谷歌超苹果成全球市值最高公司
Google overtakes Apple to become world's most valuable company
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has replaced Apple as the world's most valuable listed company after the company's first set of results under its new structure beat expectations.
谷歌新重组后的母公司Alphabet在公布第一次财报后超越苹果公司,成为全球市值最高的企业,这个结果超出了人们的预期.
The company's shares rose around 6.5pc in after-hours trading on Monday night to give Alphabet a market capitalisation of around $550bn (£381bn), compared to Apple's $538bn.
在美国时间周一晚间的收盘后交易中,Alphabet股价上涨约6.5%,市值达到5500亿美元（3810亿英镑）,与此同时苹果公司市值为5380亿美元.
If it sustains the rise into trading on Tuesday, it will be the first time that Google has taken the crown of the world's biggest company, dethroning Apple which has held the title for around three years. Apple shares fell last week after the company predicted that it would record its first revenue fall in 13 years.
如果在周二的交易中谷歌股价上涨势头继续的话,谷歌将首度成为全球市值最大公司,而此前这一头衔已被苹果公司占据近三年.苹果上周预测公司收入会出现13年来首次下滑,消息一出,苹果股价就开始下跌.
On Monday, Facebook also surpassed oil giant ExxonMobil's market capitalisation. Including Microsoft, the world's four biggest companies are now all technology groups.
同样是在周一,脸书（Facebook）的市值超越了石油巨头埃克森美孚.算上微软,世界上市值最大的四家公司如今全都是科技公司.
Alphabet reported a 5.3pc increase in fourth-quarter profits to $4.9bn on Monday night and an 18pc increase in revenue to $21.3bn, as Google's web advertising business continued to go from strength to strength.
Alphabet周一晚间的报告称,由于谷歌网络广告业务的发展势头强劲,其第四季度的净利润上涨了5.3%,达到49亿美元；营收上涨了18%,达到213亿美元.
The results were also notable as the first in which the revenues of the core Google business, made up of the company's internet operation including its search engine, YouTube, and the Android operating system among others, were disclosed separately from its "other bets" - ambitious businesses such as its experimental unit X, driverless cars, and health operation Calico.
