Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash taxes

Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by nodesocket on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @03:21PM (#16171432)

This is #fakenews. Walmart did not fire employees, Sam's club a separately owned subsidiary did, mainly because the Sam's club business is not doing well and had to make hard decisions. It is widely accepted that Walmart had no idea Sam's club was going to do the round of layoffs when they announced their wage increase and bonuses. Also, thinkprogress really should not be cited as a source of quality unbiased news.

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Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @03:46PM (#16171628)

Sam’s club is owned and operated by Walmart, at least according to wiki. That Walmart’s retail operation carries the same name as the corporation isn’t unusual. So this is fake news like the rest of what Trump calls fake news is (meaning, it’s actually true).

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Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by untog on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @03:34PM (#16171531)

> It is widely accepted that Walmart had no idea Sam's club was going to do the round of layoffs when they announced their wage increase and bonuses.

Any source for that assertion?

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Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by dang on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @08:45PM (#16173939)

> This is #fakenews.

Please don't do this here; it breaks the HN guideline against name-calling in arguments. Your comment would be fine without the first, and perhaps also the last, sentence.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by nodesocket on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @09:40PM (#16174210)

If anybody posted an article from Fox News here on HN, how quickly would that be flagged and commented on? Dang as a moderator you really should be be unbiased right?

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Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by dang on Thursday January 18, 2018 @02:36AM (#16175382)

Pretty sure there has been the occasional solid submission from Fox urls here over the years. I'm on my phone so can't easily check.

Crappy articles and solid articles don't map to entire sites very easily. Even highly politicized sites or low grade tabloids sometimes produce the kind of pieces we want here. We moderate HN for article quality, not website or publication quality.

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