Another timely article... http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/are-these-top-tech-companies-too-big-to-fail.html/
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > Enron was in DIRE financial straits...that were known only to them. When > the general public found out about the issues the damage was done and > thousands were left with worthless shares. Corporations can shift and play > accounting games to buy time. > > I am in NO WAY saying that Apple is doing that, but other, comparable > corporations were able to play that shuffle much longer than they should > have been able to and they crashed in spectacular form. > > All i am saying is that no company is too big to fail...except maybe AIG, > Citi and the rest of the systemically important financial > institutions...and any others the federal government wants to name as a > systemically important financial institution. (Head-slap here) > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Perhaps, but the Apple is doomed stories have been a cottage industry >> ever since the iPod took over the MP3 player market. All of the >> organizations you reference we actually having revenue and structural >> issues when the proclamations of their demise was made. Apple is a very >> profitable niche manufacturer. They have created some new markets and led >> them, but killed off their own product before the market could. Until they >> start bleeding cash, any assertion that the company is in a death spiral is >> just silly. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Nov 13, 2012, at 8:11 AM, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> How many 'Bethlehem Steel/Pan AM Airways/Wang >> Labratories/Enron/Polaroid/Trans World Airlines >> (TWA)/Wachovia/Nortel/Blockbuster is DOOMED' stories will there be before >> the planet is engulfed by our dying sun?. >> >> My point being, they are only stories...until they aren't. >> >> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Cary Preston <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> The A5 isn't being used in any of their current products, but I've >>> read the rumor that they have considered dropping Intel for their own >>> processors. I don't put too much stock in the idea for couple of reasons- >>> the ARM-like A series they use in iOS devices is very low power and low >>> heat, but it isn't a titan of a chip compared to the Sandy Bridge >>> processors in their Mac lineup. Add in the loss of bootcamp compatibility >>> with Windows and Linux and the loss of ALL legacy apps (without some sort >>> of emulator like they used for pre-Intel PowerPC processors for a little >>> while) and you have a whole lot of negatives for one positive- control of >>> your product line. While they guard their inputs jealously (just look at >>> how fast they are shifting away from Samsung as a partner) there's just not >>> enough benefit from the shift for it to be feasible for the foreseeable >>> future. >>> >>> >>> On Nov 12, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I heard something interesting this morning on the This Week in Tech >>> podcast that could definitely bring Apple down, if it happens. The changing >>> of the Intel processor to the A5 on their MacBook and iMac computers. >>> >>> via Samsung Galaxy Nexus >>> On Nov 12, 2012 3:21 PM, "Cary Preston" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> How many 'Apple is DOOMED' stories will there be before the planet is >>>> engulfed by our dying sun?. I do think they screwed up with the execs that >>>> were recently shown the door, especially the guy put over their retail >>>> operations. From what I understood as soon as his new staffing ideas were >>>> made public he was effectively removed from his position. The other guy >>>> wasn't incompetent, he just wasn't capable of working with others in upper >>>> admin- and the end product of his division showed it. I expect now that >>>> Jony Ive has assumed oversight of that area you'll see a much tighter >>>> integration in user experience and asthetics. >>>> >>>> On Nov 12, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/11/07/it-all-downhill-from-here-former-apple-engineer-writes/?intcmp=obnetwork >>>> >>>> Has Apple peaked? 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