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Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock

From "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.ipad, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock
Date 2015-04-30 13:40 +1000
Message-ID <cqdmmiFtt8rU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote
> bill van wrote

>> Since the Center is not an investment fund operator,
>> I'm guessing they bought Apple shares for the
>> purpose of doing a little grandstanding at the AGM.

> devil's advocate for half a second:

For a lot more than half a second...

> Shareholders have a right to ask for explanation on how
> non-profit spending by their company will benefit them.

Not when they buy the shares just so they can grandstand.

> And the company's management owe shareholders
> an explanation on how that spending will benefit
> the company and shareholders in the long term.

The real world is MUCH more complicated than that.

> Shareholders have a duty to get management to explain spending,

No they don’t, management should be doing that.

> especially spending that could be seen as waste.

Nope.

> half a second is over.

Your clock is broken.

> These guys were not there to give Cook an opportunity to explain
> the benefits of this long term spending which also helps Apple's image
> and thus makes customers feel more cosy to doing business with Apple,

Yes, they were clearly there to grandstand.

> especially since Apple was under fire due to
> treatment of employees by its chinese contractors.

Nothing to do with that grandstanding.

> But because of the way these guys asked their
> question, they got the answer they deserved.

It was the question itself, not the way it was asked.

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Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-29 14:39 -0700
  Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-04-29 19:40 -0400
    Re: Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-29 17:05 -0700
  Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-04-30 00:47 +0000
    Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2015-04-29 18:09 -0700
      Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-04-29 18:17 -0700
        Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2015-04-29 19:00 -0700
          Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-04-29 22:49 -0400
            Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-04-30 13:40 +1000
            Re: Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-04-30 11:01 -0400
              Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple©–s Stock Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-30 11:26 -0400
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple©–s Stock Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-30 15:45 +0000
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple©ñs Stock Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-30 11:51 -0400
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple©ñs Stock Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-30 16:02 +0000
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple©ñs Stock Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-30 16:29 -0400
          Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-29 19:49 -0700
            Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-04-30 10:46 -0400
              Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple�s Stock AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-04-30 12:29 -0400
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-04-30 13:13 -0400
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-04-30 18:23 -0400
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-04-30 22:10 -0400
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-05-01 10:51 -0400
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-05-01 10:04 +1000
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-04-30 21:00 -0400
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-04-30 22:14 -0400
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-05-01 11:11 -0400
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-05-01 14:37 -0400
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-05-02 09:37 +1000
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-05-01 13:30 +1000
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-05-01 00:11 -0400
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-05-01 14:24 +1000
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-05-01 07:41 +0000
                Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics ofthe NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple?s Stock Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-04-30 22:10 -0400
          Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-04-29 22:16 -0700
        Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2015-04-30 13:04 -0400
    Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-29 19:49 -0700
      Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple¹s Stock tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.org> - 2015-05-04 08:01 -0700
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        Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple�s Stock "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-05-05 07:09 +1000
          Re: Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple�s Stock Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-05-04 21:43 +0000
            Re: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple�s Stock Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-05-05 04:03 +0000
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