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Revision History For: Apple Tankwatch

25 Aug 2012 12:29 AM <--

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  I   Apple Inc.                 = $335B   $468B   $596B    I                  
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Get the picture? Somethings not adding up. A new "mobile revolution?"

Perhaps, but it is still a bubble. I love bubbles. The only thing I like more than buying into them at the bottom, is shorting them at the top.

Samsung Spanked
$1B jury verdict awarded after 22 hours of deliberations, in a courthouse 5 miles from Apple HQ
Steep royalties, lame workarounds and product bans likely to follow, consumers to feel the pain.