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Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple
By David Goldman: Breaking news today as Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs has effectively resigned as Apple CEO. He will be replaced by COO Tim Cook. Apple’s press release reads: Steve’s extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple and guided it to its position as the world’s most innovative and valuable technology company,” said Art […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook in China with China Mobile – deal imminent?
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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MICGadget today posted this blurry spyshot of Apple COO Tim Cook at China Mobile headquarters earlier this morning. Cook was reportedly traveling with 7-8 other people and, the report relays, seemed happy. The original report stems from the First Financial Daily, a “prosperous financial paper” in the country. The reporter for the First Financial Daily […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook calls iPhone the “mother of all halos”; doesnt want Apple products to be “just for the rich”
Monday, February 28, 2011
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Fresh off a visit with Apple executives Tim Cook, Peter Oppenheimer and Eddy Cue, Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi wrote in a note to investors that he was impressed with Apple’s plans to grow iPhone and iPad marketshare. Sacconaghi noted that Apple execs were extremely confident and that the company remains focused on capitalizing on […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook – Joining Apple was “the best decision that I ever made”
Monday, January 24, 2011
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Over the past few years, Apple COO Tim Cook has taken on an increasingly greater public role at Apple, especially in light of the fact that Steve Jobs has consistently handed Cook the reigns when he has to take time away from the company to deal with medical issues. But who is Tim Cook? Known […]
Continue reading...Described as “relentless”, the New York Times profiles Tim Cook
Sunday, January 23, 2011
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The New York Times today profiled COO and day-to-day CEO Tim Cook, looking into the executives background and management style, both clear departures from those possessed by Jobs. What the two do share, however, is an exhaustive attention to detail and an uncanny ability to extract the best out of colleagues and business associates. Described […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook calls Android tablets “bizzare”
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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During yesterday’s earnings conference call, Apple COO Tim Cook was asked how Apple is planning to deal with an increasingly competitive tablet marketplace. Cook responded, Well, and if you’re look at what’s shipping today, there’s not much out there as you know. And generally speaking, there’s two kinds of groups today, that are at least […]
Continue reading...With Jobs on the sidelines, Apple is in the capable hands of Tim Cook
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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With Steve Jobs taking another medical leave of absence from Apple, COO Tim Cook will handle Apple’s day to day operations while Jobs remains involved in the company’s major strategic decisions. And while Apple critics, and even fans, might assume that Jobs is solely responsible for Apple’s success over the past decade, the reality is […]
Continue reading...False rumor of Tim Cook leaving for HP sent Apple shares reeling
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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It’s no secret that Steve Jobs considers COO Tim Cook an integral part of Apple’s success. Jobs has previously expressed concern during legal depositions that other companies would try and lure Cook away. Moreover, it’s quite telling that Jobs, on two separate occasions, chose Cook to take on day-to-day CEO duties while Jobs tended to […]
Continue reading...Apple executives cash in on stock options as Apple share price hits all-time high
Friday, March 26, 2010
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With Apple’s stock price currently trading at all-time highs, two of Apple’s senior executives thought it’d be a good time to cash in their stock options while the gettins’ good. Writing for BrainstormTech, Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports that Apple COO Tim Cook recently sold 300,000 shares of Apple stock at prices ranging from $226.9 to $230.7. […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook receives $5 million bonus from Apple
Friday, March 12, 2010
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Tim Cook, Apple’s reserved and multi-talented COO, is one of Apple’s most important executives. Steve Jobs has said during legal proceedings that Cook is one of Apple’s most valued employees, and it is Cook who Jobs has left in charge of Apple when Jobs has needed to take some time off to attend to medical […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook on all things Apple – iPhone, iMac, Apple TV, iPad, Apple retail stores and more
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Yesterday afternoon, Apple COO Tim Cook met with investment bankers from Goldman Sachs and answered a number of questions about Apple’s product line and Apple’s future direction. Below are the more pertinent tidbits, with the transcript provided courtesy of 9to5Mac. We’ll break down Cook’s insightful comments in an upcoming post. On Apple’s role as a […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Apple COO Tim Cook considered top choice for GM CEO position
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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Take this with a grain of salt, but Silicon Alley Insider, citing an anonymous source, reports that Tim Cook is the top choice to fill GM’s open CEO position. Cook is currently Apple’s COO and has been Steve Jobs’ go to guy to fill in as interim CEO when Jobs has had to take a […]
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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