Tag: Apple Inc

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 08:23 UTC

  Apple, first company to reach a market value of US$ 3 trillion

  

  Apple Inc. reached a market value of US$ 3 trillion (twelve zeroes) during intraday trading on Monday, when its share price hit US$ 182,86. Although the milestone is mainly symbolic, (Wednesday shares were down to US$ 175) it shows investors remain bullish on Apple stock.

• Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 05:02 UTC

  Tech companies profits soar to over US$ 50 billion in April/June

  

  Tech companies Apple, Microsoft, and Google owner Alphabet reported on Tuesday combined profits of more than US$ 50 billion in the second quarter of the year. The three companies currently have a combined market value of US$6.4 trillion, more than double their market capitalization when the pandemic started 16 months ago.

• Monday, August 19th 2019 - 22:07 UTC

  Trump admits Apple's CEO “made a good case” on impact of US tariffs on Chinese imports

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he has spoken with Apple's chief executive Tim Cook about the impact of US tariffs on Chinese imports as well as competition from South Korean company Samsung.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  Facebook again caught ignoring privacy practices: it paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from its services

  

  Facebook Inc has been paying outside contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its services, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company confirmed that it had been transcribing users' audio, and said it was no longer doing so, Bloomberg reported.

• Tuesday, February 23rd 2016 - 06:07 UTC

  Apple and US government appeal to public opinion on the court's privacy dispute

  

  The public dispute in the United States between the Justice Department and Apple continued Monday as the tech giant called on the government to withdraw its demand for help in unlocking a phone used by one of the shooters in December’s terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, Calif., and instead let a commission of experts discuss the issue.

• Friday, April 24th 2015 - 08:03 UTC

  Nasdaq index beats its 2000 record, closing at an all time high of 5.056

  

  The United States tech-heavy Nasdaq index has closed at a record high, surpassing a level it last reached in 2000 at the height of the dot com bubble. The index gained 20.89 points to close at 5,056.06, besting the high of 5,048.62 it hit on 10 March 2000.

• Friday, February 15th 2013 - 05:40 UTC

  Apple fighting to recover “iPhone” trademark registered in Brazil by local company

  

  Apple Inc, which lost the rights to its iPhone trademark in Brazil this week, is challenging the ruling by Brazil's copyright regulator to prevent local firm Gradiente Eletronica SA from using the “iphone” brand name.

• Monday, August 27th 2012 - 06:13 UTC

  Apple sweeping legal victory over Samsung; over a billion dollars in damages

  

  Apple Inc. scored a sweeping legal victory over Samsung as a US jury found the Korean company had copied critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad and awarded the US company 1.051 billion dollars in damages.