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appleIn 1980 the Apple IPO was too risky for Massachusetts

August 2, 2018 | brian wang |
 
In December 1980, Apple had its IPO. They were not allowed to sell in Massachusetts because they were deemed to be too risky. At end of the day, the stock had increased in value by almost 32% to close at …
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amazonMicrosoft climbing back toward most valuable company in the world

May 30, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Microsoft has a market valution of $760 billion. Google has a market capitalization of $745 billion. Google and Facebook are facing up to $9.3 Billion in fines on first day of new European privacy law. Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) rose …
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appleApple might become a trillion dollar company this week

May 11, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
A bit more good news or upwards movement in stocks overall and Apple will be the first publicly traded trillion dollar company. It is at $957 billion today. Apple at $190 per share but at 198.5 it is a trillion …
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appleApple is within 6% of being the first trillion dollar company

May 8, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
Apple had a record valuation of $945 billion and is currently at $932 billion. Amazon is at $760 billion and Google is at $730 billion. Warren Buffett’s announced Friday that his company Berkshire Hathaway would be purchasing an additional 75 …
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amazonBig 4 Tech giants are within 14-38% of surpassing $1 trillion in market value

March 26, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Morgan Stanley predicts Microsoft could hit $1 trillion in market value in 2019. Microsoft has a valuation of $722 billion today. Apple is at $877 billion. Amazon is at $753 billion Google – alphabet is at $731 billion.
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appleApple will pay $38 billion in tax and repatriate about $250 billion

January 18, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Apple announced a new set of investments to support the American economy and its workforce, concentrated in three areas where Apple has had the greatest impact on job creation: direct employment by Apple, spending and investment with Apple’s domestic suppliers …
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appleSelf driving car news from Tesla, Nutonomy and Apple

December 10, 2017 | brian wang |
 
Elon Musk has revealed that Tesla is developing its own custom artificial intelligence chips for its driverless cars. However, his previous prediction that full self driving car capability would be achieved this year has been postphoned at least two years. …
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appleiPhone X is easy to break and expensive to fix

November 6, 2017 | brian wang |
 
CNET performed drop tests on the iPhone X and it broke on the first drop. The iPhone X is glass on the front and the back. The $1000 iPhone X can cost about $500 to fix the rear glass and …
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appleWill the new iPhones make Augmented Reality mainstream ?

September 13, 2017 | brian wang |
 
Apple is supporting the popularization of Augmented Reality with developers’ apps enabled by the ARKit tool, the new operating system, the hardware with the new iPhone 8, iPhone 8 plus, and iPhone X and Apple’s massive user base. The new …
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appleApple iPhone 8 and Apple TV 4K

September 12, 2017 | brian wang |
 
Apple has officially announced the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus and they have faster processors, a True Tone display, and upgraded cameras. The wireless charging is basically the same as all other smartphones. Place the phone on a charging pad. …
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