"I think it's so poignant that we're talking about Tim on Father's Day because he was a father to so many of us, " said California first lady Maria Shriver, who once worked for NBC.

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But few analysts seemed to notice the China situation, despite Tim Cook openly talking about it.

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Tim Cook has been talking about innovation but not many seem to believe him.

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Tim and I will be talking about it at the Strata Rx Conference, which Julie and I are chairing, and which we hope will help usher in the age of Big Data in healthcare.

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Talking heads are tripping over each other to echo negative sentiment about Tim Cook.

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"We will be talking more about content brands rather than network brands, " said Tim Hanlon, from brand communications firm Starcom MediaVest.

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Tim Snoddy enjoyed flying so much he'd been talking about getting his pilots' license, too.

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