30 - (30 * 10%) = 27 is what I should have written if I wanted to be pedantic

30 - 10% = 27. If Appleâ(TM)s 30% commission was âoereduced by 3%â as stated in the article, the new commission would be 29.1%.

...and both companies faced antitrust suits in 1992. From NY Times, Dec 8 1993: Plaintiffs' lawyers in a class-action antitrust lawsuit by 25,000 independent service and repair organizations against the Xerox Corporation said yesterday that Xerox had agreed to settle the suit. The Federal suit, filed in Marshall, Tex., in April 1992 with allegations dating back four years, claimed that Xerox suppressed competition in the sales and servicing of its copiers and parts.

Though both companies have 5 letters in their name, are invented words, begin and end with the same letter, and had their heydays in 1992.