Apple gets record iPad pre-orders: Canaccord Genuity

(Reuters) - Apple Inc is seeing record pre-orders for its latest iPad with wait times for shipping the tablet now reaching two to three weeks, said Canaccord Genuity analysts, who now expect the company to sell 65.6 million iPads this year.

Last week, Apple's Chief Executive Tim Cook introduced the highly anticipated third iteration of the iPad, which is available for pre-orders from Wednesday and will hit store shelves March 16.

"With our checks indicating record pre-orders and 2-3 week wait times for new iPads, we anticipate a record iPad launch this weekend," said analysts T Michael Walkley and Matthew Ramsay.

They raised their iPad unit estimate to 65.6 million from 55.9 million for 2012, and to 90.6 million from 79.7 million for 2013, saying rivals will likely struggle to introduce competitive products over the next couple quarters.

The analysts raised their price target on Apple stock to $710 from $665, and maintained their "buy" rating.

Apple's pricing of the new iPad will help the company to maintain dominant share of the growing tablet market, and further penetrate verticals such as enterprise and education, the analysts said.

"While Samsung appears to have the most competitive Android tablet offering, we view Windows 8 as a greater longer-term threat to Apple's dominant iPad share than Android tablets," they added.

Apple shares rose about 2 percent in premarket trade. They closed at $568.10 on Tuesday on the Nasdaq.

(Reporting by Chandni Doulatramani in Bangalore; Editing by Tenzin Pema and Gopakumar Warrier)

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PFT: Peyton leaves Cardinals facility after 6 1/2-hour visit

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Peyton?s next place of employment has eclipsed, for now, the Saints? bounty system as the NFL?s top story.? That could change once Commissioner Roger Goodell metes out discipline to those involved in the cash-for-crippling conspiracy.

Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Rams expect to learn the fate of defensive coordinator Gregg Williams this week.? Unless Goodell plans to hand out punishment in piecemeal fashion, this means that all of the other various sanctions on folks like Saints coach Sean Payton and G.M. Mickey Loomis and the Saints organization itself will come out this week, too.

As to Williams, we?ve heard that there?s support within the league for a lifetime ban.? There?s also concern that a banishment would not survive a legal challenge under the same antitrust laws on which the players relied a year ago today, after shutting down the union and wiping out the league?s multi-employer labor exemption.? In something closer to English, the NFL consists of 32 separate businesses, and if they band together and refuse to employ Gregg Williams, the NFL could be violated the antitrust laws.

That?s why the end result could be a lengthy suspension (one year or more), and a termination of employment by the Rams, for cause.? (Firing Williams for cause would cut off his right to pay.? His contract undoubtedly contains a provision mandating that any legal challenges be resolved via arbitration.? Arbitration conducted by the league office.)

Then, if no NFL team ever hires him again, he essentially has been banned for life, without being banned for life.

As one league source explained it to PFT recently, the only flaw in this approach is that one of Williams? friends in the coaching profession may hire him several years down the road, after this incident becomes a faded memory.? Thus, the only way to truly ban Williams for life may be to indeed ban him for life.

It?s unknown at this point whether the NFL will go that far.? Combining the three-year use of a bounty system in New Orleans with consistent and repeated lies to the NFL about the use of the bounty system with, quite possibly, further falsehoods about the use of bounty systems with prior teams, ending Williams? NFL career could be the best way to ensure that no one uses bounties again ? and that anyone caught breaking the rules in the future won?t deny it until backed into a corner with irrefutable proof.

The range of penalties for Payton and Loomis is far less clear.? We?re told that Goodell will be careful not to make the Saints non-competitive, even though there?s a belief in some circles that Loomis deserves as harsh a punishment as Williams.? As to Payton, a short suspension may be rendered meaningless, unless the league plans to monitor his whereabouts and communication habits around the clock.? For any suspension less than a year, he?ll be able at a minimum to work on game plans in which he?ll be involved after the suspension.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/11/manning-leaves-cardinals-facility-after-6-12-hour-visit/related/

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Customers pre-ordering latest iPad will have to wait

(Reuters) - People pre-ordering Apple Inc's new iPad to avoid the release-day crowds at the company's retail stores will have to wait longer to get their hands on the devices.

The latest version of the company's tablet, which was unveiled this week, is set to hit shelves next Friday.

But tablets pre-ordered online will not ship to buyers until the following Monday, March 19, according to the company's website.

Earlier in the week, Apple had promised the newest tablet would arrive at customers' homes on the launch date.

Trudy Miller, an Apple spokeswoman, said the change was made because customer response to the new iPad had been "off the charts," quickly exhausting the supply set aside for pre-order and delivery by March 16.

Apple's new product releases are some of the hottest events on the tech calendar, scrutinized by investors, the media and industry insiders alike.

To the company's devoted fans, who vie to be the first to own the latest device, a three-day delay would be an eternity and could add to the crowds at the company's retail stores.

In January, enraged Chinese shoppers pelted Apple's flagship Beijing store with eggs and shoving matches broke out with police after customers were told the store would not begin sales of the iPhone 4S as scheduled.

