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GeorgeGist

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14. The greed of Apple is remarkable ...

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Wed Sep 13, 2017, 11:56 AM

Sep 2017

In January, Apple said cash reserves had increased by $8.5bn to $246bn. More than $230bn was parked at offshore subsidiaries, the biggest overseas holdings of any non-financial company.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/05/01/apples-cash-reserves-swell-250bn/

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Not a fanboy or hater, but am I the only one who sees the irony? [View all] jberryhill Sep 2017 OP

I appreciate Jobs' contribution in the technological field. He was a brilliant man. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #1

Replicating Apple's 1984 Commercial For Their Own Launch Was Less Than Brilliant jberryhill Sep 2017 #2

I think it is silly and petty to fixate on a commercial ignoring Jobs' contributions. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #3

What a bizarre comment jberryhill Sep 2017 #4

The commercial is nauseatingly overpraised as being The Best Commercial Ever! Orrex Sep 2017 #9

I disagree. Genius always comes with personal shortcomings. And, as for what Apple has become, Trust Buster Sep 2017 #10

Nonsense. So-called genius too often gets a pass because people too often fetishize "genius" Orrex Sep 2017 #11

You clearly reject the nature of a world economy. No doubt we differ on Aipac. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #12

No, we differ on your desperation to change the subject Orrex Sep 2017 #13

Yes I am sure that was on purpose marylandblue Sep 2017 #5

Well, if they want to extend the Orwell analogy, it's Animal Farm Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2017 #6

The depth of Apple's contributions to the computing world.. Kleveland Sep 2017 #7

for me, I don't hate apple Mosby Sep 2017 #8

The greed of Apple is remarkable ... GeorgeGist Sep 2017 #14

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