Why not just buy Sharp at a steep discount?
because they don't want the headaches owning & running a company, especially one that is currently a liability.
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Why not just buy Sharp at a steep discount?
They will. Apple winning $1 billion by suing Samsung and loosing $2 billion because it had to prop Sharp to get the components they could easily get from Samsung. That makes perfect economic sense (and APPL trend proves it).
Interesting, but I wonder why Apple wouldn't just buy the production factory outright and have Sharp operate it. That way, if anything happened to them, the plant would not be at risk of shutting down.
Why not just buy Sharp at a steep discount?
Better than burning the money for stock dividends.
Sharp likely has significant amount of debt that Apple couldn't assume. IE: They have debt greater than their perceived worth, making them impossible to purchase.
I never said Samsung didn't have some fault, simply that it takes 2 to tango.
Perhaps Apple will skip past standard HD and go for Ultra-HD (aka "4K").
Check out this 84" Sony XBR Ultra-HD TV that has 4X the resolution than standard "full HD" (1080).
http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&identifier=S_4KTV
4K TV's are sitting at £25,000 right now, don't see anyone dishing that out for a large TV that doesn't even have much content yet...
this is how real bailouts should happen.. business helping business.. not tax money wasted.
No worries, that's an 'Apple price' (a price a company like Apple would ask for a product).4K TV's are sitting at £25,000 right now, don't see anyone dishing that out for a large TV that doesn't even have much content yet...
Don't get me started......
I notice your location - not that it ended up mattering, but come on!
what tax money wasted on florida are you referring to?
although coming from texas you are one of the few states that can gripe
I'm talking about the election results - what do you mean about Texas? We have extremely good tax rates here (especially compared with other states) and business is pretty good. I'll tell you, the only things that give me comfort after what transpired last night are 1) God is ultimately in control and 2) I still live in Texas!
I'm talking about the election results - what do you mean about Texas? We have extremely good tax rates here (especially compared with other states) and business is pretty good. I'll tell you, the only things that give me comfort after what transpired last night are 1) God is ultimately in control and 2) I still live in Texas!
ah fair enough, the election
I meant that texas is one of the few states that IMO is allowed to gripe that certain states receive an excessive share of the federal govt's purse / attention.
totally misunderstood what you meant :-/
$2 Billion not going save Sharp. It lost $3.1 Billion last quarter and has $10 Billion debt. Sold plants to Foxconn and reported "material doubt" over its corporate survival last quarter. Apple choose a loser as partner.
Here is the complete article.
http://arstechnica.com/business/201...s-material-doubt-over-its-corporate-survival/
You are "loosing" your ability to read. Apple is prepaying for product that Samsung doesn't produce, IGZO displays.
So, this is most likely a long term investment!
Right, because you know better than Apple, and Apple is in the habit of wasting billions of dollars propping up failing companies
Or maybe is it that Apple knows something you don't?
Which is more likely?
Apple isn't infallible. Companies make poor purchasing or business deals all the time. Time will tell.
Right, because you know better than Apple, and Apple is in the habit of wasting billions of dollars propping up failing companies
Or maybe is it that Apple knows something you don't?
Which is more likely?