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How is it “financial engineering” to give money back to the owners of the company? Should they spend it on an acquisition when most large acquisitions fail to
by scarface_74 3y ago
How is it “financial engineering” to give money back to the owners of the company?
Should they spend it on an acquisition when most large acquisitions fail to add positive value?
Even if they could find an attractive large acquisition target, some regulator somewhere in the world is going to block it.
- andy_ppp 3y agoTikTok would be a good purchase for them I'd say. They certainly are not competing. It would be interesting if they also managed to do ads on TikTok in a user privacy focused way.
- yreg 3y agoOut of all the tech giants TikTok fits into Apple's portfolio the least.
- airstrike 3y agoApple doesn't really do big M&A and probably doesn't want to touch the issues that come with TikTok with a 10-foot pole
- scarface_74 3y agoEvery single time they have tried at anything social, it’s been an abject failure. They are not a “services” company outside of upsells from their own customer base.