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10 Best Blue Chip Stocks To Own Right Now: Apple Inc.(AAPL)

Apple Inc., together with subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication and media devices, and portable digital music players, as well as sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications worldwide. The company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, retail stores, direct sales force, third-party wholesalers, resellers, and value-added resellers. In addition, it sells third-party Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod compatible products, including application software, printers, storage devices, speakers, headphones, and other accessories and peripherals through its online and retail stores; and digital content and applications through the iTunes Store. The company sells its products to consumer, small and mid-sized business, education, enterprise, government, and creative markets. As of September 25, 2010, it had 317 retail stores, including 233 stores in the United States and 84 stores internationally. The company, formerly known as Apple Computer, Inc., was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rick Aristotle Munarriz]

  Alamy Companies can make brilliant moves, but there are also times when things don't work out quite as planned. From a deal that will let soda sippers make Coke products at home to a retailer taking its Super Bowl ad literally, here's a rundown of the week's smartest moves and biggest blunders in the business world. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) -- Winner Shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, the company behind the Keurig brewing platform, soared 26 percent on Thursday after it revealed that Coca-Cola (KO) will invest $1.25 billion in it for a 10 percent stake. The deal isn't just an investment for the beverage giant. Green Mountain is working on a new platform for chilled and carbonated beverages cal! led Keurig Cold, and Coca-Cola will be offering up its brands as flavors. This could be a game changer, and it comes at a great time since revenue growth has been slowing at Green Mountain. RadioShack (RSH) -- Blunder One of Sunday's most memorable Super Bowl commercials was RadioShack's spot that had Hulk Hogan, Mary Lou Retton, and other 1980s icons ripping apart an older version of its store. It was an admission by RadioShack that its concept had struggled to resonate with today's shoppers, but it ended with the refreshed makeover that the small box retailer hopes will win back consumers. The ad was great, but now sources are telling The Wall Street Journal that RadioShack plans to close 500 stores in the coming months. If the company is so confident in this concept makeover, would it be closing hundreds of stores before it had a chance to work? Apple (AAPL) -- Winner Apple may have disappointed investors late last month by announcing weaker than expected iPhone sales, but it's putting its money where its mouth is. CEO Tim Cook tells The Wall Street Journal that Apple has spent $14 billion on buybacks since the stock fell following that disappointing quarterly report. It's certainly a strong show of faith on the part of the company. Apple has

• [By Steve Heller]

  JP Morgan's Christopher Danely believes the foundry market is worth $38.4 billion a year and Intel could capture about 11% of that market. The catch is that Intel would have to land the highest of high-profile clients, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) . Since Apple designs custom processors based on ARM designs, it's highly unrealistic that Intel would just give up the goods to Apple.

• [By Doug Ehrman]

  This feature known as an application container was popularized by BlackBerry, and is one of the central reasons those devices have stood alone for so long. Now that Samsung and Android have broken through, many speculate that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) iOS is likely to follow in sho! rt order.! The application container should be well received by users, as well, because it means that the personal information like photos, social media data, and personal contact data, will reside outside of the secure work space, and remain invisible to administrators. Each environment will have differentiated backgrounds to ensure ease of use, and no data will be enabled to cross the divide.

• [By Joe Tenebruso]

  Even after a recent rebound off their lows, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) shares still trade for about 35% below their all-time high of $705. Could they once again soar to such lofty levels? It's certainly possible, but before that happens, Apple's shares must first cross back above the $500 level. Here are five events that could help that happen in the days and months ahead.

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