Apple wonders: Where is this recession we keep hearing about?

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NJ5 said:

Xoj said:

NJ5 said:
daveJ they're getting to the same point as Microsoft, where they have little they can do with their money.

They may do what Microsoft did and give a special cash dividend to investors to decrease those cash reserves.

so likely you are microsoft investor? *coughs*

No, I am not. It is widely known that Microsoft once paid out $32 billion to investors to decrease their cash reserves:

http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/articles/microsoftspecialdividend.htm

 

Not saynig your lying, but why would you want to decrease your cash reserves?