1 Apple retains its status as the world's most valuable company ($725bn) increasing its market capitalisation by 54% (+$256bn) compared to last year. 2  The software giant is now almost twice as big as the second largest company (Google $375bn) and almost 10 times larger than the smallest in the Top 100.
Definition of stubble for English Language Learners : short hairs growing from the face of a man who has not shaved very recently : the short ends of crops left in the ground after the crops have been cut down
rake 1. (rÄk) n. 1. A long-handled implement with a row of projecting teeth at its head, used especially to gather leaves or to loosen or smooth earth. 2. A device that resembles such an implement. v. raked, rakÂ·ing, rakes. v.tr. 1. a. To gather or move with or as if with a rake: rake leaves into a pile; rake in the gambling chips.