Apple's Big Money Challenge

The video above is from Friday's Motley Fool Money radio show with host Chris Hill and analysts Morgan Housel and Matt Koppenheffer. In this segment, Morgan brings up the topic of when and why companies blow money on bad acquisitions. Apple (NAS: AAPL) currently faces the challenge of what to do with all of its cash -- a similar situation that Microsoft (NAS: MSFT) faced in its own glory days.

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