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08-31-2016, 03:13 AM
A deep dive into Apple's 'sweetheart deal' with Ireland
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In 1980, a 25-year-old university graduate named Steve Jobs turned up in the Irish city of Cork with a plan.*
He was going to revolutionize the world with mini personal computers that could store things like recipes or doctor's **tes. In a few years, he told a newspaper reporter (http://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/when-steve-jobs-and-apple-first-came-to-ireland-137472208-238117741.html) at the time, they would drop significantly in cost and change the way we live.
SEE ALSO: Read Tim Cook's open letter to Europe after tax ruling (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/tim-cook-letter-ireland-european-commission-taxes-apple/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
It took a little longer for us all to be holding personal devices, but he wasn't wrong. The article was published on Dec. 23, 1980 (http://media.irishcentral.com/images/Apple_SJobs_Dec30-1980_sm.jpg) and with a small amount of skepticism it spoke of the man who brought a $7 million investment and 700 jobs to Cork.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/apple-sweetheart-deal-ireland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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In 1980, a 25-year-old university graduate named Steve Jobs turned up in the Irish city of Cork with a plan.*
He was going to revolutionize the world with mini personal computers that could store things like recipes or doctor's **tes. In a few years, he told a newspaper reporter (http://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/when-steve-jobs-and-apple-first-came-to-ireland-137472208-238117741.html) at the time, they would drop significantly in cost and change the way we live.
SEE ALSO: Read Tim Cook's open letter to Europe after tax ruling (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/tim-cook-letter-ireland-european-commission-taxes-apple/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
It took a little longer for us all to be holding personal devices, but he wasn't wrong. The article was published on Dec. 23, 1980 (http://media.irishcentral.com/images/Apple_SJobs_Dec30-1980_sm.jpg) and with a small amount of skepticism it spoke of the man who brought a $7 million investment and 700 jobs to Cork.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/apple-sweetheart-deal-ireland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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