A planet is a celestial body that (a) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (b) is in orbit around a star, and is neither a star nor a satellite of a planet.
It's Official: Apple Is Now Worth More Than Microsoft. UPDATE 3: Apple's market cap closed the day at $222.12 billion. Microsoft's closed at $219.18 billion. UPDATE 2: And now it really is official... As of early afternoon, Apple's market cap is now bigger than Microsoft's (see graphic below).
And we start the hour with big changes at one of the world's biggest corporations. Microsoft has a new CEO, just the third in the company's nearly 39-year history. He is Satya Nadella, a longtime Microsoft executive who was born in Hyderabad, India. Also moving into a new role, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.