Some enterprising financial writer should take this opportunity to identify what the most valuable company currently listed on the exchanges= is, taking into account dividends payed out to their investors (which typically reduce the value of the stock by the amount of the dividend)<p>It's not Microsoft: <a href="http://breakoutperformance.blogspot.com/2010/08/microsoft-should-raise-its-dividend.html" rel="nofollow">http://breakoutperformance.blogspot.com/2010/08/microsoft-sh...</a>
Looks like it'll end the day still having more cap than XOM.<p>I don't know if it will stick but this is phenomenal for what is, essentially, the quintessential silicon valley startup.
Does anyone remember this?<p>"What I can’t figure out is why he is even trying? He knows he can’t win." – Bill Gates, referring to Steve Jobs returning as CEO of Apple, in 1998.