deliver on this quarter. these numbers were significantly better than the expectation here. as you pointed out where a lot of that growth came from, the greater china region, pent up demand for the iphone 4s. it still seems apple can sell these at a premium price. that s also allowed them to keep up margins. what you saw in the share price was a 7% reaction to that after the market closed. i think that has dealt a blow to some of those skeptics who said at $644 a share apple is done, is rolling over, because we ve had a retreat from that share price. so some momentum back into the apple story at this point. they ve low balled the third quarter estimates which have some scratching their heads and some question marks as to when the iphone 5 appears on the market, whether that call on earnings guidance has something to do with it. strong numbers out of apple. just as a wrapup, let me just
football player was driving this luxury pack, this escort to atlantic city. witnesses filed complaints with the details. they say the caravan was going more than 100 miles an hour enroute. a third trooper had been transferred, reasidelined. chris baxter, the state house reporter for the star ledger opinion i was wraeding about this last night, porsches and lamborghinis and ferraris. how fast were they going. fill me in. welcome to trenton, new jersey. it s been a busy couple of days. from what witnesses said, it s about 25 to 30 luxury cars. ferraris, forthats and lom bargainnys. they said well in excess of 100 miles an hour following this trooper and failed by a trooper, both with their emergency lights flashing. the witnesses describe really a dangerous scene. they said drivers were struggling to get out of way. an older woman panicked when a trooper came up behind her and almost wound up in a ditch. with the police escorted a vary can of 30 exotic vehicles all traveling
report for the first quarter today, with expectations that alcoa will have bad earnings. shepard: and sony numbers were bad, and a lot of things look bad. gerri: but one thing that looks good, which is surprising, apple stock. that stock hit a valve $600 billion for the first time and the only company that has done that is microsoft and the stock hit a hive $644. but the question is can it go higher. it came down a little bit but it is a big benchmark. big discussion, is that stock still a buy? europe is the focus? gerri: a bad case of the jitters in europe and affecting us here. shepard: with italy a fewer weeks ago and now it is spain. gerri: each day it is a new country and spain is like the 10th biggest committee in the euro zone and very important to the region s prosperity and lots of worries. shepard: close to 25 percent overall unemployment and youthen
hair, 5 11 , about 200 pounds. tough decision, tend to the woman or go chase after him. he doesn t want to be called a hero but clearly acted heroic heroical heroically. the drug to help people stop smoking but it s not new. the drug is now being used in eastern europe. it controls nicotine cravings and only costs about $10 a month. the drug was developed in bulgaria during the soviet era but it s not known if the f.d.a. will ever allow it here in this country. all right, the life story of wikileaks founder julian assange hardly a bestseller in britain. his autobiography came out this week and has 644 copies have been sold so far. assange was paid a $500,000 advance for the book even though it was written by a ghostwriter. so good luck with that investment. all right. yeah. interesting story about sports. so why don t you explain what happened with this little kid that plays peewee, and really, really good at it.
out there with a better way. now, that s progressive. brian: it s time for the news by the numbers. out of treat of us, who should read the news? i think he should read the news. the first is, that s how much americans have i don t even know what that means. next, 255,000, 644. that s how many jobs have been created by the so-called facebook a p, p economy. i don t know what that is either. finally, 32%, that s how much the price of beef is going up over the next few months. i do not eat beef, you idiot. there is a severe drought in a couple countries. that s good. jerry springer, hit me!