This time however, Cook is happy to be promoting the best of the club's domestic talent.
Still, people inside and outside Apple said Mr. Cook is trying to steady the ship.
Now Mr. Cook is placing some big bets on a new group of executives.
Tim Cook is slowly evolving Apple into his vision of a stable, predictable, company.
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Tim Cook is facing a loss of brand cache and Nokia is trying to find its way.
Tim Cook is a fine fellow and has been running the company de facto for some time now.
Cook is one of millions of Americans for whom community college is the path to a brighter future.
Cook is one of the best in the nation at dB Drag racing, as this pursuit is called.
Cook is an engaging writer, and he peppers his high-tech detective story with digressions both rich and entertaining.
Tim Cook is not being fired and an Apple turnaround is not impossible.
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And Tim Cook is likely to continue along the same path as Jobs.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook is a fitness buff: working out, hiking and cycling.
Macrumors points out that Tim Cook is on the board of Nike who have their own wearable projects, around fitness.
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If Cook is to redeem himself and his leadership ability, this choice will be far better thought out than Browett.
Cook is making his second world title tilt after last summer's unsuccessful bid to dethrone WBO featherweight champion Steve Luevano.
"These changes show that Tim Cook is stamping his authority on the business, " Ben Wood, analyst with CCS Insight, said.
His plan of succession remains opaque, although Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook is helming the ship while the captain recuperates.
Having spent more than a decade with Apple, Cook is believed to be the most capable man for the esteemed position.
In my analysis, Cook is perhaps the best CEO Apple can have at this time and Jobs would have understood that.
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Sorry to say, but Tim Cook is driving Apple into the ground.
For now, Cook is firing the folks responsible for the map fiasco.
Jobs had the DNA of a founder that there is no way for Cook to inherit because Cook is not a founder.
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Cook is predicting that at some, unspecified point, China is going to become the largest consumer of Apple products in the world.
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Tim Cook is an operational genius, a skilled speaker, and passionate communicator.
Mr Hoyt is in charge of environment and neighbourhoods, Mr Cook is responsible for arts and culture, and Mr Gollop heads up finance.
Cook is a retired CEO and Chairman of Deloitte and chairs the Audit Committee of Comcast, as well as serving on other boards.
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Now Guidant believes its acquisition of Cook is a way around the June ruling, as it is purchasing Cook Group, the parent of Cook Incorporated.
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