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I'm looking to invest in short-term investment such as banker's acceptance,I am havign a hard time finding the crediable information. how would this company assist in a company's management goal? is this type of security safe and worth the hassel? which organization would benefit most from this type of security? Any suggestions would be great?

How about t-bills in the same situation?

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I'm looking to invest in short-term investment such as banker's acceptance,I am havign a hard time finding the crediable information. how would this company assist in a company's management goal? is this type of security safe and worth the hassel? which organization would benefit most from this type of security? Any suggestions would be great?

A bankers acceptance (BA) is a time draft drawn on a bank, typically to finance an international transaction where one party is unwilling to ...

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