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In the short term, this will entail using eurobonds (allowing Germany and France, for instance, to underwrite the debt of poorer eurozone countries in return for gaining a stake in their economies), and in the long term it demands the pooling of revenues and greater tax harmonisation. Tim Cook Apple core Tim Cook might be the most powerful man you've never heard of. Since Steve Jobs stepped down as chief executive of Apple because of failing health, his protege has taken the helm at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California.