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Daily Update for February 9, 2012

by Steven Sande (Feb 9th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires ...

Apple stock gains nearly $100 since Steve's passing

by Steven Sande (Feb 8th, 2012)

Apple 2.0 editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt is back today with another fascinating Apple statistic: "[Apple] has gained nearly one Facebook in value since Steve Jobs died." Elmer-DeWitt remarks that the share price of AAPL on October 4, 2011, the day before Jobs passed away, was US$372.50 and that the ...

Investors eyeing Tim Cook's management of Apple's cash horde

by Chris Rawson (Jan 26th, 2012)

Every three months Apple announces its quarterly earnings, and we see the company's huge pile of cash grow to increasingly awe-inspiring heights. Like clockwork, a day or two after the earnings announcement comes calls for Apple to give some of that money back to its shareholders in the form of ...

Amateurs beat pros at predicting Apple's Q1 performance

by Steven Sande (Jan 25th, 2012)

When it comes to predicting Apple's financial performance, you may want to ask bloggers, day traders, and amateur analysts instead of listening to Wall Street analysts. As cited in a post by Apple 2.0's Philip Elmer-DeWitt, the real analysts blew it big time predicting Apple's financial numbers for ...

Apple announces Q1 2012 earnings, sells a record-breaking 37 million iPhones

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 24th, 2012)

Apple released its earnings statement and announced yet another banner quarter. Apple knocked it out of the park, with record quarterly revenue of US$46.33 billion compared to $27.64 billion in the year-ago quarter. As predicted, iPhone sales were through the roof with 37.04 million units sold. ...

AAPL breaks all-time high ... again

by Steven Sande (Jan 18th, 2012)

I don't know if anyone else noticed, but shares in Apple, Inc. have reached another all-time high price. Just minutes ago, AAPL was at US$428.40, although as usual the stock price will probably wobble all over the place before the close. Why is AAPL doing so well? There is mucho speculation ...

Apple closed at a record high on Friday; hits all-time intraday high today

by Steven Sande (Jan 9th, 2012)

On Friday, January 6, Apple stock quietly achieved a milestone by closing at an all-time record high price of US$422.40 per share. Even better, the stock has just passed an all-time intraday high (it was at $427.75 earlier this morning). That puts the company's market capitalization ...

Daily Update for January 3, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 3rd, 2012)

Bob Iger picks up $55,000 in stock for joining Apple's Board

by Mike Schramm (Nov 19th, 2011)

We mentioned earlier this week that Disney CEO Bob Iger was invited to join up to Apple's Board of Directors, and Fortune reports that as part of his deal, Iger got 142 restricted shares of AAPL, totalling a nice bonus of over $55,000 at current market value. Nice work, if you can get it! We ...

Apple's earnings "miss" more an issue with overzealous analysts

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 20th, 2011)

Apple reported its quarterly earnings earlier this week, and the results were lower than many Wall Street watchers expected (even though Apple beat its own revenue guidance by more than 12%). This miss was widely reported and Apple's stock took a hit -- AAPL dropped from above 420 before the ...

Apple reports Q4 2011 earnings

by Michael Rose (Oct 18th, 2011)

After the market close today, Apple reported financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter, surpassing its revenue guidance handily but falling well below the expectations of the usually spot-on amateur analyst crowd. The company reported revenues of $28.27 billion, up almost $7 billion from the ...

Reminder: Apple fourth quarter FY11 earnings announcement today

by Michael Rose (Oct 18th, 2011)

After the market close today (4pm Eastern), Apple will announce quarterly earnings for its 2011 fiscal fourth quarter. Apple's fiscal year ended on September 25 (roughly aligned with the US federal government's fiscal year), which means that the all-important upcoming holiday quarter is actually ...

AAPL takes a hit despite iPhone 4S news (Updated)

by Steven Sande (Oct 4th, 2011)

Apple's share price has dropped dramatically after today's announcement of the iPhone 4S. At 3:07 PM EDT, AAPL was down over $16 per share to $358.51, although it could recover before today's market close. While this doesn't look good for Wall Street's enthusiasm for the new device, the stock ...

Pre-event AAPL trading bucks trend

by Mike Schramm (Sep 30th, 2011)

Andy Zaty of the Bullish Cross blog has done some interesting analysis on the AAPL stock price around Apple's keynote events, and he found that for next week's event, the pattern seems to have fallen apart. During the past four iPhone releases, Apple's stock price has risen in the rumor-filled ...

Apple Q4 financial call set for October 18

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 26th, 2011)

Apple has announced the date for its Q4 financial call. The call will take place on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. PT. As usual, Apple will detail it's financial results for the quarter that ends this Friday, September 30th. Besides addressing this past quarter, the call should also ...