The U.S. unemployment rate may not return to the more than half-century lows recorded under former President Donald Trump…
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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…
U.S. economy logs best performance in nearly 4 years
Output expanded 3.2 percent in the first half of 2018 putting the U.S. economy on track to hit President Trump’s target of 3% annual growth…
Consumer confidence pops in August to highest level since October 2000
These historically high confidence levels should continue to support healthy consumer spending…
Second-quarter U.S. GDP jumps 4.1% boosting hopes that economy is ready to break out of decade-long slumber
Gross domestic product grew at a solid 4.1 percent pace in the second quarter…
Apple’s corporate debt holdings drop for first time since 2013
A whale in the corporate bond market is going on a diet…
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…
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…
Why would any shareholder complain about Apple using repatriated funds for buybacks?
Sure, many of the leaders from Silicon Valley won’t experience a massive tax break…
U.S. job-cut announcements hit lowest level since 1990
The passage of the tax bill has prompted unprecedented hiring plans for 2018…
China offers tax incentives to persuade U.S. companies like Apple to stay
In a bid to keep American businesses from taking their profits out of China following Washington’s overhaul of the United States tax code…
Apple expected to repatriate $214 billion to the U.S.; expect increased buybacks and dividends, not big acquisitions
With the new tax structure we expect Apple will bring $214 billion back to the U.S…
How Apple will win (and lose) under President Trump’s tax cuts
The Republican tax bill now awaiting President Trump’s signature has two major pieces of good news for Apple…
Apple notches big league win with U.S. Republican tax cuts, but faces snag with taxes on foreign patents
The U.S. Republican tax overhaul passed by Congress this week will allow Apple Inc. to bring back its $252.3 billion…
Congressional Republicans deliver epic overhaul of U.S. tax laws to President Donald Trump
The House overcame a final hurdle by voting Wednesday to approve a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s tax code…
Republican-controlled U.S. Congress poised to approve biggest tax system overhaul in 30 years
There is little standing in the way of the Republican party’s first major legislative triumph under President Donald Trump…
GOP tax cut plan sets 15.5% repatriation rate on offshore cash; 8% if invested in plants and equipment
The top tax rate that U.S. companies would pay on an estimated $3.1 trillion in earnings…
GOP eyes taking bigger bite from Apple, others holding cash overseas to seal President Trump’s tax cuts
Republican tax negotiators, aiming to finalize their nearly $1.5 trillion in tax cuts on Friday…