Apple’s Cash Could Buy a Safety Net for Stock Price

Raising its dividend to, say, $5 per share might bring the buyers back.
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Apple’s Cash Cache Could Hit $170 Billion This Year

“$170 billion in cash by year end 2013 is conservative.”
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Will Apple Celebrate Dividend’s Anniversary With a Gift for Shareholders?

Maybe something like a new payout, size large?
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Einhorn to Apple: Stop Acting Like My Grandmother

Apple has a cash problem. Wait. Apple has a cash problem?
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Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Stock Rises With Choice to Turn Down $75 Million Dividend

When was the last time you heard about the CEO of a wildly successful company walking away from millions of dollars that he could have just as easily pocketed?
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HP Raises Dividend 10 Percent

Good news for Hewlett-Packard shareholders: The company is increasing its dividend. On Friday afternoon, HP said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that its board has authorized a 10 percent increase of its dividend, which is currently 12 cents per share. The increase will become effective when the company’s board declares its next dividend — likely sometime in May.

Is a Google Dividend Even Possible?

Someday, sure. But right now?
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QOTD: Yeah, Tough to Do Anything Capital-Intensive With a Paltry $50 Billion …

Saddened by Apple’s plan for a huge dividend. Apparently, they have nothing truly capital-intensive in the product pipeline.

Max Levchin, founder and CEO of Slide, bemoans Apple’s plan to spend just under half of its behemoth cash pile on dividends and stock buybacks

Apple’s Dividend: Why Now?

“Apple would have never paid a dividend under Jobs.”
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Apple Shareholders Meeting: No News, No Complaints, No Dividend

Apple Dividend More Likely Than $100 Billion Toga Party

Oracle: Sun Integration Going “Better Than Expected”

The Year in Wisecracks

European Commission Overclocks Intel Antitrust Fine

What Was That You Were Saying About Oracle's Worst Quarter in 15 Years?

What Was That You Were Saying About Oracle’s Worst Quarter in 15 Years?

Oh No Moto

Unlike Fed, Microsoft and HP Have No Debt and Billions in Cash

If You Can't Beat ‘Em, Bribe Their Users

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Bribe Their Users

New From Time Warner Cable: Dividend-on-Demand

Sprint: We’re Desperate, Get Used to It

Sprint: We're Desperate, Get Used to It

Simon & Schuster to Publish Anthology of Jerry Yang Letters