Wall Street Journal: "SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- Apple Inc. on Wednesday reported a fiscal third- quarter profit that rose 73% from a year ago, spurred on by strong sales of its flagship Macintosh computers and iPod digital media players, as well as shipments of 270,000 of its new iPhones.
Apple (AAPL) said it earned $818 million, or 92 cents a share, compared to $ 472 million, or 54 cents a share during the same period a year ago. Revenue rose almost 24% to $5.41 billion from last year's $4.37 billion.
Gross margins climbed to 36.9% from 30.3% a year ago.
The results topped the estimates of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial, who forecast Apple to earn 72 cents a share on $5.29 billion in sales.
Investors were pleased with Apple's results, sending the company's shares up $ 12.89, or more than 9%, to $150.15 in after-hours trading. "
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