Chapter 11 also provides an expedited process for selling assets, generating additional cash for the company and giving it more flexibility to restructure its operations.
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The appointment of Mr. Thompson is unlikely to interfere with Yahoo's discussions about the tax-free exchange of its stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan for cash and other assets, some of the people familiar with the matter said.
Ranch insiders say the recent hot market for these trophy properties is driven by investors desire to find hard assets for their cash.
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But the process of selling assets for cash has ground to a halt, says a credit analyst at a leading credit-rating agency.
The plan has been for the SPVs to get cash distributions as YA Global Investments liquidates its assets and for the SPVs to pay out its members.
South Korea is likely to see a pickup in merger-and-acquisition activity this year, as its cash-rich companies shop for overseas assets and as the government is expected to renew efforts to unload state-held stakes now that December's presidential election is over.
First, banks have to be continually willing to forsake the 25 bps they receive on their excess reserves as well as the cash cushion they provide for higher yielding risk assets.
There is an oddity at the heart of today's historic agreement by the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which for the first time will impose new minimum requirements for the amount of cash and liquid assets that banks all over the world will have to hold.
Strong demand for safe assets could produce an attractive return for firms that have excess cash to lend out, particularly if low interest rates persist.
In the past, such deals have been a way for Russian bosses to siphon assets and cash from companies they run to companies they own.
Lay put up a chunk of his Enron stock and a smaller percentage of his more liquid assets (cash and real estate, for example) as collateral for the loans.
Graham liked to buy companies for less than net current assets, meaning cash, inventory and receivables minus all obligations.
T-Mobile USA anticipates that it will record a material non-cash impairment charge related to its indefinite-lived assets for the fourth quarter of 2011.
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Liquidity provision by the central bank reduces systemic risk by assuring market participants that, should short-term investors begin to lose confidence, financial institutions will be able to meet the resulting demands for cash without resorting to potentially destabilizing fire sales of assets.
Consequently, it is easy for normal cash balances to appear abnormally high relative to other assets.
The implied premium for the operating assets of the company clearly is considerably greater when adjusted for the minority, non-controlled assets and cash.
No, not cheap in the conventional sense of selling for less than the value of their assets or cash on the books.
VeriSign has achieved, in our opinion, a lean business strategy emphasizing the DNS directory assets and the potential for predictable growth in cash flows.
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Then, if the company has an attractive free cash flow multiple for its industry, he starts looking for hidden assets, just like he did when he was president at Icahn Associates.
Meanwhile, investors are pouring into assets in search of a return for their loose cash, which takes us back to the rising stock market.
Both men have a reputation for paring costs and for pouncing on under-valued companies, which they then turn into machines for generating cash with which to buy yet more under-performing assets.
That immediate gratification attitude is what gets our credit card balances skyrocketing, our decision to purchase a home with little or no money down, little or no cash reserves to fall back on and insufficient assets to fund education for our children or retire in comfort.
If after that the company's free cash flow multiple is attractive for its industry, he pokes around for hidden assets, as he did at Icahn Associates.
But the Financial Times reported that financial stocks are trading above the book value (assets, including cash, minus liabilities) of the companies for the first time since July.
So long as the yields on other assets like bonds and cash are so low, it is hard for stockmarkets to collapse.
You can donate cash, stocks, real estate, art and other assets at a time that is convenient for you.
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For example, individuals with large cash deposits in excess of the FDIC limits should spread their assets across many reputable banks.
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This type of unrestricted savings is especially valuable for individuals who have limited liquid assets and who may otherwise be forced to meet emergency cash needs with high-cost payday loans.
For example, Exxon has refused to splurge on over-priced assets despite the huge cash pile it has thanks to high oil prices (a discipline not exercised by its smaller American rivals Chevron and ConocoPhilips, which are now gobbling up, respectively, Unocal and Burlington Resources).
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