Ballmer defends Microsoft's cash 'problem'

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Rather than returning more reserves to shareholders, company wants cash on hand for investment in new technology.

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They gotta pay for that vaporware known as Vista somehow
by qwerty75 June 1, 2006 10:45 PM PDT: And make up the losses of the X-box, and spend money on fixing years old problems, and spend even more money catching up and copying others.

Let the price of MS fall, if it is over $5 a share it is overvalued.; Reply to this comment

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