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Ford CFO Bob Shanks
“I am comfortable with the present liquidity，” CFO Bob Shanks told investors at the J.P. Morgan auto conference in New York. “Our priority is to provide an attractive return for shareholders，” Shanks said. Ford resumed paying dividends in 2012 and doubled quarterly payments to 10 cents in the first quarter of this year. Ford has returned $2 billion to shareholders so far， Shanks said. And there could be special dividend payouts in the future as well as more share repurchases as part of a larger effort to ensure shares are not diluted. “We don’t think we have excess cash right now. We have what we think we need to run the business and weather any future downturns.” Cash targets could be reduced over time， Shanks said， noting there likely will be times in the future where Ford needs to sell parts of its business that aren’t core to CEO Alan Mulally’s One Ford strategy.
福特目前坐擁超過257億美元的現金，正考慮一長串的花錢方式，包括支付更多股息回購股票來繳納更多養老金及提高在新產品上的支出。CFO Bob Shanks在一次會議上向投資者表示對目前的流動性很滿意，他說：“我們的重點是提供有吸引力的股東回報。”迄今為止，福特已向股東返還20億美元，未來有可能支付特別股息以及更多的股票回購作為更大計劃的一部分，確保股票不被稀釋。Shanks說，“即便如此，我們不認為現在有多餘的現金。我們所具備的是運行業務和迎接未來任何衰退所需要的。現金目標可能會隨時間減少，未來有可能出售不符合‘一個福特’策略的非核心業務。”
Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman
At a Morgan Stanley investment conference， Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman made a veiled reference when touting its “strong leadership” now. “What gives people confidence is that we’re making decisions，”he said. “The worst thing to do in a company is to waffle.”“The thing that just struck me over and over is how much has been done by this company that is really new.” Referring to internal polls showing increased confidence among staff， he added：“What really strikes me is how much has been done to really improve the quality of life at Yahoo.”Goldman also touched on the need to increase revenue， spur innovation and also some upgrades of core products such as Yahoo Mail and its famous homepage.