Earnings preview CNN Money "Firing on all Cylinders"

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http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/10/21/apples-q3-preview-firing-on-all-cylinders/?cnn=yes

But in terms of sales and profitability, the consensus among analysts is that the fiscal fourth quarter was a terrific quarter for Apple, buoyed by back-to-school specials, switchers fleeing Vista, and a flood of hot new products. The line on Apple heard most often on the Street — in a cliche borrowed from the automotive industry — is that Steve Jobs’ profit-generating machine is firing on all cylinders these days and will handily beat Apple’s guidance numbers (never particularly hard to do, given how conservative those numbers tend to be).

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