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Apple has more cash than US Treasury
苹果富比美国国库

At about $362 billion, Apple is the second-largest company in the world by market value.

As the American government struggled to reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling, the U.S. Treasury's cash balance fell to $74 billion this week, which is less than the $76 billion that Apple now has in cash, the Los Angeles Times reports.

据《洛杉矶时报》报道，随着美国政府努力就贷款上限达成协议，美国国库的现金余额本周降到了740亿美元，比苹果公司现有的现金量还少，后者拥有760亿美元现金。

But it's not terribly likely that the government will ask Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs for help.

但政府向苹果总裁史蒂夫·乔布斯寻求帮助的可能性不太大。

At about $362 billion, Apple is the second-largest company in the world by market value, far smaller than the U.S. government, which will spend close to $3.8 trillion this year, 10 times what Apple is worth.

(China.org.cn August 1, 2011)

苹果市值为3620亿美元，为世界上第二大公司，但比美国政府还是小得多得多。美国政府今年将支出3.8万亿美元，这是苹果市值的10倍。