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Apple raises record $17 bn in bond sale

Technology giant Apple confirmed Wednesday it sold $17 billion in bonds in the biggest corporate debt issue ever.

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May 01, 2013

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Apple bond offering among biggest ever

A bond offering from Apple expected to be priced later today will be one of the largest ever for a US company, according to leading financial newspapers Tuesday.

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Apr 30, 2013

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Apple prepares for first debt issue

Apple moved Monday toward its first-ever debt issue, filing documents describing plans for bond sales which would be used to pay dividends in an effort to stem its stock slide.

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Apr 29, 2013

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IBM raises dividend 12 pct, authorizes $5B buyback

IBM says its board has raised its regular quarterly dividend by 12 percent to 95 cents and approved a plan to repurchase up to $5 billion of its stock.

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Apr 30, 2013

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Dassault Systemes posts Q1 profit of 73.7 mn euros

French software group Dassault Systemes posted on Thursday a two percent annualised rise in its first-quarter net profit, confirmed its 2013 targets and announced the acquisition of two European firms for undisclosed amounts.

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Apr 25, 2013

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Apple shares hold flat after earnings

Apple shares swung sharply from red to black and back again Wednesday after the company's shock earnings report, but its huge boost to its capital return program helped the stock end nearly flat.

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Apr 24, 2013

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Dividend

Dividends are payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members. It is the portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders. When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, that money can be put to two uses: it can either be re-invested in the business (called retained earnings), or it can be distributed to shareholders. There are two ways to distribute cash to shareholders: share repurchases or dividends. Many corporations retain a portion of their earnings and pay the remainder as a dividend.

For a joint stock company, a dividend is allocated as a fixed amount per share. Therefore, a shareholder receives a dividend in proportion to their shareholding. For the joint stock company, paying dividends is not an expense; rather, it is the division of after tax profits among shareholders. Retained earnings (profits that have not been distributed as dividends) are shown in the shareholder equity section in the company's balance sheet - the same as its issued share capital. Public companies usually pay dividends on a fixed schedule, but may declare a dividend at any time, sometimes called a special dividend to distinguish it from the fixed schedule dividends.

Cooperatives, on the other hand, allocate dividends according to members' activity, so their dividends are often considered to be a pre-tax expense.

Dividends are usually paid in the form of cash, store credits (common among retail consumers' cooperatives) and shares in the company (either newly created shares or existing shares bought in the market.) Further, many public companies offer dividend reinvestment plans, which automatically use the cash dividend to purchase additional shares for the shareholder.

The word "dividend" comes from the Latin word "dividendum" meaning "thing to be divided".

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