cnbc.com - 10/24/2008
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That's the $150 billion question and the crux of a simmering debate between Apple fans, Apple customers, Apple investors and Wall Street. This all hit a head earlier this week when Apple released its fourth quarter earnings and while earnings per share handily beat the Street, revenue came up ...
cnbc.com - 10/30/2008
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Today will mark an auspicious day for the
music business, and maybe the first big hint that...
the Beatles may finally be on the way to Apple's iTunes. That's a big leap of faith but hear me out: The Beatles' label Apple Corps will join MTV for a ...
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What’s Apple really worth? Much more than Wall Street seems to realize
MacDailyNews —
... and not give this its fair due is to overlook Apple's true value in the marketplace, and on Wall Street," Goldman writes. "The company probably realizes that it has made a mistake by choosing GAAP versus non-GAAP, and is trying to rectify the situation by releasing both, but trying to focus on the latter," Goldman writes. "It's one thing for Apple to focus on the latter, but a far different thing to get Wall Street to do the same." More in the full article - highly recommended - here . Related articles: ...
The GAPP Between Apple and Investors
The Mac Observer —
... , 4:10 PM EDT, October 24th, 2008 Apple's subscription accounting method for iPhone and Apple TV, GAAP and non-GAAP revenue, forced by the Sarbanes-Oxley law is making increasingly difficult for some analysts and investors to sort out Apple's real value, according to Jim Goldman at CNBC. Even so, there is plenty of good market research that gives valuable insight into Apple's potential in all its markets, and it's up to everyone to find it and pay attention. For the first time in Apple's last earnings report, it reported the traditional revenue and EPS numbers, but then ...
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