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CEO Tim Cook decided on a new course for the Cupertino, Calif., company regarding shareholders. We have plenty of cash to run our business, he said.

U.S. stocks were poised for a lower open on Monday, indicating equities may pull back from nearly 4-year highs after cash-rich Apple said it will begin paying a dividend and buying back stock.

Apple Inc, the world's most valuable company, said Monday it will initiate a regular quarterly dividend of $2.65 a share in July and will buy back up to $10 billion of its stock starting in fiscal 2013.

Apple announced it will repurchase as many as $10 billion worth of shares now. Later this year, it plans to pay an initial dividend of $2.65 a share.

Speculations are rife that Apple will launch the next generation iPhone in the second half of 2012. However, Apple fans have already started crowding the Web with speculations on what features the next iPhone will offer to its users.

Samsung Galaxy tab 2 10.1 is competing with Apple's new iPad. See how the Android devices stack up against Apple's best bet.

European markets lost ground as the lack of positive catalysts prompted a pause in the recent string of gains, while Asian stocks were mostly higher.

U.S. stock index futures slipped on Monday, indicating equities may pull back from nearly 4-year highs as investors waited to hear what Apple will do with its massive $98 billion cash stockpile.

Apple Inc, the world's most valuable company, will discuss on Monday what it plans to do with its $98 billion cash hoard, raising expectations it may meet demands to pay a dividend for the first time since 1995.

Apple, whose stock is currently trading at $585, has announced that it will be holding a conference call on Monday morning to discuss the company's plans for its approximately $100 billion in cash reserves.

With Apple issuing a statement that it will make an announcement Monday regarding the discussions about its cash balance, there is high expectation that this time it will pay a dividend.

Foxconn Technology Group, the top maker of Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads, said on Monday it had no plans to take legal action over a U.S. radio program about its activity in China, parts of which have been retracted.

Apple Inc. -- the world's most valuable publicly traded company by its market capitalization of $545.97 billion -- will conduct a conference call to announce the outcome of discussions concerning its cash balance on Monday at 9 a.m. EDT, which is before the U.S. equity-market open.

Apple Inc. said it would host a conference call on Monday morning to discuss the outcome of discussions about its cash balance as investors clamor for a return from its massive holdings.

Apple Inc said it would host a conference call on Monday morning to discuss the outcome of discussions about its cash balance as investors clamor for a return from its massive holdings.

iPad 3 has a target on its back now that competing manufacturers know what its strengths and weaknesses are. Just because the new iPad has a super-high resolution display and a few HD apps some people will want, doesn't mean people will pay $500 for it. That's where companies like Amazon, Google and Nokia come in because they have the best chance to put out a far cheaper tablet that takes dead aim at the iPad.

According to J.D. Power and Associates, Apple has ranked top among smartphone manufacturers in terms of customer satisfaction, and it achieved this ranking for the seventh consecutive time.

The Land of Oz – Australia – is the first country where the new iPad got released on Friday morning. Luke Soules, the founder of California-based gadget repair firm – iFixit – made his way to Australia and picked up an iPad from a local store in Melbourne city. Here is what the iFixit guy revealed in the ultimate iPad postmortem.

Recently, Nokia staged a comeback in the high-end smartphone market with its Windows-based Lumia phone lineup. Now, it is rumored that the Finnish cell phone giant will be first to bring out a Windows 8 tablet that may pose a threat to the new iPad.

Investors are beginning to wonder if this Energizer Bunny of a rally can just keep going without taking a break or a fall.

A group of 22 Chinese authors have filed a claim against U.S. technology group Apple, alleging its App Store sells unlicensed copies of their books, Chinese state media reported on Sunday.

In the Round of 32 in the West Region of the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Saturday, No. 3 seed Marquette faces off against No. 6 seed Murray State. If you're looking for a way to watch a live stream of the Marquette Golden Eagles vs. the Murray State Racers, look no further. You can stream this and every single March Madness game if you own a desktop or laptop computer,an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.

In the Round of 32 in the West Region of the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Saturday, No. 3 seed Marquette faces No. 6 seed Murray State. You can stream this and every other March Madness game if you own a personal computer, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.

In the Round of 32 in the East Region of the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Saturday, No. 2 seed Ohio State faces off against No. 7 Gonzaga. If you're looking for a way to watch a live stream of the Ohio State Buckeyes vs. the Gonzaga Bulldogs, look no further. You can stream this and every single March Madness game if you own a computer, be it a desktop or laptop, or even an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.

In a survey that will surely make Apple happy, almost half of those waiting in line for the new iPad were first-time iPad buyers.

The New iPad is here and, with the launch of this iPad, Apple is all set to reaffirm its role as the leading tablet maker. But despite the fact that the latest gadget is beautiful, the question is - was it the device the tablet fans had been waiting for?

It seems that Apple wants the new iPad's users to experience the Retina Display to its core. The company has created a new section in the App Store named great apps for the new iPad, which is fully dedicated to apps that have been developed for the new iPad's Retina Display. Here's a list of top 10 apps that have been given a super high resolution update to correspond with the release.

Apple's newest, third generation 4G-ready iPad has already been jailbroken untethered by the iPhone Dev Team. It may sound like an April Fool's joke to many, but it's not.

The U.S. and European regulators are investigating whether Google violated privacy of users by a special computer code that tricks Apple's Safari Web-browsing software into letting them monitor many users according to a report by Bloomberg.