In the past decade the use of cash and checks has steadily declined, to 61% of consumer spending from 81% in 1990.
We are all in agreement that buybacks usually are not the best use of cash, but it appears there is value here.
Donated devices and accessories are turned into support to help victims of domestic violence through the use of cash grants and refurbished phones.
Specifically, he focused on both the creation and use of cash.
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If the use of cash or electricity is growing much faster than the measured economy, this might indicate that the informal share of total activity is rising.
Importantly, we believe this strategy would require no immediate use of cash other than the ongoing dividend, and would not pose any maturity, re-financing, balance sheet, or default risk.
From health reform, Hainan wants to put pensions and industrial and commercial insurance on the little cards with the ultimate goal of reducing the use of cash and checks to the bare minimum.
But, second, who exactly would they buy and would it be a better use of cash compared to if they just built something themselves and turned it over to their rabid user base?
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The best use of corporate cash is a subject being pondered by shareholders of Cisco Systems ( CSCO) and Microsoft ( MSFT).
The use of overseas cash softens the blow of the high valuation.
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This is why many view the initiation of a stock repurchase program as confirmation that a firm has no better or more productive use of their cash.
However, if Oracle can make use of the cash balance to make acquisitions instead of paying off debt, it could open up a lot of strategic opportunities.
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This makes Google Wallet about as secure as a normal wallet: anyone finding it in the street is able to make use of the cash that is in it.
And as interest rates stay down, the best and safest corporate use of free cash flow is to shrink the overall amount of shares, rather then making anything resembling a risky investment.
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The committee said current practices meant the use of taxpayers' cash could not be properly scrutinised.
Daewoo could use an injection of cash, technology and help with its stalled U.S. market entry.
Apparently, Ferrell will have to use some of that cash to pay back his bank.
Instead, they would use some of that cash to grow their businesses, which would turbocharge the economy.
Even those who never carry a balance may end up paying more to use credit instead of cash.
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It will use a combination of cash and debt to finance the deal.
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Schwartz figures that HP can repurchase and retire 4% of its capitalization each year by the use of this excess cash flow.
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The Pizza for Coins service has been set up by two programmers as a way to boost use of the digital cash.
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Why not keep it in the family and use some of that cash to help the cash starved MMR to forge forward with its drilling program.
Chinese bankers, on the other hand, have been slower to lend, even with the Central Bank allowing the big state banks to use more of its cash reserves to loan to customers.
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn and his Greenlight Capital will host a conference call and webcast Feb. 21 to discuss their thoughts on how Apple should use some of its cash.
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Go ahead and use all of the cash.
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To fund the deal, Julius Baer will use a combination of cash on hand and proceeds from proposed capital raises, which includes bringing BofA in as a shareholder, according to the press release announcing the deal.
Isis Chief Executive Stanley Crooke says by doing the deal he is betting on a rise in Isis' stock price, because Isis can use a combination of cash and its stock to repurchase the rights to the drugs.
They could then use their massive amounts of cash to substantially reduce their share count.
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