INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
By Sarah PonczekHolding your breath for Apple Inc
the milestone is $207.0425 a share
published Wednesday and listing 4,829,926,000 shares as of July 20
After several days in which the tally moved around as the count was updated, this one should hold.
Apple closed at $201.50 Wednesday, a
record, after an earnings-inspired jump
So the Cupertino, California-based company would need to gain 2.75 percent to get over the 13-digit hump
The company has repurchased so much stock in recent years that its share count has dropped by about a quarter since its 2012 peak.
