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Tag: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Led by Apple, here comes the stock buyback explosion

Friday, May 7, 2021 3:50 pmFriday, May 7, 202120 Comments

A stock buyback “bonanza,” led by Apple, is on the horizon with corporate cash balances flush again as businesses recover from COVID-19…

U.S. unemployment hits five-decade low as employers step up hiring, wages increase

Friday, May 3, 2019 3:02 pm105 Comments

Steady job growth and solid wage increases have enlarged Americans’ paychecks…

U.S. consumer spending surges to post biggest rise in more than 9-1/2 years

Monday, April 29, 2019 2:02 pmMonday, April 29, 201930 Comments

Plus, price pressures remained muted, with a key inflation measure posting its smallest annual gain in 14 months…

Apple’s $400 billion buyback program

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 5:38 pmWednesday, April 24, 201912 Comments

One of the more certain items found with Apple’s upcoming 2Q19 earnings…

U.S. jobless claims at 50-year low

Thursday, April 11, 2019 9:32 pmThursday, April 11, 201930 Comments

The fewest people in nearly 50 years sought unemployment benefits last week, a sign of a strong job market…

Critics are wrong: Stock-buyback kingpins like Apple invest more, not less

Friday, February 22, 2019 5:32 pmFriday, February 22, 201910 Comments

The biggest corporate tax cuts under President Trump in 31 years certainly helped…

How Apple benefited from 2018’s U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Wednesday, January 23, 2019 12:04 pmWednesday, January 23, 201912 Comments

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

Monday, December 31, 2018 8:30 amMonday, December 31, 201810 Comments

U.S. companies have sent home over half a trillion dollars of cash they held overseas…

No, Apple didn’t ‘lose $9 billion’ by repurchasing shares

Friday, December 28, 2018 4:01 pm8 Comments

Apple has bought back a truly staggering amount of stock so far in 2018…

Apple ‘lost’ $9 billion this year by investing in itself or something

Friday, December 28, 2018 10:41 am12 Comments

Apple Inc. has lost more than $9 billion this year on an underperforming investment…

Billionaire CEO Benioff foresees several years of strong growth for U.S. economy

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 10:57 amWednesday, November 28, 20184 Comments

A record $7.9 billion was spent on Cyber Monday this year, up 19.3% year over year…

U.S. again assumes throne as world’s most competitive economy; first time since 2008

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 12:27 pmWednesday, October 17, 201851 Comments

The U.S. is back on top as the most competitive country in the world…

How President Trump created a tremendous U.S. economic boom

Friday, September 7, 2018 2:56 pm80 Comments

The current numbers are a uniquely Trumpian achievement and not owed to policies already set in motion when he took office…

Prompted by U.S. tax cuts, Apple and others dump bonds and create $300 billion market hole

Friday, August 31, 2018 2:49 pm16 Comments

As U.S. tax cuts prompt Apple Inc. and other tech companies to bring home their overseas cash hoards…

Buybacks prompted by President Trump’s tax reform driving Apple valuation – BMO

Tuesday, July 24, 2018 9:27 amTuesday, July 24, 20186 Comments

Thanks to President Donald Trump’s tax bill, companies including Apple received a boost as the corporate tax rate was cut…

Apple led company stock buybacks during record Q1

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 8:25 am7 Comments

Thanks in part to President Donald Trump’s tax reform which cut the corporate tax rate to 21% from 35%…

Wall Street higher on robust U.S. jobs data, Apple leads tech rally

Monday, June 4, 2018 12:05 pmMonday, June 4, 20188 Comments

U.S. stocks climbed on Monday led by gains in technology shares and Friday’s robust jobs data…

Apple’s announcement of new campus location said to be imminent

Friday, June 1, 2018 2:31 pmFriday, June 1, 201812 Comments

Amazon is still considering the Triangle for its huge HQ2 project, and downtown Raleigh…

How Apple transformed a North Carolina town

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 4:38 pmTuesday, May 29, 201812 Comments

For the second time in a decade, Apple looks to be focused on North Carolina..

Apple’s decision could lead to another Research Triangle Park evolution

Friday, May 25, 2018 10:58 amFriday, May 25, 20186 Comments

Apple’s new, $5 billion headquarters in California sprawls across 175 acres in suburban Cupertino…

Apple takes different tack than Amazon, secretly searches for new east coast campus

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 9:05 am4 Comments

The world’s two most valuable technology companies — Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc….

