Apple brand tops world’s most valuable brands, overtaking Google for top spot

Mon, 2011-05-09 08:37 - By

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Bloomberg reports that Apple Inc. has overtaken the search engine giant Google to become the world’s most valuable brand, climbing 84% in the past year to reach $153.3 billion, while Google has lost 2%, now reaching a value of $111.5 billion. IBM has climbed 17% to become the third most valuable brand ahead of McDonald’s.