Microsoft's $40 Billion On Hand

eMilkshake writes "CNN/Money magazine report here that Microsoft has more liquid reserves than 'Ford, ExxonMobil and Wal-Mart have combined' and 'enough to buy the entire airline industry -- twice. Or all the gold in Fort Knox, four times over. It is enough to buy 23 space shuttles or every major professional baseball, basketball, football and hockey team in America.' This is thanks to (according to WinInfo Update) the fact that 'Microsoft handles its investments with an inhouse software application called--seriously--the Catastrophe Hedging Program 2.5.' I wonder what I would do with $40 billion?"

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Re:bankrupt the world

[Rob Y.]

You are either a 1) liberal that believes in a finite amount of money. 2) Never taken econ classes. The latter is forgivable, the former isn't. :) What does being a liberal have to do with 'believing in a finite amount of money'? I swear, some of you young'ns have been so brainwashed with this 'the L-word' bullshit, it's scary. Despite what the Republicans would have you believe, liberalism is not communism. It may involve a slightly different definition of 'equality of opportunity' than the conservative or libertarian sets might like, and it definitely does not stand for corporations over individuals, but it's not the boogey man either. So, what do you think of the GPL?