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cnnmoneytech:

Image: CNNMoney 

Magazines prep multiple cover mock-ups for each issue, leaving them with stacks of covers that never were. (One of Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s recent discards made a rare public showing this week.)

We knew Apple’s latest quarter was likely to be a showstopper, so we kicked a few ideas around with CNNMoney’s graphics team ahead of the release. Above is the image we’d planned to use, showing Apple’s giant spike in iPhone sales.

Then the release landed, and the story shifted from “major iPhone sales” to “major everything sales.” Apple’s $46 billion is a tech industry record. So our story went with a different image, showing Apple’s year-over-year leaps in sales and profits.

But here’s the iPhone chart anyway — because that image is also pretty astonishing. -Stacy

reuters:

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timemagazine:

This week’s cover might feel a little familiar. 

The latest issue of TIME (on the right) hits newsstands Friday. Its predecessor (on the left) was released last month.  

tmagazine:

The Moment caught up with the girls of the West Village’s Caribbean hot spot, Miss Lily’s, to find out how to get their look.

robertreich:

Herman Cain’s bizarre 9-9-9 plan would replace much of the current tax code with a 9 percent individual income tax and a 9 percent sales tax. He calls it a “flat tax.”

Next week Rick Perry is set to announce his own version of a flat tax. Former House majority leader Dick Armey – now chairman of…

Herman Cain, without a hint of irony. (via firthofforth)

(via firthofforth)