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Re:Macroeconomic Changes Have Made It Impossible for Me to W... by RhodesianHunter on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @07:58AM (#34517703)
In the case of all of the companies in question here, yes you are wrong. They have significant amounts of free cash flow and cash on hand.
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Re:Macroeconomic Changes Have Made It Impossible for Me to W... by lumost on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @08:18AM (#34517886)
However the also use that equity as compensation. Google without RSUs would not pay much better then any other large company.
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Re:Macroeconomic Changes Have Made It Impossible for Me to W... by RhodesianHunter on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @04:41PM (#34524554)
The equity used as compensation is purchased during stock buybacks and is wholly divorced from investors buying and selling stocks.
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Re:Macroeconomic Changes Have Made It Impossible for Me to W... by Yoric on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @09:35AM (#34518689)
My bad. Thanks for correcting me.

It looks like I cannot delete or amend my post, which is a shame.

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Re:Macroeconomic Changes Have Made It Impossible for Me to W... by Yoric on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:27AM (#34520276)
Just to confirm: is this cash in the same country as where they need to spend it?
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