How Tim Cook Should Really Be Running Apple |
- How Tim Cook Should Really Be Running Apple
- Apple: Baird Cuts Rating; Fears Street Estimates Too High
- 8 bodies found in Mexico where band went missing
- Refugees again, Palestinians flee Syria's war
- Boeing 787 probe shifts to monitoring system maker
- Curfew to start in 3 Egypt provinces hit by riots
- VIDEO: Day-Lewis on finding Lincoln's voice
- VIDEO: Tear gas fired on Cairo protesters
- VIDEO: Kindertransport remembered in music
- VIDEO: Washington rally for gun control
- AU talks break down over DR Congo crisis
- Flood worsens in eastern Australia
- Gay rights supporters march in Paris
- Boeing 787 probe moves to monitoring system maker
- Vietnam tries 22 democracy activists on subversion
- Will My Bloody Valentine Release Their New Album This Week?
- The GOP's Moment of Truth
- Israel using deadly force on unarmed protesters, watchdog says
- Egypt's leader declares emergency after clashes kill dozens
- Deal signed to clear Myanmar debt, allow new loans
| How Tim Cook Should Really Be Running Apple Posted: 27 Jan 2013 10:50 PM PST According to his critics: Grow Apple's (AAPL) market share. But keep margins above 44%. Put out 8 different versions of the iPhone simultaneously, including ones with larger screens, like Samsung. But keep the margins above 44% and recall you only get the full profit benefit of a new iPhone in the 2nd half of its production run. Spend billions on marketing like Samsung. But let the product sell itself so that it stays premium. Get more people in the emerging markets on to the iOS platform. But don't put out a cheaper iPhone and sacrifice margins. Reinstate Google (GOOG) as the primary Maps supplier on iPhone. But strategically position Apple to be a leader in mobile, search, and maps in the future. Shut down Siri because it never works. But figure out how to leapfrog Google in search in the future. Use the $137 billion cash on the balance sheet. But don't make wasteful high-priced acquisitions. Innovate. But wring every dollar of profit of your existing product portfolio. Build every product in the USA instead of China. But stop making premium priced products and don't charge a dollar more for your existing products. Don't try to be Steve Jobs. But do everything that Steve Jobs would have done. Don't let the iPads cannibalize Mac sales. But sell way more iPads. Buy back more of your stock. But innovate, vertically integrate more through buying more microprocessor companies, and keep some powder dry to buy Twitter or a few other big companies. Get better in Web Services. But don't spend money buying Yahoo (YHOO), Twitter, or Foursquare. Don't give customers a bad experience by kicking out Google search, Maps, and YouTube. But don't strengthen Google any more by supplying virtually all of their mobile search revenue. Don't pursue costly patent battles. But protect your core IP and don't let Samsung rip off your innovations. Move faster in China. But make money doing it. Hire back Scott Forstall. But also retain Bob Mansfield and Jony Ive the way Steve Jobs was able to. Ship the Apple TV immediately. But make sure it's a perfect experience for the consumer so that it's not another Maps screw-up before shipping. Move faster. But don't rush. Kill Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), and Google. But don't spread yourself too thin and get distracted from the core focus. Deliver amazing products. But do it a lot faster and in a lot more varieties. "Innovate" a few more products out of thin air that people will buy 100 million of within two years. But do it every year if possible. Be more charismatic like Steve Jobs. But continue to be an expert on supply chain. Change Apple. But never let Apple change from how it was under Steve. [Long AAPL and YHOO] |
| Apple: Baird Cuts Rating; Fears Street Estimates Too High Posted: 27 Jan 2013 10:35 PM PST Baird analyst William Power cut his rating on Apple shares to Neutral from Outperform, chopping his target on the stock to $465, from $570. |
| 8 bodies found in Mexico where band went missing Posted: 27 Jan 2013 10:37 PM PST MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — A state forensic official says at least eight bodies have been pulled from a well in northern Mexico near the site where 20 people went missing late last week, including 16 members of a Colombian-style band. |
| Refugees again, Palestinians flee Syria's war Posted: 27 Jan 2013 10:35 PM PST EIN EL-HILWEH, Lebanon (AP) — When Syrian warplanes bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus last December, Umm Sami rounded up her three sons, shut the windows and locked the doors so they could neither hear nor heed the call to arms by rebels and pro-government gunmen fighting in the streets. |
