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"One investment banker who spoke with AppleInsider believes that an Apple buyout — taking into consideration Apple's position at the top of its industry as the most profitable company on earth — would require an offer of at least 50 percent to be vi…
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I took two things away from this: • one, Samsung's profits are very sensitive to sales, i.e., sales in mobile dropped only 20% yoy and yet operating profit dropped over 57%!!! • and two, probably related, their qoq data implies that they may have ju…
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Why is everyone so sure the voiceover was by a Brit? Sounded Australian to me.
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I see titanium replacing aluminum in 2016's sport model, but white gold, never. Anyone who is buying gold wants people to know they bought the gold Edition model. White gold will look just like stainless steel, and thus defeat the purpose. Platinum …
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For all those wondering about how to get from the solar-tree roofed garage to the solar roofed main building, they have things called bicycles, if walking is too much.
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I was a grad student in Beijing from 87 to 89. The state of Apple was quite dismal in those days. There was a Computerland, that reportedly carried Macs, on the main boulevard into Tiananmen Square that closed right before I got there. I lugged my M…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tooltalk Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal When they are not being sued by Bosch, Dyson, Whirlpool for stealing their IP / Designs too... Hmm.. isn't Apple the most named defendant in IP lawsuits -- o…
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"Apple's overall operating profits for the quarter were $24.2 billion, up 36.9 percent over the year ago quarter. That means Samsung Mobile is now earning less than 7.5 percent of Apple's profits while still shipping more phone units." So, do you th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Blastdoor I generally agree that Wall Street doesn't understand Apple. But I'm very sympathetic to their lack of understanding. Apple is totally unprecedented. How do you fit this data point into your statistical …
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3 months ago, I was talking to someone about how Apple might earn $10 a share this fiscal year, which would be stunning growth from this past year's $6.45. Now, with $3.06 in the Xmas quarter and a guidance for $2+ in the next quarter, based upon re…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ktappe Actually that's the very reason his opinion should be discounted: He has a very heavily-vested interest in pumping the stock. (Don't get me wrong: I'd love to see AAPL at $200. It's just that if we're to lis…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich No dividend increase at this time, according to Apple's dividend web page. http://investor.apple.com/dividends.cfm We're not due yet for a dividend increase. Expect Apple to iterate on a yearly bas…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Flaneur I know what you mean, the poseur factor being pretty strong in America, but consider that it's a good outdoor hat for artists, coming as it does from Basque shepherds, not only for warmth but because you ca…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jonl I'm going to adhere to good taste and not express my childish amusement at the calligrapher's name. Wang is actually pronounced as if the "a" were an "o" as in Wrong.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jack C Good article, but I just can't help thinking that "no tree grows to heaven" or "not one empire has lasted". Nokia seemed to be invincible for a while and then BOOM, nothing left (of phone business). Microsoft …
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"The Irish statutory tax rate, however, is 12.5 percent. If that rate were to be applied to Apple's foreign pretax earnings, Reitzes estimates that the company's earnings would come down by about 7 percent." I would love to see the math, because I…
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I was given a $200 credit for my iPhone 4, 32GB, at Verizon.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Euphonious Windows isn't 'winning'. Windows has won. It has 90%+ market share for desktop operating systems. How is that 'not winning'? 90+% marketshare when Apple has greater than 50% profitshare is "not winnin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX How can they be proven fraudulent? These are projections and in no way are considered to be actual numbers "Projections" are normally estimates of the future, while these are of the past. I don't think …
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Can't possibly be right since they have Nook usage up. Seriously, the Nook is in its death throes.