2. Apple Inc.
Apple has a market capitalization of $346.25 billion as on Friday at 10 am EDT. The company, formerly known as Apple Computer, Inc., was founded in 1976.The Cupertino, California-headquartered Apple designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication and media devices, and portable digital music players, as well as sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications worldwide.The company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, retail stores, direct sales force, third-party wholesalers, resellers, and value-added resellers. In addition, it sells third-party Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod compatible products, including application software, printers, storage devices, speakers, headphones, and other accessories and peripherals through its online and retail stores; and digital content and applications through the iTunes Store.The company sells its products to consumer, small and mid-sized business, education, enterprise, government, and creative markets. As of September 25, 2010, it had 317 retail stores, including 233 stores in the United States and 84 stores internationally. Apple

The second half of 2011 holds juicy opportunities for Apple to leap in its sales.

The California-based technology giant is reportedly prepared to unleash as many as 56 million iPhones, of which more than half are the much-anticipated iPhone 5.

Supply chain sources in Taiwan told DigiTimes that Apple has upward adjusted the total order volume for iPhones, consisting of iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4 CDMA and iPhone 5, for the second half of 2011 by 12 to 13 percent.

The year 2011 will see 56 million units of iPhones, and around 26 million will be the upcoming fifth-generation iPhone.

While iPhone 5 orders for the third quarter dropped from seven million to 5.5 to 6 million units, its orders for the fourth quarter have been raised from 14 million to over 20 million units, according to the sources.

Apple is said to reach total shipments of 95 million iPhones in 2011. in the first half of 2011, the company has reported sales of 20.34 million units and 18.65 million iPhones.

The figures are currently speculative. Apple has offered no firm data regarding its, as-yet unconfirmed next iPhone. Despite this, current reports generally speculate that the device will be released in September or October this year.

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