Samsung Electronics counter continues Apple as patent row deepens

April 22, 2011, 12: 08 pm EDT by Jun Yang

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April 22 (Bloomberg)--Samsung Electronics Co. said it sued Apple Inc., alleging the infringement of a patent, a week after the manufacturer of the iPhone has filed a complaint in Federal Court of United States alleging the South Korean company copied its products.Samsung has presented complaints to the courts to Seoul, Tokyo and Mannheim (Germany), alleging patent infringement by Apple related to mobile communications technologies, based in Suwon Samsung said in a statement by email today. Steve Dowling, an Apple spokesman, refused to comment on and referred to the complaint of the company last week.The move deepens a legal dispute which is the author of the iPhone and iPad between the producer of mobile devices Galaxy in the outbreak requests for computers in smartphones and tablet. Director General Steve Jobs, who relies on Samsung to supply chips for Apple products, said last month the company was among the manufacturers of tablet of fishing to make 2011 "year of Copycats" "Apple strives to thwart Samsung - they are throwing a to Samsung to keep failed" said sea Jin ChangProfessor at the National University of Singapore business. It is strictly commercial. How typical to deal with cases such as this is against to continue. "It is not between Samsung and Apple management, their lawyers will be work it out".Samsung, large manufacturer than chips of memory that store data, fell to 2.7 per cent to won 903,000 11: 35 am, in the trade of Seoul, while the benchmark index ABN lost 0.1%. Samsung has Apple for its second customer.Infringement of a patent "Apple may try to diversify their suppliers and reduce their dependence on the Samsung," said Chang. "But no other company has that costs low as Samsung, so Apple would probably abandon Samsung completely."The trial brought in the Seoul Central District Court cited five violations of patents, the complaint Tokyo cites two and one German cites three alleged violations, Samsung said. Infringement of patents related to communication standards by Apple Samsung and a technology that connects mobile phones to personal computers for wireless data transfers, James Chung, a spokesman based in Seoul for Samsungsaid by telephone. "Samsung is actively addressing the legal action against us to protect our intellectual property and to ensure our growth and innovation continues in the business of mobile communications,"Samsung said in the statement."Pinching, ZoomingSamsung is infringed seven patents related to the manner in which the Galaxy devices include the actions of the user, including the selection, scroll, pinch and zoom, Apple said in its complaint on April 15. Samsung is reached also three patents on the design, including the black face of the iPhone and iPad, according to the complaint of Apple. The Galaxy and compressed, phones that use the software Android from Google Inc., were specifically designed to copy Apple products, Apple said.Apple seeks a court order to block the use of its patents and trade marks, with cash compensation and reasonable funds for future corrective advertising ".Business mobile phone from Samsung "crossed the line", Tim Cook, Apple chief operating officer, said this week after the company reported profit almost doubled over the past year.Apple and Google are in competition for supremacy on the growing market of smartphones and tablets. Software Android Google - used by Samsung, Motorola mobility Holdings Inc. and other companies - represent 39.5% of the global smartphone shipments this year, compared to 15.7% for Apple, according to IDC market research firm.The iPad dominates the Tablet market, accounting for about two - third of sales this year, according to Gartner Inc.Apple is involved in a fight with Motorola mobility patent Holdings, as counsel for Microsoft Corp. Apple are also pleading before a Federal Trade Commission in Washington as another user AndroidCorp. HTC, infringe other patents.

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Apple under pressure to respond to the iPhone followed

Apple is facing pressure Thursday to respond to claims that its iPhone 4 saves sensitive location data, which are transferred and stored on the user's computer in a protected and non-encrypted format.

A Conference of technology on Wednesday, Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden, two British researchers, said a program on localization of smartphone records information and timestamp, which are then downloaded to the hard disk of the user.

The news prompted several politicians U.S. to send queries to Apple requesting clarification, including Edward Markey, a Republican member of the Massachusetts.

"I am concerned by this report and the consequences of this functionality for the privacy of individuals," Markey wrote in a letter to Steve Jobs.

