Investor Targets Increase on Apple Computer Inc. Stock (Pink Sheets: AAPL) Following a Recent Analyst Recommendation

GENEVA, Switzerland and DOVER, Delaware, October 2 /PRNewswire/ -- StockTargets, Inc., a private Swiss company and an innovator in investor sentiment tracking on listed stocks, measured a firm shift in investor targets over the past few days on Apple Computer Inc. (Pink Sheets: AAPL), following a new recommendation.

Investor sentiment and forecast shows a substantial increase, and remains resolutely positive on the stock's prospects, following the latest news and a revaluation of the company by TTS Zurich. Investors now forecast the stock rising to US$ 139 during the next 12 months. The StockTargets consensus 12 months target was US$ 131 recently.

The 12 months target by TTS Zurich for the stock is US$ 116, which represents an upside of 51%. These different targets can be reviewed by clicking the following link: http://www.stocktargets.com/cgi-bin/ticker.pl?command=AAPL. Targets indicators on stocks are an aggregate of all the news, sentiment and forecasts available on the company at a given moment in time, as perceived by investors. Apple Computer Inc. website is http://www.apple.com.

Apple Computer, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of personal computers and related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions worldwide. It also offers a line of portable digital music players, accessories, and services. The company's products and services include Macintosh line of desktop and notebook computers; iPod digital music player; Xserve G5 server and Xserve RAID storage products; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; Mac OS X operating system; iTunes Music Store; and a portfolio of peripherals that support and enhance the Macintosh and iPod product lines. In addition, it engages in the online distribution of music, audio books, music videos, short films, and television shows.

The link to TTS Zurich's research report is http://www.ttszurich.com/archive/20061002.htm.

About StockTargets, Inc.

StockTargets, Inc. (http://www.stocktargets.com) is an investment banking and investor relations firm. Its Web site records all participants' sentiment, expressed as targets by its users. The StockTargets system, by building an investor sentiment indicator, attempts to gather and determine an measurement of all entries of users. The user's consensus target can be compared to targets provided by professionals, such as brokerage firms, analysts or fund managers. StockTargets Inc. was founded in 2005.

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