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Apple Gives Employees $2,500 Bonuses After New Tax Law (bloomberg.com)

Apple told employees that it's issuing a bonus of $2,500 of restricted stock units, following the introduction of the new U.S. tax law. "The iPhone maker will begin issuing grants to most employees worldwide in the coming months," reports Bloomberg. Apple also announced today that it would bring back most of its cash from overseas and spend $30 billion in the U.S. over the next five years. From the report: Apple confirmed the bonuses in response to a Bloomberg inquiry Wednesday. The Cupertino, California-based company joins a growing list of American businesses that have celebrated the introduction of corporate-friendly tax law with one-time bonuses for staff. AT&T, Comcast, JetBlue, and Wal-Mart also said they were giving bonuses.

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  1. Re: Why? by PoopJuggler · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Sucker. You get a peanut while the plutocracy gets billions and the country gets more deficit.

  2. Re:bloody hell...just how neo-con is this site now by jwhyche · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Someone seems to have more mod points than sense.

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    I read at +2. If your post doesn't reach that level I will not see or respond to it.