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"Tim Cook: The Complete Interview" ["For this week's cover story on Apple (AAPL) and its future, I spent some time with Tim Cook, who said far more than was ever going to make it into the story. Or even the outtakes from the story. So for even more Tim Cook, here's the transcript of the entire interview, edited only for clarity."] Bloomberg Businessweek 3:00 PM

"Here's The Evidence That Apple's Gold iPhone Shortage Is Actually Deliberate" Business Insider 7:30 AM

"Rivals can imitate Apple's product strategy, but not gold fever: Google and Microsoft can make a phone that rivals the quality and fit and finish of an Apple product. What they can't manufacturer is long lines of people waiting to get their new iPhone or iPad." CNET News 7:30 AM

"Samsung seeks supra-FRAND royalty from Apple in Germany but backtracks on disgorgement" Foss Patents 8:10 AM

"Apple's new iPhones draw record crowds, but how about sales? Apple's new iPhone is believed to have brought in record crowds for an opening weekend, though it's unclear whether Apple will top last year's 5 million phones sold." CNET News 9/20

"New iPhones draw lines around the world: The annual holiday for Apple fans is here. The new iPhones went on sale in the U.S., China and seven other countries Friday, and throngs of people lined up around the world to be among the first to snag one." CNNMoney 9/20

"Apple buyers rue high price of new 'low cost' iPhone: Apple fans clamouring for the two new iPhones formed a kilometre-long queue in Tokyo Friday, but high prices in Asia and the lack of a new tie-up in the vast China market dampened the global roll out." RelaxNews 9/20

"iPhone 5C doesn't wow Apple faithful: Poor iPhone 5C. The flagship iPhone 5S got most of the love from the Apple diehards Friday." CNNMoney 9/20

"Apple targets China growth as new iPhone launches" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 9/20

"Meet the geeks and geniuses behind the new Apple iPhones: Apple has launched its new iPhone 5s and the cheaper iPhone 5c. But who are the engineers and visionaries behind the new technology?" Telegraph 9/20

"iOS 7 Shows Up Buffed for Business: iOS 7 may be just what the BYOD enterprise has been waiting for. Privacy settings are more detailed than in previous iOS versions, for example, and multitasking has been improved. 'It's much easier to seamlessly switch between running applications, killing things that you don't want running, and seeing what the state of the machine is,' said Charles Golvin, principal analyst at Forrester Research." MacNewsWorld 9/20

"Senator asks if FBI can get iPhone 5S fingerprint data via Patriot Act: 'You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them.'" Ars Technica 9/20

"Al Franken is worried the new iPhone fingerprint scanner might be a privacy menace" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9/20

"Senator Al Franken voices privacy concerns over Apple's Touch ID in letter to Tim Cook" The Verge 9/20

"Sen. Al Franken Letter Grills Apple's Tim Cook Over Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor" Digital Trends 9/20