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Apple claimed a staggering 80% of mobile profit in Q4
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Impressive data points from Apple’s record-setting holiday quarter continue to trickle out, and new estimates suggest that the company accounted for a staggering share of mobile profits in the fourth quarter of 2011. Morgan Keegan analyst Tavis McCourt wrote in a research note on Tuesday that Apple took in...
iPhone Again Represents Over Half of Verizon's Smartphone Sales in 1Q 2012
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Marking the first significant piece of data to help build a picture of Apple's quarterly iPhone sales numbers ahead of next week's earnings release, Verizon today announced its own earnings results for the first quarter of 2012, revealing during the associated conference call that it activated 3.2 million iPhones during...
Apple Planning 'All-New' iPod Touch and iPod Nano for September Launch?
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KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Cho, who has in the past offered remarkably accurate information on Apple's product plans, today released a new report addressing Apple's upcoming release plans, indicating that the company is planning for a very busy September-October schedule. Kicking off the schedule of launches are said to be...
APPLE GETS DOWNGRADED: BTIG Forecasts A Big Revenue Miss Later This Year (AAPL)
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Hats off to BTIG's Walter Piecyk for making a call that's almost never worked out for anyone ever: He has downgraded Apple from BUY to Neutral. Here are the key points behind Piecyk's call: First, Apple will have another blowout quarter. Revenue will be $40 billion for Q2 vs....
Apple Predicted to Discontinue 17-Inch MacBook Pro
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Research analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has in the past offered accurate information on Apple's Mac product roadmap, recently took on a new position with KGI Securities and has published a new report today indicating that Apple may be preparing to drop the 17-inch MacBook Pro from its lineup due to...
Apple to Announce 2Q 2012 Earnings on April 24
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Apple today updated its investor relations page to note that it will announce its earnings for the second fiscal quarter (first calendar quarter) of 2012 on Tuesday, April 24. The earnings release typically occurs just after 4:30 PM Eastern Time following the close of regular stock trading, and the conference...
Apple Reports Results for Q2 2012: $11.6 Billion Profit on $39.2 Billion in Revenue
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Apple today announced financial results for the first calendar quarter of 2012 and second fiscal quarter of 2012. For the quarter, Apple posted revenue of $39.2 billion and net quarterly profit of $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $24.67 billion and net quarterly profit of...
Apple Reports Results for Q3 2012: $8.8 Billion Profit on $35 Billion in Revenue
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Apple today announced financial results for the second calendar quarter and third fiscal quarter of 2012. For the quarter, Apple posted revenue of $35.0 billion and net quarterly profit of $8.8 billion, or $9.32 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $28.57 billion and net quarterly profit of $7.31 billion,...
Apple's Share of Verizon Smartphone Sales Slips to 45%
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Verizon today announced earnings for the second quarter of 2012, providing a first glimpse at Apple's iPhone performance during the quarter. During the conference call associated with the earnings release, Verizon announced iPhone sales of 2.7 million for the quarter, down from 3.2 million in the prior quarter. A quarterly...
Does RIM's BlackBerry have a future? What the analysts say about its results
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'Like watching a puppy die', says one analyst, as smartphone maker delays new software and sees handset sales plummetResearch in Motion, the Canadian company behind the BlackBerry handsets and PlayBook tablet, announced financial results which were well below analysts' expectations. Excluding impairment charges, the latest loss was 37 cents per...
By the numbers: Apple vs. the world
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The news that Apple planned to unveil its third-generation iPad in early March sent Apple’s stock soaring to $500 and beyond, and it brought back a meme that has come and gone quite frequently over the past year: “Apple is worth more than.” Ever since Apple began to go...
iPad's Share of Tablet Market Hits 68% in 2Q 2012
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On the heels of Apple's earnings release yesterday in which the company announced a record 17 million iPads sold during the second calendar quarter of 2012, research firm Strategy Analytics has published its estimates of the total global tablet market for the quarter. According to the report, Apple captured 68.3%...
RIM reports huge Q1 miss; first operating loss in 8 years, BlackBerry 10 launch delayed
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Analysts anticipated another miss ahead of Research In Motion’s first-quarter earnings report on Thursday as sales continue to stall ahead of the struggling smartphone vendor’s first BlackBerry 10 smartphone launch, which is expected this October. RIM warned in late May that it would likely see an operating loss in...
Roundup of Analyst Expectations Ahead of Q2 2012 Earnings Call
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Philip Elmer-Dewitt has put together his list of analyst expectations ahead of Apple's quarterly earnings report this afternoon. The list includes estimates from 23 "independent" analysts and 34 "affiliated" analysts who work for large investment houses or research organizations. As usual, the independent analysts are much more bullish than the...
iPhone sales to continue declining until ‘iPhone 5′ launch, Canaccord says
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Sales of Apple’s popular iPhone line of smartphones will continue to decline until the next-generation model launches later this year according to one analyst. Mike Walkley of Canaccord Genuity on Thursday raised his price target on shares of Apple stock to $740, reiterating a Buy rating. Walkley believes that...
