When a $5 Billion Loss Brings a $50 Billion Gain: Taking Stock

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Staggering dollar sums are the norm. Three companies heavily geared towards the technology space -- Amazon.com, Apple and Microsoft -- are poised to attack the $1 trillion dollar mark in market valuation. And that figure numbs you to the “small” players. Like Facebook (worth “only” ~$520 billion in market value as of Wednesday’s close).