In fiscal 2019, Apple paid $14.1 billion in dividends and spent $67.1 billion buying back its stock. Many billions more are on the horizon…
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Apple now accounts for more than 15% of Berkshire Hathaway’s book value
Here’s how much Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has made on Apple…
Starbucks wins, Fiat loses, Apple kept guessing in EU tax grab rulings
Starbucks Corp. won a court fight and a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV unit lost one over European Union tax orders in decisions…
Apple may get clues about its chances of winning tax case of the century
Apple has been arguing its case at the European Union’s General Court to topple a record 13 billion-euro ($14.3 billion) EU tax order…
Apple and Ireland blast European Commission’s ‘fairy story’ behind $14 billion EU tax grab
Apple accused the European Commission of misunderstanding its business on day two of the iPhone maker’s appeal against a $14 billion tax order…
Apple slams EU as epic court battle over $14 billion tax clawback commences
Lawyers for the world’s biggest company faced EU officials in the Luxembourg court, challenging a decision that CEO Tim Cook slammed at the time as “total political crap” with no basis in law…
Apple says $14 billion EU tax clawback ‘defies reality and common sense’
Apple is appealing to Europe’s second highest court to overturn the European Commission’s 2016 ruling that it pay the record sum of over 13 billion euros to Ireland…
Apple takes fight against $14.4 billion EU tax grab to court
Apple is expected to send a six-man delegation headed by Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri to the two-day court hearing…
Apple to fight EU’s $14 billion tax grab in European court next month
Since 2016, both Apple and Ireland have been denying the merit of the European Union’s tax clawback…
Apple stock to trade ex-dividend within days
Apple has been growing earnings at a rapid rate, and has a conservatively low payout ratio, implying that it is reinvesting heavily…
Analyst: Buy Apple for its earnings-boosting stock buyback plan
Investors shouldn’t buy Apple’s stock because a 5G iPhone may arrive in 2021 or the new Apple TV+ will suck in a massive number of subscribers…
Ireland invests disputed Apple taxes in low-risk bonds
Ireland’s debt agency has invested disputed taxes collected from Apple in low risk, highly rated euro-dominated fixed income securities…
J.P. Morgan: Apple’s China issues ‘somewhat overblown,’ services underrated
Investor concerns about Apple’s fortunes in China are “somewhat overblown,” analysts from J.P. Morgan suggest…
Loving Apple’s small dividend raise in 2019
The quarterly dividend for the next year was boosted to $0.77…
Apple has made huge progress toward its ‘net cash neutral’ goal
In early 2018, just a couple months after tax reform was passed, Apple CFO Luca Maestri…
Analyst predicts Apple dividend increase with $35 billion buyback extension
Apple will be accelerating how it passes some of its giant cash hoard to investors…
What to expect from Apple’s Q219 earnings report
Apple is scheduled to publish its fiscal Q2 results on…
Apple’s history says Q2 will disappoint investors
With just about two weeks to go until technology giant Apple reports its fiscal second quarter…
Did Apple execute a major buyback late last month?
If so, that is obviously good for earnings per share, and it could mean good things for the potential dividend raise as well…
Apple: Large dividend raise coming?
When technology giant Apple reports its fiscal second quarter earnings…
Apple’s $130-billon problem: Zero-cash goal could be a cause for concern in a few years
Apple has a $130-billon problem, and it could impact the company’s stock down the line…
How Apple benefited from 2018’s U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
On Jan. 1, 2018, the biggest, most sweeping U.S. corporate tax cut ever enacted went into effect….
U.S. companies repatriated over half a trillion dollars in 2018
U.S. companies have sent home over half a trillion dollars of cash they held overseas…
Second term unlikely for EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager
European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, a former leader of a political party…
Apple pays €14.3 billion Irish tax bill amid ongoing appeal over EU tax grab
Ireland has collected €14.3bn in disputed back taxes and interest from Apple….
Prompted by U.S. tax cuts, Apple and others dump bonds and create $300 billion market hole
As U.S. tax cuts prompt Apple Inc. and other tech companies to bring home their overseas cash hoards…
Ralph Nader once again assails Apple’s stock buybacks
Multiple U.S. presidential campaign failure Ralph Nader…
2 reasons to hold Apple for 2 years
When Apple released iPhone 6 in 2014 it went to become the most popular smartphone in history…
Why Apple is the future of capitalism
Apple has pioneered a financial model that is the envy of corporate America…
Cramer: Apple’s stock price should be $300 if valued properly
Apple is the greatest consumer products company in history…
Apple: What it will take to reach a historic $1 trillion valuation
Apple is nearing a historic $1 trillion market value following its strong earnings report…
Apple could’ve worth a trillion long ago, but for buybacks and dividends
All else being equal, every dollar a company spends on shareholder dividends or stock buybacks…
Buybacks prompted by President Trump’s tax reform driving Apple valuation – BMO
Thanks to President Donald Trump’s tax bill, companies including Apple received a boost as the corporate tax rate was cut…
The Street is underestimating the timing and impact of Apple going net cash neutral
We expect Apple to return $300B to shareholders and to be net cash neutral by the end of…
How Apple easily circumvented EU Competition Commissioner Margarethe Vestager’s tax grab
In August 2016, European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager told Ireland to claw back 13 billion euros…
Apple declines invite to EU hearing, cites appeal against EU tax clawback
iPhone maker Apple has turned down an invitation to an EU lawmakers’ hearing…
Apple $1.8 billion tax arrears payment eases EU pressure on Ireland
European authorities indicated they are open to dropping a case against Ireland…
Apple to fight EU Irish tax clawback without U.S. support role
The U.S. lost a bid to help Apple Inc.’s court fight against the European Union’s order to pay Ireland…
Ralph Nader’s open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook demands suspension of $100 billion buyback plan; instead wants Apple to pay full year’s pay bonus to Foxconn workers, rec centers across the U.S., and more
Erstwhile politician and consumer protection/environmentalist activist Ralph Nadar has demanded…
Apple’s corporate debt holdings drop for first time since 2013
A whale in the corporate bond market is going on a diet…
Apple services segment faces margin, competitive challenges
Apple Inc is betting on services such as app downloads and music subscriptions to help drive growth…
Apple bought back a record $23.5 billion shares on the cheap in Q1 as Wall Street naybobs nattered negativity
Apple silently bought up a massive $23.5 billion of its own shares off the open market in the March quarter…
