What Apple’s big pile of cash allows it to do

Marielle Segarra May 2, 2017
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What Apple’s big pile of cash allows it to do

Marielle Segarra May 2, 2017
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Apple will report earnings on this afternoon. Its stockpile of cash had been growing to nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars by the end of last year, most of that held overseas. What does that cash allow Apple to do?

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