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What Apple could have bought with its $100 billion cash

What would you do with $100 billion? Would you swim in a bath of dollar notes, or would you buy a mansion for every one of your friends? You could travel into space as a tourist, or give it away to charity.

$100 billion would be almost impossible to blow in a lifetime for any ordinary person. Even for a company, it wouldn’t be the easiest thing to do, and we’re not just talking about buying, hiring and acquiring.

Just look at Research in Motion, or Yahoo.

Apple today said it will give company investors a dividend — a chunk back of their money — to say thanks, and plans to buy back stock worth $10 billion.

But it missed a few opportunities. While the company is far from philanthropic, its cash reserves alone could have fed all 6 billion people in the world for a week.

Apple could have done so much with its $100 billion cash reserves, but instead decided to give it back to investors. I’m not saying for a second it was a bad decision, but I personally wouldn’t mind travelling to space one day.

Source: ZDNet (blog)

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