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  2. What are stock buybacks and why do companies use them? - AOL

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    A stock buyback, or share repurchase, is when a company repurchases its own stock, reducing the total number of shares outstanding. In effect, buybacks “re-slice the pie” of profits into fewer ...

  3. Share repurchase - Wikipedia

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    The most common share repurchase method in the United States is the open-market stock repurchase, representing almost 95% of all repurchases. A firm will announce that it will repurchase some shares in the open market from time to time as market conditions dictate and maintains the option of deciding whether, when, and how much to repurchase.

  4. Explainer: What are share repurchases? - AOL

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    A share repurchase, or share buyback, is when a company rebuys its own shares and returns money to its investors.

  5. Accelerated share repurchase - Wikipedia

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    Accelerated share repurchase (ASR) refers to a method that publicly traded companies may use to buy back shares of its capital stock from the market. [1]The ASR method involves the company buying its shares from an investment bank (who in turn borrowed them from their clients), and paying cash to the investment bank while entering into a forward contract.

  6. Why Share Repurchases Aren't Always Good for Investors - AOL

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    Investors count on earnings per share, or EPS, to measure earnings, not stock repurchases. Meanwhile, some companies are going into debt in order to continue their stock buyback programs. M.H ...

  7. Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

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    A public service announcement from the Government of California encouraging people to wear masks to "slow the spread". In late March 2020, some government officials began to focus on the wearing of masks to help prevent transmission of COVID-19 as opposed to protecting the wearer; former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb stated in a report that face masks would be "most effective" at slowing its ...

  8. After years of fights over mask mandates, why do some ... - AOL

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    People who wear masks feel more enabled and empowered to do things that they normally wouldn’t have done if their face was seen in public.” — Bryanna Fox, University of South Florida ...

  9. Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    US Ambassador to Indonesia Sung Kim accompanied by local officials at the Presidential Palace wearing face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks or coverings, including N95, FFP2, surgical, and cloth masks, have been employed as public and personal health control measures against the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.