News tagged with cash dividend

Apple to pay dividend, start stock buybacks

Thirty-six years after its founding, Apple Inc. is finally loosening up its purse strings to reward shareholders directly, by instituting a dividend and share buyback program.

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created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 1.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Apple CEO hints company will part with some cash

(AP) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook believes the world's most valuable company has more money than it needs. His next challenge is to figure out whether Apple should break from the cash-hoarding ways of his predecessor, the late ...

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created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (7) | comments 10

Apple to make announcement on huge cash holdings (Update)

Apple scheduled an announcement Monday on plans for its huge cash balance, estimated to be at least $97 billion from sales of its hugely successful gadgets like the iPad and iPhone.

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created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2