Apple soars past sales, profit targets with strong iPhone demand, warns of chip shortages By Reuters
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) on Wednesday posted sales and profits ahead of Wall Street expectations fueled by 5G iPhone upgrades but warned a global chip shortage could dent iPads and Mac sales by several billion dollars. Fiscal second-quarter sales to China nearly doubled and results topped analyst targets in every category, led by $6.5 billion more in iPhone sales than predicted and Mac sales about a third higher than estimates. Apple also announced a $90 billion share buyback, a day after Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc promised to repurchase $50 billion in stock....
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