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<title>Four Apple execs amongst top 5 'most richly compensated'</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/15/ceo.tim.cook.notably.missing/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366040782_corporaterule.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Four out of the top five highest-paid executives among Standard &amp; Poor 500 companies belonged to Apple during 2012, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission filings seen by Bloomberg. The people included senior VP of Technologies Bob Mansfield, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, senior VP of Operations Jeff Williams, and general counsel Bruce Sewell. About 80 percent of S&amp;P 500 companies had submit...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple VP Mansfield cashes out $20M in AAPL stock</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/29/still.has.plenty.likely.hoping.to.avoid.cap.gains.increase/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1354240804_Apple-Mansfield-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[As reported previously, a possible reason for the number of Apple executives cashing out some portion of their holdings in the company -- despite the fact that the stock has only just begun a recovery from a six-month low in price -- may be to avoid the strong possibility that taxes on capital gains are likely to go up in January. Newly-minted Senior VP of Technologies Bob Mansfield, the former he...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mansfield's return to Apple paved by Forstall's departure</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/01/mansfield.allegedly.tried.to.avoid.forstall/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1204/bobmansfield-new.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Bob Mansfield's return to Apple was partly enabled by the departure of Scott Forstall, a source described as close to the company tells AllThingsD.  "The timing of Bobís return is not coincidental," the person explains, elaborating that Mansfield didn't like Forstall's confrontational management.  Several sources say that Mansfield generally tried to avoid Forstall; this may be backed up by a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple coped with 'insurrection' over Mansfield's retirement</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/03/workers.thought.replacement.was.unprepared/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/news/1204/bobmansfield-new.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple CEO Tim Cook had to deal with an "insurrection" when it was announced that Bob Mansfield -- formerly Apple's senior VP for hardware engineering -- was retiring, three Bloomberg sources say.  The people claim that after the announcement, several senior engineers on Mansfield's team complained to Cook; they argued that Mansfield's replacement, Dan Riccio, was unprepared for the importance...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bob Mansfield to stay at Apple amid executive reshuffling</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/27/federighi.riccio.get.promotions/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1204/bobmansfield-new.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's senior VP for hardware engineering, Bob Mansfield, will be staying with the company in spite of an earlier statement that he was retiring, according to an announcement.  He will take on a new title, but what that might be is so far undisclosed.  Apple will only say that he's expected to "work on future projects" and continue to report to CEO Tim Cook....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple backtracks, puts eligible products back on EPEAT list</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/13/mansfield.admits.withdrawal.was.a.mistake/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/bobmansfield-new.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has reversed course on an earlier decision and put all qualifying products back on a list of products certified to the EPEAT environmental standard.  The decision was announced today through an open letter by Bob Mansfield, Apple's soon-to-be-retired senior VP of hardware engineering.  "Weíve recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed to learn that we had removed ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple's hardware SVP, corporate controller retiring</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/28/pair.combined.have.18.years.of.service.with.apple/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1340930856_Apple-Rafael-Mansfield-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Two highly-placed Apple employees announced their retirement dates today. Apple hardware Senior Vice President Bob Mansfield and Apple Principal Accounting Officer Betsy Rafael are both retiring later this year. Mansfield supervised the engineering of every major Apple product released in the 21st century. Rafael has been with Apple and has served as the principal accounting officer since 2008, an...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple VP Mansfield's proposed home draws flak from neighbors</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/03/project.mired.in.review/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/bobmansfield-new.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A proposed home for Apple's senior VP of hardware engineering, Bob Mansfield, is generating a heavy amount of controversy and legal contention in the town of Bonny Doon, California, the San Jose Mercury News reports.  Mansfield and his wife  Andrea first filed in 2010 for county approval to build on 45 acres of a former quarry on a knoll.  The planned home should measure 9,000 square feet -- thou...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Three Apple executives reap $150M after stock sell-off</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/28/mansfield.forstall.hold.on.to.investments/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1202/corporaterule.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Three key Apple executives have made about $150 million after selling newly-vested restricted stock, SEC filings show.   CEO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and senior worldwide marketing VP Phil Schiller were among several executives granted shares in September 2008 in order to buy their loyalty through 2012.  Although the shares were valued at just $105.26 each at the time, the grants were in t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Top Apple senior VPs get $60 million bonuses each</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/04/apple.sec.filing.shows.huge.bonus.payouts/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/apple-scottforstall.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple on Friday sent filings to the SEC that showed one of the larger bonus payouts to its senior vice presidents in recent memory.  iOS head Scott Forstall, Hardware Engineering's Bob Mansfield, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, Worldwide Product Marketing lead Phil Schiller, general legal counsel Bruce Sewell, and operations head Jeff Williams all received share awards of 150,000 shares each.  At current m...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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