Microsoft holding onto $63 billion stockpile - for now
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft made clear on Thursday that it has no intention of distributing any of its $62.7 billion cash-and-investment stockpile to shareholders until the legal risks posed to the company have been removed.
Regarding reports that it was considering giving up to $10 billion of this back to shareholders through a dividend payment, Microsoft's Chief Financial Officer John Connors said the company had declared its first-ever dividend in January and had repurchased $24 billion in stock over the past four years.