AAPL: sweeter dividend, sour outlook

Raymond James's Tavis McCourt this afternoon reiterates an Outperform rating on Apple (AAPL) shares, and a $600 price target, writing that worries about telecom operators cutting subsidies for smartphones, including theShares of Apple (AAPL) are down $3.30, or 0.9%, at $402.83, as analysts cut price targets and estimates following last night's fiscal Q2 report, which saw the company beat estimates, but offer a weak forecast for this quarter, and boost its capitalNot too long ago, Apple (AAPL) couldn't do any wrong in the eyes of the street. Analysts competed with each other to give ever higher price targets (Anyone remember $1100?) and any mention of possible problems was seen as heresy. Even after the stockHere are some things going on this morning in your world of tech: Cheers for Microsoft Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) are up $1.11, or almost 4%, at $29.90, in early

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