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In the wake of a weakening yen (which has fallen more than 20 percent against the U.S. dollar since last November), some companies have decided to raise their prices in Japan. Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) was one of the first to raise its prices. German automaker Volkswagen (OTC: VLKAY) did the...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook is reportedly weeks away from receiving its next upgrade. According to DigiTimes, the next MacBook will be enhanced with Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) upcoming Haswell platform. The new laptops could be unveiled as soon as next month at the Worldwide Developers Conference (...

Trial production for Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) fifth-generation iPad is expected to "begin soon," Taiwan supply chain sources claim. According to DigiTimes, "volume production" will begin in July, "with monthly shipments ramping up to 2-3 million units in September." That number sounds relatively...

Is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) bracing for an iPad Mini sales decline? Every few weeks, a new report suggests that the answer is "yes." In March, iPad Mini shipments were expected to decline in preparation for the launch of the next-gen model. Apple cannot sell more units than it ships, so this could...

During the fiscal 2013 second quarter, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sold 19.5 million iPads. This was an impressive increase over the year-ago period when Apple sold 11.8 million iPads. At that time, only the second- and third-generation models were available. Thus, investors could assume that the iPad...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) beloved iPad Mini might be headed for steep declines in the second quarter. While the company is believed to have shipped 15 million units during the first quarter (the final number will not be released until next week), Apple may ship 20 to 30 percent fewer units during the...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) endured some criticism last month after rumors surfaced that the company may ship 12 percent fewer iPads than previously anticipated. Instead of shipping 60 million full-size iPads and 40 million iPad Mini units, the company is now rumored to ship 55 million iPad Mini units...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) ultra-popular iPad Mini broke worldwide sales records when it was released last fall. The company is expected to post another solid sales period when its fiscal 2013 second quarter results are announced in April. That could be the end of Apple's winning streak, however, as...

It seems like only yesterday supply chain sources were telling DigiTimes that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) might ship fewer iPads than expected in 2013. Actually, it was yesterday. Now DigiTimes is reporting that iPad shipments could be even lower. This decline is not being blamed on lowered expectations...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) knew that there would be some cannibalization when it released the iPad Mini, but few could have predicted it would lead to a 90 percent drop in interest for the full-size iPad. According to Apple's official sales data, all versions of the iPad collectively sold 22.9 million...

Is the fifth-generation iPad coming out in June? MiniSuit, a manufacturer of mobile accessories, thinks that the answer is yes. The company is so convinced that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will release the iPad 5 in June that it is already investing in the production of a new case for the tablet....

Just as the iPad Mini has helped Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sustain massive sales in the tablet space, the Mac maker is expected to release a smaller and cheaper iPhone that will attract a new legion of customers. Morgan Stanley analysts Katy L. Huberty, Jerry Liu and Scott Schmitz estimate that Apple...

In a note released early Friday, analysts at Morgan Stanley write that they believe a lower priced Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone “makes sense,” though they don't predict the device is forthcoming. Rather, the analysts argue that the success of the iPhone Mini in emerging markets -- specifically...

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) took a light beating this morning after word leaked that Foxconn had stopped all hiring for the month of February. The manufacturer, which is responsible for producing almost all of Apple's products, said that it would not resume hiring until the end of March....

Citi analysts Glen Yeung, Walter H Pritchard and Jim Suva think that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reached the end of the line for tablet growth. "Apple has again lost tablet market share (despite the introduction of the Mini), holding a still dominant 38.8%, but down from its 56.8% 2Q12 peak," they...