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Why does Apple have to push its politics on potential customers?
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get very tired of hearing about politics…
Apple iOS and Microsoft Windows users elected President Trump; Mac and Android users voted for Hillary Clinton
SurveyMonkey, which nailed the recent U.K. election, has started randomly putting political questions…
Apple’s debt binge
A few years ago, the Steve Jobs era of Apple – during which it issued no debt – ended…
Amid President Trump’s ‘Made in America’ push, six U.S. states vie for Foxconn’s $10+ billion U.S. display factory
President Donald Trump has called for firms to build more products in the United States…
President Trump calls for ‘sweeping transformation of the federal government’s technology’
President Donald Trump’s comments officially concluded the inaugural meeting of the White House’s American Technology Council…
Apple CEO Cook to President Trump: The U.S. should have the most modern government in the world; coding should be a requirement in every public school
Yesterday, Tim Cook was among the tech executives that sat down with President Donald Trump…
President Trump tells Apple CEO Cook that U.S. needs comprehensive immigration reform
Apple’s top executive asked President Donald Trump to show more compassion in his immigration policy and reassure immigrants…
President Trump advisor Kushner: Government must move past floppies, Y2K and ‘unleash the creativity of the private sector’
With the U.S. government still using floppy disks and checking for Y2K compliance…
President Trump to meet with Apple CEO Cook, other tech execs on cutting government waste, improving services
President Donald Trump will meet with the chief executives of technology companies including Apple’s Tim Cook…
Apple CEO Cook on President Trump, Steve Jobs’ legacy, and more
I feel a great responsibility as an American, as a CEO, to try to influence things…
Made in America iPhones, after all? Apple supplier Foxconn considering iPhone plant in Wisconsin
President Donald Trump alluded to negotiations with an unspecified company during a visit to Milwaukee on Tuesday…
Saddened Apple CEO Tim Cook offers prayers after nut job opens fire on Republican congressional baseball team
The man suspected of opening fire on Republican members of the congressional baseball team early Wednesday…
Apple selling $1 billion debt for projects to fight global warming
Apple Inc., which issued the biggest green bond ever sold by a U.S. corporation…
President Trump’s offshore tax plan may mean extra perk for Apple
Multinationals are in line for a windfall from President Donald Trump’s call to cut the tax rate on U.S. companies, but…
Apple CEO Cook, other tech CEOs to attend President Trump’s Jared Kushner-led summit
Leaders from the largest technology companies are set to visit the White House later this month…
Apple CEO Cook To MIT grads: You must have hacked President Trump’s Twitter account
Apple CEO Tim Cook poked fun at the president’s Twitter habit during his commencement speech at MIT on Friday…
Apple CEO Tim Cook pressured to follow Elon Musk and leave President’s Council over Paris Agreement kerfuffle
Twitter users are calling on Tim Cook to leave the President’s Council in protest…
Apple CEO Cook slams President Trump’s decision to withdraw from climate deal; says it’s ‘wrong for our planet’
After President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States will withdraw from…
Despite pleas from Apple CEO Tim Cook and others, President Trump pulls out of Paris Agreement
President Donald Trump said Thursday he was withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement…
Apple signs on to full page ‘open letter’ ad urging President Trump to keep U.S. in Paris Agreement on climate change
President Donald Trump is expected to announce his intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate change accord in an afternoon ceremony in the White House’s Rose Garden…
Apple CEO Cook calls President Trump as Elon Musk threatens to quit White House advisory councils over Paris decision
Top corporate executives, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, are mounting a last-minute push aimed at persuading the president that the U.S…
President Trump leaning toward exiting Paris climate change agreement despite Apple, others urging U.S. to remain in deal
The Vatican and companies as diverse as Exxon Mobil Corp. and Apple Inc., as well as Tesla, had urged the president to remain in the pact….
How the U.S. Congress is secretly trying to crush the bull market in Apple and the entire stock market
The clear winner, so far, is the status quo…
President Trump’s iPhone has only one third-party app: Twitter
Top White House officials tell me the key to forcing a more disciplined President Trump…
U.S. FCC gets set to free wireless, unleash even more competition
The FCC is acting on a rare opportunity to correct its recent mistakes and restore the Clinton-era light-touch regulatory framework that will drive economic growth and job creation…
Apple execs, other tech firms to talk immigration, government modernization in White House meeting
The White House plans to huddle with top executives from Apple, Google and other tech giants…
SoftBank and Saudi Arabia settled their differences to create world’s biggest tech fund; $100 billion fund has won Apple’s commitment
Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. is poised to launch the world’s biggest technology fund…
FCC kicks off effort to roll back so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules
In a 2-to-1 vote along party lines today, the FCC authorized a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to undo the 2015 decision…
Trump administration’s U.S. ban on laptops and tablets on flights from Europe ‘off the table,’ for now
Talks on a proposed U.S. ban on laptops and tablets in flights from Europe ended Wednesday with no ban…
Apple preparing new euro bond sale to fund capital return program for shareholders
Apple is preparing a new bond sale in euros, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…
Jack Welch: Impeachment of President Trump would ‘blow the market away’
Welch said he would give Trump an ‘A’ on the policy front and in his Cabinet and Supreme Court picks…
Trump administration considers expanding laptop ban in Europe; would cost airline passengers $1.1 billion
There’s a lot on the line as the Trump administration considers expanding its laptop ban to include flights from Europe…
U.S. law allows low H-1B wages; just look at Apple
President Trump’s ideas have found support among some Democrats and Republicans…
U.S. companies push Trump administration hard for lower tax rate on offshore profits
Major U.S. multinationals are pushing the Trump administration to deepen the tax break…
Apple is now the world’s largest dividend payer
When the company reported earnings earlier this month, Apple announced…
Apple awards Corning $200 million in first Advanced Manufacturing Fund investment
Apple today announced Corning Incorporated will receive $200 million from Apple’s new Advanced Manufacturing Fund…
Apple issues $7 billion in corporate bonds
Apple has been using debt to pay shareholders while holding most of its $256 billion in cash overseas…
The fact that Apple has to issue bonds is a reminder of why urgent U.S. tax reform is needed
Why does the richest company in the world have to borrow money?
Trump admin considers widening electronics carry-on ban to European airports; nothing larger than iPhone permitted in cabin
The U.S. is considering expanding a ban on most carry-on electronic devices larger than…
China Premier Li visits Apple supplier Foxconn after CEO’s meeting with President Trump
China is the best place for expanding manufacturing and investment, the country’s premier…
Apple borrows billions while sitting on massive overseas cash mountain
Apple has fat stacks of cash stashed overseas, but that hasn’t stopped the company from borrowing…