Apple issues bonds worth estimated $12bn. Move would allow the company to pay shareholders without having to repatriate any of $177bn it holds overseas at lower tax rates than in US[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Applesauce’
March 3rd, 2016 - 12:02 am § in Misc.
APPLESAUCE: Apple Invents Way to Pay Shareholders Without Paying Taxes
February 6th, 2016 - 11:08 pm § in Misc.
Applesauce
Apple sales set to slump in 2016 with no new products, analysts warn Rod ChesterNews Corp Australia Network AFTER a year of big Apple releases, analysts are predicting a flat 2016 where the world’s biggest tech company refines product lines rather than produces the next big thing. Apple’s share [...]
February 5th, 2016 - 11:33 am § in Misc.
Has Microsoft Created a NEW Form of the Computer?
Rick Broida at cNET is skeptical about Microsoft’s Surface and the entire concept if the hybrid between a tablet and a notebook PC. Broida sees the Surface as a tablet with an oversize screen, ” — too big and heavy to hold comfortably for long periods. When it comes to tabl[...]
February 1st, 2016 - 9:06 am § in Misc.
APPLESAUCE: $8 billion in back taxes?
Bloomberg Business: The world’s largest company could owe more than $8 billion in back taxes as a result of a European Commission investigation into its tax policies, according to an analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence. Apple, which has said it will appeal an adverse ruling, is being scrutinized by[...]
January 15th, 2016 - 9:02 am § in Misc.
APPLESAUCE: Apple May Be on Hook for $8 Billion in Taxes After Europe Probe
Bloomberg Business: The world’s largest company could owe more than $8 billion in back taxes as a result of a European Commission investigation into its tax policies, according to an analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence. Apple, which has said it will appeal an adverse ruling, is being scrutinized by[...]
October 13th, 2015 - 6:22 pm § in Misc.
Applesauce
“If you’ve got a factory full of children in China assembling phones for 17 cents an hour, you’ve got a lot of nerve calling someone else opportunistic.”[...]
September 11th, 2015 - 12:00 pm § in Misc.
Apple’s Thinks Different, Imitates Microsoft and Samsung
So .. Apple is a copy cat The dirty secret about Apple is that the company has never been inventive. Steve Jobs’ talent was always taking others work, packaging it brilliantly and then claiming to be the INVENTOR Can Apple keep this up sans Jobs? from CNet (abridged) Apple co-founder Steve Job[...]
August 15th, 2015 - 8:17 am § in Misc.
Apple Joins North Korea to Reactivate The “Think Different” Campaign”
This week, after decades refining their unique accounts of history, North Korea and Apple will next week take their growing relationship one step further by carving out their own timezone. The change — timed to mark the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule — will rever[...]
June 30th, 2015 - 9:20 am § in Misc.
Rival to Apple’s Watch
The Apple Watch is barely two months old, but there are already rumors about a follow-up device. Mark Gurman at 9to5Mac reported Thursday that Apple will release an “Apple Watch 2” next year. Hopefully no one expected their $17,000 “Apple Watch Edition” to last forever. The n[...]