“In agreeing to pay $35bn in dividends, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook was sending Wall Street a message: It's my company now. Steve Jobs, Cook's predecessor and Apple's co-founder, hated dividends. To him, Apple profits should be plowed back into the development of mind-bending new products, and shareholders would reap the...

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