Tag: lobbying
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Apple spent near-record amounts of money lobbying the U.S. government in 2018
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 · 1:22 pm · 7 Comments
Apple spent $6.6 million on lobbying the U.S. government in 2018, after spending a record…
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Apple searching for new public policy director to influence governments worldwide
Friday, June 26, 2015 · 2:25 pm · 9 Comments
Apple is searching for a new director of public policy…
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Apple boosts U.S. federal government lobbying efforts by 16% in Q1
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 · 10:37 am · 5 Comments
Apple Inc., which has been boosting its presence in the U.S. capital…
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Apple steps up lobbying in Washington D.C.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 · 8:25 am · 14 Comments
Apple CEO Tim Cook posed for a photo with Senator Orrin Hatch, the Utah Republican…
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Apple hires former Senate Finance Committee Democratic Staff Director Amber Cottle as chief D.C. lobbyist
Monday, March 24, 2014 · 9:46 pm · 21 Comments
Apple has hired Amber Cottle as its new chief lobbyist…
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Google’s 8th-ranked D.C. lobbying machine flexes new political power
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 · 3:20 pm · 17 Comments
Google Inc. is moving its Washington office closer to Capitol Hill…
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Apple’s lone-wolf strategy backfires; recent setbacks may force Cupertino to rethink its ‘us vs. them’ mentality
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 · 12:32 pm · 38 Comments
Apple Inc. is a synonym for independence, hipness and originality…
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Don’t expect Silicon Valley to stop asking for political favors
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 · 2:09 pm · 8 Comments
If legislators don’t stop granting favors to tech companies…
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Apple becomes latest target of the Beltway Shakedown
Thursday, May 30, 2013 · 4:01 pm · 63 Comments
U.S. Senators are angry that Apple isn’t paying its fair share – not in taxes, but in campaign contributions and lobbying fees…
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Patent infringement war with Apple spurs Samsung’s U.S. lobbying push
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 · 5:01 pm · 16 Comments
Samsung Electronics Co. has doubled mobile-phone sales in the U.S. since 2008…
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Facebook, Google, eBay and Amazon join U.S. Internet lobbying group
Thursday, July 26, 2012 · 1:03 pm · 7 Comments
Google, Facebook, Amazon and eBay are joining forces to create a powerful lobbying group…
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Google’s D.C. lobbyists have outspent Apple nearly 10 to 1 so far this year
Monday, July 23, 2012 · 12:01 pm · 14 Comments
The U.S. congressional lobbying disclosure reports for the second quarter of 2012…
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Apple is taking a bruising in Washington D.C. as lobbying effort has yet to ripen
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 · 1:31 pm · 45 Comments
Apple is taking a bruising in Washington, and insiders say there’s a reason…
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With antitrust mutters growing, Apple triples federal lobbying expenses, boosts D.C. presence
Saturday, April 9, 2011 · 12:02 pm · 77 Comments
Growing from a scrappy underdog to one of the biggest technology companies…
