22.05.2013 19:05 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Some comic relief from Apple's congressional appearance

Apple sent three top executives to Washington, D.C. yesterday to testify in front a congressional hearing on Apple's tax practices. Making the journey from Cupertino were Apple CEO Tim Cook, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and Phillip Bullock -- Apple's head of Tax Operations. The hearing went on for a few hours, and as one might expect from such a controversial issue, the lively debate became intense at times. Michigan Senator Carl Levin took an especially tough stance on Apple, calling its tax practices "unacceptable." Nevertheless, there were moments of levity we can extract from the hearing. For starters, Senator John McCain, following his pointed questions for Apple's panel about taxation, thought it high time to ask Tim Cook about updating apps o

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