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WR810 t1_iy95pi1 wrote

Reply to comment by iamse7en in Bob Iger Tells Disney Town Hall Hiring Freeze Still In Effect, No New Acquisitions Planned & Not Merging With Apple by Neo2199

That article is from March, but it seems we're both wrong anyways.

[For the most recent quarter] for Apple, its strong cash position is a major strength. The company holds cash and cash equivalents of $34.94 billion and also holds $27.79 billion in marketable securities (on the current assets side) that can easily be converted into cash. It also has non-current marketable securities of $127.88 billion.

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WR810 t1_iy91lu0 wrote

Reply to comment by iamse7en in Bob Iger Tells Disney Town Hall Hiring Freeze Still In Effect, No New Acquisitions Planned & Not Merging With Apple by Neo2199

> Cash on hand can be defined as cash deposits at financial institutions that can immediately be withdrawn at any time, and investments maturing in one year or less that are highly liquid and therefore regarded as cash equivalents and reported with or near cash line items.

Edit: Cash on hand doesn't just mean dollars in the vault.

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WR810 t1_iy3e7nd wrote

Reply to comment by Simbertold in [OC] I sell options for a living. Here is a glimpse into what a typical month looks like. My October performance. by ShallowNefariousness

> Imagine if all the people who do pointless bullshit like this were doing stuff that actually benefits society. OP could have been an engineer, a scientist, a nurse, a teacher, a doctor, a dogwalker, a prostitute, a construction worker

This makes a problematic declaration. Not only does it remove the original poster's right to self determination (what if he doesn't want to fit inside the box you constructed?) but it assumes that only things that "benefit" others in a specific way are acceptable.

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WR810 t1_ixynnmi wrote

Reply to comment by FastWalkingShortGuy in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto

I'd say something like that is hard to quantify. But what we can quantify is De Niro was wanted more than Hoskins.

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WR810 t1_ixyni33 wrote

Reply to comment by No_Pen9448 in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto

You're going to lose your head when you find out play or pay contracts are pretty standard in Hollywood.

The whole main cast of Westworld just got paid for a fifth season that will never happen for instance. Billy Dee Williams famously had one for Harvey Dent / Two Face in the early '90s.

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WR810 t1_ixxj028 wrote

Reply to comment by zombieinferno in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto

To be fair Hoskin wasn't paid for "not doing stuff".

He was paid for being a marketable, talented actor and for potentially having unwanted downtime. Less marketable and talented than De Niro but enough so that he was worth paying to have as a second choice.

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