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==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=https://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=https://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=https://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>

==Politics==

==Politics==

Apple supported the [[homosexual agenda]] by donating $100,000. to defeat [[Prop 8]] <ref>http://www.osnews.com/story/20432/Google_Apple_Openly_Support_Fight_Against_Proposition_8_</ref> and named its operating system "[[Charles Darwin|Darwin]]".<ref>http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/</ref>

Apple supported the [[homosexual agenda]] by donating $100,000. to defeat [[Prop 8]] <ref>http://www.osnews.com/story/20432/Google_Apple_Openly_Support_Fight_Against_Proposition_8_</ref> and named its operating system "[[Charles Darwin|Darwin]]".<ref>http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/</ref>