Can buybacks make sense in a crisis?

By rickColosimo / June 9, 2009 / Comments Off on Can buybacks make sense in a crisis?

Just recently, we published another post regarding stock buybacks and how the math is the math: you can change your risk profile, but in any case, at some point the usage of cash to buy stock makes sense as a low-cost way of returning value to shareholders. Sure, there are commentators who complain that a…

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More MSFT cash-usage ideas….

By rickColosimo / June 2, 2009 /

[NB: this post was started quite some time ago, and it recently re-surfaced in our ‘drafts’ folder. Sorry for the delay, but we believe that the underlying issues are still interesting and how companies use cash is more, not less, relevant in a turbulent economy.] Business Week ran a short piece profiling the investment analysis…

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$500 software bounty for Blackberry BCC tool (increased!)

By rickColosimo / April 2, 2009 /

Now that Rim is adding its own app store, titled “App World,” we’re renewing and increasing our earlier software bounty for a tool (plugin/patch/hack) that allows users of hosted BES to enable automatic BCC’ing of any address. Our original post described the features and functions, with an original bounty of $250. New Bounty: $500 (work-for-hire)…

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How to build your business during slow times

By rickColosimo / March 27, 2009 / Comments Off on How to build your business during slow times

(NB: This is a revised repost from Rick’s blog. We realized it might be helpful here.) This recent Seth Godin post was another timely suggestion from him. He seems to really have a finger on the pulse of what is going on, with timely, succinct, no-fluff posts on issues that are popping up for us…

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