Now, full disclosure: I own several shares of Apple stock and it should be, I suppose, positive to see that type of growth, but those figures are based on sales from October to December a season in India marked by festivities, weddings and gift-giving.

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The new portable gaming system launched in Europe on March 25 and in North America on March 27 and has been seeing the same type of record sales in those territories as its seen in Japan, where it launched a month earlier.

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Retail sales also fell over that period, by between 10% and 50% depending on the type of business, the Singapore government said last week.

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