Apple also announced quarterly earnings after the close of the market on Thursday, registering sales of $36 billion and net profit of $8.2 billion. (Sales were slightly ahead of expectations; earnings were slightly below the predictions.) For the full year, the company had sales of $156.5 billion and net income of almost $42 billion. For the next quarter, they expect sales of “about $52 billion,” but lower profits than the same time a year ago. As indicated earlier in the week, they sold 14 million iPads during the quarter, for a total of 101 million sold to date. On a […]
