Nasdaq nears 3,000 on wings of Apple, Microsoft By: MarketWatch February 17, 2012 at 00:01 AM EST The Nasdaq Composite, 40 points away from 3,000 and the clear outperformer among the major indexes, risks signaling a fresh tech bubble. Read More >> Related Stocks: 1-800-Flowers.com Amazon.com Amgen Apple Cisco Systems Comcast Corp Google, Inc. Intel Corp Lululemon Athletica Microsoft Qualcomm, Inc. Standard & Poors 500 Starbucks Corp