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Originally Posted by cleeds

That's very likely mistaken. Most large companies run their subsidiaries using the profit center concept. If anything, separating from Mac may offer some lower costs, e.g. ARC won't have to spend $$$ on a fancy Italian designer, fancy casework and custom knobs.

Also subsidiary companies pay management fees to the parent for any services provided by the parent, such as engineering, payroll, accounting, etc., and of course have to pay dividends to the parent using their cash.