Nor is it every company that can pay out more in dividends than it makes in profits.
Additionally, tax rates can change based on where the company does business and how much it makes in profits.
Apple, by contrast, sells Apple and keeps all the money it makes in its stores.
It is clearing the path for the world it makes in its own image.
The Supreme Court must place each ruling it makes in the context of its past decisions; it must follow precedent.
As Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz explains, the high-quality customer service that makes it possible for his company to charge a premium for its coffee results from the investments it makes in employee welfare and training.
Despite the vast sums it has sunk into its Chinese operation, the amount of money it makes in the country is still relatively small.
No one seeing it now, and unacquainted with its ways, could guess what a marvellous growth it makes in five months.
EA is offering Kutcher's millionth follower a copy of every single game it makes in 2009 and a role in its Sims 3 game.
LG just agreed to a deal with Microsoft to not only include Windows Mobile on more of its cellphones, but to increase the number of cellphones it makes in order to prop up Windows Mobile.
All eyes are on Harvard, and the choice it makes in this moment will be reflected in its legacy for years to come.