Markey has asked the company to explain the question of whether the reports are true, why the company has installed the software and how it intends to serve.

Democratic Senator Al Franken sent a similar letter Wednesday.

In an e-mail Thursday, a spokesman for the Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart said "we are following this with interest.".

"The issue is location-based information, which can be very sensitive personal information," senior advisor communications Valerie Lawton wrote in an e-mail, adding that so far, the Organization had received no complaints.

Attempts to contact Apple were not successful, and the company issued a statement on the claims.

Michael Geist, University of Ottawa Law Professor, said that the software is a worrying development.

"I think that there is privacy and security that the information itself is stored in insecurity, non-encrypted, to be potentially vulnerable to hackers and to the fishing expedition by application of the Act," he said.

Geist, who also serves as the Advisory Committee of experts of the Canadian Privacy Commissioner, said that it was able to recover its own location data with its iPhone 4.

"It is astonishing to see literally everywhere wherever you've spent the last months plotted on a map," he said.

Allan and park wardens have set up a website describing in detail how the information is recorded, where he is and measures that may be taken to protect the information, including encryption of data.

In a blog on the O'Reilly Radar, a technology Web site, they said that the data collection feature seems to have emerged with the release of iOS 4 in June 2010.

Allan and Wardan said data is transmitted not anywhere elsewhere, but it is normally stored in an unprotected format. He is also transferred to a new phone from Apple when this device is synchronized with the computer.

"We are not sure why Apple is collects these data, but it is clearly intentional, as the database is being restored through backups and even migration of device,"they wrote.""

A BBC News Online article suggests users may be tacitly consenting to the disclosure of this information.

Apple publishes its terms and conditions on its website.

"We may collect information such as occupation, language, code postal, indicative, unique device identifier, location and timezone where an Apple product is used so that we can better understand customer behavior and improve our products."", services and advertising" the document said.

However, Geist said that society must do more to be transparent about how it collects personal information.

"We are talking about tens of millions of people who are affected." Even if it is in the strict letter of the law, I think that goes outside the expectation of most consumers, "he says.

Geist said that wait to see the Governments in the United States and the Canada take a more active role in the coming days.

"I think that we will see real action here," he said.

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Apple Profit nearly doubles on iPhone

