Apple Dividend

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  iPhone Sales Up 1.5 Percent as Apple's Quarterly Revenue Beats Expectations After Making Inroads in India

  Apple's results beat expectations on Thursday, showing off the tech giant's resilience in a slowing global economy thanks to better-than-expected iPhone sales and notable inroads in India and other newer markets.

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  Apple Posts Record Earnings with $97 Billion Revenue, Expects Slowdown in Next Quarter

  Apple reported strong quarterly results despite supply shortages, but warned that its growth slowdown is likely to deepen. The company said it's still struggling to get enough chips to meet demand and contending with COVID-related shutdowns at factories in China that make iPhones and other products.

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  iPhone 12 Most Popular in Series, Pro Models See ‘Strong Sales’: Tim Cook

  During the earnings call for fiscal Q2 2021, Cook said that the iPhone 12 is the most popular in the series, but that the Pro models are also seeing ‘very strong sales’. “iPhone 12 is the most popular, but we did see very strong sales of the Pro portion of the family as well. So the revenue that you’re seeing is a function of unit growth an...

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  Apple Posts Surprise Fall In iPhone Sales

  Apple boosted its capital return programme by $50 billion, increased its share repurchase authorization by $35 billion and raised its quarterly dividend by 10.5%.

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  Apple's Cash Pile Is As Big As The GDP Of Finland And Jamaica, Combined

  If the corporate rate is reduced or a holiday is granted, Apple, Microsoft and others could pay a special dividend, buy back shares or both.

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  Apple CEO Tim Cook Commits to Annual Dividend Raise

  Apple reintroduced a regular cash dividend in 2012 after not paying one since 1995. Last year it paid out $1.98 per share in cash dividends, or $11.4 billion overall.

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  Samsung Electronics Earmarking Cash for Growth, M&A

  While the South Korean company's profit declined in 2014 for the first time in three years as its lead in smartphones was challenged by Apple Inc, investors were cheered by a 40 per cent dividend boost and its first share buyback since 2007.

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  Microsoft Boosts Dividend 11%, Adds New Directors

  Microsoft, like rival Apple Inc, has been under pressure from activist shareholders to hand back more of its vast trove of cash, which increased 11 per cent to almost $86 billion over the past 12 months.

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  Tim Cook's stock grant now subject to Apple share performance

  Under the new system, part of Cook's grant is subject to "Total Shareholder Return", a measure of Apple's stock performance and dividends based.

• Apple shares fall as buyback, dividend hike fail to please

  Shares in Apple Inc are set to open down 3 per cent on Wednesday as the company's plan to return $100 billion in capital failed to appease shareholders shaken by the iPhone maker's first quarterly drop in profit in a decade.

• Apple unlocks more cash for investors while profit falls for first time in a decade

  The new capital plan came as Apple's fiscal second quarter profit slid 18 percent. While revenue rose 11 percent, it slowed sharply from 2012 and previous years.

• Apple to dole out $100 billion to shareholders

  Apple is finally opening the doors to its bank vault, saying it will distribute $100 billion in cash to its shareholders over two years.

• Einhorn drops lawsuit against Apple, ends high-profile challenge

  Hedge fund manager David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital has dropped its lawsuit against Apple Inc after winning a battle to stop the iPhone maker from a shareholder vote on a proposal to abolish its ability to issue preferred shares at its discretion.

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  When David Einhorn met Tim Cook

  Einhorn suggested to Apple an initial preferred share distribution, where dividends could be funded on an ongoing basis.

• Nokia axes dividend to shore up cash

  Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia plans to axe its annual dividend payment for the first time in over 20 years To shore up its cash position against falling sales.