Week in review: Apple starts selling iPhone 5

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com.

Long lines greet iPhone 5 retail debut. (Sept. 21, 2012)

Apple stock hits its sixth record high in the last seven trading day as the iPhone 5 debuts at retail. (Sept. 21, 2012)

Adobe Systems is trying to speed up its transition from selling software licenses to software subscriptions. (Sept. 20, 2012)

Online family history service Ancestry.com is in talks with Discovery Communications to pick up celebrity genealogy show “Who Do You Think You Are?” for its TLC channel. (Sept. 20, 2012)

Apple’s App Store this year will command about 65% of the global market for mobile application store sales. (Sept. 19, 2012)

Strong early demand for Apple’s iPhone 5 is raising the prospects for chipmakers Broadcom and Qualcomm, which are supplying components for the new smartphone. (Sept. 19, 2012)

Household robotics leader iRobot plans to buy rival Evolution Robotics to expand its portfolio of floor-cleaning robots. (Sept. 18,2012)

Apple shares hit new record high on iPhone 5 pre-orders. (Sept. 17, 2012)

Photos: Apple’s iPhone 5 (top) and Evolution Robotics’ Mint floor-cleaning robot.