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Search results for "Apple CEO Tim Cook will step down as CEO"

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Erick Erickson stated on March 31, 2015 in a RedState.com column:
Say Apple’s Tim Cook "will not do business with Indiana."
By Katie Sanders• April 2, 2015
Bernie Sanders stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.”
By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson• September 21, 2023
Social Media stated on January 12, 2025 in social media posts:
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief, but Taylor Swift donated $10 million.
By Sofia Ahmed• January 16, 2025
Donald Trump stated on May 08, 2025 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":
“We have now close to $10 trillion” in investments. “We’re talking about essentially two months.”
By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2025
Tim Cook stated on March 29, 2015 in an oped column:
"Legislation being considered in Texas would strip the salaries and pensions of clerks who issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — even if the Supreme Court strikes down Texas’ marriage ban later this year."
By Alex Wilts• April 15, 2015
Hillary Clinton stated on January 21, 2016 in a Hillary for America campaign ad:
"On average it takes 300 Americans working for a solid year to make as much money as one top CEO."
By Riley Snyder• February 12, 2016
Civitas Institute stated on June 25, 2018 in a tweet:
"Apple and Amazon already operate in many states that require levels of voter ID."
By Rashaan Ayesh• August 22, 2018
Viral image stated on March 08, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video shows Elon Musk endorsing “an anti-aging remedy.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 9, 2023
Donald Trump stated on November 20, 2019 in a tweet:
 "Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America."
By Madlin Mekelburg• November 21, 2019
Instagram posts stated on December 02, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Elon Musk said, “I predict that I will buy tomorrow the entire Meta company.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2022
Paul Ryan stated on September 01, 2017 in an interview:
"We've got about $3 trillion in trapped cash overseas that basically can't come back in this country because of our tax laws."  
By Tom Kertscher• September 15, 2017
Jeff Williams stated on September 12, 2018 in a speech:
The new Apple Watch Series 4 includes "the first ECG product offered over-the-counter directly to consumers."
By Chris Nichols• September 14, 2018
Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says CEOs got advance notice of COVID, then resigned to dump stock.
By Tom Kertscher• April 13, 2020
Facebook posts stated on November 30, 2021 in a post:
“On the first day of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, the CEO of Twitter resigned, the CEO of Walmart resigned, the CEO of CNBC resigned”
By Monique Curet• December 4, 2021
Viral image stated on July 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Wayfair CEO steps down.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 20, 2020
Bumper Sticker stated on December 20, 2010 in Washington, D.C.:
"CEOs now earn 431 times what their workers earn."
By Martha M. Hamilton• December 21, 2010
Michele Bachmann stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington:
Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.
By Bill Adair• November 23, 2011
Richard Ojeda stated on November 27, 2018 in a tweet:
At General Motors, CEO Mary Barra "took home almost 22 MILLION DOLLARS last year alone (295x your company's average employee)."
By Jamie Green, Liz Newton, Patrick Orsagos, Kenna Richards• December 6, 2018
Instagram posts stated on September 29, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says Joe Biden tweeted, “I have consulted with Instagram’s CEO to take the page @electionleaks down. They have supposedly ‘video proof’ of me using a hidden earpiece in tonight’s debate. This is slander, and not true.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 5, 2020
Barack Obama stated on February 19, 2008 in a campaign rally in Houston, Texas:
"When we've got CEOs making more in 10 minutes than ordinary workers are making in a year ... then something is wrong."
By Amy Hollyfield• February 28, 2008

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By Sue Owen• December 9, 2011

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