Newly arrived, jet-lagged tourists who have just loaded up on cash at ATMs make prime targets.
Both Apple and Google sit on cash they just cannot or will not spend.
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What if you could be nearly guaranteed a five percent return on cash every time?
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The return on cash is close to zero in most of the developed world.
For example, you might compare data on cash transactions or electricity consumption with official output figures.
Paid-up life insurance policies will be MECs, with earnings taxed first on cash withdrawals or loans.
But recently banks have had to tighten their lax eligibility rules and cut back on cash advances.
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As biotechs run low on cash and short-term investments, they have a tendency to buy one another.
Uncertainty means that some companies are sitting on cash piles, waiting to determine where to place bets.
Smart investors would be wise taking a page from these business owners and focus on cash flow.
The paper appears to focus on cash incomes but many of the world's poor are subsistence farmers.
With demand for cars falling quickly, France's Renault wants to keep an iron grip on cash generation.
It also happens due to overreaction to some market surprise, a last-minute input, or a squeeze on cash.
But this is the real cash on cash return, and the more proper way to measure your results.
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The key difference, notes Houston real estate investor Andrew Segal, lies in the immigrants' greater reliance on cash.
When they began selling computer parts a decade ago, they were long on ideas but short on cash.
Even receiving little to no interest income on cash was better than experiencing a 30 to 40% loss.
Interest repayments place pressure on cash flow, and this pressure is likely to be exacerbated for distressed companies.
The best way to cut through such maneuvers is to focus on cash generation relative to reported earnings.
In fact, if you are a bit tight on cash flow, you can select the timing of the payment.
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If you don't log all the figures you may not benefit from the tax relief on cash dividend payments.
But Davidson stresses that not every lender relies on cash in a bank account, but rather cash on paper.
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Large companies are not the only ones with a laser-like focus on cash.
Simply put, it is no surprise Defendant is now short on cash, but that is his fault, and his alone.
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Most of us have come across gas stations advertising discounts on cash transactions at the pump vs. credit card transactions.
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Underlining the seriousness of the situation, the two biggest banks imposed limits on cash withdrawals from automated-teller machines on Sunday.
So far, it is running on cash from Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital, two venture capitalists based in Silicon Valley.
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The fees also are based only on cash paid back to the state from the litigation, not penalties or fines.
Neither is it known when restrictions on cash withdrawals will be lifted or what capital controls will be left in place.
He notes that the company trades at about a 40% premium on cash flow metrics to peers, despite similar growth rates.
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