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BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Apr 21, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

BusinessWeek -- VC firms doubled their investment in U.S. Web outfits in the first quarter, but a weak IPO market means they'll have to keep injecting cash Venture-capital investors poured record amounts into Internet startups in the first quarter as companies sought.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Feb 28, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

BusinessWeek -- It's sitting on a huge pile of cash—and there are compelling reasons to return some to shareholders Eighteen-and-a-half billion dollars is a lot of money. It's more than the estimated 2007 gross domestic product of Nicaragua. It's bigger than the.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Aug 9, 2007 @ 7:38pm neoform

MSNBC -- Major central banks swept in to calm credit markets spooked by mounting losses on Thursday, with the European Central Bank injecting record amounts of cash to prevent the financial system from seizing up. President George W. Bush also sought to calm fe.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Dec 28, 2006 @ 10:22pm neoform

Financial Times -- The US dollar bill’s standing as the world’s favourite form of cash is being usurped by the five-year-old euro... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri May 9, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BusinessWeek -- With lending tight, more entrepreneurs are turning to controversial "merchant cash advances" While most financial-services firms are floundering, those that specialize in so-called merchant cash advances are thriving. That's a mixed blessing for entrep.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Apr 18, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BusinessWeek -- S&P tracks down the blue chip names with the biggest cash stockpiles—and the top ratings from its equity analysts Even amid financial-market turmoil and a slowing economy, the amount of cash and similar investments on the balance sheets of major U.S... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Apr 8, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Word is the private equity cash infusion Washington Mutual is in line for comes with a condition: Cut the bank's risk in mortgage lending Troubled thrift giant Washington Mutual (WM), once one of the biggest players in residential mortgages, will stop.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Mar 13, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

MSNBC -- Coming soon to a cash register near you: a new $5 bill sporting some touches of color for the first time. The bill goes into circulation Thursday. That's when the Federal Reserve, the supplier of the nation's cash, starts shipping the bills to banks, w.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Feb 8, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

BusinessWeek -- When Bruce Bent created the first money market fund in 1970, the prevailing attitude was that any idiot could master cash management. But that was before some of the ultraconservative funds were caught with their hands in higher-yielding short-term securi.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Feb 1, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn (�22.4bn) in cash and shares. The offer, contained in a letter to Yahoo's board, is 62% above Yahoo's closing share price on Thursday. Yahoo cut its revenue forecasts earlier.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Sep 26, 2007 @ 11:07pm neoform

Chicago Tribune -- The board of United Airlines parent UAL Corp. is mulling spinning off several key assets, including the airline's popular frequent-flier program, as directors contemplate shrinking the carrier while substantially increasing its cash stash, United sources.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Jul 23, 2007 @ 4:24am neoform

CNN -- British bank Barclays has raised its offer for ABN AMRO to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) and included some cash, helped by major investment from state authorities in China and Singapore. Barclays said on Monday its new bid was 42.7 billion euros in sha.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri May 18, 2007 @ 4:57pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- The software giant paid $6 billion in cash and a massive premium to grab a major player in online advertising Microsoft took a deep plunge into the online advertising business Friday, paying $6 billion in cash and a massive 85 percent premium to snap u.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Fri May 18, 2007 @ 11:07am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Exxon's risk-averse stock-buyback strategy is the new profit model With gas prices hitting record highs, Exxon Mobil (XOM) Corp. ought to be drilling like mad and refining more of that black gold, right? As it turns out, the world's largest oil produce.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Mar 26, 2007 @ 10:18am neoform

BusinessWeek -- S&P's latest screen finds 12 attractively valued stocks with bright earnings prospects It's a never-ending battle: Investors (and stock screeners, of course) are always looking for ways to identify companies that have good growth prospects—and can be.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Sun Mar 25, 2007 @ 1:49pm neoform

Los Angeles Times -- Dear Liz: I am retiring. I can sell my house and pay cash for a retirement home in the area where I want to live. Does this make sense? I can't see any benefit in taking out a mortgage and paying interest. Answer: There are financial pundits who believ.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 12:09am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Companies are facing increasing pressure to put their cash to good use. Here are five sitting on vast hoards of unspent dollars The pressure is on for companies hoarding enormous amounts of cash. Investor activists like Carl Icahn have been hounding ca.. Read More