| Boeing 787 probe shifts to monitoring system maker Posted: 27 Jan 2013 10:17 PM PST TOKYO (AP) — The joint U.S. and Japanese investigation into the Boeing 787's battery problems has shifted from the battery-maker to the manufacturer of a monitoring system. |
| Curfew to start in 3 Egypt provinces hit by riots Posted: 27 Jan 2013 10:14 PM PST
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| VIDEO: Day-Lewis on finding Lincoln's voice Posted: 27 Jan 2013 02:40 AM PST Actor Daniel Day-Lewis says capturing the unique qualities of Abraham Lincoln's voice was key to his portrayal of the former US president in his latest film, Lincoln. |
| VIDEO: Tear gas fired on Cairo protesters Posted: 27 Jan 2013 02:49 AM PST Skirmishes have broken out between police and protesters near Egypt's Interior Ministry, as tear gas was fired to prevent demonstrators from reaching the building. |
| VIDEO: Kindertransport remembered in music Posted: 27 Jan 2013 12:37 AM PST Composer Carl Davis has written a piece of music to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day and the journey made by Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe, known as Kindertransport. |
| VIDEO: Washington rally for gun control Posted: 26 Jan 2013 10:10 PM PST Thousands of people have rallied in Washington DC calling for stricter gun controls. |
| AU talks break down over DR Congo crisis Posted: 27 Jan 2013 11:07 PM PST Meeting to continue in private among heads of states, according to a delegate from DR Congo. |
| Flood worsens in eastern Australia Posted: 27 Jan 2013 10:28 PM PST Thousands of homes inundated in eastern cities after torrential rain leads to deaths of three people over the weekend. |
| Gay rights supporters march in Paris Posted: 27 Jan 2013 06:54 PM PST Thousands rally two days before French parliamentary debate on legalising same-sex marriage. |
| Boeing 787 probe moves to monitoring system maker Posted: 27 Jan 2013 09:15 PM PST TOKYO (AP) — The joint U.S. and Japanese investigation into the Boeing 787's battery problems has moved from the battery-maker to the manufacturer of a monitoring system. |
| Vietnam tries 22 democracy activists on subversion Posted: 27 Jan 2013 07:55 PM PST HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese court has begun the trial of 22 democracy activists on charges of plotting to overthrow the Communist government in one of the biggest such trials in years. |
| Will My Bloody Valentine Release Their New Album This Week? Posted: 27 Jan 2013 08:13 PM PST NME reports that My Bloody Valentine frontman Kevin Shields said his band's new album could come out in the next few days: Shields mentioned the potential release date during a My Bloody Valentine performance at Brixton's Electric earlier this evening. YouTube user steveatgigs uploaded a video of Shields breaking the news after an audience member asked when the group's new album will come out: |
| Posted: 27 Jan 2013 08:12 PM PST Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana kicked up a lot of dust at the Republican National Committee meeting this past week in Charlotte. He told the party faithful that it had to "stop being the stupid party" and had to "start talking like adults". Let's call that good advice as was his admonition that the party needed to go beyond fiscal issues and needed to explain its principles beyond short sound bites. The GOP also heard warnings from its highest ranking leader, Speaker of the House, John Boehner, who said to his caucus that they had to carefully pick their fights because the American people are getting impatient with-all-fighting-all-the-time and no action on the people's business. |
| Israel using deadly force on unarmed protesters, watchdog says Posted: 27 Jan 2013 08:07 PM PST RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel is breaking its own rules of engagement by using deadly force to disperse unarmed Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli rights group B'Tselem reported on Monday. |
| Egypt's leader declares emergency after clashes kill dozens Posted: 27 Jan 2013 07:17 PM PST
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| Deal signed to clear Myanmar debt, allow new loans Posted: 27 Jan 2013 07:57 PM PST YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The World Bank announced a long-awaited deal to allow Myanmar to clear part of its huge decades-old foreign debt, opening the door for new much-needed lending to jumpstart its lagging economy. |
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