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Stock buybacks are crazy right now. Here’s why.

Apr 18, 2018
Goldman Sachs reported sharply higher profit this week, and yet its shares fell after Goldman said it wouldn’t be buying back stocks in the second quarter. In this respect, Goldman is an outlier. After the corporate tax rate dropped this year, American companies have been using cash to repurchase their own shares in furious fashion. […]

Sweden is moving away from cash, and some businesses will no longer accept it

Jul 17, 2017
Sweden is increasingly becoming a cashless society, but there are those who worry this trend will leave some people behind.
Cash in Sweden is on the way out. 
John Laurenson

When can we stop using cash?

Jul 5, 2017
Paying with bills and coins is "a combination of cost cost, convenience cost and time cost," researcher says.
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In real estate, cash is king

Jan 12, 2016
Nearly 40 percent of home sales were cash deals in November.

Why banks just don’t want your money

Dec 17, 2015
If bank's are where you store your money, why don't they want it there?

For personal finance advice, ask a millennial

Sep 8, 2014
A new report says millennials are making savvy use of debit cards to avoid debt.

For public good, not for profit.

So if millennials aren't using cash, who is?

Aug 27, 2014
People living in rural areas, for one. Seniors, too.

Cash is still king, sort of

May 12, 2014
A peek inside our wallets by the Federal Reserve.

Why moving to all-cash can cost you

Feb 7, 2014
Why moving to cash instead of credit has its own set of problems.