hoarding

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The exchange is now looking to send a stronger message by revising its corporate governance message to get companies to stop hoarding cash.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

This pivotal moment that’s had them hoarding assets and fencing off their financial flexibility.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

More recently, regulators have begun turning their attention to blue-chip companies that have been hoarding excess cash on their balance sheets.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

It departed from the Jobsian practice of hoarding the company’s cash and has continued amid the AI investment boom, which Apple has almost entirely sat out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

He had heard earlier that there were rich men in the town who were hoarding food for themselves and for sale to the very rich, but even this ceased to anger him.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck