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Wed, 01 May 2013

Investors throw $52 billion at Apple, are Apple bonds a good investment?

Karen Haslam

Despite having $145 billion in the bank, Apple has decided to reach out to the debt market to offer $17 billion in bonds in order to pay money back to investors. Why would Apple need to go to such lengths and what does it mean to investors? We answer your questions.

Tue, 30 Apr 2013

Wall Street Beat: Earnings highlight smartphones as key to growth

Marc Ferranti

With Apple reporting a decline in profit margins and Samsung consolidating its leadership in the mobile device market, earnings results and market research reports this week point to the ever-increasing importance of smartphones as key to growth in tech.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013

Just How Close Is Apple's Tim Cook to Being Fired?

Tom Kaneshige

Apple CEO Tim Cook needs to show investors where the company's future growth is coming from. If he fails this fall, then he might be in big trouble, say industry analysts.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013

Former Apple consultant talks innovation, Samsung, and expanding the iPhone family

Nathan Velayudhan

Ken Segall, a former Apple employee who worked for the company for more than a decade during the Steve Jobs era, reveals what he thinks Apple needs to do to progress in the future.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013

Apple is growing; why not WWDC?

John Cox

If everything Apple does is growing so well, why isn't the company "growing" its Worldwide Developers Conference?

Fri, 26 Apr 2013

Bidding surpasses $200,000 for coffee with Apple's CEO Tim Cook

Nathan Velayudhan

With 19 days of auctioneering left, the new price to beat if you want to sit down for a coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook is $230,000.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013

Apple revises its plans for spaceship headquarters

Nathan Velayudhan

In a project that is already expected to cost up to $5 billion, Apple has decided to revise design plans to add even more features to the new headquarters, dubbed “spaceship.”

Thu, 25 Apr 2013

Halo effect: iPad 'pushing' consumers towards Macs

Nathan Velayudhan

Apple has revealed that it sees the iPad as a device which can influence more and more people to buy a Mac, as opposed to taking sales away.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013

Apple's CEO Tim Cook is loved by employees

Nathan Velayudhan

Glassdoor, a website that allows employees to rate how well they think their management is doing, has released information compiled directly from employees at Apple’s campus in Cupertino.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013

Coffee with Cook: Apple CEO organises charity auction

Nathan Velayudhan

In an auction hosted on the site Charitybuzz, Tim Cook has offered bidders the chance to sit down for a coffee at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013

Podcast: Apple is doomed - to make more money

Philip Michaels

Apple tallied $43.6 billion in sales for its fiscal second quarter - a record for the company's March quarter - and saw a net profit of $9.6 billion. So naturally, Wall Street has decided that Apple is doomed.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013

A sad day for Apple as iOS and Newton pioneer dies

Nathan Velayudhan

The vice president of architecture for Apple, Mike Culbert, died this weekend after loosing his battle with cancer.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013

Mac Pro no more: Apple towers of power - a history of pro Macs

Simon Jary

Apple still doesn't have a proper Mac Pro for sale, so we look back on legendary professional Macs from the glory days of Mac towers.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013

Apple profit drops on slow iPhone growth

Agam Shah

Apple's net profit dropped during the second quarter of 2013 as the company's iPhone shipment growth slowed down, based on year-over-year comparisons.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013

iPad sales up, Macs flat, as Apple reports on Q2 earnings

Lex Friedman

As some investors feared, Apple on Tuesday reported numbers that were worse than its performance a year ago for the second quarter - though the company still saw record sales for its March quarter.

Tue, 23 Apr 2013

What to expect from Apple's Q2 results today

John Cox

Speculation is rife that when Apple announces its fiscal second quarter results today at 5 pm EDT, its revenue, profits, gross margin, and earnings per share or some combination of them will be less than expected, or less than they should be, or both.

Tue, 23 Apr 2013

Mac sales growth stalls - here's why Apple doesn't care

Gregg Keizer

Apple's Mac has been punished by shifting consumer tastes just as has the overall PC industry, data from the company's earnings statements show.

Tue, 23 Apr 2013

Apple's quarterly profit may fall for the first time in a decade

Nathan Velayudhan

Fourteen analysts have predicted that Apple’s quarterly profits, due to be reported later tonight, may have fallen for the first time since 2003.

Tue, 23 Apr 2013

Apple's lead over Samsung in future-purchase plan survey cut in half

Gregg Keizer

Apple's iPhone lost ground in the last three months to smartphones from rival Samsung in a survey of consumers' future purchase plans, a market research firm said last week.

Tue, 23 Apr 2013

ITC rejects Motorola touchscreen patent complaint against Apple

Martyn Williams

The U.S. International Trade Commission has found no evidence that Apple infringed on a Motorola Mobility patent covering a touchscreen function.

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