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Apple plans to repurchase its own stock to reduce the number of Apple shares floating about in public. The company claims it wants to avoid diluting the value of the stock when its employees are rewarded in shares. Shareholders will receive a dividend of $2.65 per share towards the end of the year, with around $10bn paid out per year. Despite holding a large number of shares as part of his position at the top of the company, Cook has requested not to receive a dividend. The new iPad went on sale on Friday. Previous models launched in the US first, leaving us with a tantalising wait before getting our hands on the latest Apple slate. But this version hit shops in various countries around the world at the same time, which contributed to the record sales.
Some users are less than happy, however, reporting that their new iPad has overheated, We'll find out more about the new iPad's sales and the amount of money it's generated when Apple next reveals its quarterly financials, Also coming up this year, Cook hinted that the pipeline is "full of stuff", suggesting there are plenty more Apple announcements to come in 2012, The new iPad ushered in a record weekend for Apple, Tim Cook revealed as he announced a $45bn shareholder bonanza, The new iPad ushered in a record weekend for Apple, the fruit-flavoured iPhone folks have revealed, Announcing plans for its £62bn cash reserves, Apple's boss said he was "thrilled" with saved and remade iphone case the new tablet..
Why are technology companies--even major bellwethers sitting on a lot of cash--reluctant to pay a dividend? The short answer: it's uncool. For most companies, paying a dividend is the ultimate admission that the growth phase (also known as the fun period) is over. Dividends are more associated with safe industries like utility companies, not tech pioneers trying to change the world. If talking about business models and profits is looked down upon in Silicon Valley circles, think about how stodgy dividends sound.
Of course, there comes a time when a technology companies, especially public ones, get too big and wealthy to ignore their shareholders, Apple is the latest technology company to be dragged kicking and screaming into paying a dividend, The company said today it plans a quarterly payout and buy back some of its stock later this year, Apple, however, is in a unique position, The company is still seeing tremendous growth, with its per-share earnings doubling from a year ago and its revenue growth the envy of other technology saved and remade iphone case giants, But with roughly a $100 billion in cash, the company couldn't responsibly sit on those assets without doling some of them back to shareholders..
The Financial Times, citing Moody's, said last week that Apple represented $64 billion, or 36 percent of the total $179 billion increase in corporate cash since 2009. The study noted that corporate cash would have actually decreased by $6 billion last year had it not been for a $46 billion increase by Apple. It isn't alone. Microsoft, too, eventually had to relent to shareholder pressure and acknowledge that its businesses were no longer showing the growth they had seen in the past. So in 2003, it began issuing an annual dividend, and changed it to a quarterly dividend two years later. Since then, the excitement around the company and its reputation as a trend setter has muted significantly, despite the big initiatives it has planned. (Cause and effect? You decide.).
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