April 20, 2011, 7: 43 pm EDT by Adam Satariano

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April 20 (Bloomberg)--Apple Inc. said profit almost doubled in the demand for Macs and iPhone, newly available from Verizon Wireless, outweighed lower forecast of sales of the iPad.Revenu Tablet net exercise, second quarter increased to 5.99 billion dollars, or $6.40 as one hand, Apple 3.07 billion, or $3.33, a year earlier, based in Cupertino, California, said today. Sales jumped 83 cent to 24.7 billion dollars. Analysts predicted profit of $5.39 a share on sales of $ 23.4 billion, is the average of estimates compiled by Bloomberg.Verizon Wireless has started to sell the iPhone in February, helping Apple to sell 18.7 million unitsthus exceeding the average of 16.3 million of 13 predictions in a Bloomberg survey. Apple said last month's earthquake in the Japan is not an effect of "material" on the results, allay concerns that the catastrophe would worsen an iPad supply shortage. "This will restore in the minds of investors that Apple is the story of magic tech growth", said Mark Moskowitz, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst ""They are really incredible."Apple increased by 3.2% in extended trade to go up to $353.39 after the publication of the results. The shares had earned $4.55 to $342.41 at 16 hours in the trade of the Nasdaq Stock Market. "We will continue to innovate on all fronts during the rest of the year,"Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in the statement. Jobs, who has been sick leave since January, is seen regularly at Apple and involved in decision making, said Tim Cook, who took leadership on a daily basis.IPad sales Miss PredictionsWhile sales more than doubled iPhone, passing to the fastest pace in two years, Apple has sold 4.69 million iPads, provided for less than $ 6.1 million units. Cook said that the company strives to overcome the difficulties of supply. "The iPad has the mother of all arrears,"Cook said on a conference call with analysts. Many stores exhausted after the device is on sale on March 11 Cook, said access to the components of Apple was not injured by the earthquake to the Japan and that it is not expected any physical effect of the disaster in the current quarter. Still, sales of products in the country may be lower as consumers, to face the temblor and resulting tsunami buy less gadgets, he said that $ 200 million.In the quarter underway, Apple forecast profit and sales below analysts forecasts. Profit this quarter will be $5.03 per share on sales of $ 23 billion, says Apple. Analysts predicted that Apple would profit of $5.25 per share on sales of $ 23.8 billion.Profit ForecastsApple reports generally profit which exceeds the forecasts of analysts and its forecasts are often conservative. Apple beat the average estimate for earnings per action of at least 28 quarters straight, according to data compiled by the margin of Bloomberg.Gross, the percentage of sales left after deduction of the costs of production, will be approximately 38% this quarterApple said at the Conference call. The gross margin was 41.4% last quarter, compared to 41.7% a year earlier, said Apple.Au second quarter, Apple sold computers Mac 3.76 million and 9.02 million iPod media players. Analysts had predicted sales of 3.6 million Macs and 9.8 million iPods.Apple is rid of increased competition for iPhone, best selling of the company product.Rivals including Samsung Electronics Co., Motorola mobility Holdings Inc. and HTC Corp. use operating system Android from Google Inc. in their devices. Will Android represent 39.5% of the global smartphone shipments this year, compared to 15.7% for Apple, according to IDC market research firm.Last week, Apple filed a lawsuit against Samsung IP, accusing the company of the copy of the iPhone and iPad. Samsung denied the charges.Apple is also largest customer of Samsung for components, a relationship which should not be disturbed by the prosecution against Samsung mobile unit, Cook said.

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Apple IPhone, comings and goings followed IPad user, researcher, said

April 20, 2011, 5: 28 pm EDT by Adam Satariano

April 20 (Bloomberg) - IPad and iPhone of Apple Inc., track and store the movement of people who use the devices, the report published by the O'Reilly Radar.

System of the iOS operating 4 Apple for the iPhone and iPad 3 G logs latitude-longitude coordinates with the time of the visit, according to Alasdair Allan, senior research fellow in astronomy at the University of Exeter in England, who co-authored the study with Pete Warden. The results were posted on the website owned by O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol, California editor who organizes conferences for technology trade.The follow-up, which is probably based on the location of nearby mobile phone towers raises security and privacy issues, Allan and prefect wrote. Information, which can total tens of thousands of data points, is not encrypted according to the authors, who would present the results today at the where 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara, no evidence of the California.There information is shared, according to the report. Mobile phone carriers have always had access to this information and that it be an order of the Court to make it accessible, the authors say.Steve Dowling, an Apple spokesman, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.

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Apple Greatest Hits and password

The history of Apple's Inc.Apple is the stuff of dreams of investors and the hopes of inventors. From its humble beginning in a garage in 1976, initial public offering of the company four years later is the most important since Ford (F) commercial actions in 1956. Today, Apple (AAPL) must have devices and wide following consumers are a key player in mobile, computers, tablets, phones digital music players and digital media distribution. This is not always so. While the first computers of the company, including the line Apple II, introduced the world of personal computing in offices, homes and schools, there is more than a few bad apples. Fans groan similarly to the memory of the Pippin and the QuickTake camera. The Apple III and Lisa were bombs of the personal computer. Apple TV has not yet completely taken. Lately, however, the company made a few missteps. His most recent game changer is the iPad, which made its debut in April 2010. Until March 2011, Apple has sold more than 15 million tablets in the world, according to the company. The iPad may end up by ending the era of the personal computer that Steve Jobs has helped set up 30 years ago. Apple is on a roll as a title of composed time just before the release of the iPad seems already stupid: "can Steve Jobs Do It Again?"

