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		jonhendry on Jan 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Reports First Quarter Results: $13.06 Billio... "Part of the issue is that a good bit ($55b of about $80b as of September 2011) of Apple's cash is overseas" This would probably be a great time to start iOS/OS X software companies outside the US. Give Apple something to spend its overseas cash on.

rdl on Jan 25, 2012 [–]

There is probably $2-3t in cash overseas in the form of deferred corporate profits, so US companies could do a lot of overseas acquisitions, indeed.

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