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Apple's Cook reaped $373 mn in stock in five years as CEO

Tim Cook used buybacks and dividend increases to help ensure that Apple stock outperformed the S&P 500 even as sales slowed

US steps up fight against EU tax crackdown on Apple

The US Treasury said the EC is effectively changing the tax rules now, but planning to apply them retroactively to the companies

Tax and bend

Apple tax fight is two wrongs in search of a right

Apple becomes a green energy supplier

Apple's move comes as prices for renewable energy continue to plummet

AT&T, Apple, Google work on 'robocall' crackdown

More than 30 major technology companies are joining the US government to crack down on automated, prerecorded telephone calls that regulators have labelled a "scourge."AT&T, Google parent Alphabet, Apple, Verizon Communications and Comcast are among the members of the "Robocall Strike Force," which will work with the US Federal Communications Commission. The group was holding its first meeting with the FCC on Friday.The strike force will report to the commission by October 19 on "concrete plans to accelerate the development and adoption of new tools and solutions," said AT&T Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson, who is chairing the group.The group hopes to put in place Caller ID verification standards that would help block calls from spoofed phone numbers and to consider a "Do Not Originate" list that would block spoofers from impersonating specific phone numbers from governments, banks or others.FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler in July urged major companies to take new action to

Apple hits roadblocks in cutting watch ties to iPhone

The company still plans to announce new watch models this fall boasting improvements to health tracking

Apple to face revenue decline even after iPhone 7 launch: Report

Jessie Ding, Canalys research analyst advised iPhone makers to include features such as waterproofing and wireless charging

Apple to set up R&D centre in China as sales dip

Apple dropped to the fifth place in China's mobile market in the first quarter

Apple to boost investment in tough Chinese mkt

Demand for Apple's phones has plummeted in China, and the government maintains a wary attitude towards foreign technology

Berkshire takes bigger bite of Apple

t was unclear whether Buffett or one of his portfolio managers, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, are investing in Apple

Apple plans to revamp its MacBook Pro line this year

Apple may be turning back to the Mac line as a way to bolster flagging revenue from the iPad

Will aspirational India bail out upcoming Apple iPhone?

Apple shipped 8,00,000 smartphones to India in Q2 this year -- down from 1.2 million units in same quarter last year

Apple's tactic for a little Games glory

The watch bands do not feature the iconic Olympic rings logo or the word "Olympics", which are for the exclusive use of sponsors like Samsung

Apple buys US machine learning startup Turi

It has been stepping up its artificial intelligence efforts to compete against rival services from Amazon, Google and Microsoft

Companies now big customers for Apple

Apple's iPhones and iPads have become the preferred mobile computing devices for corporations

Apple finds it tough to crack India market

iPhone sales in June quarter dropped 35% even as smartphone market grew 19%

Apple said to buy AI start-up Turi for $200 mn

Apple's move is part of a broader battle among Google, Facebook and Amazon to gain an edge in AI

Apple buys machine learning startup Turi to make Siri better

Turi offers tools that are meant to let developers easily scale machine learning applications

Apple set to pay 'bug bounty'

Security analyst Rich Mogull said that limiting participation would save Apple from dealing with a deluge of 'low-value' bug reports

Weather woes hit apple produce in Northern bowl

Adani Agrifresh to crowd out other buyers, Mahindras to import more apples