while getting payment
from its customers relatively quick ly.
For some nancial writers such a practice is
attractive. By getting paid as quickly as possible,
and by taking a little longer than average
in paying vendors, these companies are seen
as being more adept at raising cash. Their customers
and suppliers are effectively nancing
their operations at a zero percent interest rate.
Companies such as Digital Globe, Sirius XM
radio, Comcast, and Verizon have successfully
employed this strategy.