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"iPhone 5 First Weekend Sales Top Five Million: Apple® today announced it has sold over five million of its new iPhone® 5, just three days after its launch on September 21, and more than 100 million iOS devices have been updated with iOS 6" Apple 7:48 AM

"Analyst Says Perhaps Millions of iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Still in Transit, Not Included in Announced Sales" MacRumors 10:18 AM

"iPhone sales could hit 50 million in fourth quarter, says analyst" CNET News 9:30 AM

"Apple Sold 5 Million New iPhones in First Weekend: Customers Seemed to Have Little Luck Finding the Gadget at the Company's Retail Partners" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:22 AM

"Apple sells 5 million iPhones as mapping services slowly improve" Computerworld 9:40 AM

"What The iPhone 5 Tells Us About Cook As Apple's CEO" ["Steve Jobs was a technological visionary, a perfectionist who understood user experience inside and out and did not mind launch delays for the sake of the perfect product...Tim Cook is a chief executive officer who understands managing a product from the drawing board to the store shelf, who maintains a lower profile but works in the background to ink deals with over 240 suppliers, and brings a great product to the market at the right time in the right volume. One is a technology maverick, the other is a business wizard."] Seeking Alpha 8:12 AM

"Apple's iPod Touch for the Win: The upgrades to the iPod touch make it the most versatile non-smartphone device on the market." PC Magazine 8:13 AM

"Banks In Danger? Apple iOS 6 And Passbook Mobile Wallet Could Change Banking" Forbes 2:44 PM

"Foxconn Plant Closed After Riot, Company Says" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:33 PM

"Unrest at Foxconn as 2,000 workers reportedly riot at factory in China [Updated] The Next Web 4:25 PM

"Apple Supplier Foxconn Says Fight at Plant Spread Into Larger Unrest" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:09 AM

"Report: Worker Riot Halts Production at Apple Supplier Foxconn" PC Magazine 8:53 AM

"Foxconn Riot Much Worse Than First Thought: 10 Reported Dead" Cult of Mac 11:06 AM

"Videos purportedly showing Foxconn workers rioting hit the Web" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 2:41 PM

"Riot at Foxconn Factory Underscores Rift in China" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:23 PM

"Apple v. Samsung Voir Dire Reveals Broken Promises: The day the jury in Apple v. Samsung announced its verdict, I told you that it was preposterous, and then, when the jurors first began to speak to the media, I told you that I didn't think the verdict could stand. Now that we have Samsung's Rule 50 and 59 motion asking the court for judgment as a matter of law, retrial, and/or remittitur, especially now with all the exhibits in support, we see why that is so." Groklaw 8:42 AM

"Assessment of prospects of Apple's and Samsung's requests for overruling the jury" Foss Patents 8:51 AM

"Samsung raises jury misconduct in bid for new Apple trial: Samsung lists cases in which juror misconduct: introducing outside material to deliberations: led to a new trial. That's after jury foreman revealed he discussed his patents with other jurors." CNET News 5:36 PM