Apple (AAPL) reported earnings this past week that were decidedly lacking in the company’s usual flair, Eric J. Savitz writes in this week’s edition of Barron’s. The quarter was hardly a disaster, but this is a rough stretch for the world’s most valuable company, which is largely dependent on two categories still suffering from lackluster demand: mobile phones and laptops. Meanwhile, Amazon (AMZN) reported earnings on the same afternoon as Apple, to dramatically different effect, the author notes. Amazon had a landmark quarter, with growth in profits and revenue well above the company’s own forecasts. Its September-quarter guidance surpassed even the most bullish Wall Street estimates.
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