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U.S. consumer spending surges to post biggest rise in more than 9-1/2 years
Plus, price pressures remained muted, with a key inflation measure posting its smallest annual gain in 14 months…
Apple’s $400 billion buyback program
One of the more certain items found with Apple’s upcoming 2Q19 earnings…
U.S. jobless claims at 50-year low
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
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
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…
No, Apple didn’t ‘lose $9 billion’ by repurchasing shares
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Amazon is still considering the Triangle for its huge HQ2 project, and downtown Raleigh…
How Apple transformed a North Carolina town
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A key figure disappeared from Apple Inc.’s latest quarterly report….
Apple’s corporate debt holdings drop for first time since 2013
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
The Republican tax cuts are paying off bigtime for Apple shareholders…
Apple plows U.S. tax cuts into record share buybacks
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
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
Next week, Apple will provide an update to its capital return program…
The market is under-appreciating Apple’s unrivaled war chest
I am an avid believer that among large caps, Apple offers investors one of the best opportunities to profit…
Apple dividend hike looms
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
Apple’s capital return plan will get much larger…
Apple investor focus shifts to capital return plans
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
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
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
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
On the eve of the annual Apple shareholders meeting…
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…
MacDailyNews presents live notes from Apple’s Q118 conference call
MacDailyNews presents live notes from Apple’s Q118 Conference Call with analysts…
President Trump highlights Apple in first State of the Union speech
In President Trump’s first State of the Union speech Tuesday night…
How Tim Cook’s ‘Trump strategy’ made Apple a killer stock
In case you haven’t noticed, Apple’s stock is up a mind-blowing 50% over the past 12 months…