Cash flow

Yahoo wants investors--and a certain software company based in Redmond, Wash.--to know that it sees itself as a hot commodity, with nothing but upside as far as the financial crystal ball can see. On Tuesday, it shared with the Securities and Exchange Commission a slide show that lays out its projections for growth for the next three years.

One of Yahoo's key assertions--pay attention, Microsoft--is that it expects to see its cash flow double by 2010.