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Corporate finance
What’s the best way to measure corporate performance?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Feb 18, 2022
“There isn’t one,” said Patrick Badolato, a professor of accounting. But investors and analysts use “net income” and “EBITDA” in their attempts.
Export-Import Bank might shake years of reduced powers
May 7, 2019
The Senate will vote on confirming three new board members who would enable the Export-Import Bank to perform its full mission. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Corporate debt may pose risks if economy goes south
Apr 24, 2019
AT&T has $169 billion in debt on its balance sheet. That’s high, even for a telecom company, and until it whittles that debt down AT&T won’t be able to focus on priorities like expanding HBO or developing a 5G network. Part of the reason the company wound up with this massive debt — the biggest of […]
Corporations cashing in on cheap debt while they can
Nov 10, 2015
U.S. companies raised more than $800 billion in corporate bonds so far this year.
What goes into the decision to create a spinoff?
by
Paddy Hirsch
Oct 9, 2015
U.S. companies are detatching parts of their operations left, right and center.