Apple CEO Cook Uses His Star Power to Fend Off Antitrust Threat
The company spent a record amount on lobbying in the first half of the year
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Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook wasn't fully sold on having a team of Washington lobbyists a decade ago. Like Steve Jobs, his predecessor and mentor, Cook believed Apple’s slick products should do the talking.
But Apple’s hands-off era in the nation’s capital is over.