KQED Nightly Business Report October 26, 2012
Below 600 in afterhours trading. A rare earnings miss was the reason. The lower than expected numbers came just days after all the hoopla over apples launch of the new ipad mini. Apple earned 8. 67 a share, eight cents below estimates. Revenues came in higher than expected, almost 36 billion. On top of that earnings disappointment, the company gave a less rosy forecast for the future. Suzanne pratt takes a closer look. Reporter wall street called this a throwaway quarter for apple. After all, the iphone 5 was only available for one week during the period, and the newly launched ipad mini has y...