Apple shares surge 8 percent in early NASDAQ trading

[Mac Reporter]

"Apple Computer surged 8 percent Thursday as sales of more than 2 million iPod digital music players helped lift the company's fourth-quarter net income to more than twice what it earned a year ago,' Rex Crum reports for CBS.MarketWatch. "'The investments we have made are starting to pay off through higher revenue and operating margins,' said Peter Oppenheimer, chief financial officer of Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple, on a conference call with analysts."

Full story from CBS MarketWatch

[arcy]

To those who have some Apple shares.......

Merry Christmas to you and your new iPod or Powerbook or iBook ...