蘋果超越微軟 成美國曆史上市值最大公司

Apple has become the Most valuable company in American history.

蘋果公司已經成爲美國曆史上市值最大的公司。

On Monday, its surging stock propelled the company's value to $623 billion, beating the record for market capitalization set by Microsoft Corp. in the heady days of the Internet boom.

本週一，蘋果的股價一路飆升，公司市值漲至6230億美元，打破了微軟公司在網絡迅速發展的激情時代創下的市值紀錄。

Apple's stock has hit new highs recently because of optimism around what is believed to be the impending launch of the iPhone 5, and possibly a smaller, cheaper iPad.

蘋果公司股價在近期創下新高，原因是人們對蘋果被認爲即將上市的兩大產品——iPhone 5和可能體積更小、價格更低的iPad普遍持樂觀的態度。

Apple Inc. has been the world's most valuable company since the end of last year.

自去年年底以來，蘋果公司一直是世界上市值最高的公司。

It is now worth 53 percent more than No. 2 Exxon Mobil Corp.

現在蘋果公司的市值比第二名的埃克森美孚公司的市值多出了53%。

Apple's stock hit $664.74 in midday trading before retreating slightly to $663. That was $14.98, or 2.3 percent, higher than Friday's close.

蘋果的股價在午盤交易時達到664.74美元，之後略微下滑，降至663美元。收盤價格比周五收市時高出14.98美元，即2.3%。

Microsoft's 1999 peak was $620.58 billion, according to Standard & Poor's.

根據權威金融分析機構標準普爾的數據，微軟公司1999年的市值最高峯是6205.8億美元。

The comparison to Microsoft does not take inflation into account. In inflation-adjusted dollars, the software giant was worth about $850 billion on Dec. 30, 1999.

這次蘋果與微軟的市值對比沒有將通貨膨脹的因素考慮在內。如果按通脹率做出調整，微軟這一軟件巨頭在1999年12月30日的市值相當於今天的8500億美元。

Microsoft is now worth $257 billion.

微軟公司如今的市值爲2570億美元。

Analysts believe Apple's stock has room to grow. The average price target of 38 analysts polled by FactSet is $745.80.

分析師認爲，蘋果的股價仍然有上漲的空間。根據金融分析機構FactSet的調查，38位分析師對蘋果公司做出的平均估價爲每股745.8美元。

Apart from the iPhone and 'mini iPad', analysts are speculating that Apple plans to make a TV set to complete its suite of consumer electronics products.

除了iPhone和迷你iPad之外，分析師還推測蘋果公司計劃製造電視機，從而打造完整。