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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Thursday, January 13, 2005 at 11:00 AM EST.

Thursday, January 13, 2005 at 11:00 AM EST

How Do You Like Them Apples?

It has been a huge week for the computer company Apple. The company announced that its profits last quarter quadrupled as compared to the same quarter last year, mostly due to high Christmas sales of its I-Pod music player.

Today, Apple’s stock price surged near its all-time high. And on Tuesday, Apple unveiled the six-and-a-half inch wide, 2-inch tall Mac-Mini, a less expensive version of its Macintosh computer.

Guests:

Nick Wingfield, Staff writer for the Wall Street Journal, who was at the MacWorld Expo

John Gallaugher, Associate Professor of Information Systems at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management.

Listener comments

This is sweet yall, i love them apples tehehe. Especially them cool ipoders they make real cool sounds and musicals.
Posted by Gregor, on April 9th, 2009 at 10:26 am EDT
I love them apples too. Especially those new thin dealies. I wanna get me one of those. Mmm, the sweet juice of knowledge…
Posted by gregor's best friend, on April 9th, 2009 at 10:39 am EDT

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