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IANS   London : Apple is now worth more than Poland as its stock market value hit over $500 billion for the first time on Thursday, Britain's  Daily Mail reported. Apple is now worth $506 billion - in contrast Poland, with a population of 38 million people, has a GDP figure of just $497 billion. The company, co-founded by Steve Jobs, is also worth more than Belgium, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. Apple's value only overtook Microsoft in May 2010 - but since then, their ascent has been rapid, the newspaper said.

Courtesy : Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to introduce its latest iPad tablet at an event in the first week in March, the website AllThingsD reported, citing unnamed sources. The event will be held in San Francisco, likely at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, which is Apple's preferred site for product launches, the website said. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment.