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AppleInsider wrote: » Despite massive buybacks, Apple still has a growing pile of cash This is (at least partially) wrong: if you subtracts debts (bond issued to perform buybacks), "net cash and investments" is basically stable (142B$ in dec-20…
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Samsung cannot compete with Apple, for sure. But it is the second best mobile manufacturer, by far, with billions in profits. Definitely not a failure.
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sog35 wrote: » Yet the market cap of Apple is down $42,000,000,000 since 2012 peak. Even more ridiculous is Apple paid out $90,000,000,000 in buybacks. Conclusion: Buybacks are not working. Solutions: Apple has to increase the dividend or…
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5150iii wrote: » Sometimes I think that AAPL will never have a meaningful break out. Anytime good news is announced it is tempered with negative spin and FUD. This cycle could really just repeat over and over. It makes being long AAPL seem like ru…
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appex wrote: » Hopefully USB 3.1 type-C (reversible) on all iOS devices USB type-C on iOS devices in replacement of lightning? Accessories manufacturers (and some customers) will not be happy with another change after about 3 years. But I t…
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jungmark wrote: » I wonder if analysts will deem this a failure as Googs won't release numbers. Nexus devices are not meant to be best-sellers, no one is expecting numbers. They were used to set the bar for the industry (less true today), and m…
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rogifan wrote: » Honestly I can't see that many iPhone users buy an Android Wear watch. Apple Watch is always going to be more full-featured and have deeper hooks into iOS. I agree, A-watch has more features, but a lot of people wear watches ju…
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AppleInsider wrote: » In addition, he believes that the market is not giving Apple the benefit of its cash balance. As of the end of last quarter, the company had more than $200 billion in cash, most of it held offshore. Apple has 220B$, but 19…
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foggyhill wrote: » The problem with Amazon is profit margins in the retail sphere and they are not as competitive in selling as they were 10 years ago. Imagine you have a farm and produce "apples", at end of season you can put profits in bank o…
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SpamSandwich wrote: » Bag and person searches are common practice for retail and considering the value of the rather small products made by Apple, it's absurd for employees to not expect the same practice there. Probaly searches are common prac…
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boltsfan17 wrote: » They need to get booted from the eurozone ASAP. #Grexit I think that most of greek people want to leave EU, but ECB (that is a private bank, not subject to EU control) does not allow until debt is repaid. This is, in my o…
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rogifan wrote: » I must say it is frustrating to see all this negativity around the Watch and Apple doing basically nothing to counter it. Just asking: why not releasing actual sell numbers every week? FUD would be impossible.
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timmyman wrote: » Now there is a huge, gaping security hole in the system that didn't previously exist: CSRs that have over the years been notorious for being scammed by social engineering and phishing attacks. It seems also a huge change in se…
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Micro-management is used when you fail at management. :no:
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mazecookie wrote: » I currently work in Apple Retail, and as much as statistics will change based on location, in the time I have worked there, there have been no serialised products stolen by staff in our store. They are well tracked, and the sta…
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aimbdd wrote: » Rediculous... Absolutely normal practice for almost ALL retail! In which countries is it normal practice?
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anantksundaram wrote: » They can't do that. They'll be violating US tax laws if they did that. As far as I know it is legal, if it is Apple Inc (not subsidiary) to borrow money in a foreign country. Apple already did it in Europe. It means a…
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penchanted wrote: » The Unsend feature in Inbox is interesting: it means that they are not immediately dispatching the mail Unsend was already available. But a few months ago I tried Inbox (I received an invite) and found out that the only feat…
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gatorguy wrote: » There's also a "PageRank2" patent issued in 2006 and not expiring for several more years. Just sayin'... http://www.seobythesea.com/2006/06/pagerank-patent-updated/ In addition Google is probably no longer relying on PageRank,…
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greginprague wrote: » The vast majority of the "cash on hand" is held overseas and can't be paid as dividends or buybacks without repatriating it and paying the 35% US tax. That seems to be the main reason why they issue bonds. Exactly, and in…