This news is a wake-up call for Apple. In a recent survey conducted by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, consumer satisfaction on Apple’s products has dropped. Even though the Cupertino-based giant is still the leading brand in the mobile industry with an 81 percent customer satisfaction score, it is 2.5 percent lower than the score
Apple, that darling of the tech world, has been in the news this week, not because of any new hardware it's releasing, but because of the way it's been handling its foreign earnings. Dragged before the U.S. Senate, CEO Tim Cook was excoriated over allegations that the company is using an Irish subsidiary to avoid billions in taxes. Show More Summary
By iShares ETFs: You may have noticed an interesting news story a couple weeks back about Apple (AAPL) selling a record $17bn in bonds - the largest corporate bond deal in history. While the deal didn't have much to do with ETFs perShow More Summary
Court documents reveal how the late Apple CEO won over News Corp. on eBook pricing.
Zachary Seward, writing for Quartz: The emails have mostly been viewed in the context of the lawsuit, but they also provide an extraordinary view of high-stakes negotiation between the leaders of two powerful firms, Apple and News Corp. Show More Summary
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We have already mentioned in the news about the upcoming release of "smart" watches from Apple. The model is called iWatch, it is a wrist watch with opportunities smartphone based operating system, iOS. Previously it was thought that...Show More Summary
Apple has revamped the look of its online store’s homepage, placing a considerably stronger focus on Apple-developed hardware and high-margin accessories. Fewer and generally more expensive items have been given prominent positions on the Store’s main pages, while text and links have been reduced. Show More Summary
The chief of the Irish agency designed to promote foreign investment in the country strongly denied that Ireland is a tax haven. But when questioned by Ireland's RTE News, he could not deny that Apple has paid an effective tax rate of just two percent, much as Senator Carl Levin said yesterday in hearings on Capitol Hill.
Good morning! Here's today's news: Microsoft announced the Xbox One, a new gaming and entertainment system. Here's everything that's cool about it. Amazon is planning a new headquarters that looks like a giant biosphere. Apple is going to integrate Flickr and Vimeo into the next version of the iPhone's software. Show More Summary
UK Uncut Legal Action Ltd v. (1) Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and (2) Goldman Sachs – read judgment Tax avoidance has hit the news again, with Apple currently facing questions from the US Senate about its exploitation of Irish company law loopholes and David Cameron writing to offshore tax havens to […]
Bob McIntyre is the Director of Citizens for Tax Justice, a liberal-leaning group that has produced a lot of very good studies on tax developments over the years. He appeared yesterday on to discuss the news story about Apple's ability...
Tax avoidance by multinational corporations is hardly a new development. In 1999, The Economist detailed how Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation had managed to pay just six per cent in taxes on the billions of dollars in profits it generated around the world. Show More Summary
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Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Apple’s Tim Cook: ‘We pay all the taxes we owe’ (TheGlobeAndMail) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s chief executive officer is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. Show More Summary
A report by FactSet unveiled the most important trends moang the 50 largest hedge funds in the first quarter, which bought Boeing and sold Apple, took profits on News Corp and AIG, as Google became the most widely held stock.
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A Senate Subcommittee chaired by Senator Carl Levin heard from three panels of witnesses today on Apple Inc.’s corporate tax payments.
Democratic senators and some news stories are making it sound like some vast tax cheating has been going on, but that’s not what the hearing actually revealed. Show More Summary
A roundup of entertainment law news including why a judge won't dismiss copyright claims against Apple and Google. read more
Apple is reportedly planning an “increased presence of third-party social networks” in iOS 7, and more specifically, a deeper integration of photo and video sharing services Flickr and Vimeo. According to a 9to5Mac report, users will be able to sign into Flickr or Vimeo using iOS 7’s Settings application. Show More Summary
In front of the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Apple CEO Tim Cook reiterated the company’s claim that Apple uses no gimmicks to avoid paying U.S. taxes. “We pay all the taxes we owe. Every single dollar,” Cook said. Show More Summary