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Apple Inc's strong quarterly results and mounting excitement over its product launch on Wednesday pushed shares of the iPhone maker sharply higher on Tuesday.

Apple Inc. is widely expected to launch its next generation gadget - an iSlate entertainment device - in San Francisco tomorrow. The event is expected to start at 10 a.m. PST Wednesday morning.

Apple shares were up on Tuesday, a day after the electronics maker reported its latest quarterly results.

Apple Inc posted better-than-forecast Mac sales and strong growth in Asia and Europe, but iPhone shipments came in just below Wall Street's somewhat heightened expectations.

Apple Inc. reported on Monday a net profit of $3.38 billion for the quarter ended on Dec. 26, or $3.67 a share, from $2.26 billion in the first quarter of 2009, or $2.50 a share and its sales rose to $15.7 billion.

Apple Inc reported record sales of Mac computers and stronger-than-expected gross margins, but iPhone sales were slightly below some of Wall Street's most bullish forecasts.

The technology sector was a leader in the stock market rally on Monday, as Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 23.88 points, or 0.23 percent and the Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index gained 0.76 percent.

Apple's global roll-out of it's iPhone got a boost this week as UK's Vodafone sold over 100,000 units within seven days of launching.

Few events can steal the thunder from an Apple Inc quarterly earnings day -- an Apple product launch is one of them.

Apple Inc is talking with Microsoft Corp about making it the default search engine provider for the iPhone, replacing Google Inc, BusinessWeek reported on Wednesday.

Shares of Apple Inc rallied on Tuesday in anticipation of the company's expected launch of a tablet computer next week.

Apple Inc. confirmed on Monday that it will hold a product launch event on January 27 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco to introduce its latest creation.

Apple confirmed that it will hold an invitation-only event in San Francisco on Wednesday, January 27 to introduce its “latest creation.”

Apple Inc has acquired Quattro Wireless, as the iPhone maker looks to ramp up its presence in the mobile advertising arena.

While Apple Inc's long-rumored tablet device has piqued interest among enthusiasts and industry analysts for several years, by Tuesday a pair of the top business news outlets, the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, had reported that the device will be unveiled in January and is set to ship by March.

Apple Inc is set to announce a new tablet device later this month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, as anticipation builds about what could be the company's biggest product launch since the iPhone.

Apple Inc shares reached their all-time high on Thursday as excitement builds over the expected release of its tablet computer.

Shares of Apple Inc reached their all-time high on Thursday, as excitement builds over the expected release of its tablet computer.

Apple Inc has reserved space in late January at a venue in San Francisco in advance of a planned product announcement, the Financial Times reported on its blog on Wednesday

Apple Inc has reserved space in late January at a venue in San Francisco in advance of a planned product announcement, the Financial Times reported on its blog on Wednesday.

Walt Disney Co nominated Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg to its board on Wednesday, a move by the 86-year-old media company to tap into the younger, popular world of online social networks.