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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook will all go away withi... by cobookman on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @11:25AM (#15499886)
Apple has enough cash on hand that they'll be able to make 0 profit for the next 50 years and still be around.
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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook will all go away withi... by tristanj on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @11:44AM (#15500078)
Only if they stop giving it back to their shareholders. Since they started their buyback program in 2012 Apple has 'returned' over $222 billion to shareholders [0]. Presently they are issuing debt to finance the buybacks & dividends. If they are not careful they may end up like IBM.

[0] https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/05/apple-5b-bond-sale-fund...

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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook will all go away withi... by heartbreak on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @12:30PM (#15500522)
That debt is borrowed against offshore holdings that they plan to repatriate when the tax conditions are more favorable.
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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook will all go away withi... by romeoEtJoliet on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @11:38AM (#15500024)
It's true that Apple has mountains of cash, but in all likelihood, a failing Apple-sized tech giant would end up acquired by an adjacent company (see Motorola or Yahoo or Sun Microsystems ) before they ran out of money.
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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook will all go away withi... by ksk on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @11:38AM (#15500025)
Not really. If they decide to screw over the shareholders like that, they won't take it lying down. Cook will be out ASAP.
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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook will all go away withi... by cobookman on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @11:45AM (#15500093)
Fair enough.
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