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How do you like them apples, Poland?

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A man walks pass the Apple logo outside an Apple store Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Apple's stock market value has hit $500bn, the Daily Star tells its readers, only the sixth company in history to soar past the half a trillion dollars mark. That's all very well, but can you put the valuation into context please? "Apple is worth more than Poland," declares the paper. "The eastern European nation, with a population of 38 million, has an annual income of $497bn." So now we know.

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