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I'm uninterested in hearing how an already wealthy person has grown more wealthy.  A better article would focus on why your typical Apple fan still hasn't invested a dime in AAPL.  

My first investment was back in 1999, and I've not sold a share.  I did that because I believed in the company AND loved its products.  But I also did that because I know that to NOT invest is foolish.  If your money doesn't grow at least at the pace of inflation, you are losing money.  And no, I wasn't some kind of wealthy guy back in 1999 either.  I simply understood the importance of investing.

Everyone talks about "risks" associated with the stock market, forgetting that life itself is one huge risk.  I think there's a higher risk of harm each time you jump behind the wheel in a car.

"Politics" is the art of "smooth talking" and "compromise."  Most often, the smooth talking gets the other party, in this case China, to fast-track Apple in moving forward in some way to get Apple Intelligence on iPhones in China.  If that was impossible, Cook would obviously not be making this trip.

This is also why Cook has reached out to Trump recently, and in the distant past.  I never pleases the lefties, but it's a smart business move by Cook.

In other words, Cook really is doing everything he can in the best interest of Apple and its AAPL shareholders.

foregoneconclusion said:

ssfe11 said:

With the new administration set to enter in January it’s highly likely this very weak DOJ case will quietly go away. Definitely no need to waste taxpayer time and money. 

Wasting taxpayer money will be a priority. Republican administrations always produce more debt.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/29/tweets/republican-presidents-democrats-contribute-deficit/

Just as past gains for stocks are no guarantee of future gains, so it is true when it comes to government.  You can't say what will happen until it happens.  No friends, it's certainly NOT a Fore Gone Conclusion.

Even so, "wasting taxpayer money" is the heart of this case, just as it is with Google's case.  It does no one any good in the end, regardless of who wins, when you consider all the tax payer money wasted in the process of getting there.  As a result, these horrid anti-trust cases need to be dismissed as soon as possible, and any appears need also to be quickly dismissed.  

It's time for Big Brother to be reduced to the status of Little Brother.

The problem here is not that Apple Pay needs more regulation (inefficient red tape imposed by Big Brother).  Rather, there need to be more US retailers who still don't accept Apple Pay to start accepting it.  

None of this talk matters at this stage anyway based on what the article itself says at the end:

"It is possible that the new oversight rule may never come into force"

May it never!

Cesar Battistini Maziero said:

cpsro said:

Cesar Battistini Maziero said:

They financed Kamala and all the regulations.

Take your disinformation and shove it.

https://x.com/quiverquant/status/1823535056943562997?s=61

Makes no sense to link to a post on X when US law demands campaign contributions be public knowledge.  My gosh!

Contributions to HARRIS:
https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&committee_id=C00694455&committee_id=C00703975&two_year_transaction_period=2024

Contributions to TRUMP:
https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00828541&committee_id=C00867275&two_year_transaction_period=2024&data_type=processed

But none of that matters.

Less government doesn't mean no government or chaos in society.  When done right, it means greater efficiency and more power to the individual.  That is truth regardless of who gives what to Harris or Trump.  

Toward that end, we as voting Americans need to end support for the anti-trust witch hunts that only serve to make our lives more troublesome in the end. Protect our home-grown success stories, be that Google or Apple or Amazon or Microsoft or any of the manner others who in some way or another really have made life a little better for you and for me.