Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Braves quotes after Wednesday loss to Cubs | Atlanta Braves

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Steve Jobs was the essence of Apple - San Francisco Chronicle Editorial

 
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If there is a tech living legend, Steve Jobs is it. His genius is to conceive of gadgets that consumers cannot even imagine - iPod, iPhone, iPad - and refine and market them into staples of everyday life.

Apple's trajectory - rapid ascent, plunge to the brink of bankruptcy, revival to global phenomenon - can be directly traced to his presence.

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Here's What You Need To Know About Tim Cook, Apple's New CEO (AAPL) - San Francisco Chronicle

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Cook is well compensated for his work. Unlike Steve Jobs' symbolic $1 salary, Tim Cook got $59 million in total compensation last year. (Apple pays out equity every other year, so that's why it was especially high.)

Cook is a HUGE Auburn football fan. We got a chance to talk to him last Tuesday at the Verizon event, after Auburn won the national championship the night before. He sounded like it had been one of the best moments of his life. (Now we see, perhaps, why he had to watch it in a New York hotel room and not at the game itself.)

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Tim Cook: The genius behind Steve Jobs - Fortune Magazine / CNNMoney