World's 10 most powerful brands

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Technology giant Apple has been ranked the most powerful brand by Forbes. At No. 2 is rival Microsoft, and global beverage giant Coca-Cola is third. Here's a list of the top 10 global brands.

Apple | Rank 1 | Brand value: $87.1 billion

The company manufactures a range of computers, mobile phones and media playing devices, the most popular among them being the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad.