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Post by phoebear611 on Mar 5, 2014 3:22:57 GMT -8
Happy Wednesday ~ Morning folks
Markets looking somewhat flat after yesterday's bull run. AAPL looking flat to slightly green on virtually no volume in PM at this early hour. Apple is hosting its iTunes Festival starting March 11 in Austin, Texas. The performances will be streamed to iOS devices via an app, but Gruber cites a source that tells him the app needs to be running on iOS 7.1. Thus, he concludes the update must be coming out sometime before that date (March 11th). Other than more on CarPlay and on Oppy's retirement - nothing much in the news on our fruit company this morning.
We Christians begin Lent today (Ash Wednesday) -- one is suppose to do something good or give something up as a sacrifice over the next 40 days until our Easter. I never seem to follow through but this year may lightening come down and strike me if I put anything sweet (cake/cookies) in my mouth over this year's Lenten period! If you don't see me posting...I may have slipped a cookie and been struck ....yikes! I'll try to be good this year....so difficult....ugh. Enjoy the day!
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Post by jmolloy on Mar 5, 2014 5:57:00 GMT -8
Uh Oh "All information leaks" www.fosspatents.com/2014/03/apple-publicly-disclosed-terms-of-its.htmlWEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014 Apple publicly disclosed terms of its Nokia license while seeking sanctions against Samsung I'm almost speechless, but at least I'm still able to write this post. There's a surprise turn of events concerning the inadvertent-disclosures issue that became a high-profile sideshow in the global patent dispute between Apple and Samsung. In late January, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California cleared Samsung but ordered its law firm in the Apple cases, Quinn Emanuel, to pick up the cost for Apple and Nokia's efforts relating to the inadvertent disclosure of highly confidential Apple-Nokia patent license terms. The court concluded that Apple and Nokia had not delivered proof that Samsung's licensing executives actually made use of that information in licensing negotiations between Samsung and Nokia. But the oversight by a QE associate (who has since left the firm) was deemed sanctionable.
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Post by phoebear611 on Mar 5, 2014 6:03:03 GMT -8
AAPL another negative note from Jeffries suggesting yield and manufacturing difficulties will push both iP6 and iWatch to later in the year - again, they don't know for certain - it's conjecture but may have weakened the stock in PM here
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Post by artman1033 on Mar 5, 2014 6:16:16 GMT -8
DARN
I am not a lawyer.
BUT, that seems market moving at some point....
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Post by Lstream on Mar 5, 2014 6:20:09 GMT -8
DARN I am not a lawyer. BUT, that seems market moving at some point.... The Judge had already blunted the sanctions so much that they were already trivial. Making them more trivial seems meaningless and not something the market will care about.
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Post by phoebear611 on Mar 5, 2014 6:33:49 GMT -8
Well hallelujah! Cramer just commented on AAPL saying that all these analysts (Jefferies today) are simply taking guesses and that you cannot trade a stock based on someone's guesses! He said that every time someone tries to "game" AAPL, they never get it right. They (AAPL) are very secretive on what they do so just listen to the conference calls from earnings and Investor Meetings and make your own conclusions (do your own homework) and invest that way and to STOP already with trading on guesses and hunches from these analysts - they have been so wrong with this company.
Me thinks the man has finally had an epiphany!
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Post by artman1033 on Mar 5, 2014 6:46:47 GMT -8
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Post by Red Shirted Ensign on Mar 5, 2014 6:50:30 GMT -8
I think this can be condensed to the following: "we don't do sapphire and we don't want it accepted as an alternative to our products. Mud, please."
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Post by po1nt on Mar 5, 2014 7:13:32 GMT -8
Still playing ping-pong between 100-day and 20-day. Should resolve soon.
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Post by Luckychoices on Mar 5, 2014 7:34:36 GMT -8
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Post by tuffett on Mar 5, 2014 7:58:58 GMT -8
Benoir...phenomenal post yesterday. Some people are so narrow minded.
