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Shares of Apple Inc. rose to a record in Nasdaq Stock Market trading Wednesday after more than doubling this year on sales of Macintosh personal computers and demand for the iPhone. Apple climbed for the fifth straight day, closing up 15 cents at $198.95 after reaching $200.96. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company, which also makes the iPod media player, topped $100 for the first time in May and is the fifth-best performer in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index this year.
