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The 15 Most Cash Rich Companies

That would have been good information to have included in the article....would have made it relevant.

The 15 Most Cash Rich Companies

On Mar 13 10:36 AM TeresaE wrote:

> It wasn't too long ago that GM had $25 billion in cash on their balance
> sheet too.
>
> And Microsoft seems to never climb in value. People just hate Bill
> Gates and I believe it has a lot to do with off shoring & importing
> cheaper foreign workers.

Microsoft was just listed as #38 on Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Companies To Work For" list. The average hourly worker at Microsoft makes $59,420/year and the average salaried worker makes $112,399/year. The benefits are also outstanding. They do have people in other countries but it is less than the % of their business that comes from non-US sources. If you are talking about H1B people, I would bet money they are paid virtually the same as other US workers. This charge against Microsoft is totally unfounded. I don't believe you know what you are talking about...I have never worked for Microsoft but I do own a little of their stock...

Tech Bellwethers Looking Cheap?

Intel's claims that their margin (% and amount) on "Atom" (the netbook chip) is equal or better than "celeron" (current cheap notebook processor). I believe they reported that Atom yields something like 3,000 die/wafer so that could well be true. Additionally, netbooks will replace some low end notebooks from today but, according to Intel today, the vast majority of them are incremental. I intend to buy one myself but I don't expect it to replace a full featured notebook. Netbooks will obviously not replace many/most computer applications (businesses, servers etc).

You may have a point about Microsoft, however, people have been predictiing the demise of them for years but somehow they just keep on keeping on....

Tech Bellwethers Looking Cheap?

Oh, so computers are going away....I see.....?