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On vacation, off the grid

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Philip Elmer-DeWitt

By

Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Philip Elmer-DeWitt

January 4, 2011, 4:18 AM ET

Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. Photo: PED

Back for Apple’s first fiscal quarter 2011 earnings report, Tuesday Jan. 18.

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