Yet according to the article the vast majority of their holdings are trapped overseas because of onerous taxing principles, the US being one of the nations to t

Yet according to the article the vast majority of their holdings are trapped overseas because of onerous taxing principles, the US being one of the nations to tax companies for profits regardless of where. Of course with this much overseas and its increasing value how much must be stashed before you exceed the value of the company in question. On a completely different tangent, how much does it take to intimidate your competition to nothing in fear you are waiting to jump?