Why is the article title say GAPP when the acronym is GAAP?

The title of your article is spelled wrong. It should be GAAP, not GAPP. You might want to try proofreading your articles in the future.

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Don't blame the authors, journalists never choose their headlines, Editors do. Blame the editor.

Learn to spell you idiots

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Don't blame the authors, journalists never choose their headlines, Editors do. Blame the editor.

Looks like a pun to me.

If you are a apple i nvestor please watch your money because the market is droping fast. watch funny videos [link removed]

I blame it on my AAPL keyboard. (And that *was* intentional for the record.)


J.M.

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Looks like a pun to me.

One value the GAAP to non-GAAP numbers provide is a sense of company skimming of profits as bonuses, share awards, options etc. Remember, Steve Jobs did sign off on options back-dating but was deemed too valuable to prosecute.
This is a feel-good article to promote Apple.

"One value the GAAP to non-GAAP numbers provide is a sense of company skimming of profits as bonuses, share awards, options etc. Remember, Steve Jobs did sign off on options back-dating but was deemed too valuable to prosecute."

Jobs was not "deemed too valuable to prosecute"; the investigations could not demonstrate criminal culpability on his part.

Nice try with the skimming remark. I guess you missed the part in their earnings report where they announced how much their cash horde has grown. Oh, that right, you were interested only in trolling, not the truth.

If Apple cared about its shareholders, it would set a dividend, and people would invest to realize real returns rather than gamble on the ups and downs of the share price.

Guess you missed the Spitzer debacle on TV, or how about Ken Lay and Skiling even their pac monies didn't save them. Give me a break. There a lots of people who would love to make a career move and take a guy like Steve Jobs down.

As guest above noted, look past all of the accounting numbers and the question is simply is cash / cash returned to shareholders going up or down? When cash / cash returned to shareholders is going up that means the earnings are for real.

Jim, Apples real value is $200 a share! These idiots that call themselves ANAL-ISTS don't have a clue, sarbanes or not! They've been hitting Apples stock for a long time, devaluing it at every chance with some pitiful excuses.
It doesn't take a brilliant mind to calculate Apple's value. 124% rise in sales would give you some cause to think the stock should go higher. Sales 3x any other PC maker in the business is doing, should make you think that the stock should be higher. NO DEBT and 25 BILLION DOLLARS IN THE BANK, should make you think that the stock should be higher. DUH!!!!!!!

Guest, AAPL's real value is not $200/share. It has nothing to do with their earnings. Perhaps at the most basic level, it has to do with cash and disposable assets on hand. No dividend, no way to figure out what it's value is. It's value on a day to day basis is simply what a small fraction of shareholders can sell their positions for that day multiplied by the number of outstanding shares. I'd rather sit at the roulette table.