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Re:SEC Filing – Microsoft Corporation by swatcoder on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @05:57PM (#37850781)
Yeah, and if that takes a $30B hit to settle past accounting issues, that’s still $30B no longer poised for an acquisition or on hand to settle some EU action next year.

Losing a quarter of your cash reserves for no gain isn’t going to ruin today’s business but it sure will frustrate existing strategies for the future.

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Re:SEC Filing – Microsoft Corporation by quickthrower2 on Thursday October 12, 2023 @06:42AM (#37855491)
You can acquire with shares though. They or they could raise 30Bn pretty easy.
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Re:SEC Filing – Microsoft Corporation by itsoktocry on Thursday October 12, 2023 @06:55AM (#37855559)
>that’s still $30B no longer poised for an acquisition

They accumulate that much cash because there are no acquisitions to be had in the current economic climate. I can't imagine a $30B+ company that Microsoft could acquire without massive regulatory scrutiny.

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Re:SEC Filing – Microsoft Corporation by sensanaty on Thursday October 12, 2023 @07:01AM (#37855608)
Good! Hopefully Microsoft burns through as much of their cash paying penalties as possible and dies as a result, as they should've a decade+ ago.
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