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Asian Stocks rise on Apple earnings; Aussie, or reach Records

April 20, 2011, 10: 26 pm EDT by Shiyin Chen and Satoshi Kawano

April 21 (Bloomberg)--Asian stocks rallying, the regional benchmark for lifting a maximum of six weeks, after Apple Inc. posted better profits than expected and as energy shares acquired. The Australian dollar and gold soared to records in the high price of oil concern will trigger inflation.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index jumped 0.9% at 11 h 20 138.22 in Tokyo. The Standard & Poor 500 added 0.4% index futures contracts. Oil rose 0.6% in New York, however acquired by 0.2% and silver soared to a maximum of 31 years. Australian currency and Singapore reached new highs against the US dollar, while the euro advanced to a maximum of 15 months.Equities are spread over large global gathering of the year after Apple reported second-quarter profit nearly doubled. BEC Co. has jumped to a record after the large manufacturer of polycrystalline silicon for the Korea of the South, said profit is sweeping, while Chinese banks rallied after that Citigroup Inc. forecast of higher earnings. The Thailand to the Brazil central banks raised interest rates this week, while the Federal Reserve expected to maintain stimulus in the prospects of a weak recovery in the largest economy in the world. "American companies, especially tech stocks are wear well, and which helps to create confidence,"said Mitsushige Akino, who oversees the words of 600 million dollars in assets in Tokyo at Ichiyoshi Investment Management Co.""Investors are looking to take a little more risk".More than two titles is a magnet for each that fell on Asia Pacific the MSCI Index. The MSCI World Index increased by 0.3%, after having jumped 2% yesterday, the most since November 4. The rally over the previous two days added $ 1.1 billion to the values of global stock market, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.OCI, ABN ICBCSouth Korea index gained 1.2% to a record close. Advanced Taiwan of Taiex index of 1.5%. BEC jumped 8.8% in Seoul. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. climbed to 1.4 percent in Hong Kong, stimulating a gain between Chinese lenders after Citigroup said that companies will report to an average of 27 percent in favour of the first quarter.Samsung Electronics Co. and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. to the pace of gains between the suppliers of Apple. Rose Apple in commerce extended after the author of the iPhone and iPads declared per share profit of $6.40 a share, beating the average estimate analyst $ 5.39 per action in a Bloomberg survey. Qualcomm Inc., a major manufacturer of mobile phone chips, has also acquired after that display profit in the second quarter topped Analyst estimates.ScorecardMorgan Stanley and General Electric Co. are among the companies expected to release quarterly results today. Earnings per share exceeded the forecasts about 75 percent of the 76 companies in the S & P 500 that have reported results since April 11, help restore investor confidence after the S & P cut its rating for debt U.S. perspectives on 18 April. The & S P 500 increased 1.4% yesterday, the largest advance in a month, then that the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared to its highest level since June 2008.Energy shares sent the largest gains in Asialed by a jump of 3.7% in crude oil of Inpex Corp. has increased by 0.5% in $125.45 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, extending a jump of 2.9% yesterday which was the largest increase since March 17. Brent crude oil gained 0.4% to $124.34 per barrel on the ice Europe.Gold of future based in London for immediate delivery climbed as 0.3 per cent to a record $ 1,506.32 before once traded at $1,505.22. Advanced cash 1.2% to $45.7863 an ounce, defined for a seventh day of gains. Palladium has increased by 1.1%.Producer so-called PricesThe Aussie soared from 0.3% to $1.0743 after earlier reaching $1.0751, the highest since it was made freely float in 1983. A report of the Bureau of statistics today shows the Australia producer price index rose 1.2% in the first quarter, exceeding the median estimate of 14 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News for a 1% increase.Singapore currency have increased by 0.1% to $1.2359 S every dollar, taken in charge by the policy of the Central Bank of favouring a strong currency to tame inflation. Thai baht reached 29.90, its best level in 2011, after the Central Bank raised interest rates yesterday for the sixth time within a year. Ringgit of Malaysia reached a record of 13 years of 3.0066 on speculation of rate increases will resume after consumer prices rose in March at the fastest pace since April 2009. "Inflation data increase the chances of a rate increase this quarter, while it is still favourable to growth,", said Mr. Suresh Kumar Ramanathan, foreign to CIMB Investment Bank Bhd. Kuala Lumpur currency strategist." "Also, the risk of intervention is lowered with Asian currencies more WINS in tandem."The dollar weakened against 14 of his 16 major peers and traded yesterday to $1.4562 per euro of $1.4523 in New York. Previously, it reached $1.4575, the lowest since January 2010. The greenback dropped to 82.34 82.56 yen yen. The Dollar Index, following the currency against those of the six major trading partners, sank 0.4% to the lowest level since August 2008.A report today is expected to show U.S., house prices fell for a fourth month, outlining the prospects for the Federal Reserve will maintain monetary stimulus, even if the central banks in Europe and Asia increase interest rates. Home to the United States prices fell 0.3% in February, the federal housing finance agency will be today, said a survey of economists by Bloomberg News.

