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Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Mar-a-Lago on Friday, joining a growing list of tech executives that are seemingly courting President-elect Trump ahead of his return to the White House. The president-elect and Cook had dinner at Trump’s Florida resort in West Palm Beach, multiple outlets reported. The meeting marked their first interaction since their call two months ago. The president-elect said in mid-October during his appearance on Patrick Bet-David’s podcast that the Apple executive talked to him about fines the European Union imposed on the company. “Then two hours ago, three hours ago, he called me,” Trump said. “He said,...

'We didn't really care for a PR pitch' about Obamacare, said one executive The White House telegraphed in advance that the president wanted to talk up his efforts to fix healthcare.gov, but no one in the room was interested Tech executives gathered in the Roosevelt Room to discuss the NSA's overreach in seizing their digital records A federal judge ruled Monday that the practice violates the U.S. Constitution's guarantees against unreasonable searches 'That wasn't what we came for,' a vice-president of a company whose CEO attended told MailOnline. 'We really didn't care for a PR pitch about how the administration...

The 15 people and 3,000 IQ pts assembled in that meeting won’t have enough time to decide on seating. In 12 months this gathering of leaders could figure out a way to colonize Mars. In an hour and forty-five minutes it will be a small miracle if they are able to order lunch without a Lord of the Flies level power struggle breaking out. The President has somehow managed to assemble some of the smartest business people in the world in a way that guarantees nothing useful will be accomplished. It’s either the most poorly constructed meeting in history or...

President Barack Obama will meet with many of Silicon Valley’s best-known executives Tuesday at the White House to discuss the troubled Healthcare.gov website and controversial surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency, the administration announced.

Add tech executives to the list of the well-heeled who have fallen out of love with President Obama. Two-thirds of them think his re-election would not be the best thing for their industry, and would prefer to see Mitt Romney in his place. However, three-quarters of them don't think they'll get their wish, according to a survey by the tech-heavy law firm DLA Piper. How the tables have turned. In 2008, close to 60 percent of tech leaders in a similar DLA Piper survey said Obama "would have a more positive impact on technology development and investment" than his opponent,...

<p>He was invited to Silicon Valley to hear the concerns of local business leaders. But Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday wound up winning the support of those executives for the two ballot measures he is touting as the cure for the state's financial woes.</p>