25.6 billion USD, which beats Chinese firm Alibaba's record of 25 billion USD. While Saudi crown prince Muhammad bin Salman had set his sights on a colossal 2 trillion dollar valuation, Aramco will still be the world's most valuable company at 1.7 trillion USD, miles ahead of Apple's 1.17 trillion dollar record.
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Apple lost $180 billion in market value in just one day
This year Apple became the first American company to reach a market cap of $2 trillion. Yesterday, Apple captured another record, this time for its falling share price which amounted to the biggest market cap drop for a U.S. listed company ever. The stock lost over $179.92 billion in market value. That drop is larger than the individual market caps of 470 of the S&P's 500 companies.
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After TikTok, Trump indicates banning Alibaba, other Chinese firms in US
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has indicated that he was looking to ban other Chinese-owned companies, including e-commerce giant Alibaba in the United States, days after signing an executive order targetting TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, an American TV channel reported. These banned clones include Tiktok Lite, Helo Lite, SHAREit Lite, BIGO LIVE Lite and VFY Lite.
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Apple reports a 225% growth in iPhone sales in China
Apple became the fastest-growing smartphone maker in China in the second quarter. The cheaper iPhone SE and the popularity of the iPhone 11 series, along with deep discounts, helped Apple get a boost. The sell-through volume for iPhones in China was 7.4 million units in the April to June quarter, a 32% growth year-on-year, according to Counterpoint Research. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, iPhone sales jumped 225%
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Walmart, CVS, Target and Apple to close some stores amid protests
U.S. retailers large and small have closed some of their stores across the country because of disruptions caused by the widespread street protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Target, CVS, Apple and Walmart all said Sunday that they had temporarily closed some locations for safety reasons.
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