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Companies facing a cash-flow squeeze and slow-paying customers often sell their invoices or accounts receivable to specialized companies called factors. The factor advances most of the invoice amount ...

For many trucking companies, cash flow is the lifeblood that keeps wheels turning. While hauling freight is the core of the business, carriers often face a frustrating reality: waiting weeks, or even ...

Before being mortally wounded in a duel at age 20, Évariste Galois discovered the hidden structure of polynomial equations. By studying the relationships between their solutions — rather than the ...