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Business Definition for: Cash Float

  • notes and coins held by a retailer for the purpose of supplying customers with change

Additional Resources

Valuing Float Initiatives
This paper discusses about the float management practices and float initiatives. The check clearing industry has matured and clearing patterns have stabilized. Additionally, float managers have developed sophisticated models to forecast non-earning asset levels based on various components of deposit activity. Given the long term nature and the predictability of...
Tags: Asset Management, Initiative, Asset, Operational Planning, Carreker Corp., Business Operations
White papers 2002-06-01
Float Manipulation And Stock Prices
Firms can manipulate their stock price by restricting the tradable float. When risk averse investors have differences of opinion and are short-sale constrained, reductions in the float freeze out pessimistic investors, pushing up prices. When the float is released, prices fall. To formally test this idea, the author examines a...
Tags: President, Stock Price, Financial Accounting, Investor, Stock, Harvard College, Investment, Finance
White papers 2006-01-18
Asset Float and Speculative Bubbles
This report models the relationship between asset float tradeable shares and speculative bubbles. Investors trade a stock with limited float because of insider lock-ups. They have heterogeneous beliefs due to overconfidence and face short-sales constraints. A bubble arises as price overweighs optimists' beliefs and investors anticipate the option to resell...
Tags: Asset, National Bureau Of Economic Research, Investor, Bubble, Asset Management, Financial Accounting, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance
White papers 2005-05-01
NASDAQ Set X-Dividend Date As June 27, 2007 For Cash Dividend Distributions, Pearl Asian Mining Announces
As of January 31, 2007 PAIM O/S Float Was 6,587,389,302; Float Not Expected to Exceed 9 Billion After June 27, 2007; SEC Votes To End Short-Selling 'Grandfather' Protections
Tags: Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2007-06-14
Check Truncation Strategies: Implications for Float Management
It is not unusual to discover the latent presumption that an image environment largely negates float. At the same time, electronification's planners typically tend to under consult with float managers on an area where float managers tend to be among the bank's experts: customers' payments needs, preferences and pricing. As...
Tags: Finance, Operational Accounting, Check 21, Carreker Corp., Financial Services, Payment, Bank, Strategy
White papers 2003-05-15
Freddie Mac offers new flexible multifamily financing option.(Commercial)(Brief Article)
FREDDIE MAC NOW OFFERS A FLOAT-TO-fixed-to-float option for newly originated multifamily mortgages. Using this feature, borrowers can opt for low short-term floating rates to maximize cash flows early in the life of a mortgage, lock in a fixed rate u FREDDIE MAC NOW OFFERS A FLOAT-TO-fixed-to-float...
Tags: financing, Freddie Mac, mortgage
Research articles 2004-04-01
The Revolution In Cash Management Services
Low interest rates and downsized finance departments have taken the thrill out of the old style, float-chasing cash management of past decades. The emphasis today is on low maintenance cash management services powered by outsourcing and automation. This article can help you simplify your search for the services that will...
Tags: Penton Media Inc., Service, Banking, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
White papers 1998-03-01
Bayers Advanced LLC. (News Briefs: Manufacturing).(wins Rose Parade trophy for float)(Brief Article)
BAYER ADVANCED LLC, Birmingham, Ala. -- received the 2003 Animation Trophy for its float in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. The float, called Garden of ... BAYER ADVANCED LLC, Birmingham, Ala. -- received the 2003 Animation Trophy for its float in the Rose Parade in...
Tags: Bayer AG, manufacturing
Research articles 2003-02-01
MONSOON (MSN).
While these results suggest that consumers aren't tiring of Monsoon's products, investors won't like the fact that, despite a chunky cash pile, the dividend was abandoned. Now that the free float has been reduced to roughly 25 per cent since Monsoon While these results suggest...
Tags: MSN
Research articles 2004-07-30
