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Amazon Takes Crown From Walmart While Investors Are Distracted

Thanks to cloud computing, the internet retailer has surpassed the supercenter behemoth in revenue.

An Amazon Prime delivery van near a Walmart store in Richmond, California. 

Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The world ’s largest company measured by revenue is now Amazon. Spencer Soper covers the company and writes about why this milestone passed quietly on Wall Street. Plus: Five Below is where kids want to spend their allowances.

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