money in the bank

Stranded travelers: A jackpot for airports

CNN Money  Wed, 07/02/2008 - 6:55am

Your delayed flight is bad news for you and your airline, but it's money in the bank for the airports.



 

Only 21% plan to spend rebate checks - poll

CNN Money  Mon, 03/24/2008 - 7:49pm

Tax rebates are the centerpiece of the government's plan to stimulate the economy, but many Americans are planning to put the money in the bank or use it to pay off debt, according to a survey released Monday.



 

Rebate checks won't get spent

CNN Money  Mon, 03/24/2008 - 11:22am

Tax rebates are the centerpiece of the government's plan to stimulate the economy, but many Americans are planning to put the money in the bank or use it to pay off debt, according to a survey released Monday.



 

Microsoft goes a'begging to fund the Yahoo! deal

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 02/05/2008 - 6:38pm

Microsoft has more money in the bank than most software companies will make in their entire corporate existences.

Microsoft has more money than many countries. Microsoft has enough money to buy every open-source software company with cash...several times over.

(OK, that last one might not have been saying much. :-).

And yet Microsoft expects to borrow money for the first time in its company's history to fund its deal for Yahoo!.