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Re:Twitter Expected to Begin Layoffs and Stop Headquarters E... by forgetsusername on Saturday October 10, 2015 @08:20AM (#10365288)
No, Apple often outdoes its previous quarterly results, but fails to meet lofty analyst expectations, so its price falls after earnings.

Exceeding expectations with a price drop afterwards is inexplicable.

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Re:Twitter Expected to Begin Layoffs and Stop Headquarters E... by dnr on Saturday October 10, 2015 @04:59PM (#10366980)
I think I remember that happening to Google at least once. There are expectations and "expectations". Analysts' published expectations are often different than the ones they believe privately, and the expectation might be to exceed the "expectation".
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