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Google’s market cap passes Microsoft’s for the first time

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:37PM EST
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Microsoft (MSFT) isn’t just looking up at Apple (AAPL) anymore. Bloomberg this morning sent out a notice on its Twitter account that Google (GOOG) had passed Microsoft’s total market cap for the first time ever on Monday morning, giving the search giant the second-largest market capitalization of any tech company in the world. Google closed Monday trading with a market cap of $249.13 billion or just under $2 billion more than Microsoft’s market cap of $247.23. Both companies still have a long way to go to catch Apple and its massive market cap of more than $618 billion, however.

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Brad Reed
Brad Reed Staff Writer

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.