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Tim Cook coffee date auction ends at over half a million

, May 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

The CharityBuzz auction that would see a lucky bidder win a coffee date with Apple CEO Tim Cook has now ended, and after 86 bids were placed, the winning bid came in at a whopping $610,000, which was placed within the last half hour of the auction, after the price remained steady at $605,000 for quite some time. Read The Full Story

Tim Cook coffee date auction surpasses half a million

, Apr 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you haven't heard, Apple CEO Tim Cook is auctioning off a coffee date with him, with all the money going to charity. After almost two days of bidding, with 18 days left to go still, the highest bid so far as surpassed the $500,000 mark, even though the auction listing puts a $50,000 estimated value on the coffee meeting with the Apple big wig. Read The Full Story

Why Steve Jobs’ Cup of Coffee Would Go for Much More Than Tim Cook’s

, Apr 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you’re thirsty, you can grab a cup of Joe with Apple CEO Tim Cook and talk to him about, well, just about anything.

Right now, Cook is auctioning off the amount of time it takes to sip a cup of coffee to one lucky (and rich) fan. As of this writing, the bid stands at $190,000, even though its estimated value is $50,000. And since there are nearly three weeks left to bid, it shouldn’t surprise anyone if that figure runs much, much higher.

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Tim Cook auctioning off coffee meeting for charity

, Apr 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you've ever wanted to have a one-on-one with Apple CEO Tim Cook, now is your chance. He's auctioning off a coffee meeting with him at Apple headquarters, and the highest bidder will be able to chat up the big wig of one of the world's wealthiest companies. Of course, though, a coffee date with Tim Cook doesn't come cheaply. Read The Full Story

Apple’s Tim Cook hints at new product launches come fall

, Apr 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Apple has just released its Q2 earnings results, and it has many analysts and stockholders pleased, however Apple's CEO Tim Cook made a statement that should have many consumers pleased as well. Tim Cook stated, "We've got a lot more surprises in store", and that there will be many new product launches beginning in the fall of this year. While its certain that a new iPhone and new iPad will be on its way, there's also speculation that an Apple TV and an iWatch will be coming as well. Read The Full Story

Penguin to terminate Apple e-book deal to settle EU antitrust case

, Apr 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Penguin, the last of five publishers, including Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan, has offered to terminate its e-book deal with Apple in order to settle with EU antitrust regulators. The e-book agreements forbade other retailers from selling the e-books from these publishers at lower prices than Apple's iBookstore. Read The Full Story

Government orders Tim Cook to testify in price-fixing lawsuit

, Mar 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Apple CEO Tim Cook will be required to testify for 4 hours on the eBook price-fixing scandal the company was accused of. Apple is the last company, out of 6, to be testifying in this case. The other companies, which include Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin, and Macmillan have all reached a settlement with the Department of Justice. The companies had to terminate their agreements with Apple and other retailers, and follow a list of guidelines administered by the DoJ to ensure this issue would never happen again. Read The Full Story

Tim Cook talks financials at Apple’s shareholders meeting

, Feb 27th 2013 Discuss [0]

Apple's annual shareholders meeting was held today, and present were many shareholders who were concerned about Apple's decline in stock prices since September. Apple's stock price is down 35% since its $702.10 peak in September. Its stock price is currently sitting at $443.77. This drop in stock price took out a total of $240 billion in shareholder wealth, and shareholders want to know what Apple plans on doing to change things around. Read The Full Story

Apple developer payout jumps to $8 billion

, Feb 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week in speaking with the crowd at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, Tim Cook let it be known that Apple has reached a new high mark in cash paid out to developers. While Apple announced back in early January that they'd paid around $7 billion dollars to developers in all, Tim Cook announced today that Apple has paid out more than $8 billion. That's one massive up-swing in a very short amount of time! Read The Full Story

Apple CEO: “if we don’t cannibalize, someone else will”

, Feb 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

As Tim Cook spoke at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference this week, a question of "cannibalization" came up, prompting the Apple CEO to speak about the first time he'd ever been asked such a question. Believe it or not, it wasn't when the iPad mini was introduced - it wasn't even when the iPhone or the iPod nano was introduced. In fact it was back when the iBook was revealed back in 1999. Read The Full Story

Tim Cook talks Apple product price chopping

, Feb 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week Tim Cook spoke at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference about the affordability of Apple products. Having been asked a question about prepaid customers working with smartphones and other smart products in emerging markets, the same commenter suggesting cheaper iPhones, Cook let it be known that Apple was already there – so to speak. Cook made it clear, “we lowered the price of iPhone 4, we lowered the price of iPhone 4S, [and] in the most recent quarter we didn’t have enough stock of iPhone 4 after we lowered the price. It surprised us … so we are making the move to make things more affordable.”

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Cook assures Apple wont “spin cycles” on proxy fight

, Feb 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week we're hearing quite a bit about a stockholder issue with Apple surrounding a lawsuit headed by David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital - and today Tim Cook has fired back. In a talk at this year's Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, Tim Cook spoke about how Apple's biggest shareholder Greenlight Capital is suing the company, saying Apple should be dishing out more money to investors than they already do, saying that Preferred Stocks would be a good idea for the company. Cook spoke up today saying that the issue is being "considered" by Apple, but that in the end, it's all a bit of a waste of time. Read The Full Story
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