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Apple Reports Blowout Quarter

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Doubled earnings from a year ago.

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Apple stocks spiked 7 percent Tuesday after the tech giant reported a blowout second quarter, with its earnings nearly double those of a year ago. Apple’s profit rose 94 percent, or $12.30 a share, from $5.99 billion, or $6.40 a share, last year. In that same period, iPhone sales rose 88 percent, and iPad sales shot up 151 percent.

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