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"Shares rise sharply in advance of next week&amp;#8217;s earnings report and special event\n\n  \nWith strong earnings expected to be announced Monday Jan. 25 and a new product scheduled to be unveiled two days later, Apple \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAAPL\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t shares climbed steeply Tuesday morning.\nThe release of several positive reports on Mac sales for the quarter than ended Dec. 26 probably didn&amp;#8217;t hurt, either.\nThe stock closed at $215.04, up 9.11 points (4.42%) for the day, easily outpacing the Dow (up 1.09%). Volume was heavier than usual, thanks in part to the 2.4 million shares that changed hands at 1:44 p.m.\nTune in here for our coverage of Apple&amp;#8217;s earnings call, which begins Monday at 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m PT) and for the unveiling Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) of Apple&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;latest creation,&amp;#8221; widely expected to be Steve Jobs&amp;#8217; long-awaited tablet computer.\n[Follow Philip Elmer-DeWitt on Twitter @philiped]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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