http://ctv2.theglobeandmail.com/serv...N/ctv-business
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Revenue for the Redmond, Wash.-based company rose 31 per cent to $16.37-billion (U.S.) for the second quarter, with profit up 79 per cent to $ $4.71 billion, or diluted earnings per share of 50 cents. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had forecast a profit of 46 cents per share.
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http://valleywag.com/347739/apple-re...-quarter-ever/
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Apple reported record earnings today for the quarter ending December 31. The company had a net profit of $1.6 billion or $1.76/share on $9.6 billion in sales compared to $1 billion profit on $7.1 billion last year. Gross margin rose to 34.7 percent from 31.2 percent last year.
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PC: Hey MAC, I heard you reported record earnings today for Q4 2007.
MAC: Yah we did, we are amazed at our company and our Leopard OS
PC: Yah you had 9.6 billion in revenue with a 1.6 billion in profit congrats
MAC: Hey thanks PC
PC: Its too bad we and Vista dwarfed you in profit. We had 2X your revenue with 4X your profit.
PC: Why dont you use Time Machine to go back in time until your company was better than ours.
MAC: Time machine doesnt go back that far.
PC: too bad, too bad.