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Sometimes, You Can Fight City Hall

In this post from last fall, I wrote about the efforts under way by members of the business community to fight changes proposed by the SEC to the regulations governing money market funds. The changes would have restricted the funds from holding commercial paper from A2/P2 issuers, such as companies like Alcoa, Inc. and Marriott [...]

Changes Coming to Wire Transfers

As fans of TV shows like 24 know, transferring money via wire is secure and instantaneous. That means you can grab it and go – which is critical when the bad guys (or gals) are on your tail. Nonetheless, the system has some shortcomings that have frustrated companies that send or receive money via wire [...]

Putting the Focus on Cash

So cash is king, once again. Not that it ever was dethroned; it’s just that, for a while, it shared its perch with other corporate goals, like growth. Not anymore. Credit is tight and sales are down, so companies have to wring all they can from the funds they have on hand. This prompts the [...]

A NEW CAPITALIST ORDER

In the fall of 2008, the global economy was on the brink of a meltdown. It was in freefall. Having seen so many other crises, I was sure that this sense of freefall would soon come to an end. It happens with every crisis. But what then? We neither can nor should return to the [...]