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Despite against the , Apple appears to be acquiescing to the European Union's settlement requests, according to EU competition commissioner Joaquín Almunia. No word yet on what the settlement terms might include, but if Tim Cook is as savvy as I think he is, he'll ask for Liechtenstein.

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As long as we're talking the DOJ suit, here's a choice quote from Eddy Cue: "I don't think you understand. We can't treat newspapers or magazines any differently than we treat FarmVille." Cue voiced the sentiment last year when the 's L. Gordon Crovitz came as an envoy from news publishers who were looking for an exception to Apple's flat 30-percent cut of iTunes revenues. Could have gone worse: "Absolutely, we'll treat you differently. How about we take 70 percent and take 30 percent?"

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