If corporations are confident they would pay out unused cash as dividends. That they are hoarding is a sign that they have no confidence in their own future..
Or that they can't think of anything with high enough potential returns that makes it worthwhile investing that cash into their own businesses.
>Technology firm Apple was holding $181.1 billion offshore, more than any other U.S. company, and would owe an estimated $59.2 billion in U.S. taxes if it tried to bring the money back to the United States from its three overseas tax havens, the study said.