If people are going to dish out advice like "put me on ignore" or "jump into a lake" perhaps they should instead heed Tim Cook's advice - get out of the stock.
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Post by po1nt on Mar 5, 2014 9:50:40 GMT -8
Yahtzee! Look for brake lights at 50-day, after that we are really looking good! Also, vxapl is following the move higher
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Post by macwire on Mar 5, 2014 9:52:29 GMT -8
Aapl just powered out of the ichi cloud on the 1 hr chart
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Post by benoir on Mar 5, 2014 10:59:09 GMT -8
Benoir...phenomenal post yesterday. Some people are so narrow minded. If people are going to dish out advice like "put me on ignore" or "jump into a lake" perhaps they should instead heed Tim Cook's advice - get out of the stock. Thanks for that Tuffett. I do think that we owe credit to Apple's long term success to the way they are critical and rigorous in their approach and methodology. It's their culture, and perhaps this is the enduring legacy of SJ. Apple, by questioning everything, by being inquisitive are incredibly open minded and therefore, I think, have great perspicacity - they have consistently not only done well in various market segments, they have outright disrupted them. But they have chosen to disrupt, otherwise, commodity markets with premium products. It is because they have this quality, of open-minded-ness they are able to stay 'laser focused'. What other companies can you name where such care is given to the product design/production/delivery/marketing and even the way you unpack the product for the first time? So the big kerfuffle, that some here seem to find challenging as a concept, is that Apple is choosing to go above and beyond - to actually do good and provide benefit beyond shareholder value. Should not this be applauded? This is a very special company that well deserves its adoration and success. The spin off, for 'us', is that AAPL has done well over the longer term. So we get our cake and we get to eat it too.
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Post by Mav on Mar 5, 2014 11:07:57 GMT -8
Third day over mid-channel on the daily (SMA-20), so far. Hmm.
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Post by tuffett on Mar 5, 2014 11:16:33 GMT -8
Benoir...phenomenal post yesterday. Some people are so narrow minded. If people are going to dish out advice like "put me on ignore" or "jump into a lake" perhaps they should instead heed Tim Cook's advice - get out of the stock. Thanks for that Tuffett. I do think that we owe credit to Apple's long term success to the way they are critical and rigorous in their approach and methodology. It's their culture, and perhaps this is the enduring legacy of SJ. Apple, by questioning everything, by being inquisitive are incredibly open minded and therefore, I think, have great perspicacity - they have consistently not only done well in various market segments, they have outright disrupted them. But they have chosen to disrupt, otherwise, commodity markets with premium products. It is because they have this quality, of open-minded-ness they are able to stay 'laser focused'. What other companies can you name where such care is given to the product design/production/delivery/marketing and even the way you unpack the product for the first time? So the big kerfuffle, that some here seem to find challenging as a concept, is that Apple is choosing to go above and beyond - to actually do good and provide benefit beyond shareholder value. Should not this be applauded? This is a very special company that well deserves its adoration and success. The spin off, for 'us', is that AAPL has done well over the longer term. So we get our cake and we get to eat it too. Precisely. Steve Jobs fondly recalled watching his dad meticulously finishing the backside of a cabinet - the part that nobody would ever see. That resonated with him to the point where talked about it decades later. That kind of mindset is part of Apple's culture. Paying attention to a part nobody is ever going to see certainly isn't a direct move to increase ROI, and some would consider it stupid and a waste of time - but it has far reaching effects. I believe Apple's political and environmental stances are done in similar fashion. It's all about the big picture.
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Post by benoir on Mar 5, 2014 11:24:29 GMT -8
Precisely. Steve Jobs fondly recalled watching his dad meticulously finishing the backside of a cabinet - the part that nobody would ever see. That resonated with him to the point where talked about it decades later. That kind of mindset is part of Apple's culture. Paying attention to a part nobody is ever going to see certainly isn't a direct move to increase ROI, and some would consider it stupid and a waste of time - but it has far reaching effects. I believe Apple's political and environmental stances are done in similar fashion. It's all about the big picture. I think this is a fantastic story.
