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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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Monday, May 05, 2008
Pro-Life Author Enjoys Early Mother's Day Gift - A New Born Son
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 5, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ ----Author Jennie Chancey brought precious, new life to the phrase "stay-at-home mom" when she unexpectedly went into labor in her Birmingham home less than a month before Mother's Day. On April 14 at 6:42 PM, her husband Matthew helped her deliver their eighth child-a boy weighing in at 6 lbs, 12 oz -- two minutes before the 911 crew arrived. Baby and mommy are doing well.
"Labor went at warp speed this time around, giving us little warning and no time to get to the hospital until after Benjamin was here," said Chancey. Once again her life is filled with dirty diapers and early morning feedings -- work that she counts a blessing.
Chancey's refreshing book "Passionate Housewives Desperate for God" (Vision Forum) celebrates God's election of women to what she enthusiastically calls "the highest office in the land." She offers this perspective, "Men cannot bear children; men cannot nurse children; they cannot take care of them in the same emotional and connective capacity that God has given to women."
While statistics say dads are staying home more often, and 70 percent of U.S. married mothers work outside the home and are challenged to balance work and family early on in the parenting journey, a recent CBS poll suggests women feeling that a career is more important than being a wife and mother has fallen 23 percent since 1970.
The book -- co-authored by Stacy McDonald who, with her husband James, raises and home schools their 10 children in Peoria, IL -- is also designed to assuage the fears of girls and young women about growing up to become homemakers.
McDonald added about her two-year collaboration with Chancey, "We wanted women to see that it's not some kind of purgatory, but a blessing to bring up our children."
Stacy McDonald is also the author of "Raising Maidens of Virtue: A Study of Feminine Loveliness for Mothers and Daughters." Chancey's website LadiesAgainstFeminism.com celebrates the beauties of biblical womanhood. To learn more about "Passionate Housewives Desperate for God" and to view video clips from the authors, visit: http://www.visionforum.com/ph.
For interviews with Co-Authors Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald contact Gregg Wooding, I AM PR Services, gwooding@texasprototypes.com.
SOURCE Author Jennie Chancey
http://www.visionforum.com/ph
Copyright (C) 2008 PR Newswire. All rights reserved
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