Apple "actively" discussing $97.6B in cash and equivalents

Apple said that it is “actively discussing” a number of options for the more than $97.6 billion it has in cash, short-term and long-term marketable securities.

That’s a distinct change from how the company has talked about cash on hand in the recent past. When pressed for more specifics around dividends or buybacks, chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer said, “We’ve actively been examining use of all our cash. We’re looking for what we can do from an acquisition perspective, in the supply chain and otherwise.

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