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Apple stock seen poised to pop after record setting quarter

2009/20/10, 09:10 am

Wall Street analysts have raised their price targets for Apple stock yet again, after the company posted another recession defying blockbuster quarter with record Mac and iPhone sales.

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iPhone predicted to drive Apple stock to $235

2009/15/09, 08:09 am

A new report predicts Apple stock will break past the $200 milestone, riding high on the successful and profitable iPhone, even as the company's other businesses are predicted to lose value.

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Despite lack of surprises, Apple announcements seen as positive

2009/10/09, 08:09 am

Although Wednesday's iPod announcements were seen as a relative "non-event," analysts are still high on Apple stock, predicting that the hardware maker will continue to perform well in a down economy.

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Apple's Mac leads sales growth as PC market begins to recover

2009/26/08, 12:08 pm

The worldwide PC market began a slow rebound from the recession last quarter with overall home sales surging, and strong Mac sales with business buyers.

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Despite revenue decline, Apple Stores "turn the corner" - report

2009/05/08, 10:08 am

Apple's retail stores continued their year-over-year revenue slide last quarter, but a new report predicts that the brick-and-mortar locations could show growth again before the end of 2009, thanks, in part, to Windows switchers.

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Firm urges investors to buy Apple after panic on Mac sales

2009/20/02, 08:02 am

After Apple shares plunged by nearly 4% on Thursday, due to shareholder panic in reaction to NPD's January US retail results, an analyst brief has urged investors "to exploit what we believe is the market's overreaction and buy the stock."

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Analysts trim Apple estimates amid weaker iPhone, Mac sales

2008/16/12, 01:12 pm

A pair of Wall Street analysts tightened their estimates for Apple's 2009 fiscal year on Tuesday, citing softening demand for Macs in the United States and weaker than expected iPhone growth in Europe.

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iPhone single-handedly driving smartphone growth

2008/02/12, 12:12 pm

In addition to outselling a broad and combined range of Windows Mobile handsets, Apple's iPhone 3G is being credited this week as the lone force responsible for growth of the smartphone market during the September quarter.

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Mac small business share nearly triples over the summer

2008/25/11, 06:11 pm

Even as many home buyers recently suddenly became shy about buying Apple computers in mid-year, small businesses just as quickly took to Macs -- to the point where Apple's market share in that field grew three times larger almost overnight.

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Apple seen having leeway to sell iPhone at $99

2008/27/10, 06:10 pm

Apple's very strong real-world revenues and its high iPhone gross margins are now thought to give the company substantial headroom for a price cut that could lead to huge strides forward in market share.

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An $800 MacBook would be 'the height of folly' - report

2008/22/10, 05:10 pm

Had Apple succumb to calls from industry watchers to release a new MacBook at or below the $800 price point, it would have amounted to "a value-destroying event of epic proportions," according to a newly published analysis.

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iPod on long road downhill as iPhone halo effect kicks in

2008/18/06, 07:06 pm

A new forecast has the iPod's influence on Apple dropping steadily over the next few years as the iPhone cannibalizes its sales and generates a halo around the Mac.

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Needham says Apple letting iPod touch cannibalize iPhone sales

2008/29/01, 08:01 am

Apple knowingly gave up as many as 1.5 million iPhone sales during the holiday quarter to establish the future of the iPod as a mobile device, according to investment note issued on Monday by Needham & Co.

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Needham opens coverage of Apple with "buy" rating

2008/04/01, 09:01 am

Needham & Co has reinitiated its investment coverage of Apple, noting that the Mac maker has moved past the "old" iPod to prosper with the iPhone and the Mac.

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