Amazon joins Apple to become second $1tn companyShares in the ecommerce group have more than doubled in the past 12 monthsAmazon works its way deeper into customers’ livesDominance of low-margin ecommerce gives it an edge in high-margin ad salesApple wins race to be first trillion-dollar companyVindication for Tim Cook as tech group beats Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet to milestoneTrack the market cap race to a trillionFor Google, all roads lead back to searchAlphabet is closing in on $1tn valuation thanks to a new growth spurt in the core businessMicrosoft speeds up in race to $1tn valuationWith a wider range of services in its surging cloud division, growth is acceleratingMore from this SeriesSilicon Valley: Big Tech prepares for its second actAn investment boom helped several companies achieve huge growth, but incursions on rivals’ core businesses are inevitable in the race to $2tnMove over Faangs, make way for MagaAnd then there were four . . . Microsoft, Apple, Google and Amazon are taking the market higherThe iPhone may not be what finally pushes Apple over $1tnGrowth of tech giant’s services business finally being noticed by Wall StreetApple’s $1tn market value is a moving targetRecord buyback programme obscures exact number of shares outstanding
Amazon joins Apple to become second $1tn companyShares in the ecommerce group have more than doubled in the past 12 monthsAmazon works its way deeper into customers’ livesDominance of low-margin ecommerce gives it an edge in high-margin ad salesApple wins race to be first trillion-dollar companyVindication for Tim Cook as tech group beats Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet to milestoneTrack the market cap race to a trillionFor Google, all roads lead back to searchAlphabet is closing in on $1tn valuation thanks to a new growth spurt in the core businessMicrosoft speeds up in race to $1tn valuationWith a wider range of services in its surging cloud division, growth is acceleratingMore from this SeriesSilicon Valley: Big Tech prepares for its second actAn investment boom helped several companies achieve huge growth, but incursions on rivals’ core businesses are inevitable in the race to $2tnMove over Faangs, make way for MagaAnd then there were four . . . Microsoft, Apple, Google and Amazon are taking the market higherThe iPhone may not be what finally pushes Apple over $1tnGrowth of tech giant’s services business finally being noticed by Wall StreetApple’s $1tn market value is a moving targetRecord buyback programme obscures exact number of shares outstanding