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Exxon/Mobile used to be the most valuable company - it's now #5. 1-4 are all tech companies

Posted by decline (aka Decline) Feb 1 '16, 07:41

1-4 are:

Apple
Alphabet
Microsoft
Facebook

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Those are all data companies as much as they are tech companies. -- nm - Roger More Feb 1, 07:48 4
- FB is basically an advertising company. -- nm - Reagen Feb 1, 07:51 3
  - Advertising is where it gets its revenue, but its comparative advantage is owning and analysing its data. -- nm - Roger More Feb 1, 08:13
  - FB really seems like a Seinfeld production. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 07:57
  - as is google/alphabet -- nm - decline Feb 1, 07:55
Alphabet. I must have missed Google becoming a subsidiary of Alphabet -- nm - amoxy Feb 1, 07:48 1
- Happened late last year. -- nm - Reagen Feb 1, 07:51

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