Factors operate on a similar model, purchasing accounts receivables from a business in exchange for an advanced funding amount for each invoice.

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Stay close to accounts receivables and cash management.

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At 32, Pavlo was the department's "target man, " charged with handling high-risk accounts, collecting receivables and coming up with creative ways to dispose of them.

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MyBizHomepage.com then encrypts the data from QuickBooks and sucks it into the dashboard, which stays on as long as the Web browser is loaded, and delivers clear, concise status reports on key accounts such as cash, receivables and cost of goods sold.

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In addition to her regular workload, she took on a huge volume of work to manage that side of our business overseeing payables and receivables, minding all of the accounts, planning for taxes, signing checks.

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Roughly speaking, cash flow from operations is defined as net income plus depreciation, plus decreases in receivables and inventory, plus increases in accounts payable and deferred taxes payable.

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Receivables climbed 30% because Walgreen had trouble collecting on accounts from strapped state governments, such as Illinois.

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Last week, the New York Stock Exchange announced it has taken an ownership stake in the Receivables Exchange and will form a joint program to offer trading in corporate accounts receivable.

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Using SWIFT and a global bank like Citi, a corporate treasury can centralize its accounts around the world, giving the treasurer a real-time view of balances, payments and receivables and also permitting consolidation of funds for overnight or other short-term investing.

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