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Tools of the trade — 3 ratios to help you size up borrowers
June / July 2012
Newsletter: Commercial Lending Report
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 647
Abstract: Financial ratios can be an excellent tool for pinpointing businesses that deserve credit. One popular ratio, return on equity, or ROE, shows how much a company earns for each dollar its owners have invested. But lenders who conduct DuPont analyses gain additional insight by expanding this classic measurement into three underlying components: profit margin, total asset turnover ratio, and a comparison of total assets to equity. This article shows how, even with their limitations, ratios can be a highly useful analytical tool.
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The agreement zone – Finding a solution for sale price standoffs
August / September 2011
Newsletter: Merger & Acquisition Focus
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 647
Abstract: Price stalemates can be frustrating and potentially hazardous to your deal, but they’re also common. If negotiations are handled carefully, a disagreement over price shouldn’t be insurmountable. This article looks at how seller misconceptions and changing market conditions can contribute to price stalemates and how both parties can get closer to what some experts call “the zone of possible agreement.”
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Authentication issues: Who creates ESI?
November / December 2010
Newsletter: Advocate's Edge / Litigation Support
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 647
Abstract: Like all evidence, electronically stored information (ESI) must be authenticated before a court will admit it as evidence, and one of the threshold steps is establishing its owner/creator. Because electronic documents are often passed around to others for revision, it can be difficult to pin down ESI authorship. This article summarizes an industry group’s research that could help attorneys determine whether a piece of ESI will be acceptable in court.
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Technology upgrades – Could automated purchase orders speed your processes?
September / October 2010
Newsletter: Contractor
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 647
Abstract: Constant materials purchases on construction projects can not only cause a lot of confusion, but also cost valuable hours tracking down invoices, double-checking figures, and making phone calls to managers and subcontractors. But automated purchase order software can speed buying processes and take much of the guesswork out of who’s buying what, when. This article examines how purchase order applications can use purchase orders to set up work orders, create schedules, and update and e-mail or fax weekly schedules, and use the original work orders to create invoices and send payment to subcontractors and suppliers.
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Handle life insurance with care to protect proceeds from taxes
Fall 2009
Newsletter: Management & Tax Concepts
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 647
Abstract: Life insurance can help achieve a variety of estate planning and business planning goals. Unfortunately, keeping life insurance proceeds free of income and estate taxes can get complicated. But there are ways, such as having an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) own a life insurance policy; creating the right buy-sell agreement; and avoiding “for value” transfers.