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While it does not technically cover water damage, I have never once seen a person with AppleCare+ coverage given a problem over water damage. It was always processed as accidental damage with the normal deductible. I actually was in the Apple Store…
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I used to have both NYT apps on my phone, and only last week I deleted NYT Now. Why? Basically because I was getting the exact same notifications from both. It just doesn't make sense for them to maintain two apps which are largely the same. Add…
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mac_128 wrote: » So every other year Apple is going to add a new color to the S lineup to distinguish it from the previous offering for fear they will lose sales to status seekers? It wouldn't be hard to do and it makes a lot of sense. This is…
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I still don't see episode 25 in the Apple podcasts app...
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I think all banks and stores will get on board in short order. It is not worth them losing business from their most affluent customers.
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SpamSandwich wrote: » The economy is still in the dumps and the outlook is as shaky as ever, so it only makes sense for Apple (and other companies) to buy back their own shares, or in the case of numerous other companies as we've seen recently, …
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jameskatt2 wrote: » Berkshire Hathaway is not an insurance company. It owns all of an insurance company as well as owns other companies. Berkshire Hathaway likes buying whole companies as investments. Apple doesn't buy whole companies unles…
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Tech companies are looking more and more like insurance companies in the style of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.
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joninsd wrote: » Wait a sec, says he donated shares, not cashed shares and donated the money. Is this a common way to donate? So who's to say that this charity doesn't just hold onto them for awhile? Like was mentioned a few posts ago I'd prefer h…
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Bravo!
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idrey wrote: » complicated. Couldn't they just make one transaction? Much easier lol There was a year or so between Cingular buying the mobile division of ATT and ATT then buying the whole of Cingular and integrating it back to ATT. It is lik…
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palomine wrote: » Isn't there a thing called 'options Friday' at the end of the month? It's odd how low the stock price is. I Have a hard time believing results like this quarter's are already baked into the price.. Yes, and Apple is very af…
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desuserign wrote: » I hope everyone reading would consider it. Obviously it is a personal non-trivial choice. But a liver donation is not like a kidney donation. A modest portion of the liver is removed and the donor's liver regenerates to replace…
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Quote: The UBS Evidence Lab's iPhone Monitor estimates that demand for the iPhone in the March quarter will be at 66 million units. With global demand outstripping supply, analyst Steven Milunovich has increased his forecast for the quarter, from …
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slprescott wrote: » I'm glad to have Apple's capital reinvestment program. Question: If Apple has $178 B in cash, why do they need to borrow via bonds? Isn't Apple using the cash-on-hand to fund this reinvestment program? (I'm sure there's an…
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Updated my iPhone 5s and iPad 3 (original iPad woth retina display) with no issues.
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"All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room." -Blaise Pascal
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asdasd wrote: » Really? Why isn't that paid for out of his own salary. This is payment for unused vacation time that he didn't take since he was busy running Apple. "Running Apple Leaves Cook With $56,923 of Unused Vacation Time" http:…
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anantksundaram wrote: » I have absolutely no idea what your post means. The less shares on the market, the more value the existing shares have. When a company issues more stock, the existing shares lose value. Apple does the opposite. Rega…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Now, the USA is an oil exporter, though I'm not sure how I feel about that. However, were producing almost 3.5 million ballets of oil from shake, and the cost of that is about the same as Russia's oil productio…