Apple sees China earnings growth after pandemic

By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple has revealed $9.329 billion sales in the greater China region, making a small increase over the same period last year.During its legally-mandated third quarter 2020 financial call, Apple revealed earnings of $9.33 billion in China. That compares to $9.12 billion in the same quarter 2019, making a 1.9% increase in a territory where Apple has recently struggled.”The growth that we saw….” said Tim Cook on the call, “we did see growth in Greater China for the quarter of 2% [but currency fluctuations] affected China a bit more than in other places. In constant currency we would have grown 6%.”…

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Notes of interest from Apple’s third quarter 2020 earnings report – updated live

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) Following the publication of its third fiscal quarter of 2020 results, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri are providing additional detail surrounding the particulars of the report during an hour-long conference call.Tim Cook (left) and Luca Maestri (right)Apple’s third fiscal quarter of 2020 earnings…

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Apple announces four-for-one stock split

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) Six years after Apple had its last split, the company has announced that a four-to-one stock split will happen on August 24.Apple’s Board of Directors has approved a four-for-one stock split, “to make the stock more accessible to a broader base of investors” says the company. Each Apple shareholder of record at the close of business on August 24, 2020 will receive three additional shares for every share held on the record date, and trading will begin on a split-adjusted basis on August 31, 2020.This is on top of an earnings report for a coronavirus-impacted quarter that is well above Wall Street’s expectations….

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