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Apparently, more schmucks than reported yesterday actually did buy iPhones; they just haven't been able to activate them. Shares of Apple rose 9 percent as investors realized that they could buy stock in a company whose customers were willing to spend $500 on a hunk of plastic that they were unable to even turn on. [NYT]

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