Debt is important to growth particularly when it is for capital expenditures such as buildings, equipment and infrastructure.

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DirecTV has been able to achieve this growth with fewer promotional offers and controlled capital expenditures.

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We must also keep those rates as low as possible to create an environment that encourages capital expenditures that create real job growth.

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These statements are likely to address matters such as the company's future financial condition and performance (including earnings per share, profitability, liquidity, cash flows, debt levels, market share growth and other sales information, inventory levels and capital expenditures), its cost reduction initiatives and plans for store closings, and the expansion of product categories, including eBook content and eReaders.

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Why aren't they substantially boosting capital expenditures, especially given rapid global economic growth and the dazzling opportunities technology is opening up?

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Growth of free cash flow (cash flow from operations minus capital expenditures) is slowing and actually fell 29% in the last quarter compared with a year earlier.

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As a result, capital expenditures outpace both depreciation (meaning net capital outlay) and capital expenditure growth rate exceeds the revenue growth rate.

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With certainty about tax rates, companies will increase their capital expenditures (currently at anemic levels), contributing to a virtuous cycle of jobs and growth.

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