What's Smaller Than Apple?

What's smaller than APPLE? Apple's (AAPL) market cap recently hit $370 billion -- an amount that may not seem that large when compared with, say, the $700 billion bank bailout of 2008. But look at it next to other things, such as the size of certain industries and government programs, and you may be surprised. L$370 billion $1 billion The U.S. retail meat industry... $370 billion Pork: $30 billion Cattle: $74 Billion Poultry: $45 billion .is smaller than Apple. Combined 2010 software revenues for the 10 largest software companies... $370 billion 2010 Revenues: $235 billion .are smaller than Apple. Global mobile phone revenues... $370 billion 2010 Revenues: $172 billion .are smaller than Apple. Federal taxes paid by all corporations in 2010... $370 billion 2010 Corporate tax receipts: $198 billion .are smaller than Apple. The cost of the Apollo program and Space Shuttle programs.. $370 billion Space Shuttle: $194 billion Apollo: $170 billion ...is (barely) smaller than Apple. The global sports market... $370 billion 2012 global revenues: $141 billion US revenues: $69 billion ..is smaller than Apple. The US pharmaceutical market. $370 billion 2006 US revenues: $289 billion ..is smaller than Apple. The previous Apples.. $370 billion September 2010 September 2009 September 2006. 2004 ...are smaller than Apple (today). visual.ly Sources: USDA, Software Top 100, URCH Publishing, Reuters, MarketsandMarkets, WhiteHouse.gov, NASA, Roger Pielke Jr. and Radford Byerly, University of Colorado in Boulder,