The investment will be used to boost production facilities and fund research and development of products.

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Adequate cash reserves can help fund research and development, make dividend payments, buy shares back, entice buyout offers or even acquire other firms.

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Other countries, he said, are helping to fund the research and development of the systems.

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Investors often demand patents before they'll fund further research or development.

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They fund research projects and new product development.

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Healthy yen earnings could, if not gobbled up by higher yen prices for imported goods in Japan, and under the right conditions, fund new investments in sales- and growth-boosting activities such as research and development.

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