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Apple Named Most Valuable Billion Dollar Brand in America

Apple has been named the most valuable billion-dollar company in the United States by brand identity firm Brand Finance, reports (http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/03/18/apple-leads-in-list-ofsilicon-valley-s-most.html?page=all) the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
 
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 The standing was revealed in a new rankings report (http://brandirectory.com/league_tables/table/usa-500-2014) done by the firm which listed the top 50 billion-dollar brand names in the U.S., as Apple's $104.6 billion valuation was ahead of other technology companies including Google, Microsoft and Verizon which were valued at $68.6 billion, $62.8 billion, and $53.5 billion, respectively.
 
 Throughout the past year, a number of other sources have also regarded Apple to be among the world's most valuable companies, with brand identity firm Interbrand putting (http://www.macrumors.com/2013/09/30/apple-tops-coca-cola-google-to-become-worlds-most-valuable-brand/) the company's value above Coca-Cola and American business magazine Forbes heralding Apple as the world's "Most Admired Company (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/02/27/apple-fortune-most-admired/)" ahead of Amazon.
 
 
 
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