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    Why Are Industry Analysts Still in Business?

    April 12th, 2013

    I suppose we need people who can consult the tea leaves, or Tarot cards, and somehow decide whether a company is doomed to fail, or will become a smashing success. When it comes to a specific product or service, such people will offer their predictions about how things are going. Some companies, such as the […]


    So Maybe Apple Didn’t Cave on Pricing

    June 18th, 2009

    I really find it humorous to read some of the chatter about Apple Inc. that suggests they were forced kicking and screaming to slash prices on their uber-expensive note-books at the WWDC. The theory goes that Apple looked at the sales reports and concluded that potential customers were rebelling at paying an Apple Tax, particularly […]


    So Apple Isn’t Looking Very Beleaguered!

    April 22nd, 2009

    Consider what some so-called tech pundits and industry analysts said in the long (some say endless) run up to Apple’s quarterly report. Mac sales are down and Apple has a problem. They’ve got to cut prices and rush out a netbook to save the business. Perhaps the best comment I read about Apple’s quarterly financials, […]


    A Look at the Apple Sales Spin Merchants

    April 15th, 2009

    All right, depending on whom you believe, Apple’s sales were down last quarter. Or maybe they were flat, or perhaps there was a minor uptick, particularly in recent weeks. Obviously, Microsoft would rather have you believe that PC sales are on the upswing again and Apple’s days in the sun have come to an end. […]