Apple's Outlook May Sour a Sweet Beat

(TheStreet) -- Apple AAPL is looking sharp going into a tech earnings season that, until Tuesday afternoon, had been a dismal parade of dullards. If Apple delivers on plan, it will be less like the streak of earnings disappointments from Google's GOOG profit-robbing spending splurge and Texas Instruments' TXN big miss Monday that somehow came in below the target it lowered last month. Blowout numbers from Apple could put it in the class of upside surprisers like IBM IBM and Intel INTC, which both flew past analysts' targets with earnings reports Tuesday. Continue reading the article.