The empire strikes back: Microsoft returns to the top of the world


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  • Monday, 03 Dec 2018

(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 16, 2014 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during his keynote address at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2014 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. - Microsoft is back at the top of the technology world following an extraordinary comeback to close the gap with Apple, some three years into a transformation of the onetime leader by chief executive Satya Nadella. Microsoft regained its title as the world's most valuable company when it closed on November 30, 2018, at a higher market value than Apple for the first time since 2010, after a brief move ahead of the iPhone maker earlier in the week. (Photo by Saul LOEB / AFP)

WASHINGTON: Microsoft is back at the top of the technology world following an extraordinary comeback to close the gap with Apple, some three years into a transformation of the onetime leader by chief executive Satya Nadella. 

Microsoft regained its title as the world’s most valuable company when it closed Nov 30 at a higher market value than Apple for the first time since 2010, after a brief move ahead of the iPhone maker earlier in the week. 

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