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Tag: share repurchases

How Apple’s massive debt-powered buybacks actually save the company money

Monday, December 28, 2015 12:46 pm17 Comments

I’m a big fan of Apple’s strategy of financing its massive share repurchase program with debt…

Why investors should love Apple’s debt strategy

Friday, August 21, 2015 2:29 pmFriday, August 21, 201520 Comments

Apple, the richest company in the world, has continued borrowing increasing amounts of money from all over the world…

Apple plans record Kangaroo bond debut

Thursday, August 20, 2015 9:55 amThursday, August 20, 20151 Comment

Apple has released price guidance for its debut Kangaroo bond…

Apple preps first Kangaroo bond; likely to set Australian corporate bond record

Monday, August 17, 2015 8:58 amMonday, August 17, 201510 Comments

Australia’s corporate bond market is poised for a big boost…

Apple dominates in stock buybacks, too

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 2:55 pmTuesday, March 24, 201511 Comments

Apple is far above second place Exxon Mobil…

Senator Rand Paul could push Apple shares past $100

Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:00 am86 Comments

Investors in Apple (AAPL) and other technology companies…

Regan: U.S. tax code spurs loveless foreign corporate ‘marriages’

Tuesday, May 13, 2014 5:02 pmTuesday, May 13, 201436 Comments

U.S. firms are at a serious disadvantage compared to foreign competitors..

Why mega-rich Apple – with $150 billion in cash – has to borrow $17 billion

Monday, April 28, 2014 2:01 pmMonday, April 28, 201433 Comments

Apple, which is sitting on a $150 billion cash pile, is planning to issue $17 billion in debt…

Apple readies blockbuster $17 billion debt sale

Monday, April 28, 2014 9:59 amMonday, April 28, 201411 Comments

Apple is preparing the groundwork for another blockbuster debt sale…

Apple plans another massive debt sale to fuel new share repurchases, dividends

Friday, April 25, 2014 8:32 amFriday, April 25, 201442 Comments

A year after it pulled off a then-corporate record $17 billion bond sale, Apple…

Apple may do more buybacks, but not on Icahn’s timetable; Cook likely to choose debt over U.S. repatriation taxes

Monday, December 30, 2013 6:03 pmMonday, December 30, 20133 Comments

Apple wants to keep buying back stock and may increase its dividend…

Apple leads record return of cash to shareholders

Thursday, December 26, 2013 10:28 amThursday, December 26, 20132 Comments

As usual, Apple, the world’s most valuable company, leads the way…

Memo to Apple: Carl Icahn is right

Saturday, November 23, 2013 1:01 pmSaturday, November 23, 201369 Comments

Carl Icahn may need to revise his back-of-the-envelope estimates…

Carl Icahn: I had a ‘good conversation’ with Tim Cook; we both believe Apple is undervalued

Monday, November 11, 2013 4:31 pmMonday, November 11, 201328 Comments

Apple’s Cook told Icahn that he’s still studying Icahn’s proposal…

Carl Icahn is 23rd in AAPL shareholders’ line with only 0.5% stake

Thursday, October 24, 2013 4:56 pm40 Comments

Andrew Wilkinson of Miller Tabak & Co. notes Icahn Associates clocks…

Carl Icahn’s letter to Tim Cook asks Apple to commence immediate $150 billion buyback

Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:39 amThursday, October 24, 201353 Comments

It was a pleasure meeting you for dinner at the end of September….

Carl Icahn’s Apple buyback seen failing in bonds

Monday, October 7, 2013 8:29 am15 Comments

Apple bondholders are signaling investor Carl Icahn’s appeal is little more than wishful thinking…

Will Carl Icahn pick a fight with Apple?

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 10:01 amTuesday, October 1, 201315 Comments

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook probably used his deliberate, quiet charm…

Is Apple ripe for another massive stock buyback?

Thursday, September 26, 2013 9:48 pm23 Comments

Apple is in the midst of the largest share repurchase program in the history of capitalism…

Tim Cook to meet with Carl Icahn on Monday in New York City

Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:27 amThursday, September 26, 201326 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook will meet with activist investor Carl Icahn this Monday…

Carl Icahn to dine, discuss buybacks with Apple CEO Cook in September

Thursday, August 22, 2013 6:02 pmThursday, August 22, 201320 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook will meet for dinner with billionaire investor Carl Icahn…

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