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Thanks for all the fish - cash rich tech companies fire workers
It's tough to be laid off, it must be tougher still to be laid off from a company with billions in cash -- especially since you helped build that cash reserve.Here is a list of cash (and debt) held by some our leading tech companies:Microsoft (MSFT) $19.
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It's tough to be laid off, it must be tougher still to be laid off from a company with billions in cash -- especially since you helped build that cash reserve.
Here is a list of cash (and debt) held by some our leading tech companies:
Microsoft (MSFT) $19.71 billion ($1.98 billion debt)
Google (GOOG) $14.41 billion (0 debt)
Intel (INTC) $11.84 billion ($1.99 billion debt)
Cisco Systems (CSCO) $26.7 billion ($6.87 billion debt)
Adobe (ADBE) $2.02 billion ($350 million debt)
Yahoo! (YHOO) $3.2 billion ($63 million debt)
eBay (EBAY) $3.64 billion (0 debt)
Apple (AAPL) $24.49 billion (0 debt)