Offering your customers a leasing option on the equipment and services will not only give your customers a financing option for their major purchases, but will also be a means of increasing sales. In addition, equipment leasing can also play a very important role in increasing cash flow and bottom line profit. Two areas...
M&A Rule Number 3: Verify corporate culture Another intangible asset that smart companies are eyeing is the hard-to-quantify area of “corporate culture.” Navision Software, a Copenhagen-based company, recently completed acquisitions of three of its distributors in France, Sweden, and Holland. But before doing the deal, the company did a values-check on its targets, according...
NBC acquired significant shares of Net companies Auto-by-Tel, USWeb, and CNET during the first six months of this year, chiefly to gain audience share and expand it by tying the companies with the well-known peacock brand. NBC’s online strategy is simple, said Marty Yudkovitz, president of NBC Interactive Media: Aggregate online audiences.
In the hit movie Wall Street, the ruthless Jerard Douglas character Gordon Gekko, based on ’80s deal maker Ivan Boesky, had a simple strategy for acquisitions: Buy firms with a great asset base. Then close down faltering plants, sell off the machines, tools, and inventory, take tax write-offs, and, finally, broker the remaining divisions...
I’m thinking of going back to college, but I’m worried about two things: getting financial aid as an adult and making arrangements for my three-year-old child. Do you have any ideas? I’m a single parent. I want to put some of your fears to rest — there are lots of schools actively seeking older...