Grant some reasonable tax credit to the giant companies if they use their cash resources this way.
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Alibaba intends to finance the repurchase through a combination of its own cash resources, debt, equity and equity-linked financing.
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Those tactics use up cash and resources rather than contributing to future success.
Toyota's ample cash and engineering resources mean that it is unlikely to be caught out, whichever way the market goes.
Smaller businesses, in particular, may be sensitive to concerns about the national debt because they may lack the rainy-day resources and cash reserves that a larger company may have available to ride out tough times, she said.
Iraq's vast oil resources will contribute some cash, but not as much as the administration hoped: oil production and exports have been slowed by sabotage and antiquated equipment.
Flush with record cash reserves, companies certainly have the resources to do transactions.
Russia, rich with energy resources, was awash with cash because of it.
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The grab by Argentina for control its national oil company, YPF, should throw the fear of God into investors round the globe about the way revenue-hungry politicians are trying to cash in on the global boom in natural resources like oil, gold, copper, iron ore.
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We spend credit more readily than we spend cash even though credit is by far the pricier way to deploy our resources.
Cash offers voluntary agencies the most flexibility in obtaining the most-needed resources and pumps money into the local economy to help businesses recover.
The price of gas must rise to a level where it is profitable and companies can make a return on their invested capital on a cash flow basis to be willing to assume the risk to exploit these resources.
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She notes that this would leave the company with limited resources for acquisitions, unless as with the proposed Skype deal it taps cash held offshore.
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It also reinforces the position that I took in my previous post, which argues that Apple should be focusing its resources on capturing tremendous growth opportunities, rather than paying substantial dividends from its cash holdings.
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Since the speed and efficiency with which a startup with limited cash is able to bring a competitive product to market is imperative, having the right people resources is a make-or-break issue.
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