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Just as your pulse is checked during a routine physical, free cash flow is used as an indicator of a company's health. It equals the cash brought in from operations minus the money needed to pay the bills. Think about leftover money in your checking account after you pay this month's bills.
Investors and analysts see this leftover money as a gauge of a company's ability to perform. It is available for transactions such as handing out dividends and working on new products.
Some argue free cash flow is wrongly overshadowed by the emphasis often placed on earnings. Earnings numbers can be manipulated and don't always tell the whole story -- and earnings don't mean much if there's nothing left over after a company pays its expenses. Even if you bring in a six-figure salary, but no money left after paying the bills, are you in great financial shape?
You don't have to be Einstein to figure out free cash flow. To calculate the number, subtract the company's expenditures and dividends from its operating cash flow.
If the free cash flow is written in red ink, it doesn't necessarily signal curtains. This is common for young companies looking to grow. It also could be a result of heavy investments, which in the long run could be worth a standing ovation.
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
eCards to the Rescue on Mother's Day
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., May 7, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ ----With just four days to go until Mother's Day, children, grandchildren, spouses and extended families will rush to send out electronic greeting cards that recognize the mothers in their lives.
According to the Greeting Card Association, more than 500 million eCards were sent worldwide in 2007. eCards allow people to send warm sentiments to a wider net of family members than they would traditionally remember to send with paper. In fact MyFunCards, a leading eCard site, expects a 25-40 percent increase in demand for their Mother's Day eCards this year (compared to 2007).
eCards are great time savers and last-minute problem solvers. They also make it easy for users to expand their recipient lists to extended family and friends all over the world (as long as they have an email address). Many eCard services, like MyFunCards, allow users to personalize the eCard's message, artwork, and other features, utilize animation, and even insert a favorite photo or a video into the eCard.
"It is all about personal expression," said MyFunCards online greeting card expert Tim Allen. "Mom's are such special people in our lives. There's no better way to say and show exactly how you feel than with an eCard."
Websites like www.myfuncards.com help make telling mom you love her easy, personal, and fun.
About IAC Consumer Applications & Portals ("IAC CAP")
IAC CAP, a wholly owned business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), is a leading web developer of consumer applications and portals which enable users to creatively and visually express themselves online. IAC CAP brands include Zwinky(TM), Smiley Central(R), Webfetti(TM), Popular Screensavers(TM), MyFunCards(TM), Cursor Mania(TM), as well as the Excite(R), IWON(R) and MyWay(TM) portals. MyFunCards is part of the MyWebSearch(TM) toolbar and easily accessible from a web browser. For more information or to download the toolbar to access MyFunCards, visit www.myfuncards.com.
For more information regarding MyFunCards or to interview eCard Expert Tim Allen, please contact:
Deborah Szajngarten David Barkoe IAC Consumer Applications and Portals Attention PR 914-826-2153 212 201 7894 Deborah.szajngarten@IACcap.com david@attentionpr.com
SOURCE IAC Consumer Applications & Portals
http://www.myfuncards.com
Copyright (C) 2008 PR Newswire. All rights reserved
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