Share buyback boom remains in overdrive after President Trump’s tax cuts

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 5:25 pmTuesday, May 22, 201817 Comments

The stock buyback boom continued apace with U.S. companies announcing $6.1 billion of buybacks a day…

LGBT groups seethe as Apple eyes North Carolina site for new corporate campus

Friday, May 18, 2018 11:14 am18 Comments

LGBT activists are reacting with anger and dismay at the prospect that Apple might build its new corporate campus in North Carolina…

Apple close to deal to build major new campus in North Carolina’s Research Triangle pending tax breaks

Thursday, May 17, 2018 8:44 amThursday, May 17, 20187 Comments

Apple is close to announcing a deal that would bring as many as 10,000 jobs to North Carolina…

Apple quietly explores Northern Virginia for 20,000-employee campus

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 2:03 pm8 Comments

Apple has quietly explored the idea of opening a campus for 20,000 employees in Northern Virginia…

Apple leaves overseas cash out of its latest quarterly report

Friday, May 11, 2018 10:09 amFriday, May 11, 20186 Comments

A key figure disappeared from Apple Inc.’s latest quarterly report….

Apple’s corporate debt holdings drop for first time since 2013

Friday, May 4, 2018 2:56 pmFriday, May 4, 20185 Comments

A whale in the corporate bond market is going on a diet…

What Apple’s $100 billion buyback plan says about President Trump’s tax cuts

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 5:56 pm28 Comments

The Republican tax cuts are paying off bigtime for Apple shareholders…

Apple plows U.S. tax cuts into record share buybacks

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 8:28 amWednesday, May 2, 201819 Comments

Apple Inc lavished cash on its shareholders like no company in history in the first three months of the year…

Investors look to Apple’s cash, services as analysts fret over iPhone unit sales

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 1:30 pmTuesday, May 1, 20183 Comments

Apple Inc’s multi-hundred billion cash stockpile and stalling growth in services such as iCloud present…

Making the case for doubling Apple’s share buyback pace

Thursday, April 26, 2018 5:01 pmThursday, April 26, 20186 Comments

Next week, Apple will provide an update to its capital return program…

The market is under-appreciating Apple’s unrivaled war chest

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 4:16 pmTuesday, April 17, 201810 Comments

I am an avid believer that among large caps, Apple offers investors one of the best opportunities to profit…

Apple dividend hike looms

Monday, April 9, 2018 10:27 am7 Comments

Apple investors have enjoyed many years of nice returns, albeit with some volatility along the way…

Citigroup: Apple will more than double buybacks due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Thursday, April 5, 2018 8:55 am13 Comments

Apple’s capital return plan will get much larger…

Apple investor focus shifts to capital return plans

Friday, March 9, 2018 5:31 pm7 Comments

Apple “investor focus has moved to the company’s plans to boost its returns to shareholders…

Apple’s 4th U.S. campus: Handicapping its location

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 11:06 am5 Comments

As a down-payment of sorts on its commitment to hire thousands of Americans and redeploy billions of dollars stashed overseas and now being repatriated under the Trump administration’s new tax law, Apple…

U.S. consumer confidence hits 17-year high

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 1:02 pm19 Comments

U.S. consumer confidence jumped to a 17-year high as optimism about employment prospects…

Apple CEO leaves investors in suspense on future dividend hike

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 4:32 pmTuesday, February 13, 201812 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook is leaving shareholders in suspense about whether the iPhone maker will use…

Analyst: Apple’s repatriated cash ‘front and center’ tomorrow

Monday, February 12, 2018 5:32 pmMonday, February 12, 201813 Comments

On the eve of the annual Apple shareholders meeting…

Apple cuts back on buying corporate bonds ahead of U.S. repatriation of overseas cash

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 9:55 amTuesday, February 6, 20186 Comments

The Trump administration’s tax bill slashes the tax rate on repatriated cash and liquid securities from 35 percent to 15.5 percent…

MacDailyNews presents live notes from Apple’s Q118 conference call

Thursday, February 1, 2018 4:45 pmThursday, February 1, 201811 Comments

MacDailyNews presents live notes from Apple’s Q118 Conference Call with analysts…

President Trump highlights Apple in first State of the Union speech

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 4:46 pm140 Comments

In President Trump’s first State of the Union speech Tuesday night…

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