For the first time in 12 years, this summer, Apple will pay a dividend to its shareholders.

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According to the press release, it will rise to $ 2.65 per share (2.01 euros). The Group Apple must also launch a share buyback program 10 billion over 3 years. Even with these investments, we can keep a Treasury of war for strategic opportunities and have plenty of cash to conduct our business, said the Director General Tim Cook cited in this press release. Apple has, therefore, decide what he would make of its 98 billion dollars (75 billion euros) in cash. At the Assembly General of Apple, in February, Tim Cook said that frankly, it is more that what we need to walk the company. A few days after seeing his action to 600 $ on the Nasdaq, the Group issued a brief press release announcing a teleconference on the outcome of discussions on its cash. 98 Billion of cash and liquid assets accumulated by the designer of the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad is approximately 104 dollars per action per ISI Group analyst Brian Marshall. The last dividend paid by the shareholders group dates back to 1995, according to Thomson Reuters data. In 1996, Apple had recorded a net loss of $ 816 million.

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