The new iPad sports a crisper display and an array of technology advances and tweaks.

Apple said it will continue to sell the iPad 2 but dropped its price by $100. The older tablet now starts at $399 while the new third-generation wi-fi only iPad starts at $499.

The high-end model of Apple's latest iPad starts at $629 and will be capable of operating on a high-speed 4G "LTE," or Long-Term Evolution, network. At speeds roughly 10 times faster than current 3G technology, that may help banish the sometimes shaky video quality of older devices.

(Reporting by James B. Kelleher in Chicago; Editing by Xavier Briand)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/customers-pre-ordering-latest-ipad-wait-005346649.html

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[SNY.tv: Giants Football Blog] - Salary Cap News: Giants Under But Have a Ways to Go

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GOP hopefuls look South for next contests

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, talks to supporters during a rally Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Springfield, Mo., after winning the Republican presidential caucuses in Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, talks to supporters during a rally Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Springfield, Mo., after winning the Republican presidential caucuses in Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum talks to supporters gathered at a Springfield, Mo., rally Saturday, March 10, 2012, after winning the Kansas caucuses in a rout. "Things have an amazing way of working out,?? Santorum said Saturday. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum talks to supporters gathered at a Springfield, Mo., rally Saturday, March 10, 2012, after winning the Kansas caucuses in a rout. "Things have an amazing way of working out,?? Santorum said Saturday. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich campaigns outside Mama Lou's restaurant in Robertsdale, Ala., Saturday March 10, 2012. (AP Photo/ John David Mercer)

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich campaigns outside Mama Lou's restaurant in Robertsdale, Ala., Saturday March 10, 2012. (AP Photo/ John David Mercer)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The raucous Republican presidential contest rolls into the Deep South this week with a pair of suddenly pivotal and tight races in Alabama and Mississippi.

The twin primaries on Tuesday follow a pair of weekend contests in the long, bruising fight to pick an opponent to President Barack Obama this fall. Setting the stage Saturday were Rick Santorum's romp in the Kansas caucuses and front-runner Mitt Romney's win in Wyoming.

Polls show a close race in the two upcoming contests, particularly in Alabama, where Romney, Santorum and Newt Gingrich all added to their TV advertising for the race's closing days.

Gingrich, whose campaign is struggling for survival, can ill afford a loss in either Mississippi or Alabama. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, is seeking a Southern breakthrough to show he has the ability to win the support of evangelical voters.

Santorum hopes to knock Gingrich out of the contest and finally emerge as Romney's sole challenger from the right. The former Pennsylvania senator lashed out at Obama and Romney simultaneously in a campaign appearance Saturday.

"We already have one president who doesn't tell the truth to the American people," he told voters in Kansas. "We don't need another."

A Gingrich aide has said the former House speaker must win both Southern primaries to justify continuing in the campaign. But Gingrich strongly suggested otherwise on Friday as polls showed a tight contest in Alabama.

"I think there's a fair chance we'll win," he told The Associated Press about the contests in Alabama and Mississippi. "But I just want to set this to rest once and for all. We're going to Tampa," sight of the GOP's national convention this summer.

Romney had no campaign appearances Saturday. He won six of 10 Super Tuesday states earlier in the week.

Final returns in Kansas showed Santorum with 51 percent of the vote, far outpacing Romney, who had 21 percent. Newt Gingrich finished with 14 percent and Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning Texas congressman, trailed with 13 percent.

Santorum picked up 33 of the state's 40 delegates at stake, cutting slightly into Romney's overwhelming's advantage.

In Wyoming, Romney won seven of the 12 delegates up for grabs, Santorum three, Paul one. One delegate was uncommitted.

The contests in Kansas and Wyoming left Romney with 454 delegates in the AP's count, more than all his rivals combined. Santorum had 217, while Gingrich had 107 and Paul had 47.

Romney's totals included 22 that he picked up in the Virgin Islands, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

A candidate must win 1,144 to clinch the Republican presidential nomination at the national convention in Tampa next August.

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Associated Press reporters David Espo and Stephen Ohlemacher in Washington, Thomas Beaumont in Alabama and Phil Elliott, John Hanna and John Milburn in Kansas, and David Lieb in Missouri contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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10 Dirty Negotiation Tactics and How to Beat Them - OPEN Forum ...

From Barry Moltz: Every business owner needs to learn how to negotiate. It's important to recognize when tactics are being used in an attempt to best you in a negotiation. Here's how to spot 10 tactics that many negotiators use. These have nothing to do with the win-win successful agreements of a good negotiation. Learn what to do when somebody pulls these tricks. Awareness of these tactics can strengthen your own?negotiation skills. Left at the altar?- The other party feigns backing out of a deal just before you are ready to complete the agreement. Hoping the tactic brings the other party closer to their position, the tactic often yields 11th-hour concessions. Your countermeasure:?Don't fall for the bait. Let the deal ... (Read?Full?Article)

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