By Carl Howe
Due to investors buying Apple's (AAPL) stellar earnings and the overall rout of the Dow Jones and NASDAQ markets yesterday, Apple's $127 billion market capitalization now exceeds Hewlett Packard's (HPQ) (and coincidentally Verizon's (VZ)) $123 billion cap.Dell's (DELL) $65 billion market cap isn't even in the running; next stop: Google's (GOOG) $158 billion valuation?
AAPL/HPQ 1-yr comparison chart
