Bloomberg reported that Microsoft will take out loans to pay for the $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn despite having $100 billion in cash and cash equivalents.
Bloomberg said that by borrowing Microsoft will not have to pay a 35% tax rate to repatriate cash from overseas accounts while also cutting down its future U.S. tax bill by deducting interest payments.
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