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Re:Apple shareholders push for study of phone addiction in c... by IBM on Sunday January 07, 2018 @10:12PM (#16094378)
I'm sure Apple can create some more granular controls to restrict certain apps, but it's probably going to hurt CalSTRS.

I took a look at their 13F filing and some of their holdings include Google, Facebook and Twitter. They should probably start with divesting that if they feel really strongly about this.

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Re:Apple shareholders push for study of phone addiction in c... by SamPutnam on Sunday January 07, 2018 @10:53PM (#16094537)
I would think this is Jana's move and CalSTRS is just a pawn. Rosenstein is scrappy and happy to stir the pot to invoke a stock price spike (see PetSmart sale and Whole Foods).
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Re:Apple shareholders push for study of phone addiction in c... by IBM on Sunday January 07, 2018 @11:07PM (#16094570)
Jana is raising a fund for activist socially responsible investing, so that's clearly their motivation [1]. CalSTRS is $1.3B of the combined $2B so I doubt they're "just a pawn".

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/wall-street-fighters-do-gooders...

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