SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc just bought itself some much-needed time.
On Wednesday, the company surprised Wall Street with news that it sold more iPhones in the March quarter than even the most bullish analysts had expected. It threw another US$30bil (RM97.91bil) into an already sizeable stock buyback program and instituted an 8% quarterly dividend increase to boot. And profits rose by an unexpected 7%.
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