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Timothy D. “Tim” Cook (born November 1, 1960) is the CEO of Apple. Cook joined Apple in March 1998 as SVP of Worldwide Operations and also served as EVP of Worldwide Sales and Operations and was COO until he was named the CEO of Apple on August 24, 2011, succeeding Steve Jobs, who died on October 5, 2011, from pancreatic cancer.
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Several key parts in Apple's iPhone and iPad are actually made in America -- and Apple CEO Tim Cook hopes someday the entire product might be.
"I want there to be [manufacturing in the U.S.]," Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday during an interview at the All Things D conference in Rancho Palo Verdes, Calif. "This is not well known ... but the engine for the iPhone and the iPad are built in the U.S. in Austin, Texas," Cook said. "The glass is made in a plant in Kentucky," he added."Insourcing" the next iPad would be costly, requiring a capital investment as great as $10 billion. It would also bring tens of thousands of jobs to the United States, said Professor Z. John Zhang of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business."It's not impossible," Zhang told FoxNews.com.An Apple plant would require tens of thousands of jobs. "That's why in this case, the company at a minimum should take a look at this," he said."U.S. factories can make anything a Chinese factory can," said Tom Ha...It's easy to see why the new iPad will be a big hit. It has four times the resolution of its predecessor, four times the graphics power and 4G LTE. (For those scorin...
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Apple chief executive Tim Cook sought to clarify his image Tuesday as leader of the gadget giant in the wake of his high-profile predecessor Steve Jobs.Cook, speakin...
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