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The Retail and Banking business was demerged from the Siemens Group on October 1, 1999. &lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(12982,"cash-cycle-management","Cash Cycle Management",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;(see also Cash Management)&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(12983,"cash-flow","Cash Flow",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Cash flow describes the change in cash and cash equivalents during the period under review. &lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(12984,"cash-management","Cash Management",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;The term Cash Management is used to describe all the measures in place to assure the short-term availability of cash in the company. It covers the full range of tasks and measures implemented to provide sufficient liquidity and achieve the greatest possible level of transaction efficiency. 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Offering hardware, software and services through a number of different distribution channels is often referred to as multichannel distribution (see also Multichannel). &lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(12996,"dividend-yield","Dividend Yield",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price: dividend amount divided by the current share price, multiplied by 100. &lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(12997,"ebita-operating-profit","EBITA (Operating Profit)",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Earnings before interest, taxes and amortization of goodwill and product know-how. 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