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Apple rose 2.58% on Friday, while Samsung shares lost 2.6% in South Korean trading.
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Apple itself rose again to become the most valuable company on record.
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Meanwhile, second-quarter sales of Apple computers rose 26.2% over the year-ago period to grab fourth place in the U.S. market, just behind Gateway.
Sales of Apple computers rose to 1.76 million units during its third quarter of the year, up 33% from the same period a year ago.
While some people at Apple said there was concern about Apple's future during Mr. Jobs's previous leave, Apple stock rose 78% while Mr. Cook steered the company through his nearly six-month absence.
Meanwhile, second-quarter sales of Apple computers rose 26.2% over the year-ago period to grab fourth place in the U.S. market, just behind Gateway (nyse: GTW - news - people ).
Smartphone volumes during the quarter rose due to record sales of Apple iPhones.
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Apple-linked companies rose after the technology giant's results beat analysts expectations.
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Apple reported iPhone unit sales rose 100% to 8.7 million units from 4.4 million during the year-ago quarter.
Apple's share price rose sharply following a revival under Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, which came about first in computers and then the iPod music player, and was then followed by the iPhone and iPad.
By contrast, Gartner said Apple's U.S. computer shipments rose 7.4% from the previous year.
Last week Apple reported that revenue for the period ending September 29th rose 27%.
Sales of Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) computers rose to 1.76 million units during its third quarter of the year, up 33% from the same period a year ago.
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He rose to fame as the charismatic young co-founder of one of the first personal computer companies, Apple.
This was a good performance from Samsung, as its market share rose 5 points from 27 percent a year earlier, but it was not enough to hold off a surging Apple.
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Jobs first rose to fame as the smooth-talking young co-founder of one of the first personal computer companies, Apple.
In November, Apple also dropped to 14th on the Greenpeace corporate environmental scoreboard, though the company's overall score rose to 4.3 from 4.1.
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