By Matt Krantz, USA TODAY A falling apple proves the law of gravity. The price of Apple stock is proving otherwise — soaring past $500 a share for the first time on Monday. By Don Emmert, AFP/Getty Images Inside the Apple store at New York’s Grand …Find out more from USA TODAY
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Apple Asks Outside Group to Inspect Factories
By NICK WINGFIELD and CHARLES DUHIGG | February 13, 2012, 10:46 am Apple said Monday that it had asked an outside organization to conduct special audits of working conditions inside Chinese factories where iPhones, iPads and other Apple products are …Find out more from New York Times (blog)
Apple’s Android nightmare: Google’s Motorola purchase gets EU OK
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | February 13, 2012, 1:33pm PST Summary: Apple has been doing its best to beat the snot out of Android in the courts with intellectual property lawsuits. Now, with Google purchase of Motorola Mobility, Android’s maker will …Find out more from ZDNet (blog)
Apple Hopes to Block First Android 4.0 Phone in US
Apple just sued Samsung in a California court over alleged patent infringement. The offending product, according to Apple: the Galaxy Nexus, the world’s first phone to run Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich.” If successful in its lawsuit, Apple could …Find out more from Mashable
Apple pops, Wall St firms drop in brand study
By Nick Zieminski (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has the best image of any American company, scoring a record high in a new reputation study, while financial institutions filled the ranks of the worst. Apple, co-founded by Steve Jobs in 1976, …Find out more from Reuters
Apple Stock Hits $500 With New iPads Said to Be Coming
The iPad 3 — if Apple actually decides to call it that — is likely to be released in early March, according to analysts who follow the company. It’s not a wholesale redesign, but its new, higher-resolution screen, they say, will make your mouth (and …Find out more from ABC News
Apple’s reputation with consumers outshines Google’s, Berkshire Hathaway’s …
13 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc., burnished by the iPhone’s success and memorials to Steve Jobs, displaced Google Inc. as top company in Harris Interactive’s poll of corporate images. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Johnson & Johnson dropped.Find out more from Washington Post
Analysis: One area where Apple lags: Its low returns on cash
By Richard Leong | NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc once again rewarded shareholders richly as its shares surged to new highs above $500 on Monday. There is, though, one part of the iPhone and iPad company’s business that is not exactly humming: Its …Find out more from Reuters
Drum Roll, Please. Apple’s Stock Closes Above $500
Shares of Apple (AAPL) closed above $500 today for the first time, ending the day at $502.60. Apple, the world’s most valuable company, now boasts a market capitalization of almost $470 billion. That is up 9 points from yesterday’s close, …Find out more from TechCrunch
Apple Shares Close Above $500, Breaking More Records
By NICK BILTON | February 13, 2012, 5:22 pm From down and out, to top of the charts, Apple continues to break records with its sales, market valuation and stock price. On Monday, the Cupertino, Calif., technology maker did it again.Find out more from New York Times (blog)
Blog posts about Apple
Apple opens up inspection of its Foxconn plants to Fair Labor …
One of Apple’s major manufacturing cogs, Foxconn, will receive voluntary audits from the Fair Labor Association on factories in both Shenzhen and Chengdu.More By Mat Smith
Apple Reportedly Pressures Pegatron into Ceasing ASUS Zenbook …
Digitimes reports on an article from Taiwanese newspaper Commerical Times claiming that Apple manufacturing partner Pegatron has ended its…More By Eric Slivka
Fair Labor Association begins Foxconn inspections at Apple’s …
Apple has announced that the Fair Labor Association will conduct voluntary audits of Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, at Apple’s.More By Dave Caolo
Result of iPhone factory outrage: Apple sends more inspectors to …
Following weeks of outrage and some protests regarding the working conditions at the factories of Apple’s third-party suppliers, Apple announced Monday that it is requesting extra audits of the health and safety conditions at factories where its …More By Erica Ogg
Bottom Line – Apple asks labor group to probe China suppliers
Apple announced Monday a non-profit labor group has started examining working conditions at some of its suppliers in China, as the company tries to calm a growing storm over how the workers who build iPads and iPhones are treated.More By Eve Tahmincioglu
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