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How AT&T Factored In Apple’s Missed ‘Whisper’ Number

Fewer mobile phone upgrades at AT&T in the June quarter may have contributed to Apple (AAPL) missing its iPhone “whisper number” when reporting fiscal Q3 earnings, which punished its stock, says BTIG Research. AT&T (T) has been a key marketing partner of Apple since 2007, when it became the first wireless firm to sell the iPhone. AT&T and the other national wireless firms — Verizon Communications (VZ), T-Mobile USA (TMUS) and Sprint (S) — have

Apple Pay Partner Stripe Gets $5 Billion Valuation

Visa (V) is now the second credit card processor to invest in mobile online payment provider Stripe, valuing it at $5 billion. The startup has struck deals with a number of heavy-hitting partners — including Apple (AAPL) Pay, Alibaba (BABA), Facebook (FB) and Twitter (TWTR) — as mobile payment systems take off with consumers. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, along with previous investors American Express (AXP) and Seqouia Capital, also

Tableau Earnings Surprises Not So Surprising Anymore

Will Tableau Software (DATA) pleasantly surprise Wall Street yet again? The data analytics software maker — the little data engine that could in recent quarters — is slated to post second-quarter earnings before the open Wednesday, and analysts expect EPS to decline. But they’ve been wrong before. In fact, they’ve never been right. Wall Street has consistently underestimated Tableau’s EPS ex items earnings from Day One, ever since the company went