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  • Apple issues $14B worth of bonds to fund buybacks, corporate initiatives

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    I would enjoy seeing a breakdown of who actually owns Apple. My guess is that the vast majority of it is owned by very small individual investors through brokerage houses and mutual funds. I suppose bond holders could also be considered owners. Clearly some corporations are holders of Apple stock, but then you would have to examine who the owners of those corporations are, and once again you will usually end up with small individuals. 
    Institutions own >60% of Apple. This is similar for most large, publicly traded companies in the US. 

    That said, Apple has a greater proportion of retail ownership than most other large companies. See the breakdown here: https://eresearch.fidelity.com/eresearch/evaluate/fundamentals/ownership.jhtml?stockspage=ownership&symbols=aapl

    (Bondholders would not be considered owners). 


    muthuk_vanalingammike1

  • Judge rules Tim Cook must sit through seven-hour 'Fortnite' deposition

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    loopless said:
    I have been deposed and have endured a 10 hour deposition. It’s a nightmare for even the best prepared. You are questioned relentlessly by the opposing counsel. I can understand how people crack under the pressure of interrogation.
    I’ve done those too. You get trained. The only three good answers are ‘Yes’, ‘No’, and ‘I don’t recall’ (as much of the third one as possible, as long as there is any doubt as to the facts you can recall). Never venture an explanation or clarification unless asked. Never speculate. Less is more. 

    I have little doubt that Cook is super well-trained. 
    muthuk_vanalingamrandominternetpersonBeatsbakerzdosenn2itivguyjahbladeDogpersonwatto_cobra

  • Apple TV+ ranks low in streaming industry surveys despite market boom

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    lolliver said:
    It will take a few years...  it is a quantity issue imo! 
    True. I appreciate that they are focusing on quality though even if it means the quantity will take a while. 

    My first point of call these days is AppleTV + followed by Disney+. I only bother checking out Netflix if there’s nothing new to watch on the other services. It takes a lot longer to find something worth watching on Netflix and the quality of their Originals is a lot more hit and miss than it was in the past. 
    Just as examples of some recent ones, have you tried Fauda? Occupied? Lupin? Caliphate?

    Not trying to be snarky, just helpful; I could recommend many, many more.
    muthuk_vanalingamxyzzy01

  • Elon Musk says Apple CEO Tim Cook refused meeting to discuss acquiring Tesla

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    Rayz2016 said:
    elijahg said:
    pjg said:
    If buying Tesla meant bring Musk into Apple, I can see why Cook said no.  Either way, Apple has never been the first to market new technologies.   They just seem to do it better than others, at least, as far as hardware is concerned.

    You mean Cook was concerned he'd be bringing in a younger, more passionate, generally well liked forward looking visionary that was likely to end up as his replacement? Yeah I can see why he said no too.
    You mean he was worried about bringing in man who’d call a rescue worker a paedophile because he wouldn’t use one of his gadgets?

    If Cook was worried about younger, popular visionary types then he’d have fired Craig Federighi
    He won that libel case. 
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Foreign hackers breach US Treasury Department

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    Nikon8 said:
    n2macs said:
    Kuyangkoh said:
    Govt should quit using office....where’s Word Perfect??
    How about Pages?
    Wordstar? 
    Pure genius software. 

    Word was a cheap, third-rate knockoff. 
    cornchip