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		<title>Should Apple Take Bite Out Of Content Companies and Record Labels?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashkan Karbasfrooshan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple Inc. stock is up 1,474% since 2003, the company has $20.8 billion in cash and short-term investments.  It&#8217;s adding about $1 billion in cash each quarter, reaching $30 billion in 2009 and likely to pass Microsoft (which has $23.7 billion in cash).  Apple could have $40 billion in the bank by 2010, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apple Inc. stock is up 1,474% since 2003, the company has $20.8 billion in cash and short-term investments.  It&#8217;s adding about $1 billion in cash each quarter, reaching $30 billion in 2009 and likely to pass Microsoft (which has $23.7 billion in cash).  Apple could have $40 billion in the bank by 2010, says analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray.</p>
<p>What to do with the cash?  From BusinessWeek.com:</p>
<blockquote><p>One radical possibility would be for Apple to snap up content. Some analysts think the company should explore acquisitions in the music business, taking advantage of the major labels&#8217; dire straits. Though that may create conflicts, Apple could use its knowledge of shoppers to create innovative sales incentives and promote new acts. &#8220;The music industry has come to believe that their industry will be smaller,&#8221; says one source close to Apple. &#8220;Apple wants it to be a bigger, more profitable industry.&#8221; Apple declined to comment.</p></blockquote>
<p>Who are those analysts?  Read our <a href="http://www.watchmojo.com/web/blog/?p=1616" target="_blank">post</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>  Using the example above where a company buys the indies and smallest major record label for about $3B would add $500M in profits, which would in turn add 500M x 35 P/E = $17.5B in market value for Apple and $11B for Microsoft (at a P/E multiple of 22).</p></blockquote>
<p>Radical, heh?</p>
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