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Apple's Next Step A Stock Split? Last week, I suggested that Apple would not be able to resist the pressure to return cash to its shareholders much longer in a post entitled: ?Fine, No Dividend, But Apple Could Use a Stock Buyback.? Apple to Use Cash for Stock Dividend and Buyback The technology company said it would use some of its $100 billion in cash reserves to pay a dividend of $2.65 a share in its fiscal fourth quarter. Apple Sets $2.65/Shr Quarterly Div; $10B Buyback; Stock Jumps Apple this morning has finally announced plans for some of its cash. The company will pay a quarterly dividend of $2.65 a share, for a yield of 1.8%. The first dividend will be paid in the fiscal fourth quarter, which begins July 1. The company also announced a $10 billion stock repurchase plan. The buyback ... Instant View: Apple to pay dividend, buy back stock (Reuters) - Apple Inc said it plans to pay a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share and authorized a $10 billion stock buyback program to be carried out over three years. The moves, plus money spent to settle vesting restricted stock units, will use about $45 billion of Apple's nearly $100 billion in cash and securities, the company said on Monday. Apple's shares rose 2 percent in premarket. ... Apple sets dividend, stock buyback (Reuters) - Apple Inc will start paying a regular quarterly dividend of $2.65 a share in July and buy back up to $10 billion of its stock beginning in the next fiscal year, the world's most valuable company said on Monday. March Stock Mania: Apple trounces Exxon It's been quite a Monday for Apple. Not only did the tech giant announce plans to give investors a $2.65 quarterly dividend and announce plans to buy back $10 billion worth of stock, but it officially landed the top spot in CNNMoney's March Stock Mania tournament. Apple to spend $45B of cash horde on dividends, stock buy-back Computerworld - Apple Monday announced it would begin paying quarterly stock dividends, and later this year, will begin to buy back shares of its stock. Apple: Dividend, stock buyback coming Thirty-six years after its founding, Apple Inc. is finally loosening up its purse strings to reward shareholders directly, by instituting a dividend and share buyback program. Apple to use huge cash hoard for dividend, stock buybacks Apple Inc. said today it will begin spending part of its nearly $100-billion cash stockpile on a quarterly dividend, as well as a three-year stock buyback program. Apple Squeezes Out A Dividend, Buying Back Stock Apple will pay a quarterly divided of $2.65 beginning in the fourth quarter of 2012, the company announced Monday morning. It will also spend $10 billion buying back shares of its own stock over the next three years.
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