On one hand, you could almost certainly earn a higher return than the court requires you to pay in interest… but, if you had 5.7 billion dollars to invest in that kind of play then a plaintiff would likely succeed in getting a court order to force you to pay.
By the time Apple pays this, assuming they do. They will have made at least that much in extra profits from the original $5.7 billion by investing it.
Sure, but they also have to pay interest on the balance starting at the moment the judgement was entered.
Only having to pay the interest of 5.7 billion sounds like a better deal, no?
On one hand, you could almost certainly earn a higher return than the court requires you to pay in interest… but, if you had 5.7 billion dollars to invest in that kind of play then a plaintiff would likely succeed in getting a court order to force you to pay.