At its current levels, Microsoft is the world's most valuable company.
Workers set up products at the Microsoft display at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.NEW YORK - Microsoft hit the trillion-dollar value mark on Thursday for the first time, becoming the third technology giant to reach the milestone.
At its current levels, Microsoft is the world's most valuable company, ahead of Apple and Amazon, which both topped $1-trillion last year before slipping back. The results were driven by growth in cloud computing and business services, the new focus for Microsoft after a long run as a leader in consumer software.
"While the stock has been very strong and a trillion dollar market cap is now reached, we believe the cloud party is just getting started in Redmond."
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