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The father of value investing liked to prospect for promising stocks by looking at what he called "net-net working capital."

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ROBERT TATTERSALL 2011

Furthermore, the process by which the rights of a patent are exercised is costly, damaging, and net-net ends up wasting, in my estimation, much more energy that could otherwise be put into more essential or meaningful pursuits.

And the monopoly goes to… | FactoryCity 2009

"There are some pockets of the S & P 500 that get pressured, including retailers and food-product companies, but net-net, S & P 500 commodity input costs are low," she says.

Threat Builds on the Margins Jonathan Cheng 2011

Still, the net-net was generally one or two additional women and/or minority speakers in our lineup — still not representative of our attendee population, and perhaps not even noticeable.

Future of White Boys’ Clubs Redux #fowaspeak | FactoryCity 2009

The net-net here is that the available pool of credit for housing is shrinking.

U.S. Gambles With Mortgage Retreat Nick Timiraos 2011

The net-net of all this is that the U.S. could grow more quickly if it stopped spending so much and interfering, but it is growing nonetheless.

No More Steroids Needed For U.S. Economy Brian S. Wesbury 2010

Politically bloodless liberals would respond that, net-net, government forcings do much social good despite breaking a few eggs, such as the Catholic Church's First Amendment sensibilities.

Transformers Daniel Henninger 2012

The net-net is that an incredibly small percentage of the average buck you spend at Target or Wal-Mart ends up in China.

Matthew Yglesias » The High-Speed Rail Stimulus? 2009

But the "net-net" result, as Mitt Romney would say, is deadly dull.10.24pm: You can feel the energy draining out of this debate literally through the TV screen.

New Hampshire Republican debate - live: Mitt Romney versus the rest 2012

I would expect the next CBA to have percentages pegged to a "net-net" number, a net revenue number after the NFL deduction.

Andrew Brandt: NFL Labor Q & A Andrew Brandt 2011