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Apple now offering the largest dividends of any corporation in the world, possesses $257 billion in cash reserves

It looks like Apple is now paying the largest dividends of any company in the world. Apple is now the world’s largest payer of dividends after increasing its quarterly payout by 10.5% to 63 cents a share, according to data compiled by Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. Now boasting […]

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Cosmopolitan resort in Las Vegas now accepts Apple Pay transactions

You will soon be able to lose a great deal of money in Vegas with Apple Pay. Or at least pay for the hotel/casino in which you lose a great deal of money. The Cosmopolitan resort in Las Vegas has announced that Apple Pay will be accepted at the hotels’ front desk, restaurants and bars […]

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BlackBerry posts $98 million quarterly profit, sells 1 million Z10 smartphones

Maybe there’s some life left in the old girl… Per AppleInsider, BlackBerry on Thursday said demand for its new flagship Z10 handset helped produce a net income of US$98 million — a minor surprise during a transitional quarter for the previously spiraling company. While the Canadian smartphone maker, formerly known as Research in Motion, surprised […]

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Apple to spend $45 billion over next three years on stock share, repurchase program, offer dividends

So what DO you do with those fat stacks of cash laying about? Per AppleInsider, following up on today’s financial news, Apple will initiate a dividend and share repurchase program, spending US$45 billion over the next three years. Apple’s new quarterly dividend will amount to US$2.65 per share. Assuming it is approved by the company’s […]

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Apple rescinds no-cash policy for iPads

As much as Apple may make you want to storm the gates of 1 Infinite Loop, blazing pitchforks in hand, the company sometimes listens. Per KGO-TV, a San Francisco-baed woman who was denied the ability to purchase an iPad with cash managed to push Apple to reverse its policy and rewarded the woman by giving […]