Walking up to next Tuesday's Q3 earnings, Ives is -- if possible -- more bullish than ever.

From WMBF News' "Man hooks couple’s missing phone, photo in Waccamaw River" posted Wednesday.
Thompson Financial has it at 54% and Estimize 78%. At 60%, Apple 3.0's preliminary estimate splits the difference.
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From a note to clients by analyst T. Michael Walkley that landed on my desktop Thursday.

From David Gershgorn's "Wait, there’s supposed to be a gadget repair market?" posted Thursday as a Fortune newsletter.

Apple pokes a little fun at its own fitness obsession.
The Reformed Broker's Josh Brown and The Irrelevant Investor's Michael Batnick have fun spending Apple's gravy.
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From "FTC to Ramp Up Law Enforcement Against Illegal Repair Restrictions" posted Wednesday on the Federal Trade Commission website:
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