News tagged with stock repurchase
IBM lifts dividend 15 pct, sets $8B stock buyback
(AP) -- International Business Machines Corp.'s board has approved an $8 billion stock buyback and a 15 percent boost in its quarterly dividend.
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Study: Some stock repurchase plans just empty promises
A new study backs longtime speculation on Wall Street that companies sometimes ballyhoo stock repurchase programs they never plan to pursue, hoping to stir a buzz that will mislead investors and pump up sagging ...
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Oct 07, 2009 |
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Business 101: Must Apple discuss CEO Jobs' health?
(AP) -- This week, Apple Inc. wasn't shy about touting the sales of its latest mobile device. But the company didn't say anything confirming reports from over the weekend that co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs had a liver transplant ...
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Time Warner 4Q earnings edge up, beats Street
(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. got a boost from its movie studio and cable TV networks in the last three months of the year, and the company expects growth to continue in 2012 even with the end of its lucrative ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Investors driven by emotion, not facts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Individuals investing in stocks let their emotions guide them more than facts, often to their financial detriment, a new UC Davis study finds.
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Jul 26, 2011 |
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Buying the same stock -- again: Pride and regret drive investors' decisions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Haas professor Terrance Odean, who studies behavioral finance, finds that trading patterns involving previously owned stock are driven by a desire to avoid or at least limit anticipated regret.
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Jun 01, 2011 |
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Firms use media coverage to influence merger negotiations
(PhysOrg.com) -- Companies involved in merger talks manipulate their stock prices during negotiations by releasing more news than usual, according to a University of Michigan study.
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Apr 26, 2011 |
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Windows 7 sales boost Microsoft 4Q net income
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that its net income surged in the most recent quarter, the latest sign that businesses are again spending on technology.
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Yahoo! clears way for massive stock buy back
Yahoo! has set the stage to buy back three billion dollars worth of its stock in the coming three years, according to a filing made with US securities regulators.
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Yahoo board approves up to $3 billion of buybacks
(AP) -- The board of Yahoo Inc. has approved plans to repurchase up to $3 billion in stock over the next three years.
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Older investors a springboard for dividends, study says
Debate has simmered for a half-century over why firms pay out cash dividends, siphoning money away from business-building investments and often creating an added tax burden for the shareholders who collect them.
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Mar 04, 2010 |
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Blackberry maker RIM to buy back $1.2 bln in stock
Blackberry smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) announced Thursday it would buy back 1.2 billion US dollars worth of its stock to prop up the sagging share price amid heightened competition.
Nov 05, 2009 |
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AOL names former Google executive as CEO
(AP) -- An executive from Google Inc. is becoming the latest CEO of AOL, raising hopes that he will be able to turn around Time Warner Inc.'s struggling Internet unit.
Mar 12, 2009 |
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