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Post by JDSoCal on Mar 5, 2014 12:54:01 GMT -8
Benoir...phenomenal post yesterday. Some people are so narrow minded. If people are going to dish out advice like "put me on ignore" or "jump into a lake" perhaps they should instead heed Tim Cook's advice - get out of the stock. It's snarky, provocative shit like this masquerading as passive aggression that is just going to encourage me to continue political ranting. I'm game if you are, beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetch.
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Post by JDSoCal on Mar 5, 2014 13:18:54 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2014 14:03:42 GMT -8
I learned today that Chris Bangle, former design chief for BMW, is now the "Master Designer" for Samsung -- as he acknowledged in a recent Car and Driver interview. He was better at cars than phones (the Bangle Butt on an early 7 series redesign being a notable exception).
From the perspective of an Apple investor, I think he's doing a great job for Samsung. Keep up the good (crappy) job, Chris!
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Post by artman1033 on Mar 5, 2014 14:21:26 GMT -8
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Post by Mav on Mar 5, 2014 14:30:42 GMT -8
I learned today that Chris Bangle, former design chief for BMW, is now the "Master Designer" for Samsung -- as he acknowledged in a recent Car and Driver interview. He was better at cars than phones (the Bangle Butt on an early 7 series redesign being a notable exception). From the perspective of an Apple investor, I think he's doing a great job for Samsung. Keep up the good (crappy) job, Chris! Bangle-up job, Chris!
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Post by Mav on Mar 5, 2014 14:33:41 GMT -8
I'm only seeing around 700M shares accounted for with those votes. Am I missing something?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2014 14:37:54 GMT -8
I'm only seeing around 700M shares accounted for with those votes. Am I missing something? I didn't vote.
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Post by Luckychoices on Mar 5, 2014 16:10:11 GMT -8
Worth reading. I agree with that Merckel guy: "Too bad Judge Cote wasn't able to read this before she made up her mind before the start of the trial and court testimony." Two economists file pro-Apple brief in e-book antitrust casetech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/03/05/apple-economists-ebook-amici/?source=yahoo_quoteBut the pro-Apple (AAPL) amici curiae brief filed Wednesday by two economists lays out clearly -- more clearly perhaps than Apple's own trial lawyers -- the economic and legal issues the company tried and failed to get across to Judge Denise Cote last June.
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Post by Red Shirted Ensign on Mar 5, 2014 16:48:26 GMT -8
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Post by Mav on Mar 5, 2014 16:49:10 GMT -8
The dea(r)th of common sense.
May the Second Circuit teach Judge Cote a thing or two about it - and smack down that ridiculously overpriced $1,100 an hour "monitor"/judge's personal friend in the process.
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Post by Luckychoices on Mar 5, 2014 17:19:53 GMT -8
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Post by JDSoCal on Mar 5, 2014 17:39:57 GMT -8
Worth reading. I agree with that Merckel guy: "Too bad Judge Cote wasn't able to read this before she made up her mind before the start of the trial and court testimony." Two economists file pro-Apple brief in e-book antitrust casetech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/03/05/apple-economists-ebook-amici/?source=yahoo_quoteBut the pro-Apple (AAPL) amici curiae brief filed Wednesday by two economists lays out clearly -- more clearly perhaps than Apple's own trial lawyers -- the economic and legal issues the company tried and failed to get across to Judge Denise Cote last June. I don't want to play psychologist about what goes on inside Cote's tweety bird cage, but it did seem she had pre-judged the case, and that no amount of reasoning was going to wave her off. I hope the Third Circuit takes her down a peg. A life tenure judiciary has its disadvantages.
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Post by artman1033 on Mar 5, 2014 19:12:19 GMT -8
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