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"In a research note released to clients on Wednesday, Piper Jaffray &amp;amp; Co. Senior Research Analyst Gene Munster said that iTunes sales have already exceeded estimates for Apple\\'s March quarter at 85 million tracks, with nearly a full month left in the quarter. He says that iTunes sales could account for $83.2 million in revenue in the March quarter--or about $35 million more than his firm has been estimating. The analyst said his research indicates that iTunes could \\'begin to have a notable impact\\' over the next two calendar years. Specifically, Munster believes that iTunes may add an additional 3% to his firms revenue estimates for 2006. He further noted that the average iTunes daily run rate (sales) during the quarter has been 1.35 million, primarily in-line with the 1.43 million daily run rate in the weeks following the holidays. \\\"We had been anticipating a more significant drop off in iTunes sales,\\\" Munster wrote in his report. Piper Jaffray maintained its \\'outperform\\' rating on Apple with a price target of $50."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://appleinsider.com/articles/05/03/02/piper_jaffray_itunes_sales_exceeding_expectations>