kitler53 on 22 November 2008
| DMeisterJ said: So Sony is 1 1/2 ish bln in the black, while MS is 6 billion-ish in the red. >_> Sony is fine. |
so the thing about profits...the company doesn't just throw it in the bank and have it for later. the profits get taxed and distributed to shareholders in the form of dividends. past performance doesn't matter much, current and future performance does.
http://tutor2u.net/economics/gcse/revision_notes/finance_what_happens_to_profit.htm
edit: okay, i was too slow. disregard the above.
