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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by throwaway1777 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:33AM (#27196039)
Apple does offer a dividend fwiw. The others often use cash for share buybacks which is part of why the price is so high. So it’s not entirely like they just let the money sit there.
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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by dalbasal on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @02:33PM (#27199037)
True, this is why I offered that caveat at the end. None of what I said is true in an absolute sense.

Whether or not they pay dividends or buy back stock, the average net is large. That's why they've accumulated these record busting sums.

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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by benmller313 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:03PM (#27196571)
I don't think Amazon has done stock buy backs in almost 10 years.
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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by xkjkls on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:17PM (#27196837)
If you discount the automatic stock buybacks they do to compensate for employee stock bonuses this is true. But that is still a pretty large amount of money over the past decade.
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