Apple Fans Already Lining Up Outside Apple Stores For iPhone 6/6+ -- September 18, 2014

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Later, 12:26 p.m. CDT: there are now about 30 lawn chairs, some occupied, lined up outside the Southlake, TX, Apple retail store. The first chair is occupied by a young-20-something Asian. The last two chairs are occupied, it appears, by a 50-ish-year-old white married couple. It's a very, very hot morning, and it's going to get hotter.

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The new Apple iPhone 6 and the new Apple iPhone 6+ will be available at Apple retail stores on Friday, September 19, 2014.

Riding my bicycle into Southlake, Texas, this morning, I passed the local Apple retail store. It was 9:20 a.m., Thursday, September 18, 2014. There were eight of those inexpensive Wal-Mart "lawn chairs" already lined up along the store's window, to the right of the door as you face the store. Two of the chairs were occupied, #3 and #5. The others were empty. One person standing, but probably not in line; all of them young, I think all three appeared to be Hispanic; could be wrong. One elderly woman was talking to one of the young men sitting in line.

I don't know if the stores open at midnight tonight, or as regularly scheduled, 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. Detroit.cbslocal says this:

[In the Detroit area], the Apple Store, AT&T, Best Buy and Verizon are all planning to open at 8 a.m. Friday, and Apple is encouraging customers “to arrive early or order online” to pickup their iPhone in-store or receive an estimated delivery date.

Let's see if Macrumors.com has anything to say. Nope, not yet. Expect to see a photo or two, later today, of folks lined up outside Apple retail stores later.

What's the market doing?

Up almost 100 points. Interesting. Who would have thought? First time unemployment claims plummet and housing starts plummet. EEP is up another 4% (almost); and I think that's on top of a similar gain yesterday, but I forget.

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Has the president's fund-raising and golfing schedule been released for the weekend yet?

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