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To: Keith Feral who wrote (149137)	1/25/2013 12:15:01 AM
From: sandeep	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213172

I have no idea why tech firms like aapl have instituted dividends of 2-4%. It is silly. Just borrow as much as you can and buy back stock cheap. The fact that tech firms aren't doing that tells me that they don't know finance at all.

To: Keith Feral who wrote (149137)	1/25/2013 12:47:09 AM
From: manalagi	5 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213172

Well, what has Apple has done for shareholder's interest since September 2012? Accumulating idle cash up to $ 137B, not even announcing more share buybacks? Where are the Board of Directors who are supposed to look into shareholders interest? Why is Al Gore still there aside from just laughing all the way to the bank by his recent sell. What is Al Gore's value aside from his claim that he invested the internet? People hope that dividend will surely be increased since no company will raise dividend once it gets going? When? This is Apple which is proud to be different, and which is a company which tells the customers: "this is what you want and need". Apple is not a company which solicits ideas from customers or considers what customers want. That has been the modus operandi of Apple. SJ tells his engineers: make it work, this is what is needed and what we want to make. What Apple needs is a CEO like Alan Mullaly, CEO of Ford. He took his engineers to Consumers Report and asked CR what's wrong with the cars Ford makes. CR responded giving several bullet points, and when his engineers started to make excuses why all those negative points were there, Alan Mullaly shouted: "Shut Up, and listen what consumers want, and do it." Well, has Apple made the ring volume louder so that we can hear when we get a call? Has Apple addressed to fact that the vibration is so weak that you can't even feel it? How about battery replacement? I have to charge my 4S everyday, or even twice a day, and we cannot even replace the battery without going back to Apple. SJ believed that's the way he wanted. Is that what customer wants?