The iPad is losing market share. Can the new iPad stop the bleeding? (infographic)
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Apple is expected to release the latest and greatest iPad today. Apple has a lot riding on this device, because while the iPad still wears the pants in the tablet family, Android devices are growing up fast. The chart below shows the amount of tablets sold in each calendar...
Sony to purge 10,000 employees in attempt to stem losses
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Sony Corp. is planning on cutting loose 10,000 of its employees in an effort to bring the company back to profitability, according to reports by the Japanese business newspaper Nikkei and the Associated Press. The job cuts would amount to a global workforce reduction of six percent. Half of...
Microsoft posts first quarterly loss in company history
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Despite beating Wall Street expectations for the second calendar quarter of 2012, Microsoft on Thursday reported its first-ever quarterly loss since the software giant went public in 1986....
THE APPLE INVESTOR: Get Ready For Ridiculous News Flow (AAPL)
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The Apple Investor is a daily report from SAI. Sign up here to receive it by email. AAPL Up Before WWDC Stocks are falling after morning highs on Spain's bank bailout. Shares of AAPL are up ahead of today's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). Investors remain focused on iPhone penetration...
Netflix loses $4.58 million, as DVDs decline and streaming grows
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Netflix has reported its first quarter financial results. The company lost $0.08 per share on $870 million in revenue in the quarter. Analysts had expected the company to lose 27 cents per share. The company exceeded that mark. Wall Street expects revenues of $897 million for the company in the...
Roundup of Analyst Expectations Ahead of Q3 2012 Earnings Call
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Philip Elmer-Dewitt has put together his list of analyst expectations ahead of Apple's quarterly earnings report this afternoon. The list includes estimates from 68 analysts: 34 "independent" and 34 "institutional" who work for large investment houses or research organizations. As usual, the independents are much more bullish than the institutional...
Apple owns 8.8% of cell phone market, 73% of cell phone profits
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After posting the most profitable quarter in technology company history to close 2011 — and the second most profitable quarter among all companies, ever — Apple came back again in the first calendar quarter of 2012 and managed another monster quarter. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant earned $11.6 billion on...
Apple to Announce 3Q 2012 Earnings on July 24
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Apple today updated its investor relations page to note that it will announce its earnings for the third fiscal quarter (second calendar quarter) of 2012 on Tuesday, July 24. The earnings release typically occurs just after 4:30 PM Eastern Time following the close of regular stock trading, and the conference...
Seagate agrees to acquire LaCie for at least $186M
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Seagate said it plans to acquire a controlling stake in Paris-based storage making LaCie for at least $186 million. Seagate, already one of the world’s largest hard drive makers, will buy the French maker of high-end storage equipment for consumers. Seagate will buy a 64.5 percent stake from LaCie’s founder,...
THE APPLE INVESTOR: What You Need To Know Ahead Of Tomorrow's Earnings (AAPL)
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The Apple Investor is a daily report from SAI. Sign up here to receive it by email. AAPL Sliding In A Down Market It's an ugly open for U.S. stocks on Europe fears and Wal-Mart's bribery scandal. Shares of AAPL started off the day sideways but are currently following the rest...
‘Apple fever rocks on’
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Despite early-morning jitters on Wall Street, Apple on Tuesday reported yet another blow-out quarter. The Cupertino, California-based company managed the second most profitable quarter in its history, posting a net profit of $11.6 billion on $39.2 billion in sales. Apple sold 35.1 million iPhones into channels last quarter, along...
Apple swats away Android rivals in Q2 as iPad domination grows
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Apple’s (AAPL) massive lead in the tablet market grew in the second quarter as the sleek third-generation iPad and less expensive iPad 2 combined to take back a small chunk of market share that Android tablets had previously stolen. Market research firm Strategy Analytics on Wednesday issued a new...
Lack of Hardware Updates Leading to Lighter-Than-Expected Quarterly Mac Sales
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Previously-released data from NPD on U.S. Mac sales for January and February have demonstrated relatively anemic year-over-year growth, with January sales tracking only 1% above the previous January's performance and February sales coming in 4% higher. Still, analysts have suggested that ongoing growth in international markets could compensate for stagnation...
Apple releases OSX 10.8 'Mountain Lion': here's what reviewers say
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The latest version of Apple's desktop software is out, and brings new protections against malware as well as a more unified look and some of the elements of the iOS software found on iPhones and iPadsApple has released Mountain Lion, aka Mac OS X 10.8, the latest version of its...
IPOs surge while M&A activity withers
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You might not know it from the headlines you see on a regular basis, but in terms of initial public offerings, things are sizzling at the moment. The reason you are not being fed endless stories illustrating this fact is simply due to the reality that many small- and mid-cap...
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