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"The Co-Op of Three," which includes Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) seem to be surviving the economic downturn. According to Businesswire:
Intel Corporation today announced record first-quarter revenue of $9.7 billion, operating income of $2.1 billion, net income of $1.4 billion and earnings per share (EPS) of 25 cents.
The earnings helped to propel the stock higher in after hours trading to the point where Intel is flirting with an almost 8% gain since the close of the regular session. The street was happy not to hear another piece of horrifying news and took notice of how well that Intel held up during this difficult economic environment. Even better, margins were up 4% YOY to a whopping 57% for the full 2008 fiscal reporting period. Much of this has to be a result of the key relationship that Intel has with Apple.

Probably one of the greatest technology deals of recent time has got to be the co-op of Apple/Intel/Microsoft. Finally thinking abut the bigger opportunity, these three giants approached the competitive landscape with a resolve to dominate. Since the day Apple's operating system allowed the running of Microsoft's Windows OS, there was no stopping the expansion. Intel's part in all of this was also key. By producing a chip that would help bring these two behemoths together, it has been rising a nice wave of income. No longer does Intel have the same competition as it did only a few years ago.

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