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The personal electronics giant reported a 94% increase in Q2 earnings to $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per diluted share, from $6.0 billion, or $6.40 a share, in the year-ago quarter. Apple shares were up as high as 604.22 in Tuesday after-hours trading, By Bloomberg News US stocks rose, following yesterday's decline in the Standard & [...]

The stock is, by far, the biggest gainer in the Dow this year. (The second-biggest Dow gainer this year, JP Morgan has added 34%) In the S&P 500, BofA sits as the second-biggest gainer, not quite catching the 155% ballooning in Sears Holdings. Apple's Apple stock stumbles after dividend announcement | Apple expects the dividend [...]

You'd think investors would jump on Apple when it announces new products, but instead Apple stock almost always drops after big announcements. Why? Apple is one of the most-watched — and most admired — technology firms in the world. Analysts think that the corporate culture the tech visionary built will remain in place. By Brent [...]

It's said that the most important part of a CEO's job is managing Wall Street's expectations. In that regard Apple's new chief. Apple shares were down yesterday following the company's iPhone 4S announcement, but intraday trading showed things could have been worse.| Advanced E-Commerce,E-Business,Online Store Solutions|CyberSharq Inc. Now to our corollary, what happened to Apple's [...]

It's said that the most important part of a CEO's job is to manage Wall Street's expectations. In that regard Apple's new chie. Apple has set the stage for the widely anticipated launch of iPhone 5. The iPhone is the most valuable business for Apple and accounts for over 50% of our $510 price estimate [...]

In that regard Apple's new chief Tim Cook failed with the launch of the iPhone 4S in a way former CEO Steve Jobs hardly ever did. Apple's stock is tanking on the news. The market, driven by hedge funds and their robot cousins, was expecting a Apple Stock Dips As Tim Cook Announces iPhone 4S [...]

By Mark Gongloff Apple shares are down a bit this morning on the news of Steve Jobs's departure as CEO, but they are still around $368 a share, and Apple is still nearly the biggest US public company. It was not always so! Adjusted for splits, Apple's The company has considerable exposure to the US [...]

“They have the wind at their backs in a big way, and it's being reflected in these numbers,” said Ryan Jacob, an Apple investor at Jacob Asset Management. “They have a unique ability to increase market share and introduce new products.” Apple shares Shares of Apple surged to an all-time high in after hours trading [...]

HTC's shares fell 6.5% on Monday after a preliminary ruling by the ITC found the Taiwanese company infringed on two of Apple's patents. To stave off. After hours, Apple (AAPL) reported quarterly EPS and revenue that crushed expectations. After-hours trading was halted. The stock had cleared a buy point at 365 from a late-stage, cup-shaped [...]