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Apple iPhone stores the data on the comings and goings of users

The Apple iPhone could be storing detailed information on the comings and goings of users and loading to their computers when they synchronize their digital devices, say two British security researchers.

A program on the geographic coordinates of smartphone records and timestamp, which are then downloaded to the hard disk of the user, means that anyone with access to this drive could determine where a person was and when.

"Apple, it made it possible for almost all the world - a jealous spouse, a private detective - with access to your computer to obtain detailed information on where you've been or telephone"Pete Warden, one of the researchers, said the newspaper The Guardian.""

Warden, with researcher Alasdair Allan, announced their discovery at the technology conference where 2.0 in Santa Clara, California, Wednesday.

Attempts to contact Apple were not successful, and the company issued a statement on the claims.

Allan and park wardens have set up a website describing in detail how the information is recorded, where he is and measures that may be taken to protect the information, including encryption of data.

In a blog on Radar O'Reilly, a technology Web site, they said that the data collection feature seems to have emerged with the release of iOS 4 in June 2010.

Allan and Wardan said data does not spread anywhere elsewhere but are normally stored in an unprotected format. He is also transferred to a new phone from Apple when this device is synchronized with the computer.

"We are not sure why Apple is collects these data, but it is clearly intentional, as the database is being restored through backups and even migration of device,"they wrote.""

David Senf, Director of IDC Canada, a telecoms infrastructure solutions and it services, said company he is not surprised by finding Allan and Wardan. It is part of the "ongoing saga" controversy of data collection, he said.

"There is a multitude of applications that support your info," Senf said, adding that mobile carriers already keep track of your location. However, this information is supposed to be stored in a location that is secure and accessible only by order of the Court.

"On the scale of things that I am concerned, I'm much less worried about it," he said.

The real problem is if the pirates are able to access your computer, he said.

Senf said that this underscores the need for consumers and businesses to use encryption software to protect data of potential cyberattacks.

A BBC News Online article, the company can legitimately claim to have the right to the data, based on its terms and conditions.

"We may collect information such as occupation, language, code postal, indicative, unique device identifier, location and timezone where an Apple product is used so that we can better understand customer behavior and improve our products."", services and advertising" the document said.

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Sales of Apple at risk in the dependence of the parts of the Japan

April 20, 2011, 12: 15 pm EDT by Adam Satariano

April 20 (Bloomberg)--Japanese land and the tsunami earthquake probably will weigh on forecasts of Apple Inc. to make a profit in the third quarter, sale prices and gross margins high component and disrupted manufacturinganalysts said.

