Apple’s holdings of cash, net of debt, has fallen to $102bn, down from a peak of $163bn at the end of 2017. Alphabet’s financial reserves have been moving in the opposite direction. At $117bn, its cash pile has risen by almost $20bn over the same period. https://t.co/2oIl0w6f00

— Salil Kallianpur (@salilkallianpur) July 31, 2019

Imagine sitting on a $117bn pile of cash. Or one hundred and seventeen thousand million dollars.

Alphabet’s cash is produced almost entirely by its advertising business, of which Dublin is a central part.

There are 7,000 people homeless in Dublin.https://t.co/CZh8IvNgPw

— Aidan Regan (@Aidan_Regan) July 31, 2019

Google’s massive cash pile is now bigger than Apple’s https://t.co/mRt4K5oAGP by @bst3r @cultofmac pic.twitter.com/rHoeDrlioe

— Cult of Mac (@cultofmac) July 31, 2019

Imagine sitting on a $117bn pile of cash. Or one hundred and seventeen thousand million dollars.

Alphabet’s cash is produced almost entirely by its advertising business, of which Dublin is a central part.

There are 7,000 people homeless in Dublin.https://t.co/CZh8IvNgPw

— Aidan Regan (@Aidan_Regan) July 31, 2019

”The corporate world has a new king of cash.” #Google #Apple https://t.co/EWMDMs99U3

— Hurricane Capital (@HurriCap) July 31, 2019

DID YOU KNOW: Alphabet now holds more net cash than Apple? ??? https://t.co/ugt3mJa4s0

— The Compound (@TheCompoundNews) July 31, 2019

Google parent Alphabet overtakes Apple to become new king of cash https://t.co/pfrtzsQySa

— Financial Times (@FT) July 31, 2019

Meanwhile, Alphabet announce they're sitting on a record 117 billion dollar cash pile. Most of this comes from their advertising activities, of which Dublin is central.

Dublin city's main employer has a 117 billion cash pile in a city of 7,000 homeless. https://t.co/CZh8IvNgPw

— Aidan Regan (@Aidan_Regan) July 31, 2019

The corporate world has a new king of cash https://t.co/ym0MJAPvqW

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) July 31, 2019