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The Internet giant closed above $500 a share for the first time - $509.70 to be exact. If you don't own any Google stock, here's what you're missing, courtesy of the WSJ's Marketbeat:

-Since its IPO of $85 on Aug. 19, 2004, Google shares are up roughly 500 percent.

-Google is up about 408 percent from the closing price of $100.34 on the first day of trading.

-In a little over two years, Google has grown from a market capitalization of $30 billion to more than $150 billion.

-Google is now four times bigger than its closest competitor, Yahoo, by market capitalization.

-The company now ranks 15th by market capitalization among the DJ Wilshire 5000 index components and has a bigger market cap than 19 of the 30 components in the DJIA.


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