Corporate Cashflow Magazine articles from August 1990

Corporate Cashflow Magazine archives from August 1990

Employers offering child, elder benefits to attract workers.
August 1, 1990... Employers offering child, elder benefits to attract workers As the skilled workforce shrinks and more women with families enter the job market, many employers will be compelled to offer a wider variety of benefits to attract and retain a...

National data base promises best source of who's paying the bills.
August 1, 1990... National data base promises best source of who's paying bills For rental cars, there is Hertz, Avis and Budget. For credit reports, there is Dun & Bradstreet, TRW and NACM. The National Association of Credit Management, in the "Budget" role, is...

Canada readies for leadership role in corporate EDI. (electronic data interchange)
August 1, 1990... Canada readies for leadership role in corporate EDI Canadian authorities are close to approving standards that will facilitate financial electronic data interchange throughout Canada and between the United States and Canada. This system should...

Off-balance-sheet diet: green on the side. (off-balance-sheet financing) (includes related article on the benefits of off-balance-sheet financing)
August 1, 1990... Off-balance sheet diet: greens on the side Financing - the feeding of the corporation - is driven by economics first, but also by taxes, by reporting considerations and by management's need for flexibility. Do reporting considerations...

Turn assets into cash. (securitization)
August 1, 1990... Turn assets into cash Corporate financial officers understand Hobson's choice, a term we owe to a stable hand who, when the loords and ladies of Elizabethan England wanted to ride, invariably gave them the first horse in the first stall. A...

Let's tame hostility to EFT debits. (electronic funds transfer)
August 1, 1990... Let's tame hostility to EFT debits Preauthorized ACH debits are getting a bad rap. Using electronic debits for accounts payable disbursements is a reasonable, efficient way to facilitate a potentially large number of electronic payments....

Cashless, leveraged ESOPs can lower benefits expense. (employee stock ownership plan)
August 1, 1990... Cashless, leveraged ESOPs can lower benefits expense Notwithstanding recent tax-law changes, ESOPs remain highly attractive. It is true that, for most companies, access to below-market interest rates has been eliminated by the new requirement...

Home on the repo range with mortgage collateral. (repossession)
August 1, 1990... Home on the repo range with mortgage collateral "Hi Sandra, how was your weekend?" I asked. Sandra works for a Texas bank and usually is so cheerful, even on Monday mornings. "You can't imagine house prices," she moaned. "My husband and I...

'Windows' open IBM to Apple's polish. (Microsoft Corp's Windows 3.0) (Software Review) (evaluation)
August 1, 1990... `Windows' open IBM to Apple's polish Over the last five years, Apple's competitive strength has been based almost exclusively on the graphical user interface (GUI) of its Macintosh computer. However, its high-tech rivals are beginning to...

Asset securitization spreads to trade receivables.
August 1, 1990... Asset securitization spreads to trade receivables In June, Georgia-Pacific announced the details of its three-part financing package for the acquisition of Great Northern Nakoosa. In addition to a $600-million public offering of...

Fed turns user friendly in payment risk campaign. (Federal Reserve Board)
August 1, 1990... Fed turns user friendly in payment risk campaign This month, the Federal Reserve Board is supposed to present its latest scheme for eliminating risk from the payments system. All signs point to an effort to nudge along the process without...