The value of an operating asset are the net present value of expected free cash flows discounted to infinity.
The plan for the Asian assets would involve Alibaba creating a subsidiary into which it would put several billion dollars of cash, plus an operating asset that Yahoo wants to buy using additional cash from Alibaba, almost like giving Yahoo a prepaid card for an asset of its choice, the people said.
Mr Ferrand was European chief operating officer for international asset management firm Aegon.
The REIT is run by Aussie billionaire Frank Lowy and family, renowned for their asset selection and operating smarts.
This broad rule enables companies to hide long-lived asset impairments in operating earnings.
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We further expect that liquidity could be constrained in 2013 absent a turnaround or substantial asset sales to fund operating losses.
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Smartphones, and their operating systems, are now perceived as an essential national asset.
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They should be run by professional asset managers charged with selling off extraneous businesses and operating them as commercial ventures, the report urged.
Thai developer Tanayong wants to borrow capital for its only valuable asset, the much-delayed BTS Skytrain which began operating in December.
Since 1700, and indeed earlier, banks operating a gold standard system have generally held some form of debt as a reserve asset.
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Intel also has operating systems and BIOS. Intel acquired a company called Wind River, and this is a very strategic asset for McAfee.
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Scale enables BlackRock to spread costs associated with personnel and technology setup over a larger asset pool and investor base letting it charge a more competitive investment advisory fee while maintaining higher operating margins.
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