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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8859809" data-attributes="member: 4348">YES, I DID look it up.They DON'T have the capital on hand to actually buy Disney.  You are right, it IS easily looked up, but may be hard to understand for people who don't understand the language.They would have to liquidate some items in order to do so and take money slated for investing elsewhere into buying Disney.  Buying Disney outright is a HUGE risk in comparison to other areas they would probably rather put that money into.And that's what it really boils down to.  Cost vs. worth vs. risk.  The cost right now wouldn't be worth the other two items to Apple.  However, I try to be nice (still am, actually) when talking on forums about these things...which is why I many times do NOT speak in absolutes or as if I am actually a know it all in these things or know more than others, even if I may know a bit more than some.  This is to be polite and a CYA type thing, because hey, you never know if you may have something off.  But in this instance, I haven't seen anything that says my information is wrong or off.When we are talking available capital, we are referring to things like thisYou are right, these things are NOT hard to look up.  Please do not ASSUME I did NOT look these things up to begin with.PS:  That does not mean that Apple may not be offered items in the future, or that someone isn't trying to investigate instigating a deal by trying to drop a line on the internet to see how it is accepted or taken, but I don't see Apple buying Disney outright.  For starters, they simply don't have the capital available.  As I said, just because something is WORTH a certain amount does not mean they actually have that much money available to spend.People seem VERY confused on that point.  I tried to explain it as simply as I could with an example I think most people could understand.  I don't know if I got the point across though.</blockquote>

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