IHOP Corp. asks kids to name its Rose Bowl float
GLENDALE, CALIF. -- IHOP Corp. announced that it is accepting entries for its latest "Dream Up Our Float" contest, which targets 6- to 12-year-old children.
Tags: IHOP Corp.
Research articles 2000-11-13
SIA To Float Service Subsidiaries
The following is the text, obtained exclusively by World Airline News of an announcement made by Deputy Chairman/CEO Dr Cheong Choong Kong of Singapore Airlines Group to employees Oct. 18, detailing the carrier's plans to float two subsidiaries.
Tags: Semiconductor Industry Association
Research articles 1999-10-22
US Foodservice buys Lee arm.(U.S. Foodservice acquires PYA/Monarch Inc.)(Brief Article)
US Foodservice, Royal Ahold's US subsidiary, has acquired Sara Lee's foodservice distributor PYA/Monarch for $1.57bn in cash. Sara Lee had been planning to float PYA as part of a set of divestitures, allowing it to focus on more profitable parts of US Foodservice, Royal...
Tags: Sara Lee Corp.
Research articles 2000-08-19
Argentina: Telefonica to grow Internet business in Latin Americas.
Telefonica is to float between 25% Telefonica is to float between 25%
Tags: Internet, Telefonica
Research articles 1999-09-09
Aloha! Come aboard the Kaiser Permanente Rose Parade Float, and Let's Paddle Our Way to a Healthier New Year!
Float Features Young Actor from "Thrive" TV Ad ("Things Are Looking up!") and 10 Inspiring Young Riders Who Are Heroically Fighting Their Way Through Deadly Diseases
Tags: Kaiser Permanente
Research articles 2007-11-19
Working Capital Management
Working capital management involves the relationship between a firm's short-term assets and its short-term liabilities. The goal of working capital management is to ensure that a firm is able to continue its operations and that it has sufficient ability to satisfy both maturing short-term debt and upcoming operational expenses. The...
Tags: Finance, Working Capital, Managerial Accounting, Working Capital Management
White papers 2003-01-01
FAA ordered.(corrections to 737 airplanes)
FAA ordered operators of 737-100 through 737-500 series to inspect and correct potential chafing of float-switch wiring in the center fuel tank. The float ... FAA ordered operators of 737-100 through 737-500 series to inspect and correct potential chafing of float-switch wiring in the...
Tags: FAA, tank
Research articles 1999-04-01
India's MTNL Plans to Float New Software Company
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd MTNL, India's state-owned cellular and basic telecom service provider, has announced that it plans to float ComSoft, its new venture that develops communications software.
Research articles 2003-04-08
The Check's In The (E-)Mail
From the executive summary: ‘Banks are so good at clearing items today that most of that float is gone already anyway. Any revenue that banks make from float management could also be reduced. For banks the new law will ultimately result in cost savings in transportation of checks and back-office...
Tags: Bank, American City Business Journals Inc., Financial Services, Transportation
White papers 2004-01-23
Russell 1,000 Stocks with the Highest Short Interest as a Percentage of Float
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: July month-end short interest figures were released earlier this week, and below we highlight stocks in the Russell 1,000 with the highest short interest as a percentage of float.  As shown, more than 50% of both Big Lots' BIG and Sears Holdings' SHLD...
Tags: US Market, AutoNation Inc., Big Lots Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., Boyd Gaming Corp., Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., Gannett, General Motors Corp., Jarden Corp., KB HOME, CarMax Inc., Lamar Advertising Co., Leggett & Platt Inc., Lennar Corp., Las Vegas Sands Corp., Meredith Corp., MGM Mirage, NVR Inc., Priceline.com Inc., Panera Bread Co., Scientific Games Corp., Sears Holdings Corp., Saks Inc., Thor Industries Inc., Urban Outfitters Inc., Wynn Resorts Ltd.
External links 2008-08-14
MIsys to sell IFA business.(Brief Article)
The software group, Misys, has announced plans to float its IFA arm in order to concentrate on its banking and healthcare businesses. Misys has not revealed ... The software group, Misys, has announced plans to float its IFA arm in order to concentrate on its banking...
Tags: Misys
Research articles 2002-09-01
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