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The financial report of Apple surprised all analysts

In the second fiscal quarter for Apple the company's sales have risen to 28.6 billion dollars, said the largest market value of U.S. technology corporation, quoted by Financial Times Deutschland. The analysts had expected lower profit in the financial report to 3.6 billion USD result.
"We are excited about the fact that we can send its best quarter ever", said the CEO Steve Jobs at the company headquarters in Cupertino. The net profit has risen more than doubled from 3.25 billion to 7.3 billion dollars. The turnover is mainly due to record sales of iPhone and iPad. Apple sold 20.3 units of mobile phones, 9.3 million units tablets and nearly 4 million computers Mac. The investors apparently believe in the good times to the company. In the trading session after the shares jumped almost 7% and their price went from $ 400 limit. The trading was suspended because of high demand. Previously, Wall Street Journal reported that some of Apple's directors have held meetings with companies hiring for the manager to decide who can succeed Steve Jobs at the helm of the company. At least once a name has been referred to the head of one of the other known technology companies. The paper refers to knowledgeable sources, and Jobs himself has denied the news. According to the sources of Wall Street Journal it's very preliminary talks, whose purpose was rather to see the possibilities before the concert, rather than to immediately find a new CEO.
Jobs is the spiritual father of successful products iPod and iPhone. Therefore, investors and fans of the brand are troubled by frequent and more prolonged absence of the founder of the company's everyday business. Since January, Jobs cut business commitments in order to spare your health. 56-year-old Jobs is fighting for years with serious diseases. In 2004, for cancers undergo severe treatment, and in 2009 he had grafted a new liver. In his last public events he seemed lost. In everyday commitments when Jobs was represented by his longtime associate Tim Kok.