back to article Deflation hits Tim Cook – date with him now costs only half as much

The annual charity auction of executive meetings has seen Tim Cook's value cut by half, but he's still head-and-shoulders more popular than anyone else in the tech industry with buyers. The opportunity for lunch with the Apple boss at Cupertino, and a front seat at the next big Apple technology launch, was auctioned off for …

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  1. Mark 85

    Lunch with Tim Cook or other Tech Execs??

    Why? Other than wanting to give some money for charity, that is.

    1. Geoff Campbell Silver badge
      Devil

      Re: Lunch with Tim Cook or other Tech Execs??

      Presumably just for the chance to casually drop "As I was saying to Tim Cook the other day..." into the conversation at the Golf Club. Hateful, isn't it?

      GJC

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: Lunch with Tim Cook or other Tech Execs??

        Less hateful than inverted snobbery, Geoff.

        1. Geoff Campbell Silver badge

          Re: Lunch with Tim Cook or other Tech Execs??

          I wasn't aware there was a comparative league table.

          GJC

          1. Anonymous Coward
            Windows

            Re: Lunch with Tim Cook or other Tech Execs??

            There you go again! Snob.

    2. jai

      Re: Lunch with Tim Cook or other Tech Execs??

      Other than wanting to give some money for charity

      You may have answered your own question there.

    3. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Lunch with Tim Cook or other Tech Execs??

      Let's assume, for the purposes of argument, that you have $10 billion. The annual interest on that is going to run about $500 million, so if you want to spend it all you need to splurge well over $1 million every single day. That $330,000 gets you a third of the way there! (You could buy a Lambo or something similar with the change).

  2. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge

    Did you mention DEFLATION??!!!!

    That will panic the Yellen and may risk causing the printers to be spun up to yet higher rates.

    I still have around 1000 USD left under the mattress, please ....

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