Four Things to Follow in Apple's Earnings Announcement

Apple will announce its quarterly earnings Monday afternoon. As always, you can follow Apple's 2 p.m. PT conference call with Wall Street analysts with live coverage of the event at Macworld.com.

What can you expect from chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer, chief operating officer Tim Cook, and any other Apple executives who join in on Monday's conference call? As you would expect before an earnings announcement, Apple has given no indication of the quarter that was. But a scan of recent headlines and a little historical context can give us a pretty good idea of what might come up when Apple gives us a quarterly look at its financial picture.

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