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former9thward

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7. Very difficult to do at the shareholder level.

Reply to FreeJoe (Reply #3)

Sun May 26, 2013, 01:23 PM

May 2013

A company like Apple has on average 16 million of shares being traded daily. Some of these shares are held for a few seconds, few minutes, few hours, or a few days. How do you access profit to them?

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Robert Reich:Why should Apple have access to consumers if it refuses to pay its fair share of taxes? [View all] kpete May 2013 OP

Apple currently has the protection of U.S. patents and the U.S. military around the globe. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #1

I'd certainly support that! byeya May 2013 #5

Yeah - let's boycott them because they didn't break any laws. CincyDem May 2013 #2

There is something amusing... FreeJoe May 2013 #3

Very difficult to do at the shareholder level. former9thward May 2013 #7

Dividends and Capital Gains FreeJoe May 2013 #8

Then you would also have to allow full capital losses. former9thward May 2013 #9

That sounds fair FreeJoe May 2013 #10

That could be said of thousands of business entities burnodo May 2013 #4

Because it's a free country, that's why! Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #6

Oh, yes. randome May 2013 #11

They've shown that Apple is the only company to do this? NightWatcher May 2013 #12