Maybe it was all the fault of Steve Jobs. When Apple’s stock was above $80, he was reported boasting to employees that the company’s market value, however briefly, had exceeded that of Dell. Maybe he should not have relished the experience and challenged the “fates.” Regardless, now it’s down below $70 a share, and folks […]

It’s fair to say that there are far more important things happening on this planet than the impending new product introductions from Apple Computer. That a single profit-making corporation, other than a major auto maker, occupies the hearts and minds of people of all walks of life, is just amazing. Some compare the iPod, for […]

All right, let’s face it: Apple is hot stuff. The stock price is soaring once again, and Wall Street is expecting, well, miracles. It’s not just the prospect that iPod sales will total 37 million as of the end of this quarter, if sales go as predicted. It also means that more people out there […]

Well, you can bet that investors were pleased with Apple’s latest quarterly financials, witness the rapid 6% increase in the price of a share. Of course, the first day doesn’t always count for a lot. If there’s enough bad news that’s real or imagined, you can see it dropping again. Just think what happened when […]