Apple: A shiny Apple

Apple investors just got a double dose of good news. The dark cloud looming over the company - that Steve Jobs might be the target of federal prosecutors in the options backdating probe - is lifting. And the company has reported a blowout quarter that beat Wall Street earnings estimates by more than a third. The options backdating probe resulted in SEC charges this week against two former high-ranking Apple officials. One of them claims Jobs may be complicit in wrongdoing. But the SEC went out ...