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This is MacOKIN. A zippy trip through Apple's third quarter earnings call.

It is Tuesday, the 8th of August, 2023. I sound like crap and this is news from Maco-S-Ken brought to you by yours truly and sponsored

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I don't know how to go from where we are without a look at last week's call so

Let's say we take a look at last week's call

Last Thursday the third of August Apple posted numbers for the third quarter of its fiscal year

2023. Company posted quarterly revenue of $81.8 billion down 1% year over

year. That was on quarterly earnings per diluted share of

a buck 26 up 5 percent year over year. That was better than Apple itself

expected according to Apple CEO Tim Cook and better than Apple itself expected, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, and better than the street expected as well.

The company set June quarter revenue records in Europe and Greater China, according to Apple CFO Lucaestry, with continued strong performance across emerging markets driven by iPhone.

Products revenue of $60. billion dollars was down 4%.

That fall was prompted by foreign exchange headwinds

and what the executives kept referring to

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