An Earnings Report for the Ages (AAPL)

An Earnings Report for the Ages

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which technology editor/analyst Andrew Tonner and industrials editor/analyst Brendan Byrnes discuss topics around the investing world.

Apple recently announced its first full quarter since the passing of Steve Jobs, and it was an absolute monster -- so good that one runs out of superlatives just trying to describe it. Especially with so many questions surrounding the company -- its less-than-desirable performance last quarter, the lack of its iPhone 4s in key emerging markets, and Steve Jobs' obvious absence -- the company delivered on a scale few expected. Andrew breaks down the specifics of the quarter and talks about what investors should expect.

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The Steve Jobs Betrayal
You may already know that in the final year of his life, Jobs revealed a stunning betrayal — and told his biographer, "I will spend my last dying breath... and every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank to right this wrong." What was it that made Jobs so irate — and why could it make a few in-the-know investors some major profits over the coming months and years?

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