Research project/ paper topic: Apple Inc.

1. For your research project/ paper looms on the not-too-distant horizon, provide a quick update on the status of your project. Please feel free to share with your peers any research resources you have found to be useful. For example, an easily accessible source of financial data or a particular database that has been very useful.

2. You should have gathered some resources and be in the analyzing and organizing phase of your research. In this discussion forum, share any early observations you may have about the company. There are many possible quick and obvious observations you can make. For example, are revenues growing, flat, or declining? Likewise with Net Income or any other significant financial measures of performance. Is the company demonstrating a strategy of acquisitions, divestitures, expansion into other geographic regions or product segments? Is the company adjusting to changing market conditions?