Sentences with phrase «meant cash from operations»

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Royal Dutch Shell (rds - a), France's Total (tot) and Norway's Statoil (sto) reported sharp increases in cash flow from operations in the second quarter as profits beat analyst expectations, meaning they can all comfortably pay dividends and reduce debt.

In most cases, if a companyâ $ ™ s earnings are growing, its cash flow from operations should also be going up, since higher earnings just about always mean more cash going through the business.

Where control persons have choices, they would rather create wealth by some means other than having ordinary income from operations simply because striving for cash flows or earnings from operations tends to be highly inefficient tax-wise.