Amazon surpasses Microsoft in market value for the first time

Amazon is now worth more than Microsoft. Amazon's market value — its closing share price multiplied by the number of shares outstanding — rose to $702.5 billion on Wednesday, and for the first time passed Microsoft, which is worth $699.2 billion as of the close of trading.
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