Why can't anyone or any company buy Apple Inc?

Who says you or any other company cannot buy Apple? The current market capitalization of Apple is $519 Billion (I asked Siri about this). read more

The current market capitalization of Apple is $519 Billion (I asked Siri about this). If Apple ever decides to sell, it would obviously sell at a price that is higher than the market cap, so that everyone makes real money out of it. Let's consider $550 Billion for our convenience. read more

I'm curious why anyone would buy from the Apple Store online and most likely have to pay tax when they could get a small discount/rebate and pay no tax (or shipping) when they buy fro MacMall or MacConnection or any number of online retailers. read more

I'm curious why anyone would buy from the Apple Store online and most likely have to pay tax when they could get a small discount/rebate and pay no tax (or shipping) when they buy fro MacMall or MacConnection or any number of online retailers. And if they're buying a MacBook, they're likely to get a bunch of other extras, too. read more

Of course, I’ll let armchair pundits with no background in mergers and acquisitions debate the merits of Facebook’s latest investment. For now I want to take my complete and utter lack of any kind of background in mergers and acquisitions and apply it to another company: Apple. Apple, unlike Facebook, has A LOT more cash to spend. read more