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
Definition of shave for English Language Learners. : 1  to cut the hair, wool, etc., off (someone or something) very close to the skin. : 2  to cut off (hair, wool, a beard, etc.) very close to the skin. : 3  to remove a thin layer of (something) from something.