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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock dips as analyst at Barclays gave downgraded rating on Apple stock

Origin Energy is waiting for the result of the federal government's review of Australia's 20 per cent renewable energy target launched on Monday. The anticipation is because of the potential impact of the policy on Origin's $900-million Stockyard Hill wind project.

Hampton Creek Foods Inc. raised $23 million in an effort to abolish eggs in food items.

Apple Inc's head of managers and acquisitions, Adrian Perica, has reportedly met with Tesla Motors founder and CEO Elon Musk at the company's headquarters in 2013. The meeting was rumoured to have taken place around the same time analysts suggested that the Cupertino tech giant should acquire Tesla, the maker of the Model S.

The rumoured Apple iOS 7.1 updates will come with a major overhaul to its Mobile Device Management; Google Translate with iOS 7 support will be free for 24 hours

Brand Finance listed Apple Inc as its no. 1 brand among world’s most valuable brands

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Stock downgraded to ‘Hold’ by Thomson Reuters; other analysts gave ratings

After an in-depth analysis of the strength and stability of Australia’s financial sector, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s concluded that Aussie banks are among the five most stable in the world.

Apple Inc. is gradually eating away Microsoft's personal computer market share.

The Abbott government is paying $4.3 million for media positioning analysis.

The pride biscuit of Australia is celebrating its 50 years now

Gold continued to lose its shine in 2013, with the top 3 miners registering a combined loss of $16 billion. The loss of Barrick Gold, Goldcorp and Kinross Gold Corp are due to lower price of the once-safe haven and the drop in value of bullion and mining shareprices.

The new Apple TV, one of Apple Inc’s most anticipated products in 2014, may be closer to reality as the Wall Street Journal supported an earlier report by Bloomberg. The latter said the new Apple TV may be in the middle of negotiations for content, citing Time Warner Cable as one of the possible providers for content services.

Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) is rallying at $750 says analysts from the Oxen Group

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Apple's decision to repurchase its stock worth $14 billion did not only get Carl Icahn, a billionaire activist investor, to drop his buyback proposal. It also indicated the company's confidence in hinting the launch of its new product categories.

An Apple designer disses his dream job of working with Apple

International Data Corporation (IDC) reports that Apple iOS had underperformed in the overall market as compared to Android

Because of a new federal law in 2013 that banned the sale of alcoholic drinks inside sports stadium and arenas, plus a local ordinance approved in January 2014 that also prohibited sale of alcohol within 50 metres of sports venues, the Sochi Olympics is considered the driest winter games in Olympic history.

The NZX 50 Index added 21.089 points on Wednesday, equivalent to 0.4 per cent, bringing it to 4869.972. The rise in New Zealand stocks came after the SkyCity Entertainment Group met guidance for its first-half earnings despite the strong kiwi dollar.

Apple Inc's investors may have overlooked something that might ease their doubts regarding the company's future growth. Asymco's Horace Dediu stacked and compared revenue categories of Google's core business and Apple's iTunes division.

Analysts say that Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) is cheap and it is the best time to own the stock now

Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has decided to drop his $50 billion stock buyback proposal to Apple Inc after respected proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services Inc (ISS) criticised his attempts of micromanagement. Apple Inc's CEO has announced in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that the company has recently repurchased $14 billion of its stocks.

Carl Icahn backed out from the Apple Inc $50 billion stock, but what’s the real deal?

A social media campaign for the benefit of SPC ARDMONA reaches 14.6 million for the benefit of SPC ARDMONA

Large bricks-and-mortar retail shops in Australia would likely be both happy and sad with more foreign fashion brands opening stores in the Land Down Under.

Australia's car manufacturing would die by 2017, while about 50,000 workers from the supporting industry would become jobless. That would be on top of 2,500 Toyota employees also joining the ranks of the unemployed in less than four years from now.

Apple Inc has bought back $14 billion of its stocks in the past two weeks. The recent move has increased Apple's total stock buyback to $40 billion shares in a span of 12 months. Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, remarked in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that it was a record-breaking buyback for a company in a similar period. He said Apple will reveal more updates on its stock buyback by March or April 2014.

"The Vampire Diaries" (TVD) star Ian Somerhalder tweeted about fashion retailer Lands' End banning the sale of items with Angora fur after seeing a PETA video of Angora fur farm cruelty. Somerhalder is a certified animal lover and the co-founder of the Ian Somerhalder Foundation (ISF) which was started to help animals, the environment and people as well as educate and empower mankind to make compassionate and sustainable choices for the planet earth and its inhabitants.