At least seven analysts expect the disaster to affect the prospects of the company later today. The Japan is a hub for several components of Apple, including flash memory, battery, touch screen glass and resin used to attach the chips. The company, which makes the iPhone, the iPad and the Macintosh computer, has not yet discussed the effects of the earthquake of magnitude 9 on March 11.Apple, the largest company of the market value of technology, was already struggling with shortages of supply when the earthquake. The iPad 2, which begins on the day of the earthquake, sold in many stores. Apple also introduced a version of its iPhone 4 for customers of Verizon Wireless in the last quarter, triggering a further increase in demand. Investors seek to report earnings in the second quarter of today and forecast for judging if aid shortages put a dent in sales. "" People want to know how strong is the supply chain and how to safeguard supplies they have, "said Giri Cherukuri, trader and lead Portfolio Manager for basis of Lisle, Illinois Oakbrook Investments, which manages approximately $ 2.7 billionincluding the shares of Apple. "You want to know if it is temporary or how much time this will affect things."Flash PricesThe price of flash memory, which is the main source of Apple, iPhone, iPad, Macbook Air and other storage devices has skyrocketed since the earthquake. On the spot market, the cost of a flash 64-gigabit chip rose 13 percent to $12.92 since the day where the earthquake.Leadership of Apple in mobile devices makes it the largest purchaser of flash in the world. The company was paying suppliers more secure access to the parties, said Rhoda Alexander, an analyst at El Segundo, California-based IHS ISuppli.The challenges follow what may be the growth in the second quarter more great Apple years. When the company today publishes the results, analysts predict a gain of 73 percent to 23.4 billion in sales on average, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Estimate of analysts that earnings will increase to $5.39 a share in the period ending March 26 compensation report is the second since the Director General Steve Jobs reinforced side to take medical leave in January. Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook assumed control over the day-to-day responsibilities.Pinching MarginsTo reflect the rising costs of components such as memory flash, Apple can project margins of 35% in the third quarter, said Brian Marshall, an analyst at Gleacher & Co. in San Francisco. During the quarter ended in December, Apple had a gross margin of 38.5%.Marshall joined the analysts of Deutsche Bank AG, Piper Jaffray Cos., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Rodman & Renshaw LLC, Pacific Crest Securities and RBC capital markets by predicting that Apple's outlook is affected by the earthquake.Apple advanced $6.01 to $337.86 yesterday in the Nasdaq Stock Market trade. Shares of the company based in Cupertino, California rose 37 percent last year.Apple is usually released how it gets components and manufactures its products, so any comments will be invaluable for investors, said Cherukuri. It can also highlight the challenges of the other computer manufacturers. Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. report their quarterly results next month.Japanese Quake CompaniesThe is crimping growth in technology companies in Japan. Seven of the largest companies of consumer electronics in the country, including Sony Corp. and Panasonic, the operating profit - sales less cost of goods sold and administrative expenses - will decline 31 per cent during the period of six months ending 30 September, estimates Barclays Plc this month.The impact of the earthquake is still too early to determine the technological industry, said Marshall of Gleacher. "We will get answers to the questions in the short term, but I am more afraid of what will happen a few months or quarters on the road, said Marshall, who recommends the purchase of shares of Apple.Despite this, with 59.7 billion in cash and investments, Apple is better positioned than others to pay more expensive for the parties and to manage interruptions, Marshall said. "There will be companies which will be worse that that of Apple,"said Marshall.

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Gains Streak may rest with Apple, GE

April 19, 2011, 12: 09 pm EDT Inyoung Hwang

April 19 (Bloomberg) - investors counting on a record profits higher drag forecasts to keep the conduct of the actions available for indices of 79 companies this week with the story pleased earnings surprises.

