Global Top Cash Rich Technology Companies

I would like to share a piece of interesting article regarding top cash rich technology companies in the world.

Having plenty of assets is not as same as having large amount of liquid cash. All assets cannot be converted into cash in a short span of time. The amount of cash a company has is the one of the important factor which determines if the company can meet all of its short term financial obligations. In turbulent times like the recent recession, it’s the cash in hand and not the total assets, is what matters to meet day to day financial obligations. I will give a gist on top cash rich companies in the world, which I came across in the net. I have given the references at the end of the article.

First in the list comes, the networking giant “Cisco”. It has cash and short term investments worth $39.6 billion which is almost equal to 1, 78,200 Crore INR, if we consider the exchange rate to be 45 INR per 1 US $.

Second in the list comes China mobile which is one the largest mobile service providers in the world. It has largest mobile customer base in the world. This huge company has second highest cash in hand which is $38.7 billion. This turns out to be 1, 74,150 Crore INR.

Third in the list comes Microsoft, one of the world’s software giant “Microsoft”. Microsoft has $36.1 billion, which is 1, 62,450 Crore INR.



Pictorial representation of cash rich companies in the world

Fourth in the list is the top internet search giant “Google”. Google has $26.5 billion in its kitty that is equal to 1, 19,250 Crore INR. We can observe that the first three cash rich companies have $35 plus billion in cash where as the 4th cash rich company has almost $10 billion less, which is quite a big difference.

Next in line is worlds most valuable technology company “Apple”. Apple has $23.2 billion as liquid assets and that turns out to be 1, 04,400 Crore INR.

Samsung Electronics “The world’s largest technology company” stands sixth in this list. Samsung Electronics has $18.6 billion in cash which is 83,700 Crore INR.

Samsung Electronics is followed by Oracle, Sony, Intel (world’s largest computer chip maker)

Next in line are IBM, HP, Panasonic, Nokia (world’s largest mobile maker) and Qualcomm.

A point to be noted is that, all these companies are the market leaders or second in their respective business, and also they are one of the biggest companies in their respective business domains.

References:

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http://topforeignstocks.com/2010/04/26/the-global-top-15-cash-rich-tech-companies/

I have also referred the links below to write this article
http://topforeignstocks.com/2010/04/26/the-global-top-15-cash-rich-tech-companies/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/itslideshow/5967633.cms

Raajneeti

Watching movies in one my favorite past time. So I thought why not write about them. I happened to watch Raajneeti recently. It is one among the good movies I have seen in recent past. Housefull was another movie which was good , but Housefull was a movie with lot of humor where as Raajneeti is a serious political drama.Most of the actors/actress in Rajneeti have done a very good job. I felt Manoj Bajpai, Ranbir Kapoor, Nana Patekar and Ajay Devagn have excelled in thier roles. Katrina Kaif has also done justice to her role.

The strongest points of the movie are its story, its presentation, the twists and turns in the movie and the the direction of movie.The story basically revolves around a big political family. The story is all about the rivalry between cousins in the heavy weight political family and their fights to be the most powerful and take the most powerful seat.

One thing which I observed is, the movie is in some ways similar to the epic "Mahabharat". The fight between cousins, one family getting completely destroyed at the end, a mother who gives birth to a child before marriage,the child being orphaned later,the same child getting into the rival political camp,the friendship between that child and the rival camps leader,mother asking the child to come back to her family during the rivalry as the orphaned turns out to be one of the strongest opponent. The orphaned child giving importance to friendship rather any other thing and finally giving his life for the sake of friendship.I felt all these events or points in the movie are very closely related to Mahabharat's story.

However I should say for all those who like watching movie with lot of political plots and with lot of actions Rajneeti is a must watch. It will not bore you even for a second. After all it has so many good actors like Nana Patekar , Ajay Devagan , Manoj Bajpai and Ranbir Kapoor.

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Learning is a never ending process

Learning is a continuous process , it is a life long activity. It does not end after earning a degree or some other qualification . Learning does not end after we join a handsomely paying job. It is a never ending process . Some people prefer to learn from their experiences and some others go for formal education.

Education is gradual process of acquiring knowledge, it facilitates learning. If a person wants to continue his education even after joining a job, the doors of education are not closed for him . Lately, distance education and part time programs have gained popularity in India . Generally perception in India was that "once we join job formal education ends " but this perception has considerably changed now. Many people join different part time programs, distance education , and week end programs to increase their knowledge . I would throw some light on various options available in India to pursue MBA and management education while we are working.

We can opt for distance education , which will be complete correspondence type. Relevant materials will be sent through post or as soft copies through our mail, some times even online classes will be available. Many universities in India like IGNOU, Karnataka State Open University , Madurai Kamaraj University , Annamalai University , Bangalore University , Bharatidasan University provide distance education MBA. One can refer to the links below for more information.

http://www.indiastudycenter.com/univ/distance-education.asp

http://www.education.nic.in/dist_inst.asp

We can also opt for MBA programs for working executives from the more popular institutes given below

NMIMS, this is one of good colleges to offer part time MBA. One can find more info on this through this link. NMIMS provides a 3 year part time program.

http://www.nmims.edu/academic-program-detail.php?type=Part-Time%20Programmes&programs=MBA%20(Part%20Time)

ICFAI University , this is a pretty decent one . ICFAI provides 3 year MBA program.I am pursing my MBA from ICFAI itself, one needs to study for some where around 20 hours every week and take exams regularly to complete the MBA in 3 years. The course is quite extensive and covers most of the management topics. The program will definitely help to get good amount of knowledge on various topics of management.More information about this program can be found using the link below

http://www.iutripura.edu.in/

Sikkim Manipal University also offers MBA program for working professionals and so does Symbiosis Center for Distance Learning.The links below will help one to get more information about their programs.

http://www.smude.edu.in/Pages/Welcome.aspx

http://www.scdl.net/

And the more respected ones

Executive PGP is offered by IIM Indore

http://www.iimidr.ac.in/iimi/pages/programmes_main/exepgp.php

IIM Bangalore provides Post graduate program in software enterprise management

http://pgsem.iimb.ernet.in/index.html

IIM - Khozikode has Interactive Distance Learning in its kitty to offer

http://www.iimk.ac.in/idl/idl.php

Great Lakes Institute of Management

http://www.greatlakes.edu.in/

Other than these most of the Big B schools provide many MDP's (Management Development Programs ) which will be of short duration and concentrating on specific subjects such as leadership, change management.

There are also certification programs offered by

Hugesnet , Reliance and NIIT Imperia. These institutes have tied up with premiere institutes to provide various certification programs.

http://www.hnge.in/ (Hugesnet)

http://www.niitimperia.com/