As U.S. tax cuts prompt Apple Inc. and other tech companies to bring home their overseas cash hoards…
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Apple’s corporate debt holdings drop for first time since 2013
A whale in the corporate bond market is going on a diet…
Apple cuts back on buying corporate bonds ahead of U.S. repatriation of overseas cash
The Trump administration’s tax bill slashes the tax rate on repatriated cash and liquid securities from 35 percent to 15.5 percent…
The Apple cash FAQ
To the nearest million, as of the end of September 2017, Apple’s cash and investments totaled $268,895,000,000….
Apple expected to issue less debt in 2018 now that President Trump has signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
We expect IG tech issuance to be down year-over-year for the first time in about eight years…
Apple to tap debt market with six-part bond deal that could raise $7 billion
Apple Inc. is once again tapping the corporate bond market with a six-part deal that could raise $7 billion…
Apple sells $5 billion of debt to finance buybacks and dividends
Apple Inc. sold bonds again to finance its current round of share buybacks and dividends…
Apple’s bonds are acting more and more like government debt
Investors casting about for safe options seem prepared to designate Apple bonds as the new Treasuries…
Apple leads maple bond surge to decade high
Apple Inc.’s surprise foray into Canadian-dollar debt has pushed corporate issuance to a near-record…
Apple issues Canadian-dollar bond for first time – and sets new record
President Donald Trump has pledged to implement a lower one-time repatriation tax to encourage U.S. companies…
Apple preps first Canadian-dollar debt offering to reward shareholders
Apple Inc. is seeking to sell seven-year bonds in its first Canadian-dollar debt offering to fund stock buybacks, dividends…
Apple’s debt binge
A few years ago, the Steve Jobs era of Apple – during which it issued no debt – ended…
President Trump’s offshore tax plan may mean extra perk for Apple
Multinationals are in line for a windfall from President Donald Trump’s call to cut the tax rate on U.S. companies, but…
Apple preparing new euro bond sale to fund capital return program for shareholders
Apple is preparing a new bond sale in euros, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…
U.S. companies push Trump administration hard for lower tax rate on offshore profits
Major U.S. multinationals are pushing the Trump administration to deepen the tax break…
Apple issues $7 billion in corporate bonds
Apple has been using debt to pay shareholders while holding most of its $256 billion in cash overseas…
The fact that Apple has to issue bonds is a reminder of why urgent U.S. tax reform is needed
Why does the richest company in the world have to borrow money?
Apple: The status quo remains
Since we are still waiting for the Trump administration to come to terms on tax relief and repatriation…
Why Apple is investing $148 billion in corporate debt
That’s enough to buy all the assets in the world’s largest fixed-income mutual fund…
Apple raises $10 billion in debt ahead of President Trump’s repatriation tax plans
Apple has raised $10 billion in debt through a nine-part bond sale…
How would Apple even pay for a massive acquisition like Time Warner or Netflix?
As telecommunications giants continue scooping up content plays in an effort to take over more of the value chain…
U.S. v. Apple – the looming trial of the century?
The US Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into Apple…
Apple again taps debt markets, preps $7 billion bond sale to fund dividends and buybacks
Apple readied to sell $7bn worth of bonds on Thursday in its third tap of US debt capital markets this year…
Apple’s App Store anti-competitive? Spotify and Elizabeth Warren think so
Late last month, Apple streaming music rival Spotify accused Apple of anti-competitive behavior for rejecting…
Elizabeth Warren accuses Apple of monopolistic-like actions; Spotify concurs
Following Nancy Pelosi’s ‘poor Tim’ comment earlier this week, Apple today is again the target of yet another politician…
Apple CEO Tim Cook has billions of reasons to raise money for the GOP
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s fundraising breakfast for House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday was the talk of Silicon Valley…
Apple sells 30-year U.S. dollar bond in Taiwan to raise over $1 billion in debt
Apple Inc sold a 30-year U.S. dollar bond in Taiwan at a yield of 4.15 percent, sources said on Tuesday…
Apple plans $1 billion sale of 30-year bonds in Taiwan for the first time
Apple Inc plans to issue bonds in Taiwan for the first time with the aim of raising $1 billion…
An Apple dividend increase is imminent
Apple is scheduled to report earnings on April 27. An earnings report from Apple usually makes big waves…
Apple will increase its dividend this month, but don’t get too excited
Each year in April, Apple updates its capital return program…
A new dividend policy for Apple
Apple’s stock price has been moving up over the last weeks, due to an improving outlook for the second quarter…
Apple raises billions in debt market while some are left in cold
Apple Inc. sold $3.5 billion of bonds on Thursday just one month after issuing $12 billion of debt…
Apple files to sell debt due from 2018-2046
Apple Inc. is selling $12 billion of bonds to return capital to shareholders in the second-largest corporate debt offering in the U.S. this year…
Apple: What’s the 2016 dividend raise?
While Apple produces tremendous cash flow each quarter, investors know that most of these funds are located outside the U.S.
Ireland’s Sinn Fein party will pursue Apple if EU finds company owes back taxes
Sinn Fein may pursue Apple for the taxes it could owe Ireland should the European Commission find against the company and the government in an ongoing probe…
Will any U.S. presidential candidate give Silicon Valley what it wants most?
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook is usually even-keeled when he is on stage or doing interviews…
How Apple’s massive debt-powered buybacks actually save the company money
I’m a big fan of Apple’s strategy of financing its massive share repurchase program with debt…
Cramer: Apple’s Tim Cook is ‘patriotic’ on taxes
CNBC’s Jim Cramer has a message for Tim Cook critics: He’s right on taxes…
Apple CEO Tim Cook is absolutely right – and wrong – on U.S. corporate tax policy
In the interview with Charlie Rose, Mr. Cook describes the U.S. tax system as being designed for the industrial age as opposed to the digital age…
Apple CEO calls corporate tax rap ‘total political crap’
This is a tax code that was made for the industrial age, not the digital age. It’s backwards. It’s awful for America. It should have been fixed many years ago…
If Apple announces its corporate U.S. exit, will we finally get the message?
Pfizer’s corporate U.S. exit should be a wake-up call to the American public…
Apple avoids $59.2 billion U.S. tax bill
The 500 largest American companies hold more than $2.1 trillion in accumulated profits offshore to avoid U.S. taxes…