首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A handful of cash-rich companies are consolidating power in the technology industry, using their wealth to expand into new busin
A handful of cash-rich companies are consolidating power in the technology industry, using their wealth to expand into new busin
admin
2013-07-20
22
问题
A handful of cash-rich companies are consolidating power in the technology industry, using their wealth to expand into new businesses and making it harder for small and midsize competitors to break through. Why the industry is evolving this way is rooted in balance sheets. Over the past two years, Apple Inc., Oracle Corp. , Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and six other large tech companies have generated $68. 5 billion in new cash, compared with just $ 13. 5 billion for the other 65 tech companies in the S & P 500 Index combined, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data provided by Capital IQ.
The rich few are funding investments at a time when many others have retrenched (开支紧缩). Over the past year, Oracle paid $7.4 billion to get into the hardware business by acquiring Sun Microsystems, and Dell Inc. bought Perot Systems to add technology services. Cisco Systems Inc. spent more than $ 7 billion to acquire six companies. Google, meanwhile, has tapped its savings to move into computer operating systems and mobile phones. Microsoft has financed its money-losing quest to take on Google in search with its cash. And Apple has used its reserves to develop the iPad and take aim at Google recently by acquiring a mobile-advertising company. Because of their massive cash accumulation, these companies can afford to take risks that smaller companies can’t at a time when the economy remains fragile. The result is a bifurcated (一分为二的)tech landscape, says Erik Brynjolfsson, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management.
The consequences from the cash discrepancy (差异)are being felt throughout the industry. Some midsize tech companies are giving up trying to compete with their larger rivals. Others are gearing up to make their own acquisitions so as not to be left behind. For example, online-software maker Salesforce. com Inc. nearly doubled its cash reserves in January by taking on $ 575 million in debt that it says it will use in part for future expansion and acquisitions. Other midsize tech companies, such as Ciena Corp. , have recently scooped up smaller rivals to bulk up.
From the end of 2007 to the end of 2009, the 10 richest tech companies increased their cash levels by 48% to $210 billion. The other 65 tech companies listed in the S&P 500 upped their cash only 13% in the same period, to $ 118 billion. The upshot: the gap between the groups stood at a record. The gap would be even larger, except an accounting change caused Apple to designate about $ 10 billion of its holdings as long-term investments.
We conclude that the widening gap between the richest tech companies and midsize ones not only has reached a record, but also would be______.
选项
答案
larger
解析
细节辨认题。本题考查资金雄厚的科技公司和中小公司之间的差距。题干中的conclude是对原文upshot“结果,结论”的同义转述。文章最后得出结论:集团之间的差距已创造了新的纪录,并指出这种差距还会继续加大,由此可得出答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/J3bFFFFM
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Manlivesincommunities.Hissocialexistencerestrictshis【B1】______incertaindirectionsandextendsitinothers.Society【B
Americacontinuestogetfatter,accordingtoanewreportonthenation’sweightcrisis.Statisticsfor2008-2010showthat16
Womenarehalfthepopulationbutonly15%ofboardmembersatbigAmericanfirms,and10%inEurope.Companiesthatfishinonl
Mountainclimbingisbecomingapopularsport,butitisalsoa【B1】_____dangerousone.Peoplecanfall;theymayalsobecomeil
A、Computerliteracy.B、Englishliterature.C、TOEFLtraining.D、Chineseculture.A对话中,男士向女士咨询其公司EnglishLanguageCenter的信息;女士说他们提
Noiseconstitutesarealandpresentdangertopeople’shealth.Dayandnight,athome,atwork,andatplay,noisecanproduce
Withtherecentrapidadvancesininformationtechnologies,educationalresearchersateverylevelandinevery【B1】______haved
Aneverincreasingnumberofcompaniescometorealizetheimportanceofpublicimage.Publicimagereferstohowacompanyisv
A、Spain.B、France.C、America.D、Germany.C短文提到的TheUnitedStatesalsohasmoreofitspeopleatwork表明,在西方发达国家,美国人比欧洲人工作的时间长,故答案
Everyonehasamomentinhistory,whichbelongsparticularlytohim.Itisthemomentwhenhisemotionsachievetheirmostpower
随机试题
对钢管表面的油污和可溶性盐经喷(抛)除锈后可以被去除干净。
根据《商业银行合规风险管理指引》,下列属于合规风险管理体系基本要素的有()。
甲公司拟自建一条生产线,与该生产线建造相关的情况如下:(1)2×21年1月2日,甲公司发行公司债券,专门筹集生产线建设资金。该公司债券为3年期分期付息、到期还本债券,面值为3000万元,票面年利率为5%,发行价格为3069.75万元,另在发
根据参与联合的经营者所处的产业链环节是相同还是相续,可分为横向垄断协议行为和纵向垄断协议行为。下列选项中,属于横向垄断协议行为的有()。
警察机关为了完成法律赋予自己的职责,保障强制力的权威性,配有一定的武器和械具,是一支重要的具有武装性质的行政力量。()
公安机关的人民警察是维护社会治安的排头兵,也是服务群众的重要力量。2017年5月,离开大陆几十年的华侨严老先生携子女回到家乡探亲,并准备在家乡投资,因寻弟未果无奈中到县政府政务服务大厅求助,希望有关部门帮助他,能在有生之年寻找到失散多年的胞弟,接刮政务平台
在这个国家的历史上,一直都缺乏对于个体的足够尊重。(A)自春秋至近代中国,尊严一词多与权力有关,但在现代,尊严一词更多是与权利有关,简言之,尊严就是独立个体的权利被尊重,但是古代中国的等级秩序森严、个人本位缺失、权利意识匮乏、礼法与宗法约束、私有产权不受保
实践是人的存在方式,是指
AllovertheworldmentionoftheBritisheducationsuggestsapictureofthe"publicschool",anditsuggestsinparticularthe
A、OntheNewYear’sDay.B、JustbeforetheSpringFestival.C、Atthemidnight.D、OntheeveofChristmas.B
最新回复
(
0
)