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企业的现金属于谁?

高利润率以及全球市场给顶尖科技公司带来了大量现金，超出他们的利用能力。穆迪估计，美国科技行业持有5560亿美元现金，占企业现金总储备的38%。除非苹果按照首席执行官蒂姆??库克(Tim Cook)所承诺的，把部分现金返还给股东，否则到今年底，苹果的现金储备将达到1700亿美元。

It is hardly a corporate governance outrage for Mr Einhorn to suggest a way for Apple to do so. Warren Buffett, the eminent investor, advised Mr Cook to “ignore Einhorn” and focus on business, but Mr Buffett is no stranger to extracting money from companies by using high-yield preference shares, as Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and General Electric know.

艾因霍恩向苹果提出一种将现金返还给股东的方法，很难算得上公司治理方面的一种离谱行为。知名投资人沃伦??巴菲特(Warren Buffett)建议库克“不要理会艾因霍恩”，应关注企业，但巴菲特对于利用高收益率优先股从公司抽走现金的做法并不陌生，正如高盛(Goldman Sachs)、美国银行(Bank of America)和通用电气(GE)所知道的那样。

It would be strange for investors always to wait meekly for a handout, like Maundy Money from the Queen, when a company has lots of it. Lynn Stout, a law professor, notes that “as a matter of law, shareholders??.??.??.??are entitled to receive nothing from the firm unless and until the board of directors decides they should receive it”. They might as well ask.