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Kendall and Kylie Jenner video game could break seventh seal

The biblical apocalypse is a step closer to reality with the announcement that reality TV stars Kendall and Kylie Jenner are getting their own video game. The famous-for-being-famous sisters are following in the footsteps of their maternal half-sister Kim Kardashian, who is featured in the hit mobile game “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood.” Glu Mobile (GLUU), the company that kicked off the celebrity video game trend with the Kardashian game, is producing the as-yet-untitled Kendall and Kylie game. Glu expects to launch the game in late 2015 for Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOGL) Android devices. “Featuring the voices, likenesses, and creative influences of Kendall and Kylie, the game will allow players to interact with the sisters as friends and mentors as they work to realize their creative and career aspirations,” Glu said in a press release Tuesday. The Jenner sisters have risen from reality TV fame to become globally recognized personalities and…

Will iPhone sales still grow after iPhone 6 series surge?

Monster sales of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus last quarter showed a huge pent-up demand for big-screen smartphones from Apple (AAPL). But will there be any growth left for the iPhone 6S due out this fall? That’s the question UBS analyst Steven Milunovich pondered in a research note Wednesday. “The most frequent question we are asked regards the iPhone 6S cycle and the difficult comparisons,” Milunovich said. He forecasts iPhone sales will rise 26% year over year to 214 million units in fiscal 2015, ending Sept. 26. For fiscal 2016, he says, iPhone unit sales will increase 5% to 225 million units, despite the difficult comparisons to sales in the current year. “Our phone forecast is a result of assumptions regarding the size of the (iPhone user) base, the retention and upgrade rate, and market growth and share,” he said. Milunovich estimates 426 million iPhone users as of December…

Exxon Mobil, Apple Lead Dividend Payouts In S&P 500

Companies in the S&P 500 paid $375.9 billion in dividends in aggregate during the 12 months that ended Jan. 31, setting a new high. Financial and information technology companies paid the most dividends, at $60.7 billion and $57 billion, respectively, according to FactSet Research, which included common and preferred dividends. Exxon Mobil (XOM) led the field. It paid out $11.6 billion in dividends. It was followed by Apple (AAPL), which paid