So are the cash and equivalents that the company lists on its balance sheet the cash cushion it has to pay that dividend.

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Currently, the difference between its cash and cash equivalents over long-term obligations (debt and capital leases) is improving, but that trend may not hold with greater expected capital expenditures in this fourth quarter.

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The adviser will earn a 2% annual management fee on gross assets including cash and cash equivalents.

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At September 30, 2012, approximately 52% of our cash and cash equivalents were domiciled in foreign tax jurisdictions.

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We intend to fund the transaction using a combination of equity and debt financing, in addition to Company cash and cash equivalents.

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However a quick visit to the American funds website reveals that as of November 20, 2010 this fund actually held 76.3% in US equities, 16.9% in non-US equities, and 6.7% in cash and cash equivalents.

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Money market funds and cash equivalents (short-term certificates of deposit, T-bills) will yield below 1.0 percent for several more years, thereby generating a negative real return.

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He said families should live almost entirely off the spending bucket, which should be filled with a diversified, liquid portfolio of dividend-paying stocks and bonds and cash equivalents.

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This case centers on a seven-month period in 2009 and 2010, at the beginning of which Claimant Stirling transferred a large sum of money to new, non-discretionary accounts with Respondent Dowley and his brokerage, all in cash or cash equivalents, with the intention of investing largely in equities, in order for her to profit from an expected upturn in the market.

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