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Re:The rise of the corporate colossus is a giant problem by amelius on Friday September 16, 2016 @08:59AM (#12513651)
Yes, but in the case of silicon valley, the actual assets aren't that big.
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Re:The rise of the corporate colossus is a giant problem by oli5679 on Friday September 16, 2016 @08:34PM (#12518440)
Annual salaries come from our weird convention of defining years as groups of 365 days. A software engineer can earn $100k/year but also $1m/decade. Neither is comparable to a company being worth $xbillion because you're comparing stocks with flows.
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