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Apple cancels 'The Banker' premiere at AFI Fest, streaming plans unknown
Then why not air it? If the allegations are about someone who is not depicted in the actual movie, what's the issue? The article didn't explain much at all. I guess those of us who don't know what "Deadline" is are just SOL.jeff fields said:
That's not even what's being alleged here. So please, spare us the clumsy trolling. It was *clearly explained* in the article that the person in question is not in the movie and has nothing to do with the content. But you knew that, didn't you?hmurchison said:The Banker too edgy for you Tim?
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Vaping apps getting removed from App Store amid health concerns
This is ridiculous. The vaping products that are causing problems are vape cartridges. They've pulled the apps for several dry herb vaping devices. These devices take dry cannabis and heat it so that it produces vapor, not smoke. It is a far healthier way of consuming, since no solids get into the lungs.
Since these apps are missing, these $300+ devices are worthless. For instance, the Firefly app was one of the apps that were pulled. The Firefly has no user interface on the devices. It's controlled 100% by the app. These can no longer be used. By the way, the Firefly was developed by a couple of ex Apple execs.
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Allegations of discrimination spawn investigation into Apple Card credit lines
Same thing happened to us. Paid off our truck that had a $14k balance. Credit went down the next quarter.anantksundaram said:
Credit 101 says that is an unlikely explanation for the decline in your score. In fact, quite unlikely.MicDorsey said:
Yeah well, I just paid off my car loan and my credit score dropped 30 points. Must be because the credit bureaus realized I'm a male. That is the only possible explanation.pgpappas said:My wife and I had the same issue. She had a slightly higher credit score and makes more money than I do. I received 10K in credit. She only got 7500. All other aspects of our financial information are the same. The only possible explanation is gender based discrimination.
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Allegations of discrimination spawn investigation into Apple Card credit lines
Gender based discrimination is everywhere. I pay more for car insurance than my wife. My life insurance is also more expensive. All because I’m a man and men—on average—are more expensive to insure.pgpappas said:My wife and I had the same issue. She had a slightly higher credit score and makes more money than I do. I received 10K in credit. She only got 7500. All other aspects of our financial information are the same. The only possible explanation is gender based discrimination.Perhaps there’s some stat that shows women are higher credit risks? Who knows? When people start crying about the unfairness of men paying more for insurance, I might get upset about women receiving lower credit limits.
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Apple contributing $2.5 billion to fight housing shortage in California
You must not have read the full report on the cause of the housing crisis. Plenty of blame there for Bill Clinton, for signing the law that would've prevented the housing crisis in the first place and for Barney Frank for using his influence to pressure lenders into making risky loans to unqualified buyers. The Bush administration actually raised the alarms prior to the crisis and were called demagogues for suggesting that less-than-qualified buyers should not receive loans.auxio said:
I'm not talking about bailouts. I'm simply talking about introducing regulations to the housing market to allow more people to get into it, as well as protect people from the artificial effects of housing market schemes and scams by speculators and investors. Who, in conjunction with the Bush government, I consider to be responsible for the 2008 housing market crash. Sure there are going to be times where a genuine economic downturn occurs in an area and people are forced to move and/or downsize. But that's very different from what I'm talking about here.SpamSandwich said:
To the contrary, there should be booms and busts without intervention or bailouts by governments. People respond to incentives.The housing market should be no different from stocks or any other investment. Smart investors will generally gain over the long-term, but opportunities for property flippers are also part of the supply/demand equation and opportunities cannotauxio said:
It's not just Chinese investment. I know plenty of people here in Toronto who aren't Chinese and own a couple of properties. It's a smart investment to buy property if you have the money to do so, it's just the effect of investors (of any nationality) trying to cash in on a boom which isn't great. It drives up the overall prices and, at the first sign of economic downturn, they're rushing to cash out. Which causes the bottom to fall out of a market (like what happened in 2008). People who actually live in the property they own (and aren't relying on subsidies to afford it) tend not to jump ship quickly like that, which softens the blow of an economic downturn. Plus it has the additional benefit of creating thriving communities instead of wastelands of empty boxes (as many condo buildings were here in Toronto before housing reforms).B-Mc-C said:
Also agree with those saying Chinese investment has jacked up the housing prices, effectively pricing Americans out of the American dream.SpamSandwich said:
According to their press release, $1 billion of the total (which is not the vast majority) is “mortgage assistance”... in other words, Apple is engaging in the same mentality that contributed to the housing market collapse which crashed the economy in 2008. To be brutally honest, this looks like Tim Cook misappropriating funds from Apple using the cover of “charity” to prime the pump for his political ambitions:gatorguy said:
I think the vast majority of it is loans and leases where Apple is repaid, perhaps even profits. Very little of it is in the form of grants.SpamSandwich said:OK, Tim has got to go. This is the final straw. This is a blatant misuse of company funds. I think even Steve Jobs would’ve fired him on the spot. Apple is not a piggy bank for Tim (or their board of directors) to apply to any non-Apple vanity cause they want.This is essentially stealing money from the shareholders in order to support a political agenda.- $1 billion first-time homebuyer mortgage assistance fund: Working with the state, this first-time homebuyer fund will provide aspiring homebuyers with financing and down payment assistance. Apple and the state will explore strategies to increase access to first-time homeownership opportunities for essential service personnel, school employees and veterans.
Leave the boom and bust cycles of investment to things which aren't essential to people's lives. Stocks, bonds, precious metals, etc. The housing market shouldn't be a gambling table.
It's all there in black and white.
