Remember, this is the industry that was financed on cash, and many of the founding companies still have lots of it (the problem of repatriation of foreign profit notwithstanding).

FORBES: Dell Has Put Itself In Exactly HP's Position

U.S. negotiators to the U.S.-Soviet Trade Agreement were reportedly unable to obtain assurances from the Soviets on two key items of concern to the American business community: (1) profit repatriation, and (2) protection of intellectual property rights.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Summit Watch: Tough Questions For President Bush

This major reversal puts Chevron squarely in the lead of the American Trade Consortium as the 'cash cow' on which the other ventures depend for profit repatriation.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy