After having built an unparalleled level of cash, what should the tech behemoth do with the money? Apple's investors are calling for stock buybacks, strategic acquisitions, dividends, and other potential uses. The key issue is that more than 90% of the cash is stockpiled outside of the U.S. and would incur taxes if brought back into the country.
Apple Inc. is expected to report Tuesday that its stockpile of cash has topped a quarter of a trillion dollars, an unrivaled hoard that is greater than the market value of either Wal-Mart Stores Inc. or Procter & Gamble Co. and exceeds the foreign-currency reserves held by the U.K. and Canada combined.