Changes

==Current products==

==Current products==

Apple continues to sell desktop computers, the iMac all-in-one, the MacBook Air laptop line, the iPad tablets, the iPhone smart phones, Beat headphones, the iCloud [[cloud computing]] service and iPod portable media players.  Apple has announced that it will sell a new smart watch in 2015.  Apple sells its products both on-line and through an international chain of company-owned retail stores.

Apple continues to sell desktop computers, the iMac all-in-one, the MacBook Air laptop line, the iPad tablets, the iPhone smart phones, Beat headphones, the iCloud [[cloud computing]] service and iPod portable media players.  Apple began selling a smart watch in 2015, known as the Apple Watch.  Apple sells its products, on-line, through an international chain of company-owned retail stores, and at select third party retailers, including [[Wal-Mart]], [[Target]], and [[Toys R Us]].

 

==Stock==

==Stock==

Apple became a publicly traded company December 12, 1980. Apple issued its first corporate stock dividend on May 11, 1987. A month later on June 16, Apple stock split for the first time in a 2:1 split. Apple continued to pay a quarterly dividend with about 0.3% yield until November 21, 1995. On January 25, 2012, Apple became the company with the largest market capitalization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2012/01/25/blowout-quarter-pushes-apple-over-exxon-in-market-cap/|title=Apple Briefly Tops Exxon In Market Cap After Stunning Quarter|work=Forbes|accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref>  On August 27, 2012, its market capitalization reached $637 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/27/apple-stock-market-cap-high/|title=Apple reaches new heights: Stock opens at $680, market cap hits $637B|accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref> The stock later split 7 for 1 on June 9, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/06/investing/apple-stock-split/index.html?iid=HP_LN|title=Apple just got 'cheaper.' Will you buy?|work=CNN Money|accessdate=February 6, 2015}}</ref>

Apple became a publicly traded company December 12, 1980. Apple issued its first corporate stock dividend on May 11, 1987. A month later on June 16, Apple stock split for the first time in a 2:1 split. Apple continued to pay a quarterly dividend with about 0.3% yield until November 21, 1995. On January 25, 2012, Apple became the company with the largest market capitalization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2012/01/25/blowout-quarter-pushes-apple-over-exxon-in-market-cap/|title=Apple Briefly Tops Exxon In Market Cap After Stunning Quarter|work=Forbes|accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref>  On August 27, 2012, its market capitalization reached $637 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/27/apple-stock-market-cap-high/|title=Apple reaches new heights: Stock opens at $680, market cap hits $637B|accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref> The stock later split 7 for 1 on June 9, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/06/investing/apple-stock-split/index.html?iid=HP_LN|title=Apple just got 'cheaper.' Will you buy?|work=CNN Money|accessdate=February 6, 2015}}</ref>