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Re:Sales Are Colossal, Shares Are Soaring. All Amazon Is Mis... by nl on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @10:21AM (#6592064)
Apple does not see opportunity at the moment which is why it's holding the huge amount of cash.

Exactly - that's the OP's point.

Amazon has the vision to invest its cash in building entire new lines of business, whereas Apple can't see any opportunities.

Re:Sales Are Colossal, Shares Are Soaring. All Amazon Is Mis... by tixocloud on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @12:14PM (#6592892)
But it's not Apple's game to play in the things that Amazon plays. Amazon has their own strategy and Apple has their own strategy. Building entire new lines of business is risky and Apple probably does not think that the risk is worth the reward at the end. There's also the question of whether Apple can do as well as Amazon at what it does.
Re:Sales Are Colossal, Shares Are Soaring. All Amazon Is Mis... by hershel on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @12:39PM (#6593075)
It's partly because is amazon is high margin business, so it view almost everything as an opportunity to raise revenue and 9maybe margins) , but apple is a high margin company, and those opportunists are harder to find.