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  • President Trump is irritated about Apple not completely killing DEI initiatives

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    The man who drove multiple gambling casinos into bankruptcy is just the guy you want handing out business advice.

    Good thing trumps' handlers are doing all the dirty work in his name.
    That frees him up to do the truly important work like insulting Apple's corporate policies or cozying up to Putin.


    I sure am glad this master negotiator is going to bring the Russia-Ukraine war to a satisfactory resolution that certainly won't be complete capitulation to whatever Russia wants. Adopting in its entirety the position of his purported negotiating adversary is some 11th-dimensional chess right there, my friends.
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  • Trade war escalates: Trump hikes China tariffs to 125%, pauses others for 90 days

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    MAGA Republicans be like
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  • Trump hesitates over instituting China tariffs that would hurt Apple

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    It's very depressing to see the US political landscape. 8 years ago I was angry. Now I'm mostly depressed.
    Moving abroad, in case anyone is thinking of it, is really not a very good nor a practical solution.

    Assuming one finds a path to legal citizenship or residency abroad - it's generally anywhere from difficult to near-impossible unless one already has dual citizenship - there is the matter of figuring out what sort of tax burden you may be subjecting yourself to. The US taxes the worldwide income of its citizens regardless of where it was earned, one of only two nations that do this.

    Then there's the not-insignificant matters of pensions. Are you really in a position to potentially stop contributing to SS? Also, if you are fortunate enough to get a job abroad, you may well be obligated to pay hefty taxes to a pension scheme you may never qualify to use.

    Speaking of getting a job abroad, if you're counting on having employment to sustain your new life abroad do you speak the local language fluently? Unless you're going to an English-speaking country, this can be an impossible hurdle to overcome. Think about how little Americans like dealing with call centers where the agents speak a flavor of heavily-accented English. Now imagine the agent is you and you have all sorts of skills... except you can only haltingly speak the local language. You're going to find menial employment unless you get a job teaching American English and that is usually poorly-paid work  as well along with abusive labor conditions because the boss knows there's another dozen desperate-for-work Americans waiting to take your job if you don't like it.

    Are you ready to leave your friends and family behind? To try making new friends abroad? Some places (usually cities and the bigger the better) can be welcoming to immigrants while out in the charming rural areas you could find yourself shut out of a fulfilling social life because the locals don't trust outsiders or because you've committed some sort of social faux pas you were unaware of.

    Homesickness is a very real thing no matter how beautiful your new, foreign home is.

    If it doesn't work out, are you in a position to return to the US or will you be betting your nest egg on the move? If the latter is the case I *strongly* advise against it.
    ronnmuthuk_vanalingamroundaboutnow

  • Apple's $94B Q3 soundly beats Wall Street thanks to iPhone and China growth

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    voice-of-reason said:
    mrwitt said:
    Tariffs are a very positive long term strategy. Our country has been taken to the cleaners for years with gross trade deficits.
    this is a mind-numbingly ignorant comment. Tariffs do NOT address trade deficits. No matter how high we "tariff" Vietnam, they do not have enough people or income to balance trade with us. You have to know this. I simply can't believe you actually believe a tariff war will even out trade deficits. 
    Trump cultists will believe whatever their cult leader decrees, updated regularly. Last year they were vehemently in favor of releasing the Epstein files; this year they are protecting pedophiles 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️
    zeus423Toroidal602warrenthtwilliamlondonjony0

  • Apple expected to announce another $100B U.S. manufacturing investment

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    randominternetperson said:
    What a world we live in now. The market is thrilled about this announcement. I’m sure it’s not about the actual impact of a big investment in domestic manufacturing. It’s all about believing that Apple might get favorable treatment from our fickle king because they are willing to make look good with a joint announcement. Then at some point DJT will tweet something negative about Apple and AAPL will get clobbered again. 
    I’m old enough to remember when conservatives would lose their shit over a POTUS who would demand obeisance from the most important American CEOs with the threat of devastating their markets with onerous taxes if they don’t.

    What the hell, I guess when one has decided that treason and pedophilia are A-OK then rank hypocrisy is small potatoes.
    ronnspliff monkeywilliamlondon

  • Trump's new China trade deal is still bad for US business & consumers

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    jcintron said:
    All mainstream media: Anything orange man does bad, Democrats good.
    I learned everything I needed to know about your traitor messiah on January 6th, 2021.
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  • White House: Apple set to announce a major investment

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    Flatter the fascist cult leader and things will go well for you 🙄

    https://www.npr.org/2025/08/02/nx-s1-5489704/praise-trump-flattery
    kzauke@mac.com

  • Apple shareholders sue over Siri delays and massive losses

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    rob53 said:
    So shareholders want to sue for vaporware? Good luck on that. This happens all the time with products in every business. Companies try and make a good faith effort to bring a proposed product to market but these products don't always work out. I'd challenge the stockholders to justify everything they've said they were going to do but didn't. The stock market is gambling, plain and simple. Sometimes you win, most times you lose. Deal with it!
    You seem to think that the securities market is the Wild West, anything goes and caveat emptor. While this is true to a certain extent, the most obvious counter-example is Enron which engaged in grossly fraudulent misrepresentations that were aided and abetted by their accounting firm. There are many other less notorious examples of shareholders successfully suing public companies over lies and misrepresentations to the public and to shareholders.
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  • Apple is once again advertising on X, more than a year after stopping all ads on the platf...

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    drblank said:
    macrumorssucks said:
    As you can tell from my username, I’m not happy Macrumors closed comments on this mundane story.

    We the people should be able to comment on any story.  Thank you AppleInsider for keeping the flow of opinions open.

    That said, who cares.  X is the #1 social media platform for news.  Why shouldn’t they advertise on X.  It makes smart business sense.  It makes more sense than the Apple Vision Pro toy for $3500
    Elon funds far right wing extremist group AfD in Germany politics, and I watched an interview of Elon's father admit that Elon's grand father in Canada supported the Nazis.  My father served in WWII and he would be absolutely disgusted by the support of Elon and X if he was stlll alive.   It seems as though America is becoming a cross between Nazi Germany and Russia.  disgusting.  Tim has no moral compass.
    *Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
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  • Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs hit every one of Apple's international manufacturing part...

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    I hope he hangs in there #piazzaleloreto
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