In October of last year, Steve Jobs announced that Apple sold more iPads than Macs in the preceding quarter.

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Central bank data last week showed the current-account gap widened to a record 6.7% of GDP in the October-December quarter, from 5.4% in the preceding quarter.

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Filings surged to 60 in the fourth quarter of 2008 from 52 the preceding quarter as the Chicago Board Options Volatility Index, or VIX doubled to 60.

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Apple shipped over 2.7 million notebook PCs in the first quarter of 2011, historically the second highest quarterly level and only 5% lower than the shipment volume in the preceding quarter.

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In the preceding quarter, the Charlotte, N.

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However, in order to take advantage of the sharp increase in iron ore prices in the past few years, miners decided to move to a quarterly contract system, whereby the contracts would be priced based on the average price in the preceding quarter.

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Subtract a one-time charge related to its acquisition of graphics chip specialist ATI, and AMD reported a loss of 90 cents per share during its March quarter, far short of analyst expectations of a loss of 48 cents per share--even after AMD had guided estimates lower not once but twice over the preceding quarter.

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Nytimes.com averaged 33 million unique visitors per month in the second quarter, in line with its average for the preceding 11 months, said CEO Janet Robinson on a call with analysts.

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