Apple Inc., manufacturer of the iPhone and General Electric Co., manufacturer more grand from the world of Jet engines, are among the companies that have exceeded the forecasts of analysts in the four quarters and estimates supported since FebruaryAccording to data compiled by Bloomberg. Standard & Poor 500 Index companies will probably report average net income of 10%, in the period data compiled by Bloomberg show. "You can call it momentum, progress or improvement, but there is always interest in companies which can better and better each quarter, arrive at something again, pull a rabbit out of hat, said John Carey, a manager of Pioneer Investments Boston based moneywhich oversees about $ 250 billion. "At the same time, he y some unusual, striking events in the first quarter which has upset and distracted investors."Companies in the S & P 500 beat analyst earnings estimates for the eight straight quarters, most since at least 2006, helping the propel the index as well as 99% of the market bottom on March 9, 2009, show the data compiled by Bloomberg. The tonnage of benchmark for us stocks increased by 3.8% since it fell to its lowest this year from 1,256.88 on 16 March, after the main earthquake of Japan on record and more stimulated oil prices by the Middle East and North Africa disorders. "Contesting ' gains SeasonThe 20 companies in the S & P 500 have reported since April 11 saw earnings per share growth of 11%, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. They beat analyst predictions of 0.7%, with 75 percent of companies announcing the positive surprises.Soixante-Dix-Neuf U.S. firms exceeded estimates for the four quarters and had forecast revised upward, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. They all have a market value of over $ 100 million dollars, including the chain of restaurants Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., manufacturer of chemical products DuPont Co. and private equity firm Blackstone Group LP.A basket of stocks in the S & P 500 who met criteria earned almost twice the equity benchmark measure last year, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Chipotle based in Denver, based in Wilmington, Delaware), DuPont and Blackstone, which is based in New York, all exceeded the & S P 500 in at least 12 percentage points in the past year.The quarter ended December 25 to take advantage of the ProfitsApple Apple jumped 78 percent, as sales increased from 71% to a record of $ 26.7 billion. Analysts estimate that apple based in Cupertino, California will be adjusted earnings in the second quarter of $5.39 per share on sales of $ 23.4 billion in making account tomorrow, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Profit GE in Fairfield (Connecticut)rose 5.6% 11,64 $ 11.03 billion billion last year. Eleven analysts surveyed by Bloomberg forecast first quarter earnings, which ended on 11 March, be 28 cents a share on average, compared to a profit of 21-100 - in the period of the year it y a. GE reports earnings on April 21 .first - quarter earnings may be "difficult" due to the increase of prices of raw materials and the slowdown of economic growth, said Michael Holland, who oversees more than 4 billion as the President of Holland & Co. in New York.Crude oil is established at $112.79 per barrel, a maximum of 30 monthsApril 8. Gold reached a record $ 1,498.60 an ounce after Standard & Poor revised its Outlook for U.S. credit to negative yesterday. The Fund International Monetary lowered its forecasts for 2011 last week at 2.8 per cent to 3 per cent, growth U.S. citing rising prices and the growth of jobs lethargic and downgraded its Outlook for quarterly report April 11, Japan.Signals of AlcoaAlcoa Inc.reported earnings would be more difficult to come by this year, according to Bespoke Investment Group LLC. Alcoa dropped by 6% and the baseline measure of the U.S. lost 0.8 percent shares, the day after the largest producer of aluminum of U.S. estimated towed sales estimates.The & S P 500 has lost an average of 5.1 per cent since 2001 on the remaining seasons of gains when Alcoa collapsed 5 percent or more, and the gauge benchmark for us stocks dropped to less than 0.5% on the same dayAccording to the research of Harrison, New York-based firm Bespoke in a report last week.Alcoa, the first company in the Dow Jones Industrial Average to publish quarterly results, beat projections of gains for the four quarters and had revised estimates higher by analysts before announcing results last week. Then that company Pittsburgh-base reported adjusted by share of the profits that exceeded the forecast for the fifth straight quarter, the stock dropped after sales missed estimates.Metrics "People had their aligned parameters and the lower company," said Holland. "Is not simply the number of earnings per share." This is income and direction too. A market nervous if a re-profiled society in any of these categories, you see what is happening with Alcoa. "The & S P 500 rallied 5.8% in the six weeks after Alcoa profit topped report projections, in the fourth quarter data compiled by Bloomberg show. More than 67% of companies in the gauge exceeded estimate in the period, the eighth straight quarter of positive surprises. "" There is no doubt that the expectations in the short term, current, play a key role in pushing a stock upwards or downwards, "said Holland, who oversees more than 4 billion dollars in New York. "If a company exceeds expectations, short-term traders marketed which."

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