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mdntcallr said:
I Agree comletely. It is a reason for them to charge extra. A bad reason!

Hey i wouldnt mind a Sirius - Apple alliance. to make ipods with sirius reception possiblity.


Won't happen. If I'm not mistaken, Sirius' faux golden-child Howard Stern has a deal with a PC maker, I hear him blurbing either Dell or HP on his show. XM with Opie and Anthony on the other hand, I know that Anthony ust purchased a new 17" MBP, and I know that he loves apple products. I think O & A might be a little hard core for the tree-hugging lefties who use Apple stuff because it makes them unique, just like everyone else. XM is more likely tho, Sirius bends to Howard's will and is a slave to his endorsements, XM has no such agreements.
 
ClimbingTheLog said:
It's a bit vague but maybe they mean percent of gross. Like it's been in the news lately that the Big Oil companies are doing 8-9% profits since the oil price has been up.

No, earnings per share, predicted to rise to $0.50 this year from $0.38 in the same quarter last year, and revenues, which are forecasted to rise to $4.67 billion, up from $3.69 billion last year. That's a growth of 32% and 27%, respectively -- a very healthy set of double-digits.
 
"We are pleased to have finished the year with over $10 billion in cash and to have increased annual revenue by $11 billion in the last two years," said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO.

They have $10 billion in cash? DAMN! That's a lot of money that could be used to bolster Apple in any number of ways via acquisitions.
 
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